I’ve gushed about Charles Vess elsewhere on the blog for his ethereal painted covers, and now we get an entire graphic novel written & painted by Vess. The back cover says he…
Category: 1980s
TAC 157
Hey, Electro is back. It’s been exactly 100 issues since he last appeared in Spectacular. Also: “him.” Weird cover. Mike Esposito continues to ink as Electro is very annoyed. He spent a…
TAC 156
…Do I have to do this? Why does this exist? What… just why? Also, I’ve been noticing Sal Buscema draws Spidey with tiny feet. That never occurred to me in the past….
ASM 325
It’s The Red Skull! Surprise! Did you see him coming? I certainly did not as a kid. Seems rather left field, but I’ve not read it in many years, let’s see. McFarlane’s…
ASM 324
Now that’s a more reasonable depiction of Sabretooth. Don’t let that cover deceive you, though, the ramped up summer schedule was too much, and this issue features the fill-in art team of…
ASM 323
It’s like the old cartoon theme song said: “When Captain America throws his mighty shield/All those who chose to assassinate Symkaria’s Prime Minister must yield!” There are 3 issues of ASM cover…
ASM 322
My original copy of this one was another library sale pickup, and especially trashed. Though I’d started buying ASM for myself, that didn’t mean I could always find it. This was before…
WEB 057
This is getting ridiculous. Not only is Conway making it tough to fit his books around ASM’s 6-part story, he’s not even making WEB and TAC line up anymore. TAC 156 would’ve…
WEB 056
Boy, I’m glad crazy stuff like white nationalist riots only happens in comics. Hang on, where’s this one come from? No mycomicshop sticker, no McKay’s sticker. I don’t recall owning it as…
ASM 321
Like, what is really going on with Spider-Man’s legs and pelvis here? Full dislocation? As tends to happen an annoying amount around here, the timeline’s getting all of whack. Conway references just…