Kicking this block off with PPSM because I think it just flows a little better that way. We’re now firmly in the era where comics are telling 5 and 6 part stories,…
Tag: Aunt May
ASM V2 Annual 2001
So this one’s weird right from the cover because that image is from the Spider-Man video game. It was in ads in all Marvel Comics for several months before this issue came…
PPSM 29
A 4-part story where a single chapter is written by a different writer is a strange decision. Charlie Adlard, at this point best known for the Walking Dead, tags in for line…
PPSM 28
Certainly a striking cover. This one starts with various detail shots of the scifi machinery Stromm’s head is connected to,one of which is clearly just a Macintosh, which amuses me greatly, while…
PPSM 27
Here begins Kaare Andrews’ run as a cover artist for the Spider-Office. Under Jemas and Quesada, more and more books will have cover artists who don’t do the interiors, crafting flashy visuals…
ASM V2 27
There’s an odd cover idea. This month, the Spider-Office is newly under the auspices of Axel Alonso, recently poached from DC’s Vertigo arm, where he edited a truly remarkable run of really…
ASM V2 26
Well, that looks weird. Well, it’s a week since the events of the issue 25s, and Spider-Man is ruminating on them by way of recapping. At the end of his recapping (3…
ASM V2 25
Hey, an actual monthly issue of Spider-Man, who’d have thought? With a dumb, shiny foil cover, even. Welcome to the countdown to the end of Howard Mackie’s tenure on the Spider-Books. Joining…
ROGG2
Ya know, there’s another big, dramatic “return of the Goblin” event only a year or two from now. When I was putting my reading list together, I thought this was it. But…
USM 013
Now there’s a cover that’ll get your attention. Is it real? Let’s see. It dawns on me now that this is going to be a tough issue to summarize… …because it’s essentially…