Big finish. Big, dumb finish. JM DeMatteis makes his debut as writer of ASM. When I started his era, I obviously didn’t want to do it here. But we’ve managed to circle…
Tag: Amazing Spider-Man
ASM 388
Annuals, of course, are 64 pages, and expected to feature 3-4 stories. Big deal anniversary issues are usually oversized, maybe double-sized/annual sized, and contain several stories, with at least the excuse of…
ASM 387
You think magical pseudo-science de-aging would really give you your hair back? Good job by Bags making younger Vulture still look like The Vulture. On pages 1 & 2, it does what…
ASM 386
The clouds have been darkening over my head as I slowly realized this entire block was going to be bad, and now it’s too late. One last breath before the plunge. We…
ASM Annual 28
Carnage was initially presented as so scary Spidey and Venom could barely beat him. Then they tried to make him even more scary in Maximum Carnage, though they mostly had the opposite…
ASM 385
This seems like a weird cover. Man, everything about these issues feels weird. Well, our loopy hero is furiously recapping his situation as he’s sentenced to death, tho he’s not totally sure…
ASM 384
Is one of them Ja Rule? That’s a very old reference. Love that the parent thing is back on the cover. And Maximum Carnage fans: This one’s for you! I’m not sure…
ASM 383
Oh boy, The Jury! Trying to get some color on those generic cybersuits, it seems. Part 1! It somehow takes Spider-Man 3 issues to deal with these losers. I do not remember…
ASM 040
Big finish! Big finish, indeed, our final issue in this block, the end of the Goblin story, and the last 60s book I’ll cover. Momentous! Calling this issue “Spidey Saves the Day”…
ASM 039
Well, here we go. Jazzy Johnny makes his debut a memorable one as the mystery of The Green Goblin comes to a close. Romita does not get a plot credit, and given…