In December ‘98, a shocking zero mainline Spider-Man comics were published for the first time since August 1963. But they did publish this! Not much of a consolation prize. Having expanded AF15…
Author: spiderdewey
Chapter One 1
So, the Spider-books all ended with the November ‘98 issues. The same month, they published this. What is this? Exactly what it looks like. Having brought you The Final Chapter, we roll…
The Legacy of Spider-Man
In its heyday, Wizard magazine was, for better or worse, the premiere comics publication. And somewhere in there, they began producing comics called ½ issues, exclusives you could only get through them,…
ASM Book & Record
I don’t actually know where this came from. I know I got it as an adult. I suspect my Mom gave it to me, having picked it up at a thrift store…
What If 7
Prior to getting to Volume 2, I got a couple odds & ends that I didn’t really have anywhere else to put, so why not now? Fewer than I thought, actually For…
SM 98
Oh. I guess he’s not dead. Just kidding, he’s totally dead. That’s a weird, expensive gag. Also weird that they chose to run 2 issues of this title this month to close…
TAC 263
Mackie writes, Ross & Milgrom get one more month of line art, and Mike Rockwitz does the colors. There’s a splash of Norman zooming into the room as May looks on in…
SM 97
The Goblin’s got a brand new bag for the occasion. This new costume is a real downgrade, but don’t worry, it only appears in this story. They managed to spin their wheels…
ASM 441
Alright, then. Time to actually gather that pesky 5. This 4-issue stunt is the actual end of the era. You want something like this to really go for it, to really come…
SSM 33
And here’s Joe Bennett with the wrap up. Not sure why he switched titles for this. Maybe they wanted him to get the important parts since he’s a regular. One assumes 5…