A caption on page one notes this ends Gerry Conway’s 3rd year on the title. They say it’s all downhill from here. I wonder if they knew 149 would be his last…
Month: December 2021
ASM 145
The Scorpion tends to sting a lot of times per appearance, in my experience. No mistaking that Gil Kane cover. After the wild end of last issue, things don’t seem to have…
ASM 144
I really did not think this one would continue from the last one based on the cover. Kinda stepping on your moment, here. Opening this shocking cover to find Spidey still in…
ASM 143
Cyclone. Last seen in TAC 23, due to the way I do things, but this is his first appearance. As our story opens, Spider-Man is still in New York, and once again…
GSSM 4
Time for Spidey’s 3rd adventure with The Punisher. Spider-Man has seemed uncharacteristically cool with Frank so far, and this cover certainly seems to indicate that will continue. But also, what’s going on…
MTU 031
How many more fists we talking, here? This very strong-smelling issue has the same creative team as last month. Whew! Doesn’t smell water damaged or anything, just… old. Kinda mothball-ish. Wow. Anyway,…
ASM 142
The Mysterio business continues. Same creative team as always. This one opens with Spidey in the river, surveying the trouble with his sunken Spider-Mobile. After being told Mysterio was dead, he’s not…
ASM 141
Could it be that everyone but Mysterio here is… an ILLUSION? Could it be that, despite our desire to trust, things are not what they seem? Let’s see if that’s what happens…
MTU 030
Hey, it’s Falcon. Spidey hasn’t seen him since Cap 137. This issue is courtesy Gerry Conway, Jim Mooney & Vince Colletta. I wonder how an accomplished inker like Mooney felt about the…
GSSM 3
Now here’s an unusual one. Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze, is an old pulp hero. Stan Lee once credited him as the forefather of superheroes. He was trained to near-superhuman strength…