Anniversaries should be something to celebrate. How do you celebrate when your job is to make Spider-Man comics sad? Let’s see. Vladimir Kravinov has come to the US, and is trying to…
Category: 1990s
ASM 393
Carrion’s outfit defies explanation. And he got it at a store! Pull your pants up a little higher, grandpa. Welcome to the chilling conclusion of this dumb crap. We open on Gwen…
ASM 392
Heavy sigh right outta the gate with this one. This stuff is a real slog to me, but I am weirdly excited to get to the crossover. I remember it being this…
ASM 391
As we begin, MJ is standing around being sad in the middle of the night, and also, Aunt May is standing around being sad in the middle of the night. Fun city,…
ASM 390
Hey, we finally got to ASM. Now you’ve gotten a taste of the pikers having a run at making Spider-Man an insufferable sadsack, let’s see the master do it. JM DeMatteis is…
WEB 115
I can’t say for sure 15 years on, but I don’t recall the completely irreconcilable timeline of these books being so obvious as they were released. I was probably getting them once,…
WEB 114
Joey Calaveri pitches in the script for the first 8 pages of this one, as Don Hudson & Fred Fredericks finish over breakdowns this time out. Lot of pinch hitters this issue….
SM 48
Well that’s rather a spoiler, isn’t it? I guess this is as good a place as any to talk about another change to the 1990s comics market that is most obvious on…
SM 47
So, because this stuff all has to happen somehow, we’re going to assume that Spider-Man swung away from the end of WEB 113 and into this. Are you still bewaring the rage…
WEB 113
I have yet to mention that Danny Fingroth is back as Spider-Man group editor, and he’s brought yet another continuity nightmare with him. We’re getting into an awkward spot here, where all…