This one’s tough to say, but I think the hologram might be John Romita, Sr. Only right to get him in here. The poster of the much-hyped upcoming debut of Spider-Man 2099…
Category: 1990s
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Here it is, the first of the oversized 30th Anniversary issues with fancy hologram covers. And so we truly enter the age of the gimmick cover. This would only get weirder and…
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Big finish. A very Kirby-esque cityscape down there. Vulture is lunging at Spider-Man recapping the deal on page one. I think it’s cool that Sal has this weird page layout, and how…
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If this is gonna swerve, the cover sure isn’t tellin’. Aunt May has a huge yard! Look at all that empty green space. Does Aunt May own a car? I don’t think…
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I mean, finally. The old codger hanging around only gets more and more ridiculous. We have already seen the 90s attempt to make him young fail even though we haven’t seen it…
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She doesn’t like logos. It’s a war on logos. Bud La Rosa on inks and Nel Yomtov on colors this time as the boys find Spidey’s tracer pinned to the floor by…
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Daredevil! We may not have actually seen DD 300, where he took down The Kingpin “once and for all” (for a little while), but we’re here for… what certainly looks like a…
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And it’s Bob McLeod to take us into the home stretch on cover inks! Another sharp pairing for Alex. Man, “The New Kingpin.” The audacity of finding out Kingpin is going to…
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Al Williamson! The master’s subtle inks and thin lines actually do the best job yet of bringing Alex in line with the emerging 90s sensibilities despite Al being in the biz since…
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This time out, Alex inks himself on the cover. Watching him and Sal try to adjust to the 90s is one of the most fascinating things about this whole exercise. Just a…