Look at that ugly blur. It adds nothing to the image, makes it actively uglier, and makes all the effort Larsen put into the background largely meaningless. I hate blurs in comics….
Tag: Ben Urich
PPSM 16
The way it feels like storylines just keep wandering in and out of these books instead of progressing is kind of crazy. This month has the odd credits “Howard Mackie – story…
PPSM 14
Who’s gonna draw you better Hulk than Romita, Jr.? Who’s gonna draw a more massive, Earth-shaking Hulk? Nobody. It’s still Mackei, Romita, Jr., Hanna & Wright over here, and we begin with…
DD V2 8
Behold, the end of the Kevin Smith/Joe Quesada DD run. This is basically just a coda to that story, wherein DD found himself protecting a mysterious baby. It seemed, by turns, that…
PPSM 3
Very Marvel Team-Up-ish cover. We open on Betty Brant interviewing a guy who saw what happened as last issue was ending. Spider-Man was holding Shadrac down as Bobby filled him full of…
SMU 22
Can’t wait to see how much stuff Deodato swipes from other artists this time. The art team is joined by Mark Bernardo to close out this series. Who’s coming to defeat these…
TAC 261
We’re back fo the big finish. It’s kind of crazy that Glenn Greenberg was the only one swinging for the fences while the books went into an obvious holding pattern for the…
TAC 260
Always a treat to see Romita, Sr. art. The covers alone completely justify this storyline. We pick up right where we left off, with Osborn and Kingsley sizing each other up. Nice…
TAC 259
Now here’s a thing that piqued my interest enough to buy Spectacular as a teen: The promise of a showdown between the original Green Goblin and the original Hobgoblin? A Romita, Sr….
Made Men
I don’t really know why this exists. I don’t really know why I bought it. It’s $6! But here we are. Howard Mackie obviously loves the crime side of Spider-Man and the…