Tom Lyle makes his Spider-Man debut, but oddly, this doesn’t begin his run with Howard Mackie. During this crossover, each of the other spider-writers take turns writing the 4th book. For this…
Tag: Aunt May
ASM 378
Here’s what the kids wanted. David Michelinie, Mark Bagley, Randy Emberlin, Bob Sharen on deck. Venom has arrived in New York, and seeing Carnage’s face on a newspaper, starts yelling at it…
SMU 01
It’s here. My dread built with every issue last time we hit this period, but it can’t be avoided: Maximum Carnage. An absolutely misguided 14-issue disaster that forced me to buy all…
UTS 23
Now this seems like it could be a good idea. Giving the new crime boss about to appear in ASM a little more lead time so he doesn’t just crop up out…
ASM 020
Good cover! That first iteration of Scorpion’s tail just seems so underwhelming in light of later ones. I mean, I came in with Todd McFarlane putting a blade on it. He’s the…
UTS Annual ’96
If yer gonna do a retro comic like this, Mike Allred is pretty natural choice of artist. His whole thing is a kind of kitchy, 60s-influenced style that he’s used to great…
ASM 019
TWO Enforcers appearances in 5 issues! Madness. Banking everything on a cowboy, a tiny mobster, and a big dumb dude. We open on some dudes robbing a bank in broad daylight and…
UTS 22
The Scarecrow. Not that Scarecrow. Somehow or other, both Marvel and DC have one, and no one’s been sued into oblivion yet. I guess because they’re both relatively minor villains, but DC’s…
UTS 21
And now, Spider-Man’s going to meet The X-Men for the first time. But we’ve seen him meet them for the first time in X-Men 35, pretty definitively, so this isn’t going to…
UTS 20
Why are we dooooooing this? I cannot believe this. ASM 19 is called “Spidey Strikes Back!” It’s the big, triumphant end to a rare-for-its-time 3-issue arc. And we jam not one, but…