Ok, big finish! What could possibly make this any weirder than the previous 3 issues? The title of this one is “DEATH IN THE YEAR BEFORE YESTERDAY,” so strap in, I guess….
Category: 1970s
MTU 039
We’re teaming up with Bill Mantlo, Sal Buscema & Mike Esposito for an adventure with the Human Torch. Sure are a lot of those in the history of this book. This one…
ASM 156
This one opens with Spidey watching the sun come up and realizing he’s gone the whole night without sleeping. He’s only just gotten home from his adventure last issue. Remember? When a…
ASM 155
Kicking thing off with a weird cover and a weirder splash page: Yes, the Giant Ghost of Spider-Man is warning Peter he’s gonna have a rough day! Alright, then, here we go….
ASM 154
Sal Buscema tags in on pencils as Spider-Man is swinging around angry about the death of Dr. Bolton last issue, blaming himself for it, and finds some would-be muggers to take out…
ASM 153
Weird arm cradling that kid on the cover, Mr. Romita. Kinda looks broken. Now we’re in the Len Wein era of Amazing. This is actually really vexing me. This is his 3rd…
End of Block 2
End of block 2! Kinda hard for anything but poor Gwen to be the focus of this one, but so much other noteworthy stuff happened, too. Fun to try to cram it…
ASM 122
It’s another reprint. I can’t afford this issue, either. I mean, obviously. My next reprint is ASM 129, but other than that, it’s all originals to the end of the volume. Spider-Man…
ASM 121
That’s a pretty crazy cover. Who could walk past that on the rack? This, obviously, isn’t an original 121, because I am not rich, but this era of Marvel Tales reproduced the…
ASM 120
We’re back with the rest of Spidey’s Hulk situation. Now Gil Kane’s drawing with John Romita & Tony Mortellaro on inks. In the flood, The Hulk throws a huge piece of the…