Yay, Daredevil! But… The Unholy Trio, huh? These guys don’t exactly inspire fear in the hearts of men. Some, uh, unique costumes. I guess they’re actually called The Unholy Three, and this…
Author: spiderdewey
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Not too many of these include a nuclear explosion. Or a voodoo priest, or a dinosaur man, or even Dracula, for that matter. But the 70s were a weird time.
MTU 024
In what culture, sirs, is Moondog another name for murder? This provides a pedigree for the infamous 1990s Captain America cover blurb “MODAM MEANS MURDER!,” I suppose. What’re the odds of getting…
ASM 135
Coming at this from the angle I am, it’s always a trip to hit a cover with an iconic Spider-Man on it that got used a lot in advertising and such, and…
ASM 134
Here we go. The introduction of The Tarantula. As we will see, on covers, The Tarantula only attacks Spider-Man from the left, on a yellow background. It’s in his contract. A polarizing…
GSSM 1
Hot on the heels of Giant-Size Super-Heroes featuring Spider-Man comes Giant-Size Spider-Man, an even larger comic with the same star just a month later! And y’all, it smells TERRIBLE. Holy crap. This…
MTU 022
Len Wein, Sal Buscema & Frank Giacoia hang in there from last issue to bring us an adventure of Spider-Man and Hawkeye. And it starts out looking ominous: Spidey is lost in…
GSSH 1
Wait, Giant-Size Super-Heroes #1? It’s true. Marvel tried this “Giant-Size” line for awhile, bigger comics with additional content. You may be familiar with the name of the most infamous of them, the…
MTU 021
Guys, he’s back from the dead! I do not know Xandu The Unspeakable, but he’s back! Same creative team as last issue, except Dave Hunt replaces Mike Esposito. Things get rolling with…
MTU 020
If had to pick my absolute favorite Marvel characters, well, #1 would be obvious. Beyond that, it would be Captain America, Black Panther, Daredevil, Thor. I think they’re all tied for 2nd…