That’s right! It’s The Child Within: Aftermath! Harry sure stayed gone a good long time! This one’s cover is barely attached and pretty badly rolled. I hope I didn’t pay too much…
Tag: Ashley Kafka
TAC 183
The being the last part of the story and having the cover blurb “Final Reckoning” is extremely funny if you can see the cover of next issue in advance. Spidey did the…
TAC 182
The people trying to write cover copy for this nonsense like these are actual superhero comics must be so tired. Look at all those exclamation points. “We PROMISE this isn’t just a…
TAC 181
Looks like we’re in for the most titanic battle between Spider-Man and gas yet. The customary video footage that starts each issue shows Vermin freaking out because Dr. Kafka wasn’t around, having…
TAC 180
As the saying goes, you can’t keep a bad goblin down. I think that’s the saying. I could be thinking of something else. We open on video of Vermin initially once again…
TAC 179
Sal Buscema, perhaps more than most, is a guy with a lot of go-tos in his art. Signature poses and layouts. But this cover is not one of them, and it seems…
TAC 178
We’ve gone this whole block without seeing any Spectacular, and that’s because ol’ JM DeMatteis has a 6-part story kicking off this issue. Can’t say I’ve been looking forward to it, and…
TAC 241
SSSsssssssoooooo… How do you pick up after MJ has friggin’ miscarried? Quite simple. First, JM DeMatteis comes back, because I am allowed no peace. Second, you do 3 pages of Spider-Man swinging…
ASM 403
Mark Bagley didn’t achieve the lunatic furor from fans the Image guys had when he came on the scene around the same time, in spite of a more than passing similarity to…
TAC 223
The folks who make Web of Spider-Man must’ve felt ripped off to be the only title that didn’t get a fancy cover. This one makes no sense at all. In this period,…