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Tales From the Water Cooler: New Years Special

Welcome to Tales From the Water Cooler! Well it’s the New Year and the guys are taking another week off. This week prepare your ears for 3 thrilling tales of adventure starring Batman, Spider-Man and Captain America. And don’t forget to LIKE us on Facebook! Tales from the Water Cooler: New Years Special You can
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #700 – “Final” Issue!

Amazing Spider-Man #700 Writer: Dan Slott [Back-up stories by J.M. DeMatteis and Jen Van Meter] Art: Humberto Ramos [Pencils], Victor Olazaba [Inks] and Edgar Delgado [Colors] [Art on back-ups by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Sal Buscema, Antonio Fabela and Stephanie Buscema] [SPOILER ALERT: THIS REVIEW IS FULL OF SPOILERS THAT YOU PROBABLY ALREADY SAW ON THE INTERNET
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #699.1 – ‘Morbius The Living Vampire’ Preview

Amazing Spider-Man #699.1 Writer: Joe Keatinge with Dan Slott Art: Valentine Delandro with Marco Checchetto, Antonio Fabela [Color Art] Amazing Spider-Man #699.1 isn’t so much a Spider-Man comic as it is a preview for the upcoming Morbius The Living Vampire solo series. Morbius has been a long-running sometimes-villain, sometimes-ally of Spider-Man since his debut in
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #699 – Maybe it’s not so bad after all…

Amazing Spider-Man #699 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos [Penciler], Victor Olazaba [Inker], Edgar Delgado [Color Art] [HEY! LOOK! THIS REVIEW HAS SPOILERS, AND YOU MIGHT FEEL CHEATED IF YOU READ IT BEFORE YOU SEE THE ACTUAL BOOK!] While I’ve calmed down about the big reveal last issue, it’s still a touchy subject. If you
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #698 – WHY, DAN?! WHYYYYYYYYYY?!

Amazing Spider-Man #698 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Richard Elson and Antonio Fabela [Color Art] WARNING: THIS REVIEW HAS MAJOR PLOT SPOILERS FOR AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #698 AND BEYOND. DO NOT READ IT IF YOU PLAN ON READING THE ISSUE. Dan Slott, you broke my heart. Ever since your run on Amazing Spider-Man began last year,
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #697 – War of the Goblins Concludes!

Amazing Spider-Man #697 Writers: Dan Slott and Christos Gage Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli [Pencils], Dan Green [Inks], and Antonio Fabela [Colors] Opening where the last issue left off, Amazing Spider-Man #697 has Peter Parker and Horizon Labs owner Max Modell on the run from both the original Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley) and his would-be replacement, Phil Urich–who
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Tales From the Water Cooler #90

Welcome to Tales From the Water Cooler! This week Decapitated Dan and Sensation are both lost in Rotworld, so the Clergyman returns to keep their seats warm. Listen in as the guys take a look at Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #16.1, Aquaman #13, American Vampire #32, and Masters of the Universe: The Origin of Skeletor #1.
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Tales From the Water Cooler #89

Welcome to Tales From the Water Cooler! This week the Clergyman is back while the Sensation is still lost in Rotworld. Listen in as the guys do some horror comic trivia and take a look at Amazing Spider-Man #696, I Vampire #13, A-Babies Vs. X-Babies #1 and Bedlam #1. This weeks Kickstarter of the week
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #696 – Battle of the Hobgoblins!

Amazing Spider-Man #696 Writers: Dan Slott & Christos Gage Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli [Pencils], Dan Green [Inks], and Antonio Fabela [Colors] When the original Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley, was shown alive and well in South America, it was inevitable that he would eventually return to the scene to take on his successor/impostor Phil Urich–especially once Kingsley was
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Tales From the Water Cooler #86

Welcome to Tales From the Water Cooler! Join Infinite Speech, Decapitated Dan, and the Southern Sensation each week as they gather around the water cooler of stories to talk about comics. This week the Clergyman is back as the guys tackle some Super Hero Trivia and then take a look at Stormwatch #13, Aesops Ark
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #695 – Sick Sense

Amazing Spider-Man #700 Writers: Dan Slott & Christos Gage Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli [Pencils], Dan Green [Inks], Antonio Fabela [Colors] After spending the better part of nearly two years believing Dan Slott had killed him off, fans can rest assured knowing that the original Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley, is back in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man. And
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #694 – The 50th Anniversary story arc concludes!

Amazing Spider-Man #694 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos [Pencils], Victor Olazaba [Inks], and Edgar Delgado [Colors] If Amazing Spider-Man #692 and 693 were about introducing Alpha, then this week’s #694 is all about setting the character up for his next chapter–whenever that may be. Deciding to take a break from his research at Horizon
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #693 – The Jackal returns!

Amazing Spider-Man #693 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos [Pencils], Victor Olazaba [Inks], Edgar Delgado [Colors] Last issue, Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos gave Spider-Man a new sidekick for his 50th anniversary. This issue, he deals with the direct aftermath of that. Created by an accident during one of Peter Parker’s demonstrations at Horizon Labs,
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #692 – 50th Anniversary Spectacular!

Amazing Spider-Man #692 Writer: Dan Slott, with back-up stories by Dean Kaspiel and Joshua Hale Fialkov Art: Humberto Ramos [Pencils], Victor Olazaba [Inks], Edgar Delgado [Colors], plus Dean Kaspiel [Art] & Giulia Brusco [Colors] and Nuno Plati [Art] on back-up stories Spider-Man’s first appearance was 50 years ago this month in Amazing Fantasy #15. Sure,
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #691 – Return of the Reptile!

Amazing Spider-Man #691 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli & Mario Del Pennino [Pencils], Klaus Janson & Daniel Green [Inks], and Frank D’Armata [Colors] Concluding Dan Slott’s Lizard epic, “No Turning Back,” Amazing Spider-Man #691 finds Spider-Man face-to-face with the Lizard-in-human-form Curt Connors back at Horizon Labs. If you’ve missed an issue or two, Spider-Man seemingly turned the Lizard
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Review: Avengers vs. X-Men #9 – Jason Aaron writes sweet music

This week Matt chats about Marvel Comics Avengers vs. X-Men #9 and Image Comics Harvest #1. Jason Aaron does a great job writing Spider-Man, he deserves to write a Spider-Man book. Bring back Web of Spider-Man! Harvest #1 review: http://bit.ly/Rhp9z9 Avengers Vs. X-Men #9 Written by Jason Aaron. Illustrated by Adam Kubert. • Their numbers
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All the Amazing Spider-Man 50th anniversary variants

Amazing Spider-Man is turning 50 and Marvel Comics has almost a variant for every year Peter Parker has been around. What variant cover is your favorite? I love the Marcos Martin Spider-Man through the decades: 1980s variant featured above. Try to enjoy the art in between the chaos of mass marketing that Marvel will try
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Amazing Spider-Man #700 Predictions, Speculation, and Crackpot Theories

With the 700th issue of Amazing Spider-Man coming up this December, it’s only right that I, the Comic Vault’s resident diehard Spider-Man fan, weigh in on what may or may not happen in this momentous issue. There are a lot of crazy theories floating around right now, but we’ll get to that in a minute.
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Hangout with the Comic Vault!

The Comic Vault is using the technology of Google+ and their Hangout feature to create a weekly hangout for the Comic Vault and its fans. If you like comic books hangout with us. We will also use this feature for round table discussions with the writers of the Comic Vault and one-on-one interviews. Follow us
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #690 – Dr. Connors gives Horizon a hand

Amazing Spider-Man #690 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli [Pencils]; Klaus Janson, Daniel Green, and Giuseppe Camuncoli [Inks]; Frank D’Armata [Colors] Curt Connors, seemingly been cured of the Lizard thanks to a formula developed by Morbius, is actually just the Lizard in Curt Connors’ body. To top it all off, in an attempt to transform himself back
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