I guess that’s one way to sell comics to the adolescent boys who made up the majority of the reading audience at this time. Ol’ Jazzy Johnny had to step back in…
Month: April 2020
WEB 041
More cult action! Looks like this could get weird. As we open, MJ is coming home with an old friend from high school who’s also become a model (That seems statistically unlikely,…
WEB 040
Well, I sure hope so! It’s the return of those “Part 1, Part 2,” etc banner things from the 4 months of weird crossovers. This is the first book on the blog…
TAC 142
This issue opens with Spider-Man swinging around Atlanta. What? Yes. Rather betraying the era Conway started out in, this is one of those where we start in the middle and then flashback…
TAC 141
Well, here we go. It’s The Punisher’s moment. He was popular from his inception, but as comics trend ever darker, meaner and more cynical in the late 80s & into the 90s,…
TAC 140
Seems like a meeting you don’t want to attend. It’s the day after last issue’s grim cliffhanger, and Robbie is in the hospital surrounded by his family, maybe paralyzed, maybe worse. Peter…
TAC 139
At last! I like how that caption reads more like it’s the cover of a tabloid. “This issue tells all!” It’s still Gerry Conway. Sal Buscema and Bob Sharen bringing us TAC….
ASM 305
$10.75! That’s expensive! I believe this is one of several comics my uncle bought me. I can’t recall the particulars (It was over 30 years ago, gimme a break), but he was…
ASM 304
Starting with this issue, ASM is now on sale twice a month in the summertime, a trend that will continue for a few years. The other titles will jump on and off…
ASM 303
You’d never know it, but I haven’t read an old Spider-Man comic in like 3 or 4 weeks as of this writing, which is the longest period in about 8 months. But…