Welcome back to 1990! We’re here with Todd McFarlane’s Adjectiveless Spider-Man, the first comic since the 1940s to sell over a million copies. The message that sent was clear: Flashy art was…
Category: 1990s
End of Block 27
A real Monkey’s Paw situation. I think. You know, I’m not sure I remember how the Monkey’s Paw goes. But the point is, you spend years wishing Ben Reilly would go away,…
Spider-Man/Gen13
We wrap this block up with this, another non-canon crossover with Jim Lee’s Wildstorm Universe at Image. Gen13 is a team of teen heroes. They’re more or less mutants, with familiar powers….
SMTU 6
All in the same story? This promises to be a weird one. The Aquarian! Not exactly a household name. This one’s written by the great Larry Hama, drawn by Dietrich Smith, inked…
SM 78
Romita, Jr. & Hanna are back for the 2nd half of this Morbius adventure. And I know this blog routinely just derails into a John Romita, Jr. fan club, but look at…
SM 77
Morbius! And rendered by Claudio Castellini, no less! Last seen ‘round these parts in Marvel Vs. DC, he’s the guest penciler this month as JRJR takes a rare break. Castellini’s art fascinated…
ASM 420
Steve Skroce made his name on X-Man, a comic about a young Cable from an alternate reality hanging out on the prime Marvel Earth, so I guess they felt this needed to…
SM 76
Now here’s a weird one. One of the few issues I really remember from this period. It begins with an extended flashback in JRJR’s unique style: The Fields family hid in a…
SSM 15
The gang’s all here as we finish up in The Savage Land. A splash and a 2nd 2-page spread show us our gang surrounded by dinosaurs (Making Weirgino do two 2-pages spreads…
SSM 14
Where did this issue come from? Its lack of backing board or tape suggests I bought it in the old days, but I’m pretty sure I didn’t. And how’s The Hulk gonna…