As I prepared to read this comic, I thought, “I wonder when things will get fun again.” And than I stopped myself and wondered in horror… will things get fun again? It’s…
SM 27
For the first time in awhile, this era’s books are pretty close together. I skipped this month’s Web because it begins a multi-parter, previous post was this month’s TAC, and I did…
TAC 193
I like the rawness of this cover. Sal went a lot looser and more ragged and it looks cool. Wonder what prompted it. Time for some much-needed damage control. Good job, Pete-o….
TAC 192
This crow guy’s got Thor boots. I am so hostile toward this story that I’m not even gonna read all the prose slathered on every page. Sal Buscema has a reputation as…
TAC 191
It is 1992 again, closing in on 1993 now. A lot of weird stuff to cover this block, and a lot of stuff I’ve not read, including this issue. You think that…
ASM 283
It must be around the production of this issue, if not before, that, according to Christopher Priest, Jim Shooter had been pressuring him to fire DeFalco and Frenz for habitual lateness so…
TAC 122
This looks to be a weird one. Let’s start with the Arrested Development reference: Remember that show? Life was simpler then. This issue is awesome because they’ve finally, finally stopped doing the…
TAC 121
So, this is a wacky one. I guess Peter David had recently seen Rashomon or something, because this is him riffing on it. And, man, they didn’t have to go this hard…
TAC 120
Another of these covers, this one by Mark Beachum, who forgot the spider on his chest. My favorite part of Romita, Sr.’s border for this is The X-Men, because they look very…
ASM 282
The last of this blog’s 25th Anniversary covers. We’re treated to another issue by Rick Leonardi this month, now inked by Bob Layton with Nel Yomtov on colors. We open on Flash…