Weird cover, weird copy. But it’s probably the best they could do, given what’s going on here. This month, story and art are both credited to “The Hon. John Byrne” for some…
Tag: Al Milgrom
Nova 5
Well, look who it is. Erik Larsen does a lot of odds and ends for Marvel at the turn of the century. Maybe Savage Dragon wasn’t quite paying the bills, maybe he…
Chapter One 12
Guaranteed not to be fabulous! I have reached the end of my torment. Only one more issue to freedom. And look, Sandman’s finally shown up. Well, we begin with JJJ delighted by…
Chapter One 11
We’re down to the 2nd-to-last issue. This book has chopped up and disrespected a whole pile of classic comics to cram all they wanted to cram into it. Truly important comics have…
Chapter One 10
They said we’re going to ASM 18 originally. This struck me as odd the whole time, considering that’s the middle of the 3-parter where Spider-Man quits because Aunt May is sick and…
Chapter One 9
Feels to me like Byrne’s lightly referencing John Romita, Jr.’s favorite DD running pose here. Jr. really made DD his own during his glorious run with Ann Nocenti. I, personally, always think…
TAC 263
Mackie writes, Ross & Milgrom get one more month of line art, and Mike Rockwitz does the colors. There’s a splash of Norman zooming into the room as May looks on in…
TAC 262
I weirdly don’t remember how this was all going for me back in the day. I remember the story, I remember what happens, but was I into it? Over it? Did I…
TAC 261
We’re back fo the big finish. It’s kind of crazy that Glenn Greenberg was the only one swinging for the fences while the books went into an obvious holding pattern for the…
TAC 260
Always a treat to see Romita, Sr. art. The covers alone completely justify this storyline. We pick up right where we left off, with Osborn and Kingsley sizing each other up. Nice…