Marv Wolfman and Mike Esposito are joined by new penciler Keith Pollard in this issue, and it’s a big difference. Pollard’s pages are snappier, less draped in shadow and gloom, and his…
Month: May 2019
MTU 074
That’s right, it’s the infamous issue where Spidey meets the cast of SNL, courtesy of Chris Claremont, Bob Hall & Marie Severin. If you’re thinking this has to be a pretty goofy…
TAC 024
I started this thing as “All The Spider-Mans I Have” with the implicit idea that I don’t have all of them. But since then, I’ve been slowly accumulating more and more and……
TAC 023
Well, here we go. I’d assumed we’d never seen this goofy villain again, mostly just ‘cuz he was so terrible, but here he is. Bill Mantlo, Jim Mooney & Mike Esposito on…
TAC 022
Have we talked about the “Marvel’s TV Sensation” thing yet? This banner has been affixed to the covers of the Spidey titles due to the success of a frankly not-so-hot, short-lived, live…
ASM 185
It’s the graduation of Peter Parker! Eventually. Maybe. First, we gotta get him out of this vat of burning oil. Pete has been fond of pointing out his web is flame retardant…
ASM 184
It’s like someone challenged Wolfman to come up with the worst villains in the world. Two issues in a row! We kick things off with the mysterious woman who came to Peter’s…
TAC 021
Behold, the first issue of Spectacular Spider-Man to appear on the blog. I’m told that, in this era where cost cutting led to much shorter comics, TAC was launched in part to…
ASM 183
I mean, you already know, right? Does the comic even have to tell you what this is if you saw last issue? Well, it’s gonna. We pick things up with Peter Parker……
ASM 182
It is now 1978, and new writer Marv Wolfman is here to more or less continue the same general feel and tone Len Wein started. Stalwart Ross Andru hangs on as the…