For a comic that will be introducing Silver Sable, this cover seems an odd choice. ASM is rendered by Ron Frenz and Joe Rubenstein this month. Inside, The Black Fox is fencing…
WEB 003
Figures the real Vulture was gonna get after these wannabes sooner or later. So now John Byrne is doing covers for 2 out of 3 monthly Spider-Man titles? Maybe they thought the…
TAC 102
I’ve been getting Killer Shrike and Blacklash mixed up since I was a kid, and here they are, appearing in consecutive issues of Spectacular. How random. This is another one written by…
ASM 264
We got us a fill-in. Last issue promised the debut of Silver Sable, but that’s actually next month. I have read that Tom DeFalco was notoriously late with scripts in this period….
WEB 002
Looks like either $5.00 or $8.00 written on that bag. No longer have a clue what I paid for it, but probably not that much. For the moment, Web is still Louis…
TAC 101
Now here’s an iconic cover by John Byrne. I made a cut vinyl sticker of this that covered the whole lid of my first laptop. As we wait for TAC’s next regular…
ASM 263
Man, is there a less dignified way to come back to this era of ASM? I don’t think so. Tom DeFalco came in pretty strong after Stern, doing a pretty solid job…
Uncanny X-Men 191
This cover doesn’t really prepare the casual reader for the craziness inside. It’s been exactly 6 years since MTU 79 was published as X-Men 191 hits newsstands. Calling back that far is…
Uncanny X-Men 190
It’s The X-Men! It’s Kulan Gath! Yes, Claremont is doing a sequel of sorts to MTU 79, and he’s bringing Spidey and The Avengers along for the ride. All this for just…
End of Block 23
Now this block was a dream! Prime time Spidey comics. Great Spider-Man stuff, great Peter Parker stuff, the 80s dream team on ASM. Who could ask for more?