Getting to these USM blocks is kinda like reading the 60s ASMs. It’s nice not to have to switch between titles and creative teams and decipher what goes where all the time…
Tag: Betty Brant
USM 043
Help. Girl, help. Possibly the most generic cover of the generic cover era. This issue begins with a teacher very angry with Peter Parker for skipping his class. MJ makes up a…
USM 029
We’re back! Bendis! Bagley! Thibert. Transparency Digital! Art Thibert has apparently gone on to become one of these awful conservative idiots who rails against superhero comics starring heroes who aren’t white guys…
Tangled Web 21
Darwyn Cooke, J. Bone & Matt Hollingsworth return, and this time, it’s Christmas. Ya know, when I was plotting out this stuff, I remembered a whole lot more of this series being…
Tangled Web 20
Yes, Zeb Wells is back, this time teamed with indie comics staple Dean Haspiel. Haspiel had the prestigious if probably not super lucrative gig of taking over the art for Harvey Pekar’s…
USM 016
These generic covers. This was the mandate of the time, as I’ve mentioned before, just “iconic” shots of the character or maybe a villain instead of anything revealing story content. It had…
USM 008
Alright, we’re back, and it’s time for our 2nd arc. From now on, Bendis is the sole writer. Marvel came to him with USM, and Bill Jemas had the major beats hammered…
PPSM 19
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….
PPSM 18
Great cover! I love this scribbly hatching phase for Romita. Fan bloggin never stops. But, crushingly, interiors are courtesy of Graham Nolan. No slight to him, but anyone but Romita is a…
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…