MCP is still a flipbook, so I chose this cover with the Spidey corner box over a Joe Madureira cover as opposed to the other side, a Sam Keith Wolverine/Venom thing. As tends to be the case when Spider-Man makes a rare appearance in this title, it’s by people I’ve never heard of. Keith Planit writes, Ed Murr pencils. I do recognize Chris Ivy on inks & colors. Keith Planit’s name is misspelled as “Kieth,” actually, but he appears to be a guy who wrote a very few comics in the old days and maybe involved with a short-lived indie company in the 2010s. Random, as usual. Ed Murr has a similarly sparse comics work history.
Slowly coming to the conclusion that I like it when people draw the black part of the eyes really thick in this period. Maybe I should try that myself. Spider-Man dispatches the goons and realizes the old folks ran off without the wallet they were about to lose.
Hm. An untouched hook laying around in the ancient texts is a rare find, but I don’t think anyone ever tried to follow up on that kid before. Not that they maybe should. Kind of a shaky premise. But we’re running with it, as the guy thinks he remembers exactly what that kid looked like, and that happened about the same time that Spider-Man first appeared, and maybe he could sell this. So, the next day, Peter learns The Bugle got a call about a guy saying he could give a detailed description of the man behind the Spider-Mask to a police sketch artist.
Well… ok. Rather abrupt ending, but pretty funny. Neither of these guys was ready for prime time, but I don’t see why they more or less vanished out of the business after this. Comics coulda done worse in 1992…