Every artist as their own approach to character design. A lot of guys have tells that make it easy to guess a character is theirs. The new characters on this cover are…
Month: December 2019
SSM 2
So, Spider-Man swings to work on some really pointless internal monologue about how Tarzan never had to worry about getting to work on time and other banalities. It’s two whole pages of…
TAC 231
Yes, it’s Kaine! But also: Oh no, it’s Kaine! Kaine, as I’m sure this comic will awkwardly explain, is yet another clone of Peter, but a failed and deformed one that dressed…
SMTU 2
What is this? Well, see, not content with 4 monthly titles and a quarterly, it was decided that Spidey needed to get back into the team-up business, too. This one is also…
SM 65
Time for the thrilling(?) conclusion to Media Blizzard. Looks like deadlines got the better of JRJR on this one, as the middle of the issue is drawn by Tom Morgan and inked…
ASM 408
Good cover concept! Sometimes less is more. This one picks up right where the last one left off, Spider-Man in his frequent “falling to my death” cliffhanger scenario. As usual, it’s fine….
SSM 1
I think that spot color blob is Mysterio’s head? I don’t know. People are still figuring out what they can and can’t do in this new age of color. It’s interesting to…
SMU 11
One more reintroduction to Spider-Man in this, the black sheep of the Spider-Family. This one’s courtesy of Fabian Nicieza, Dave Hooover, Joe Rubenstein and Tom Smith, and opens with Ben reading a…
TAC 230
I’m guessing “D.K.” doesn’t stand for Donkey Kong, but I don’t remember this issue at all, so who knows? In this era of TAC, Todd DeZago has taken over fully from previously…
SM 64
Awwwww, yeah, it’s John Romita, Jr.! And if you’re not familiar, you’re gonna be shocked by how much his art has changed since his last appearance on this blog. He’s now totally…