This issue opens with Spider-Man swinging around Atlanta. What? Yes. Rather betraying the era Conway started out in, this is one of those where we start in the middle and then flashback…
TAC 141
Well, here we go. It’s The Punisher’s moment. He was popular from his inception, but as comics trend ever darker, meaner and more cynical in the late 80s & into the 90s,…
TAC 140
Seems like a meeting you don’t want to attend. It’s the day after last issue’s grim cliffhanger, and Robbie is in the hospital surrounded by his family, maybe paralyzed, maybe worse. Peter…
TAC 139
At last! I like how that caption reads more like it’s the cover of a tabloid. “This issue tells all!” It’s still Gerry Conway. Sal Buscema and Bob Sharen bringing us TAC….
ASM 305
$10.75! That’s expensive! I believe this is one of several comics my uncle bought me. I can’t recall the particulars (It was over 30 years ago, gimme a break), but he was…
ASM 304
Starting with this issue, ASM is now on sale twice a month in the summertime, a trend that will continue for a few years. The other titles will jump on and off…
ASM 303
You’d never know it, but I haven’t read an old Spider-Man comic in like 3 or 4 weeks as of this writing, which is the longest period in about 8 months. But…
ASM 302
It’s weird that Spectacular & Web have John Romita, Sr. cornerboxes as Amazing doesn’t right now. This cover has never made a bit of sense to me. Did that ill-defined weapon of…
ASM 301
Until recently, my only copy of this issue was a reprint. It came with an action figure decades ago. But I’ve procured the real thing now, so we’ll take a look at…
WEB 039
Welcome back to 1987! In case all the time travel has you lost, we’ve returned to the time when Peter & MJ are still newly married, Venom just debuted, and Spider-Man is…