And so we come to the first stunt. The X-Men line had recently had a huge success with Age of Apocalypse, a set of books where time was rewritten, the world was…
Month: July 2022
SMTU 1
Now this is just ridiculous. Launching a brand-new title with a character you’ve just shuffled off the board. As we’ve already seen, as of issue 2, it’s the Ben Spider-Man, but for…
Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man
First thing we do before Ben becomes Spider-Man is this. Back in the 90s, Marvel hit upon the idea of a line of future versions of their characters. In the far off,…
TAC 229
The End of An Era! What better time for an oversized and overpriced comic with a totally pointless plastic cover???? This month, DeFalco scripts himself, and Sal is credited with “Breakdowns &…
SM 63
This could be a rough one. This issue is illustrated by the legendary Gil Kane… at 68, only 5 years from the end of his life. I’m not sure I realized this…
ASM 406
Oh, sure, this’ll hold up. No way the real Doc Ock won’t inevitably come back and replace this one. With purple hair, even. 1995! Can’t wait to see this issue’s Overpower cards….
WEB 129
Welcome to the final issue of Web of Spider-Man. Kinda funny, really. MTU was cancelled to make way for Web, and now Web is cancelled to make way for Sensational. No matter…
TAC 228
Doesn’t this look fun? Did they learn nothing from him hitting her? Actually, I think they did, I believe the Life of Reilly column revealed they had Sal redraw that hand, which…
Spider-Man And Batman
Well, well, look who it is. Marvel Vs. DC may have been the biggest meeting between the two companies, but they had struck up the partnership again in the years prior with…
SMU 10
Those are some mighty long limbs on The Vulture, there, Shawn McManus. Did I buy this back then? I might have.The bag sure looks it. I guess because it was part of…