Certainly an intentional echo of ASM 39 there. I like that whoever colored this cover got to the text at the bottom and was like “Yeah, pants blue and sweater blue, done.”…
Month: June 2021
SM 58
The Adjectiveless Spider-Man is still Howard Mackie, Tom Lyle, Scott Hanna & Kevin Tinsley in 1995. Still can’t get over Spider-Man being on fancier paper than ASM. This happened because it launched…
ASM 401
Seems like a bad career choice. In this issue: problems. It’s JM DeMatteis, Mark Bagley, Larry Mahlstedt with normal credits, and then the weird growing pains of the 90s seep in, as…
WEB 124
The logo is no match for Kaine! Steven Butler & Tom Lyle appear to be the only ones maintaining McFarlane’s crazy perm for MJ. Everyone else has pretty much given her her…
TAC 223
The folks who make Web of Spider-Man must’ve felt ripped off to be the only title that didn’t get a fancy cover. This one makes no sense at all. In this period,…
SM 57
Welcome back to grim’n’gritty sad times 1995, where things won’t get much grimmer or grittier or sadder than this. Aunt May dead! Peter arrested for murder AT THE WAKE! And look at…
End of Block 25
Easily the craziest, busiest block to date. Doc Ock’s tentacles really helped me out here. Had to draw Chameleon in his weird captain gear…
ASM 339
Sometimes the covers of comics in the 90s made it challenging to bring them home. My folks were largely hands off with this dumb hobby, but “DIE DIE DIE DIE” isn’t really…
ASM 338
At last, indeed. A 6 part story called Return of the Sinister Six where they don’t do anything together ‘til part 4 seems a bit odd. But, then, what would Spidey do…
ASM 337
The bad guys are huge! Spidey doesn’t stand a chance! Sorta reminds you of the cover to Uncanny X-Men #4. With cover inks by the great Walt Simonson, no less. Terry Austin’s…