I mean, where to start. As if the villains from last issue weren’t dopey enough, we get this. Love the hook “I’m invulnerable from the back.” Well, you have 3 other sides,…
Month: December 2022
TAC 012
We return to the fledgling Spectacular Spider-Man, rounding out its first year on the stands. It hasn’t exactly been essential reading so far, and this cover sure doesn’t have me excited. No…
MTU 064
Boy, that cover coloring is unfortunate. Misty looks like a hate crime. Twice! You can see in Colleen’s hair & shading that something’s just gone very wrong with brown here, in general,…
MTU 063
We return to the Chris Claremont/John Byrne run of MTU. I finally looked up the hard dates. This, their 5th issue together, is cover date November 1977. The famous Claremont/Byrne run of…
ASM 180
And so, at long last, we come to it, the 2nd of my very oldest Spider-Man comics. The coverless copy of ASM 148 and this battered old copy of 180 are the…
ASM 179
As has been mentioned, 70s comics always wanted you to think the hero couldn’t possibly win against the villain, while pitting him against some really terrible villains. It was a hard sell….
ASM 178
I mean, I would never say Andru drew the best Green Goblin, but there’s something pretty weird and creepy about him that you just don’t get from other artists. Gentleman Jim Mooney…
ASM 177
Feels unlikely that the guy being shot in the face has a chance to say “How can we STOP him?!?” I like the one goon shooting the floor as GG drags him…
ASM 176
It’s the tail end of 1977 as we rejoin Len Wein & Ross Andru on ASM. This month, they’re aided & abetted by Tony DeZuniga on inks and the great Glynis Oliver…
WEB 089
And it’s Bob McLeod to take us into the home stretch on cover inks! Another sharp pairing for Alex. Man, “The New Kingpin.” The audacity of finding out Kingpin is going to…