Al Williamson! The master’s subtle inks and thin lines actually do the best job yet of bringing Alex in line with the emerging 90s sensibilities despite Al being in the biz since…
Month: December 2022
WEB 087
This time out, Alex inks himself on the cover. Watching him and Sal try to adjust to the 90s is one of the most fascinating things about this whole exercise. Just a…
WEB 086
I’m gonna say that’s too many Hobgoblins. And also, shades of things to come. No Romita, but this cover does get Al Milgrom. A good fit for Hobby. We’ll recall Al drew…
WEB 085
I’ve already forgotten the order the inkers appeared on the ASM covers, but here’s Klaus Janson again. Huh, it was Larsen then Janson then, too. I wonder if Romita inks the next…
WEB 084
The greatest era of all! Is that true? I dunno. I’ve come to think of Web as a kind of directionless title doing this. I don’t think it has any truly great…
SM 23
Big finish! Another triple-gatefold with a buncha people on it! This appears to be the first issue of this story I got at a comic book shop, as evidenced by Sandman’s mug…
SM 22
Bout to get crowded again! By this point, it’s been 3 months since the end of the ASM 6-parter due to its accelerated production schedule, so maybe it didn’t seem overwhelming at…
SM 21
Well that seems weird! Cyborg Spider-Man seems like enough to get you to buy a comic. So, anyway, Solo’s about to execute Spider-Man, who he has been Mysterio’d into thinking is Doctor…
SM 20
Now that’s a 90s cover. The fact that Larsen brought back Solo made me think he must’ve co-created him as a kid. Which is flimsy, but he was the only person I’d…
SM 19
Hulk! This issue starts a bit of controversy, believe it or not. Larsen credits the others as “Letter Artist” and “Color Artist” this month, a fine choice of words that should be…