Oh, I wouldn’t dare, don’t worry. Ominous corner box. Ya know, I struggle to recall how and why I read this. It would’ve been in 2018. I thought it was in an…
Category: 1980s
WEB 016
So, that’s weird, right? In this era, Spidey group editor Christopher Priest was trying to justify having so many Spider-titles by giving them all a unique flavor. ASM was the big whiz…
Marvel Fanfare 27
Now that’s a good McKay’s price! Not a great background on that cover, Tony Salmons! Welcome back to 1986. A famously big year for comics, with the release of books like Watchmen,…
MTU 098
MTU 97 wasn’t a Spider-Man comic, so this is the next issue for our purposes. And I am baffled to say it’s got a story by Marv Wolfman. What is going on?…
MTU 096
Another one where I don’t think I looked at the price tag, because jeez. No way, man. Not worth half that to me. And the cover’s got weird bends in it, it’s…
Spider-Woman 28 & 29
Doing something a little different this post. This is a multi-part Spider-Woman story, but Spider-Man only shows up on the last page of issue 28, so that didn’t seem like it should…
TAC 045
Suddenly, Roger Stern is back to finish this weird story, and he’s joined by the late, great Marie Severin. Apparently Marie was meant to be the new regular artist on this title,…
TAC 044
Last post, Roger Stern was the latest to fill-in on ASM after Marv Wolfman abruptly left. This post, one issue into Roger Stern’s tenure on the book, we have… a story by…
ASM 206
Note: In this issue, Peter Parker does not go wild in the least. “Well, who’s gonna be doing this fill-in since Marv and Keith bailed, probably the usual, Bill Mantlo and Sal…
TAC 043
Ladies & Gentlemen, Roger Stern! This issue begins Roger Stern’s 2-year run on Spectacular, which we’ve seen the end of in the time Denny O’Neil was on ASM, but now we’re back…