This month is the first where USM ships twice. Part of this era of Marvel was trying to get books out more than 12 times a year. Considering the twice-a-month summers are…
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USM 020
We open this month on 2 pages of Kraven & his entourage headed to film the big fight with Spider-Man. They basically just have spotters watching where Hammer’s limo is headed, with…
USM 019
These covers’ digital painted look have always felt a little wonky to me, but this one is particularly wonky. Well, we have a cliffhanger to resolve, so… Biiiit of a cheat, boys!…
USM 018
Let’s get right to it. Brutal. Like a supercharged version of ASM 3’s first meeting between the two. However… With the upper hand, our man starts some quality rambling while webbing up…
USM 017
Back to the main book, and maybe this month, Spider-Man and Doc Ock will cross paths. I’d say so! Meanwhile, Kraven the Hunter’s manager is showing him a new graphic of him…
USM 016
These generic covers. This was the mandate of the time, as I’ve mentioned before, just “iconic” shots of the character or maybe a villain instead of anything revealing story content. It had…
USM 015
We get started this month with a tense 3-page segment of a lady exercising on the phone when Dr. Octopus breaks into her house and slowly starts coming toward her room before…
USM 014
We’re back to the Ultimate Universe. Original recipe Marvel is in mid-2002 where we left it, and this brings us back to late 2001 in the Ultimate corner of publishing. And we’ve…
ASM V2 45
This month, what is more or less the stable cover treatment for Marvel Comics for the foreseeable future is in place. The little red rectangle with (Pretty arbitrary) content rating, issue number,…
ASM V2 44
As of this month, Marvel comics got just a little bit taller? It’s a weird distinction that’s especially obvious if you keep 5-8 comics in one bag like I do (And no…