This one seems to have been bought off the rack. Maybe I got smart. “Hey, Bags, you’ve had some serious work to do lately, this cover can just be big heads.” So,…
ASM 362
$4! I somehow paid less for the first appearance of Carnage than the second! How? Why? Where? I have this itch in the back of my mind that I got this at…
ASM 361
I love that sticker. $3! Yes, young me chose to pass on Carnage at first, I guess. I don’t have any strong memory of it. Might’ve just missed it, might not have…
ASM 360
That cover copy is really overselling it. “You’ve seen Spider-Man team up with people like Punisher, Wolverine and Solo, people who straight up execute their enemies, but how could he ever team…
ASM 359
Here’s another one I initially skipped. Not uncommon in the early 90s. I wasn’t exactly wowed by Cardiac and I only had so many dollars. He was not the villain I demanded,…
FF 362
Hey, an FF comic. As far as I know, this is not a period remembered fondly. It hasn’t gotten into real, real bad territory yet, at this point. It’s our familiar friend…
Spider-Man: Fear Itself
Welcome back to the very, very end of 1991, as we enter a block that will introduce a major new Spider-Man character AND one of the most insane twists anyone ever pulled….
MTU 073
(One of 77) Can this issue live up to an unusual 2 months of hype? Let’s find out! This one’s written by 70s stalwart Gary Friedrich, creator of Ghost Rider, and features…
MTU 072
(One of 77) MTU 71 said that next issue would feature Spider-Man and Daredevil fighting The Owl, but that’s actually MTU 73. I guess the schedule was just all out of whack…
MTU 071
(One of 77) MTU 69’s letter column said that, while the details were up in the air, if things worked out right, MTU 71 was gonna be the craziest issue ever. Instead,…