The original Goblin suit! Mostly! Romita gave it pirate boots. He’s also on a glider more like Hobgoblin’s. Inside, Anti-Venom is still draining Spider-Man of his powers, sort of-kind of by accident…
Tag: Betty Brant
ASM 568
Man, what to even say first? I guess the obvious is please welcome back to the blog, The GOAT, John Romita, Jr.! Much like Too $hort, he just can’t stay away (I…
ASM 563
We’re back with… whatever this is. That’s some cover. Guess the Enforcers’ cameo last issue wasn’t it for them. Oh, right, Hydro-Man! I was like “I know who the guy in the…
ASM 562
Why no credits on this cover? Did they know I would be unhappy to know Bob Gale wrote it? We’re 7 months into the reboot and we already have a 2nd Spider-Man…
ASM 561
Time to wrap this one up. I wonder how the writers felt about this format. In an era where 5- and 6-issue stories were the norm, so far it’s been 3 per…
ASM 560
Ooooh, ok! I’ve seen this cover before, but had no context for it. I mean aside from the Lichtenstein reference. Oh, to become world famous forever by simply reproducing the work of…
ASM 555
Has Chris Bachalo made it onto the blog yet? I don’t think he has. Very interesting progression. He started out with a recognizable and unique style, right off the bat, and slowly…
ASM 554
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers! First this issue, we check in on the meth lab Freak has been trying to get to the whole time, where a guy is named “Crater,” in…
ASM 552
Now it’s time for Bob Gale’s inaugural 3-parter. I guess each writer musta had one. He is joined by Phil Jimenez & Andy Lanning on line art and Jeromy Cox on colors….
ASM 551
Well, to get right into it, Spider-Man’s narrations makes a weirdly blithe joke about Captain America being dead (????), then he dashes around trying to do… something, the art is pretty unclear,…