I do not understand the significance of the statuary on these covers. Well, Spider-Man is now wrapped up in Octo-tentacles, and Fusion wants to know how Spider-Man found them. As happens perhaps…
Category: 2000s
PPSM 39
There are people all over comics who see this and go “This is a great image.” Anyway, Doc Ock! Badly misused under Mackie/Byrne. Who knows what Jenkins has up his sleeve for…
ASM V2 42
This month’s first page is a recap of what’s going on presented to both the reader and to Dr. Strange by Spider-Man, which is more efficient than the average recap. The thing…
ASM V2 41
This cover shoulda been a poster or t-shirt or something. Both. I kind of think of this as the “Well, now what?” era of this run. JMS comes in hot with the…
ASM V2 40
Here begins a stint of ASM covers by the late, great Jason Pearson. His stuff had wild, palpable energy, highly stylized with a super slick finish, made only slicker by this color…
ASM V2 39
Time to see how JMS handles a silent issue. These 2 and the aforementioned New X-Men one are the only ones I can clearly remember. I’m sure Bendis & Maleev did one…
PPSM 38
Hey, ASM 38 and PPSM 38, back to back. It’s like old times, briefly. That “NUFF SAID” banner on the cover announces the arrival of Jemas & Quesada’s latest stunt: They allegedly…
ASM V2 38
Time to get into it! May is walking to Peter’s place. Peter is worrying about what’s about to happen. He imagines her coming through the door and saying she has 6 months…
ASM V2 37
Suddenly, Kaare Andrews is covering ASM for a bit. I don’t really understand the plan, if there even is one, but various cover artists seem to come and go during this run….
ASM V2 36
Well, here we are. ASM 36 was released in November of 2001. With the delay between print and publication, you can perhaps guess what recent event had occurred that might have greatly…