It is utterly insane to me that this is a 3-issue story. Professor. Power. Is meant to keep Spider-Man and the X-Men at bay for a 3-issue story! Bonkers. Bananas. Other such…
Month: August 2023
TAC 197
I haven’t read this one. Can’t wait to see how sad DeMatteis can make a crossover between Marvel’s most popular characters. It’s pretty shocking, in retrospect, how little Spider-Man and The X-Men…
TAC Annual 13
Now she strikes! And we’ve already seen her strike again in ASM 395! It’s JM DeMatteis, Jerry Bingham and Joe Rosas on deck. And we get right into it, as the woman…
WEB Annual 09
$1.50 for a book that was $2.95 30 years ago, ouch. Not the investment it was no doubt sold as. Terry Kavanaugh is here to introduce The Cadre, alongside penciler Nelson Ortega,…
ASM Annual 27
This comic, and all Marvel (And DC!) annuals in 1993 came in a polybag with a trading card inside. The very bags Tom DeFalco implored you to open last post. There are…
ASM 377
This month, regular inker Randy Emberlin tags in and Bob Sharen colors solo. Emberlin’s appearance is rather remarkable in how he’s normalizing Spider-Man. Johnson’s Spider-Man was pretty off-model last issue, but Emberlin,…
ASM 376
We’re bringing all the monthlies to the May cover date issues so they can all clear the deck for a crossover event. ASM was closer than the others, so we only have…
SM 34
This team-up seems unlikely to occur inside. For the big finish, McLeod shares pencil duties with Lee Weeks, but continues as “finisher,” which implies a heavy hand on the Weeks material. We…
SM 33
That cover copy is so quintessentially early 90s to me. In that it’s trying to sound tough and edgy and ends up sounding very silly. We drop back in where we left…
SM 32
Bob McLeod! He’s been making Spider-Man’s eyes big and McFarlane-shaped for yeeeears and now is his time! The coloring on Spidey’s head here defies explanation. Is he wearing a light around his…