Took this long to get back to the Kingpin plot from the previous volume. So much of this book has felt like it’s offtrack. So many issues dealing with the fallout of…
Tag: Arthur Stacy
SM 94
Perhaps he can’t handle the truth. What truth, you ask? Must be a big one, The Watcher is here. Watching colorists figure out Photoshop is really something. Kind of oppressive on that…
SM 93
This issue is basically just Howard Mackie doing some pretty self-indulgent retconning. The Ghost Rider title got really weird after he left, adding all sorts of bizarre secret history and new ideas…
SM 92
As we open part 2 of the Dusk saga, Trapster has been visited by a gang of assassins called The Waiters, who all dress like waiters. This is pretty funny, kind of…
SM 91
Who’s Spider-Man this week? Dusk! Johnny really threw himself a softball on this one. It’s still Howard Mackie, John Romita, Jr., Scott Hanna and Gregory Wright on duty for this book. After…
TAC 255
This issue is a turning point in Marvel’s publishing line, which is odd, ‘cuz I would expect it to happen at the beginning of a month. This issue has the gatefold cover…
SM 89
Back on John Romita, Jr.’s home turf, and look who’s decided to join the manhunt. HOW many times can Punisher be tricked into going after “that awful criminal, Spider-Man?” The Jackal has…
SM 87
And now we’re just quoting the Beatles. And presumably rehashing ASM 33. I remember this cover, but not the issue. Spider-Man Must Lift A Heavy Thing may be pretty well-trodden ground, but…
SM 86
F- minus for this cover copy. Concept and execution. But who cares, JRJR is back. Look how much more incredible the end of last issue looks at the beginning of this issue:…
SM 85
In this era, it felt like editors were scared to let a cover go out without copy. Even stupid, useless copy, like this. This happens all the time in late 90s Marvel…