Alright, then. Time to actually gather that pesky 5. This 4-issue stunt is the actual end of the era. You want something like this to really go for it, to really come…
Tag: Amazing Spider-Man
ASM 440
Suddenly, out of nowhere, John Byrne appears. His involvement in all this seemed random at first, but it becomes so pervasive that he must’ve been part of all the planning. By this…
ASM 439
When I say I was a stupid kid, I mean it. This cover got me. I didn’t read this book, I didn’t like this book, but this stupid gimmick worked on me….
ASM 438
Why the “?!?” Would it be so strange if he did? I know that the beginning of the Vol. 2 era is a disaster, but getting Tom DeFalco out of my life…
ASM 437
It’s always kind of jarring to see an X-Character in the wild. The X-Men is such an insular franchise. The rest of the Marvel U is constantly bumping into each other, but…
ASM 436
Will we really learn who’s under those masks? I don’t remember. I bought this issue, even though most months I was only buying Adjectiveless at this point, just to see who those…
ASM/Devil Dinosaur Annual ’98
Peep that wild Michael Golden cover. His stuff sure does evolve over the years. Just in for a weird time this post. Moonboy and Devil Dinosaur are among Jack Kirby’s last creations…
ASM 435
Let’s see how Peter loses his Ricochet identity. We open on the hilariously named Bloodscream and Roughhouse, 2 jobbers from Wolverine comics, who’ve been released from prison. One of them has noticed…
ASM 434
This striking cover by Mark Buckingham is the egregious swipe of Joe Bennett from SMU 18 I caught last time we were in this period. I always liked this cover, it stuck…
ASM Annual ’97
Before getting back to the whole “Spider-Man adopts 4 new identities” business, I’m looking at 2 comics that came out much earlier that I held back. This I held back just so…