Have we talked about the “Marvel’s TV Sensation” thing yet? This banner has been affixed to the covers of the Spidey titles due to the success of a frankly not-so-hot, short-lived, live…
ASM 185
It’s the graduation of Peter Parker! Eventually. Maybe. First, we gotta get him out of this vat of burning oil. Pete has been fond of pointing out his web is flame retardant…
ASM 184
It’s like someone challenged Wolfman to come up with the worst villains in the world. Two issues in a row! We kick things off with the mysterious woman who came to Peter’s…
TAC 021
Behold, the first issue of Spectacular Spider-Man to appear on the blog. I’m told that, in this era where cost cutting led to much shorter comics, TAC was launched in part to…
ASM 183
I mean, you already know, right? Does the comic even have to tell you what this is if you saw last issue? Well, it’s gonna. We pick things up with Peter Parker……
ASM 182
It is now 1978, and new writer Marv Wolfman is here to more or less continue the same general feel and tone Len Wein started. Stalwart Ross Andru hangs on as the…
End of Block 3
This was a weird one. You know, I made it so short because I was trying to keep from spoiling stuff in the Conway run, but I have since learned that was…
Superman Vs. The Amazing Spider-Man
That’s right, gang: Spider-Man’s most surprising team-up ever! $2.00 back when comics cost a quarter! This was a pretty big deal for its time, and it seems like this sort of crossover…
MTU 47
This is it! The final part of this ridiculous 8-hit combo. This has been going on FOREVER. Let’s wrap it up. And look, a cover by Gil Kane, who drew Basilisk’s initial…
MTO 17
Inspired by the success of Marvel Team-Up, Marvel Two-in-One came about as the exact same premise, only everyone teams up with the ever-lovin’, blue eyed Thing instead of Spider-Man. Naturally, they’d occasionally…