In December ‘98, a shocking zero mainline Spider-Man comics were published for the first time since August 1963. But they did publish this! Not much of a consolation prize. Having expanded AF15…
Tag: Aunt May
Chapter One 1
So, the Spider-books all ended with the November ‘98 issues. The same month, they published this. What is this? Exactly what it looks like. Having brought you The Final Chapter, we roll…
SM 98
Oh. I guess he’s not dead. Just kidding, he’s totally dead. That’s a weird, expensive gag. Also weird that they chose to run 2 issues of this title this month to close…
TAC 263
Mackie writes, Ross & Milgrom get one more month of line art, and Mike Rockwitz does the colors. There’s a splash of Norman zooming into the room as May looks on in…
SM 97
The Goblin’s got a brand new bag for the occasion. This new costume is a real downgrade, but don’t worry, it only appears in this story. They managed to spin their wheels…
ASM 389
Big finish. Big, dumb finish. JM DeMatteis makes his debut as writer of ASM. When I started his era, I obviously didn’t want to do it here. But we’ve managed to circle…
ASM 388
Annuals, of course, are 64 pages, and expected to feature 3-4 stories. Big deal anniversary issues are usually oversized, maybe double-sized/annual sized, and contain several stories, with at least the excuse of…
ASM 387
You think magical pseudo-science de-aging would really give you your hair back? Good job by Bags making younger Vulture still look like The Vulture. On pages 1 & 2, it does what…
ASM 386
The clouds have been darkening over my head as I slowly realized this entire block was going to be bad, and now it’s too late. One last breath before the plunge. We…
ASM 385
This seems like a weird cover. Man, everything about these issues feels weird. Well, our loopy hero is furiously recapping his situation as he’s sentenced to death, tho he’s not totally sure…