Never unhappy to see DD in these pages (Well, maybe in the awful Web of Death story…). Never unhappy to see JRJR working on him again, too. And he kicks things off…
Month: July 2021
SM 73
Looks dangerous! The gang’s all here, Howard Mackie, John Romita, Jr., Al Williamson & Kevin Tinsley. Peter Parker is running across the rooftops of New York reminding us that when we left…
SSM Annual ’96
75 cents! How could you not? I mean, this is probably gonna be awful, but how could you not? I happily didn’t for $2.95 in 1996 dollars, but 75 cents now? A…
ASM Annual ’96
The appearance of this comic at this time is SO jarring. Extremely un-90s Ron Frenz art, a cover full of dead people, 2 versions of the real Spider-Man. Very left field. Also…
Redemption 4
Who looked at this cover and thought “Yeah, I’m slappin’ ‘Burning Bright!’ across the top. That’s totally necessary.” Cover copy is almost always terrible, but sometimes it’s just pointless.Anyway, after flashing back…
Redemption 3
We get rolling this time with Janine being loaded into a police van as reporters throw questions at her and she ruminated on how she “killed” Elizabeth Tyne and how Janine Godbe…
Redemption 2
Alright so Kaine just killed Ben Reilly’s one true love and left him to mourn her in this weird pile of mannequins. You can tell he’s Peter Parker by the way he…
Redemption 1
That’s right! It’s 1996 again, but by (Ever-so-slightly) fudging the publication orders of both series, I’ve managed to line up this sequel to Lost Years right after it. While DeMatteis has moved…
End of Block 26
Woof. Regardless of your opinion of the Clone Saga. Whether you think it’s a complete disaster, or you’re a person whose opinion I could never trust, I think everyone would have to…
Lost Years 3
Ok, big finish. Kaine is watching through a skylight as his beloved Louise holds a gun on Ben and that Tannen guy looks on with Jacob Raven’s kidnapped son. Kaine is horrified…