In the late 80s and early 90s, Joe Jusko was the first guy to really bring painted covers into the mainstream. He predates Alex Ross. At one point, they did an entire…
Tag: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2
ASM 517
The thing about Richard Isanove that has driven me insane for 20+ years now is, you go up to him, you say, “Hey, Richard, what’s the most normal color a sky could…
ASM 516
Molten Man. Granted, “Molten Man” being a shiny metal guy never made a lot of sense… We’ll recall Gerry Conway trying to make him a little more molten in the 70s… But…
ASM 515
Now, finally, for the first time in this block, it’s time to check in with ASM. In a story that explicitly takes place after the first arc of New Avengers and this…
ASM 514
Spider-Man’s web has often been portrayed as being so strong he, himself, can’t break it (But certainly not always). Ever since McFarlane popularized the image of him hanging in a bunch of…
ASM 513
Wonder why everyone had Norman Osborn on the brain this year. Why did he figure so prominently in The Pulse and 2 Spider-Man titles. Pulse 5, MKSM 6 and ASM 512 are…
ASM 512
A thrilling image of Spider-Man battling 2 guys who would stand behind the named villains and not have speaking roles in a 1990 Rob Leifeld comic. The only thing more mysterious that…
ASM 511
This cover straight up looks like it’s 1997. Well, this comic opens with Spider-Man removing his mask to cry, thinking this can’t be real, but maybe it it, and he has to…
ASM 510
This issue opens with a page rather awkwardly cutting panels from 3 different pages from last issue together showing Peter fighting his mystery assailants and Gwen’s headstone, then a page that’s half…
ASM 509
The ugly Spider-Man font is back here, too! Why????? You fixed it! It will stick around for the next 3-ish years, as I recall. Well, we’re into it. Two “its,” I guess….