Things sure got weird quickly around here, didn’t they? This month, yet another inker jumps on, our old pal Frank Giacoia. We can depend on him to hew pretty close to the…
Category: 1980s
ASM 234
In this issue, John Romita, Jr. is paired with frequent inker Dan Green, and the difference is striking. Green worked over Romita’s pencils on his first full-length job (Iron Man 115), and…
ASM 233
This is an awkward place to start, but as we will see, The Tarantula only attacks Spider-Man from the left on a on yellow background. Those are the rules. Welcome back to…
End of Block 8
Survived another one. Another collection of big, big events. Ya got the marriage in there, obviously, ya got Kraven’s Last Hunt, and you got the first appearance of Venom, all in the…
TAC 138
Hey, remember these guys? Been a second. This issue opens with Captain America helping La Tarantula brutally murder Spider-Man by stabbing him in the chest with a flying kick. He keeps kicking…
ASM 300
I got this milestone issue at a comic book show in Florida while on a family vacation for the exorbitant cost of $24 as a teenager. My folks frequently indulged my dumb…
ASM 299
As this one opens, Spidey is hitching a ride on top of a semi truck when a kid in the car in front of him spots him and yells to the driver….
ASM 298
Here he is. Todd McFarlane. The man who changed Spider-Man and then mainstream comics forever. His unmistakable art style would propel Spider-Man to truly incredible new sales heights, and then he would…
WEB 038
He’s back! This issue finds recent ASM artist Alex Saviuk settling into his new home for a long while. He’s joined this month by (future Deadpool co-creator) writer Fabian Nicieza, inkers Keith…
TAC 137
So, here’s a fun thing. This issue debuts the new regular creative team on TAC… and it’s the first creative team on TAC. Gerry Conway wrote and Sal Buscema drew the first…