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…
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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…
TAC 069
As we’ve seen, Cloak & Dagger were created in the pages of Spectacular just 5 issues ago, and it seems they must’ve been a hit, at least internally, because they’re back already….
MTU 119
With this issue, Herb Trimpe is off Marvel Team-Up, and penciler Kerry Gammill and inker Mike Esposito are in! This is good news for me personally. I have no idea where this…
TAC 068
So, here’s how this one starts… I was like “Is this Ben Urich?… So, no then.” I believe this is the first comic on the blog… and the first comic of its…
TAC 067
What lurks behind Ed Hannigan’s Frank Miller impression? Seems like a lot! It’s been a minute since I’ve seen a Spectacular. This one’s by writer Bill Mantlo, penciler Ed Hannigan, inker Al…
MTU 114
Here we drop into a rough patch for MTU. I’ve been reading it, but due to the chopped up chronology of this blog, this is the first issue I’ll be talking about….
ASM 224
We jump ahead now to somewhere in the last half of 1981. The cover date is the date the book was supposed to be removed from the rack rather than the month…
ASM 216
Same creative team as of late, picking up where they left off last issue. Let’s see how Spidey’s doing on… a Spring morning? In spite of it being November last issue and…