After 2 years of build up, the rudderless Senator Ward saga will wrap up in the midst of Maximum Security. It felt like Ward was endlessly haunting these pages during much of…
Tag: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2
ASM V2 23
Picking up from last issue without pretense for a change, we find Spider-Man and Arthur Stacy debating whether to kill Senator Ward (While recapping right at each other like they weren’t there…
ASM V2 22
Welcome the brand-new artist of ASM, John Romita, Jr.! What, he was just gonna leave? He’s going to outlast Howard Mackie. It’s really starting to bother me that every issue of ASM…
ASM V2 21
So, we’re back to Spider-Man being overwhelmed by Spider-Slayers large and small. Rodney Ramos pitches in on inks this month, added to the list of Mackie, Larsen & Beatty all credited with…
ASM V2 20
See what I did last post? Ho ho. Now here we have an unusual thing, the 100 Page Monster. This was apparently based on something DC did in the 70s that Tom…
ASM V2 19
Well, well, look who it is. Since he’s been doing work around Marvel in this period, it was probably only a matter of time. And still writing, drawing & inking Savage Dragon…
ASM V2 18
Not the best cover to announce your biggest villain is back. “Can you guess whose hands these are?” This issue is John Byrne’s last (Huzzah!) and to send him off in style,…
ASM Annual 2000
Do not remember this one at all. It’s a Howard Mackie/Klaus Janson joint, so it’s gonna be weird looking with a lot of inventive composition. Steve Bucellato has his name spelled wrong…
ASM V2 17
Man this is weird. “He’s fought the Sinister Six all at once, and now Spider-Man’s going to have to fight them… in various smaller groups!” Seems like it should be the other…
ASM V2 16
I believe it’s now officially the year 2000. That feels momentous on my journey through time, getting to the 2000s. Story is credited to “John Byrne and Howard Mackie” this month, so…