Punisher is gonna be so mad when he gets de-mind controlled. Still Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema & Bob Sharen in the cut, and things get off to an action-packed start as Spidey…
Month: April 2020
WEB 045
Pretty striking cover! The regular art team hangs in there another month, but this issue’s story is provided by one Adam Blaustein, a name I’m not familiar with. As things get underway,…
WEB 044
Spidey, why are you fighting GI Joe!? Look out, gang, it’s the Gray Hulk! He represents the teenage part of Bruce Banner’s repressed psyche. He’s not as strong as green Hulk, but…
WEB Annual 04
Yeah, so, that’s a thing. Created in the pages of Captain America, I guess… I guess because Mark Grunewald thought all Marvel mobsters should be huge?… it’s The Slug, and he’s here…
ASM 309
$10! Ballin outta control! Did I buy this? Is this another one my uncle got me that one time, as mentioned elsewhere? Honestly don’t recall. Styx & Stone! This issue is the…
ASM 308
A cover that’ll make you go “…Is that Taskmaster? Why is his face… like that? Is it him?” Anyway, the cops are at Peter Parker’s place to investigate Mary Jane’s disappearance, and…
ASM 307
$3, what a bargain! Our story begins with Peter & Mary Jane out grocery shopping when someone calls out to them. Remember how MJ was worried about that lingerie shoot in Web?…
ASM 306
A not-so-subtle homage to the cover of Action Comics #1 is an unusual way for a Spider-Man comic to get going. This one opens with Spider-Man in a really weird position, and…
ASM Annual 22
Move over, Spidey, it’s Steve Ditko’s most embarrassing creation! Boy, the hoops we’re about to jump through behind the scenes. As I think has been mentioned previously, Ditko returned to Marvel in…
WEB 043
Here we go, big cult finale! Looks like those guys aren’t as benign as dumb ol’ Spidey was seeming to think. We rejoin the kidnapping of Betty Brant, already in progress, as…