This month, Pollard does breakdowns for Pablo Marcos to finish. It’s all action on page one as a van drives by our swinging star having a shootout with the cops! Black Cat…
Tag: Amazing Spider-Man
ASM 203
Once upon a time, this was some of the first material I was covering. I started around ASM 176 and went forward. Obviously, plans changed a lot. Then, when I finally got…
ASM 367
Lookit these jokers. Even as a callow youth I was like “This is lame.” Faux-Cap is obviously the worst. He looks like a backup dancer for Paula Abdul. And then the other…
ASM 366
This should be interesting. I haven’t read this since it came out, and had never seen ASM Annual 5 at the time. I just read a paragraph about Peter’s parents in Spider-Man…
ASM 365
We’ve made it to the last of the anniversary books. Technically, 2nd-to-last, though for its content, it should not have been, and also, it’s ASM, you’d expect it to be first or…
ASM Annual 26
“A solo adventure of Solo.” Who thought that was funny? In 1990 or 1991, Marvel got really into these annual crossover events. It worked best with the X-Titles, since crossing them over…
ASM 364
Startling developments! We begin with The Shocker, who, it turns out, Bags does a fine rendition of, attacked by some kinda flying thingy. Last time being The Deadly Foes of Spider-Man #4,…
ASM 363
This one seems to have been bought off the rack. Maybe I got smart. “Hey, Bags, you’ve had some serious work to do lately, this cover can just be big heads.” So,…
ASM 362
$4! I somehow paid less for the first appearance of Carnage than the second! How? Why? Where? I have this itch in the back of my mind that I got this at…
ASM 361
I love that sticker. $3! Yes, young me chose to pass on Carnage at first, I guess. I don’t have any strong memory of it. Might’ve just missed it, might not have…