That’s a striking cover. Some bold choices by the uncredited colorist. My copy of this issue had some problems in the printing process, with the spine and all pages misaligned. We’ll see…
Tag: Bill Mantlo
TAC 089
Here goes everything. Glynis Oliver tags in on colors this month. The issue starts with one of Kingpin’s underlings recapping how Kingpin gave Spider-Man information to stop Doc Ock, and then Spider-Man…
TAC 088
That is certainly a take on Mr. Hyde! I really prefer the sort of crude, choppy inking Milgrom applies to his pencils to the flat, faux-John Romita, Sr. thing Jim Mooney does….
TAC 087
Sure looks like things are going to go well! Mantlo, Milgrom, Mooney & Christie Scheele on deck as Spider-Man and Black Cat cavort through the city on the way to Peter Parker’s…
TAC 086
The bottom corner feels like JRJR, but who knows? Maybe it’s a dead-on impression. Is this a bigger or smaller stunt than MTU 137? On the one hand, MTU was absolutely ludicrous….
TAC 085
So, at some point in the 21st Century, having completed my quest for the Stern/Romita ASM run and feeling good about it, I saw Roger Stern’s bibliography on Wikipedia, and found out…
TAC 084
In this issue: SAC-MAN Fever! This issue brought to you by Bill Mantlo, Dave Simons inking his own pencils, Glynis Oliver, and SAC-MAN. This issue has one of the weirdest intros of…
MTU 135
Ya know, I was feeling this during the black costume story, too, but having read just the ASMs of this era several times over the years, having to stop to see what…
Marvel Treasury Edition 25
We wrap up this block with the last of the Treasury Editions featuring original Spider-Man content to be covered. This should be a wacky one. We got Bill Mantlo writing from a…
TAC 040
Sadly, Romita, Jr. is not hanging around for part 2. This month’s art team is Frank Springer & Ricardo Villamonte. Been a bit since Springer was on TAC, let’s see how that…