Another knockout Charles Vess cover! From the ashes of MTU, Louise Simonson, Greg LaRocque, Jim Mooney and George Roussos bring us a 3rd monthly Spider-Man solo title. And it picks up just…
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ASM 260
Where’s the light coming from on the bottom of Hobby’s arm? My oft-mentioned “The Saga of the Alien Costume” trade ended with ASM 259, because Spidey was out of the alien costume,…
TAC Annual 04
As difficult as it’s getting to keep the timeline straight, why not toss in another annual? Why not publish one more book to potentially contradict everything? Well, they did. Looks like a…
TAC 095
We pick up with Black Cat helping the badly wounded Spidey back to his apartment. He doesn’t think anything’s broken, but he’s really weak, and says his general tiredness lately isn’t helping….
ASM 254
A great cover. Such mystery! Rick Leonardi hangs in there for one more issue, joined by new regular inker Joe Rubinstein and new regular colorist Christie Scheele. This story begins by revisiting…
TAC 091
While I’ve known the Amazing Spider-Man alien costume story since I was a kid, I never saw the TAC or MTU issues of the period. I was excited to further flesh out…
TAC 090
Alright, we’ve seen two of the regular Spider-titles introduce the new suit, let’s see how Tac does it. Interesting that he’s not wearing it on the cover, unlike the other two. Al…
ASM 253
Once I started down this road of trying to get as much of ASM as I could, I didn’t do anything with this era until I got 252, since it was so…
ASM 252
I first read this issue as part of “The Saga of the Alien Costume,” a trade paperback collection I got when I was a wee lad in the 6th grade. So I’ve…
MTU 120
The blog debut of Dominic Fortune. Now here’s an odd one. Not really in-universe, but behind-the-scenes. When founder Martin Goodman sold Marvel Comics in the 70s, he did so with the stipulation…