So we’re now into this weird era where, with one guy writing 2 out of 3 monthly titles, it’s like there’s two Spider-Man continuties. ASM references what’s going on in the other…
Category: 1980s
TAC 150
Yes, we are back to Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema, Bob Sharen, and this gross miscarriage of justice. Robbie is in some kinda kangaroo court, where an unrepentant murderer is the star witness…
ASM 315
1989 is back! As the stamps on the cover and inside will reveal, my battered copy of this issue originally belonged to my local public library. I began reading Spider-Man (And many…
End of Block 14
This was a big one. The Webs tour! Inferno! MJ kidnapped! A block so busy including the werewolf drug lords felt like over kill. Todd McFarlane really getting cranking on changing the…
TAC 149
This is another one new to me. No concrete dates for Miles Warren. Probably for the best. This one starts off by revealing a not terribly secret secret. Yes, The Lobo Brothers,…
Parallel Lives
It’s our first look at a “Marvel Graphic Novel” since The Death of Captain Marvel. These were slightly oversized (Like halfway between a regular comic and a Treasury Edition), extra-long, squarebound comics…
WEB 050
This one has the rather unusual story that I read my cousin’s copy as a kid, and only got my own in 2018. It was not a cousin I saw too often,…
ASM 314
A heartwarming Christmas issue! Or… not. It’s Peter Parker, after all, things were going way too well in his personal life. This is another one I have memorized from my childhood. Backwards…
WEB 049
Ladies & gentlemen, in the wake of all that Inferno madness, may I present to you, a fill-in issue. Much as I love Charles Vess, this isn’t his strongest cover. Weird hands….
TAC 148
The last of the Inferno tie-ins, and the only issue of TAC in my magical comic box as a kid. Weird place to start! As has been mentioned elsewhere, Ned Leeds is…