Here’s one of several Charles Vess-covered books I got signed by the man himself in 2019. That was a great con experience. This one has 2 stories, and the 2nd is written…
Tag: Amazing Spider-Man
ASM 276
Pretty classic kind of cover, there. “Not… him!” Daring you not to put down your 75 cents, open the book and find out who. Random thought I had last block that I’m…
ASM 275
Just 25 issues after that passive-aggressive-seeming “special normal-sized 250th issue” blurb, an extra-sized 275. I have always thought it was funny when old comics called an issue “book length” and it’s, for…
ASM 274
You know it’s serious when they give the ad pages to the story. You also know it’s serious because the inside front & back cover are a poster of the front cover….
ASM 273
The power of The Puma. Which isn’t much, to be honest, especially in the face of a reality-warping god from space. But, somehow, this is the moment Puma was created for. It’s…
ASM 272
The hits just keep on comin’. From the people who brought you The Spectacular Spider-Kid and Manslaughter (Mountain) Marsdale (Marko) comes… Slyde. This issue comes courtesy of a fill-in art team that’s…
ASM 271
After a couple short blocks, we’re back to a longer one. I broke up the Stern and Wolfman eras a little more just to keep them in the mix, but there’s about…
ASM 251
$12??? Outrageous! I sure hope I didn’t pay that for it, especially in the 90s. And suddenly, the dream team is gone. This issue features a plot by Roger Stern, but a…
ASM 250
A cover that tells you to steal it is a bold choice. Klaus Janson sure brings something else to JR’s pencils. It’s no wonder they’ve gone on to work together so often…
ASM 249
$8.50 feels pretty steep.I wonder if I paid it. No idea, at this point.Random John Byrne cover. Kingpin sure is getting around in the Spider-Man books lately for a villain who’s kinda…