Welcome back. Hank Pym is still dead. Here’s a villain who really seems lo like talking about his deal, probably because it’s kinda weird. He’s still talking inside, and some time has…
Category: 1970s
MTU 059
It’s time to hang out with comics’ most dysfunctional couple at maybe their most dysfunctional! By now, Hank Pym has been through a ton of supernames, and is now Yellowjacket. Here’s the…
ASM 171
Well, that escalated quickly. I can’t wait to see how this Z-lister manages to get over on both heroes like this. “My two greatest foes-slash-only foes!” We finally made it to an…
Nova 12
The Man Called Nova! Nova was supposed to be the new Spider-Man. I’ll wait for your laughter to die down. His first issue said “In the Marvelous Tradition of Spider-Man!” right on…
TAC 007
The 70s are a pretty dark period for Marvel Comics, all told. There’s certainly bright spots, but a lot of the books were not too great, and there were other problems. Chief…
ASM Annual 11
ASM Annual was a book of nothing but reprints for a few years, but this issue is a return to the first story being original content. This one’s brought to you by…
MTU 058
Len Wein is killing me. I cut my first block from his run awkward and short because it picked up so many threads from the end of Conway’s and I didn’t want…
MTU 028
The stakes on this cover are so obvious that Spidey feels like he’s overselling it. What, like Herc would just drop it? I don’t know why there’s a sticker on there saying…
MTU 027
Spider-Man and the Hulk! Marvel’s most popular characters at this time, and yet, they still rarely appeared in the same book. This one’s banged up, and a previous owner wrote their name…
ASM 138
Boy, that’s a cover image. You guys know what madness means? Yeah, world, thanks a lot for the ability to perceive the conditions around me, real nice. But there’s no time for…