Turns out, 204 was the last issue of Marv Wolfman’s run. He bounced mid-story, apparently some kinda dispute with Marvel. He headed back over to DC to create the New Teen Titans,…
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ASM 204
This month, Pollard does breakdowns for Pablo Marcos to finish. It’s all action on page one as a van drives by our swinging star having a shootout with the cops! Black Cat…
FF 218
It’s the thrilling(?) conclusion to TAC 42. Someone’s written “3-4” on the front in pencil. Behind that cover by Al Milgrom and the legendary FF inker Joe Sinnott, we have Bill Mantlo…
TAC 042
The great Mike Zeck joins Bill Mantlo writing, Jim Mooney on inks and Janice Cohen on colors for this one. Mike Zeck before he was a big name, I think, in this…
MTU 092
This is like the cover to a children’s book. This issue of MTU is brought to us by writer Steven Grant, inker Pablo Marcos, and to my surprise, legendary penciler Carmine Infantino….
TAC 041
This is one I didn’t have last time I read this batch, so that’s nice for me, an actual new story. Not that I’m expecting much from this one. Tom DeFalco tags…
ASM 203
Once upon a time, this was some of the first material I was covering. I started around ASM 176 and went forward. Obviously, plans changed a lot. Then, when I finally got…
TAC Annual 06
Yeah, we’re doing this again. Kinda bold to nick the cover to Purple Rain twice, but what can ya do? The sequel no one asked for is here! He’s dressed rather more…
End of Block 34
Not the best group of issues. Things going in several negative directions at once. But they can’t all be winners, I guess.
WEB Annual 02
Behind that beautiful Charles Vess cover lurks an extremely wild ride with Ann Nocenti, Art Adams, George Roussos, and Warlock, the strangest member of The New Mutants. Warlock is an alien, a…