Retailers! Pretty wild to put that on the cover. On the splash this month, Mysterio towers over an amusement park, telling us after all these months, he’s ready to have his revenge…
Tag: Aunt May
ASM 065
This month, Jim Mooney takes over penciling & inking, and the credit under Lee & Romita is “artistically aided by Jim (Madman) Mooney.” Doing the vast majority of the work, here! But…
ASM 064
During The Great Ebay Hysteria of 2018, I quickly found I could get most issues in this range for under $10 if I was vigilant and not too picky. But for some…
WEB 073
Oh, look. It’s The Headmen, those weird lames from the issue of She-Hulk Spidey was in. And, look, this issue is written by John Byrne, so that checks out. Byrne is on…
ASM 347
This is a famous cover. And it sucks. Beyond the obvious, what is wrong with Venom’s shoulder? Why is Spider-Man’s skull significantly bigger than Venom’s? Did he turn back into Spider-Hulk before…
ASM 346
Oh, Erik. Why must you do this? I think I’ve mentioned before that Erik Larsen has said he added the giant, distended jaw, the tongue and drool because he didn’t like Venom…
ASM 345
$8.00!!! Surely not. Really? $8.00? That seems crazy high. Well, huh. Looks like a VF copy is more than that on mycomicshop.com. I do recall not getting this one when it came…
ASM 344
This one is unique for me in a very specific way. We’ll get to that later. Here’s the official debut of Cardiac. These characters designed by Erik Larsen stand out so much….
TAC 174
It’s been awhile since a supervillain menaced MJ. I may be forgetting, but this might be only the 2nd time since they got married. This month, the script over Conway’s plot is…
TAC 173
“The Non-Gritty Superhero!” Don’t tell Todd McFarlane… That surgeon general’s warning on the cover is a baffling choice. Here we begin what would’ve been Gerry Conway’s last TAC story, but he’s already…