Figures the real Vulture was gonna get after these wannabes sooner or later. So now John Byrne is doing covers for 2 out of 3 monthly Spider-Man titles? Maybe they thought the…
Tag: Aunt May
WEB 002
Looks like either $5.00 or $8.00 written on that bag. No longer have a clue what I paid for it, but probably not that much. For the moment, Web is still Louis…
ASM 240
Feels like it’s been forever since I read any Stern/Romita ASM. And I guess it has, 10 blocks. But it’s good to be back. It should be obvious by now that I…
Official Marvel Comics Try-Out Book
This post is a special crossover with the main site here at Comics From Space!, where I finished The Official Marvel Comics Try-Out Book. Over several posts, it discusses this famous comics…
MTU Annual 4
Here we go with a pretty big team-up cast and the comic that famously inspired Brian Michael Bendis to create Jessica Jones’ backstory with the Purple Man. Frank Miller writes, Herb Trimpe…
ASM 220
It’s a fill-in issue, so all bets are off! “Ghost starring!” We got a story by Michael Fleisher, with pencils, inks & lettering all by Bob McLeod. Let’s see what they got….
TAC 057
It’s another one with Roger Stern writing, Jim Mooney inking, and Jim Shooter drawing layouts, which is still pretty crazy to me. Peter Parker is swinging home with a tux he rented…
ASM 219
Frank Miller got him looking more like Lil’ Petey Parker on the cover. Penciler Luke McDonnell joins Deny O’Neil and inker Jim Mooney for this issue, which opens with Spider-Man breaking into…
TAC 056
This one is noteworthy for a couple of things. First, it features pencil layouts by Jim Shooter. At this time, Shooter is the controversial but undeniably great Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics, presiding…
SM and SM
Surprise! We’ve jumped back to 1981, and it’s time for the titans of the comics industry to reunite. This is, in fact, the final Marvel Treasury Edition, so they went out with…