Are they calling Namor “the man-fish?” That feels insulting. Len Wein and Gil Kane are joined by inker “W. Howard,” whose first name I don’t know, and who seems maybe a little…
Month: February 2020
MTU 013
It’s another issue from the flea market. You can tell by the distinctive price tag. Len Wein, Gil Kane & Frank Giacoia on deck as we find Peter Parker back in New…
DD 103
What, an issue of Daredevil?? When I saw Team-Up 12 continued here, I decided to get a copy, so we’ll see how it ends. This blog has gotten me a bunch of…
MTU 012
Now over to Marvel Team-Up, where the future ASM team of Len Wein and Ross Andru are on duty, with Don Perlin providing inks and Gerry Conway providing the plot. This is…
End of Block 11
This was quite the eventful set. First appearances from Mary Jane, Rhino, Shocker, Kinpgin, Joe Robertson and “Blackie” Drago. Romita coming into his own as the Spider-Man artist. Peter moving out. “Spider-Man…
ASM 123
Time to jump back to 1973, the Conway era, and the immediate aftermath of the deaths of Gwen Stacy & Norman Osborn. Gerry Conway still writing, John Romita & Tony Mortellaro on…
ASM 052
This is another of those cheap Heroes Con comics with water damage. As it was explained to me, it wasn’t that they’s gotten soaked or anything, but they’d been stored in a…
ASM 051
Not too hard to get, this one. Kind of a surprise to me. But so much of this has been. Sure, 50 is ultra-famous, but it’s also the beginning of a storyline….
ASM 050
Yeah, so between having one of the most iconic covers, being one of the most famous stories AND introducing a major villain, this issue is waaaay out of my price range. I…
ASM 049
Cool that this one has everything you can name in it. That’s good value for your 12 cents. We pick up where we left off, our man passed out in the snow,…