The great Kyle Baker tags in on inks here. His sumptuous inking dulls the clean precision of Martin’s line as seen last issue, but adds a pleasing fluidity, also. Another really good…
Category: 1980s
WEB 033
We finish a 6-issue crossover by a single creative team and… jump right into a 3-issue crossover by a single creative team. Pretty weird! Wonder what editorial was thinking when they decided…
TAC 132
The big finale! I mean, kind of. Hard to top your principal villain shooting himself in the face, but there’s still the matter of Vermin running around, and also Spider-Man doesn’t know…
ASM 294
Ya know, the funny thing is, I’ve read this at least twice before, maybe three times. All in a trade. And I was never a big fan. But something about its pretentious…
TAC 131
Welcome back to another edition of Sergei Kravinoff, the Spectacular Spider-Man. You notice how Mike Zeck has been drawing the eyes on the Spidey mask enormous? You know how Todd McFarlane gets…
ASM 293
Crawwwwwling iiiin my skiiiiin! Welcome to part two of Snarkin’ It Up With Kraven! In spite of all evidence to the contrary, I’m not trying to be a jerk about this. Just…
WEB 031
Believe it or not, this is the beginning of the famous Kraven’s Last Hunt story. That’s crazy. I never really realized this was the timeline until last year, but: Peter proposes in…
TAC Annual 7
Is Puma’s belt supposed to say “IEII?” I don’t get it. I don’t think The Puma is a guy you want crashing your honeymoon. The situation between him & Spidey has evolved…
ASM Annual 21
Who else could possibly do this cover other than John Romita, Sr.? The interiors are just Paul Ryan, though. Not that Paul Ryan. This Paul Ryan is a workhorse comic artist whose…
ASM 292
Alex Saviuk swaps in on pencils here. In a few months, he’ll begin a very long run as penciler on Web of Spider-Man. First, though, this issue of ASM, as things heat…