The last of this blog’s 25th Anniversary covers. We’re treated to another issue by Rick Leonardi this month, now inked by Bob Layton with Nel Yomtov on colors. We open on Flash…
Month: April 2023
TAC 119
$1.95. That’s fair, I think. 2 cents less than somebody thought! Sabretooth continues to be a Spider-Man villain, and I continue to think that’s crazy. Crazy that he was just kinda laying…
WEB 024
I have absolutely no idea where I got a coverless copy of Web of Spider-Man 24. None. How could I have gotten then? When? Where? I guess I’ll never remember. I wonder…
WEB 023
Slyde! No one asked for this. Well, probably not no one. I didn’t, anyway. A Michelinie plot, a Len Kaminsky script, Jim Fern pencils, Vince Colletta inks, Bob Sharen colors. I don’t…
ASM 281
Time to wrap this up. Frenz only did breakdowns last issue, and this issue, he’s down to layouts, with Brett Breeding credited with pencils & inks. Hard times for most of the…
ASM 280
Alright, with the whole missing stunt out of the way, we can check back in with a more normal issue of ASM. Why yes, that is The Deadly Foes of Spider-Man under…
WEB 022
It’s another issue with no credits. What if they excluded the credits due to the subject matter? Afraid the IRA would take issue with the team? Makes more sense than them forgetting…
WEB 021
Uh… what? Are Joy & Peter not going to Ireland? Hm, maybe this is a fill-in. The creative team certainly suggests it. We got Larry Lieber hopping in to write and draw…
WEB 020
Welcome to the blog’s first Marvel 25th Anniversary issue. John Romita, Sr. drew up this border for every issue that marks the anniversary, and each title would have a glamor shot of…
WEB 019
This is one of many stretches where I’ve read the ASMs, but not the other 2 titles. It’s interesting to see what else our man was getting up to. Debuts for Humbug…