Oct 3, 2026 · 1 hr 56 min · 18 segments
We lean into the Big 2 this week kicking things off with the six thumbs up awarded *Amazing Spider-Man* #1000 by a whole slew of talented folks! After that we touch on *Alien vs. X-Men* #1 by Kieron…
David PriceHost
Let me preface by saying that I have become fairly jaded about anniversary issues.
I view them generally as giant money grabs because they try and charge you like 10 plus bucks for these things these days, which is just absurd.
I know we're like so numb to the price of comics that, but like, you know, and yeah, they're like usually a hundred pages or something, but like generally speaking, a big chunk of those hundred pages are things you really didn't need or want or care about, including like reprints of issues.
So it's like, But there aren't many comics in the history of comics that have had a thousandth issue.
And I will say, especially given where I've been with Marvel of late, I was very happily surprised.
the second story by noah holland and patrick leeson i thought was an absolute knock down on my ass didn't see it coming wonderful short story i was like completely blown away by that one um because we've all read thousands of superhero comics and i don't recall ever reading a superhero comic like that before or story like that before so Yeah, really, really impressed.
And this one anniversary issue doesn't cure it all, but it's a reminder of how things can be really good when they're clicking.
Uh, cause while I have been enjoying, I'm, I'm granted, I'm a couple issues behind, but I've been enjoying Joe Kelly's run on amazing and, and shout out to Pepe for coming in for, for the main story on this one.
And they, they, they've been a collaborator for, for a lot of this current volume.
Let me preface by saying that I have become fairly jaded about anniversary issues.
I view them generally as giant money grabs because they try and charge you like 10 plus bucks for these things these days, which is just absurd.
I know we're like so numb to the price of comics that, but like, you know, and yeah, they're like usually a hundred pages or something, but like generally speaking, a big chunk of those hundred pages are things you really didn't need or want or care about, including like reprints of issues.
So it's like, But there aren't many comics in the history of comics that have had a thousandth issue.
And I will say, especially given where I've been with Marvel of late, I was very happily surprised.
the second story by noah holland and patrick leeson i thought was an absolute knock down on my ass didn't see it coming wonderful short story i was like completely blown away by that one um because we've all read thousands of superhero comics and i don't recall ever reading a superhero comic like that before or story like that before so Yeah, really, really impressed.
And this one anniversary issue doesn't cure it all, but it's a reminder of how things can be really good when they're clicking.
Uh, cause while I have been enjoying, I'm, I'm granted, I'm a couple issues behind, but I've been enjoying Joe Kelly's run on amazing and, and shout out to Pepe for coming in for, for the main story on this one.
And they, they, they've been a collaborator for, for a lot of this current volume.
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