What lurks behind Ed Hannigan’s Frank Miller impression? Seems like a lot! It’s been a minute since I’ve seen a Spectacular. This one’s by writer Bill Mantlo, penciler Ed Hannigan, inker Al…
Month: July 2019
MTU 118
To my surprise, this is a direct continuation of last issue. Usually when a MTU plot is continued, they just kinda have Spidey bump into somebody else on the same case or…
MTU 117
Whatever Bob Layton was going for with this weird cover, I don’t think it worked. I’ve had this one for many years, but honestly, I have no idea where it came from….
TAC 066
Crazy cover by Hannigan & Milgrom. The abstract expression of Manhattan below just using text is really cool. Big, random shoutout to Epic Illustrated, Marvel’s creator owned imprint of the time, too….
TAC 065
It is the opinion of this blog that there are no good Kraven The Hunter stories, even the one everyone loves, but this does not seem like it’s going to be one…
ASM 228
It’s a fill-in! I’ve never read it. When I was collecting the Stern/JRJR run, I found out this wasn’t them and skipped it. But I have it now. Terrible cover by Mike…
The Death of Captain Marvel
So, this isn’t a Spider-Man comic, but it happens right about now-ish, and Spidey has a famous scene in it. I’m not gonna cover the whole thing, just the Spider-Man part. This…
MTU 116
Today’s adventure begins with The Valkyrie flying around on her flying horse. The Valkyrie is Brunnhilde, an actual figure from Norse myth and leader of, well, The Valkyries in the Marvel U,…
MTU 115
This is one of a few in the collection that comes from a magical place called McKay’s. It’s a giant used everything store. If you need the new Spider-Man game, a PS2…
TAC 64
Spidey looks more like he’s just flopping around like a ragdoll there. Our first issue of TAC in a minute is one very recently acquired. It’s the debut of Cloak & Dagger,…