The Scarecrow. Not that Scarecrow. Somehow or other, both Marvel and DC have one, and no one’s been sued into oblivion yet. I guess because they’re both relatively minor villains, but DC’s…
Tag: Betty Brant
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And now, Spider-Man’s going to meet The X-Men for the first time. But we’ve seen him meet them for the first time in X-Men 35, pretty definitively, so this isn’t going to…
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Why are we dooooooing this? I cannot believe this. ASM 19 is called “Spidey Strikes Back!” It’s the big, triumphant end to a rare-for-its-time 3-issue arc. And we jam not one, but…
ASM 018
The story you never expected to read, but will read with remarkable frequency in the coming decades! The splash is mostly JJJ grinning like a goon in front of his expose on…
ASM 017
Coverless and cheap, that’s fine with me! That really could be Jason behind Liz on the splash. The way literally everyone in this class hates Peter except Liz is a bit over…
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Why would you do this? Why bring Doc Ock back right after the Sinister Six? This seems foolish. G. L. Lawrence is the latest name to show up on this blog, make…
ASM Annual 01
This is ASM Annual 6, but it reprints the first one, so I saved myself a zillion dollars. I never really thought much of it before, but I think the Sinister Six…
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Comics used to say “So-and-so’s Back In Town!” a lot. “Heads up, Spidey, The Headsman’s fresh in from a trip to Florida, and he feels rested and rejuvenated!” Al Williamson is still…
ASM 016
A dire warning indeed! Another one with a frustrating history behind it, maybe the dumbest one. In 2018, when I was at Heroescon and discovering that, like, Silver age comics don’t cost…
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I believe we’re still firmly in the period where Hawkeye The Marksman (Always Hawkeye The Marksman) was an Iron Man villain rather than an Avenger. In retrospect, that was actually pretty radical,…