This post is a special crossover with the main site here at Comics From Space!, where I finished The Official Marvel Comics Try-Out Book. Over several posts, it discusses this famous comics…
Month: January 2021
End of Block 22
Kind of a rough one this time out. A lot of superheroing, but not much going on in Peter’s life.
ASM 223
It’s Denny O’Neil’s last issue of ASM, and he’s only sort of here. JM DeMatteis scripts over an O’Neil plot, while John Romita, Jr. and Al Milgrom start us off with a…
TAC 061
This time we got a plot by Roger Stern, script by Bill Mantlo, pencils by Ed Hannigan and inks by Jim Mooney. Roger is juuuust about to make the jump to Amazing,…
ASM 222
I wish this one was a different cover concept, because it’s Frank Miller inked by Walt Simonson, and that sounds weird, and I’d like a clearer picture of their Spider-Man. This one’s…
MTU 112
King Kull! A lesser known character from Conan creator Robert E. Howard, and licensed alongside Conan to Marvel at this time. Gonna be hard to get him and Spider-Man together, but let’s…
MTU 111
Devil-Slayer! One who slays devils! I know literally nothing about this character! That’s kinda rare around these parts. Who knows what lurks behind this terrible, terrible cover? It’s JM DeMatteis, Herb Trimpe…
TAC 060
Alright, part two! I’ma keep it real witchu, chief: I do not like that cover. Never did! I think it’s considered an iconic Frank Miller cover, but it’s like… why is Spider-Man…
TAC 059
Another very old time-y looking cover from Bob Wiacek. This one has always struck me as odd. Jim Mooney flying solo on the art for this one, which opens with some dudes…
MTU 110
Team-Up time. Same art team as usual recently, with Herb Trimpe credited with the plot to this one, and David Michelinie back on the script. As the story opens, Spider-Man swings over…