This month… well, it’s a weird one, and our artist is John Totleben. He first got famous inking Stephen Bissette on the run of Swamp Thing that was also Alan Moore’s first…
Tag: Billy Connors
Chapter One 6
To kick things off, Byrne spelled out that he and editorial got together and decided ASM 1-18 represented the first year of Spider-Man’s career, and to focus in on that range. Adapting…
Chapter One 5
With as sped up as this series is, I half expect Spider-Man to go to Florida via experimental teleporter. Steve Bucellato is coloring now, and of course, on page one, Spider-Man’s in…
WEB 111
What are the chances this is even remotely enjoyable? Sometimes I really feel like a dope having bought all these comics I was smart enough to duck back when they came out….
WEB 110
Stop trying to make Warrant happen! On the splash, a ludicrously written biker gang possibly called The Pipers is menacing some people in a car in Colorado as The Lizard looks on,…
SMU 19 & Avengers 1
Here’s a book that screams “inessential.” But that doesn’t mean unenjoyable, so let’s see. Former Spider-Man assistant editor Mark Bernardo writes, the ubiquitous Joe Bennett pencils, Joe Pimentel inks and John Kalish…
ASM Annual 27
This comic, and all Marvel (And DC!) annuals in 1993 came in a polybag with a trading card inside. The very bags Tom DeFalco implored you to open last post. There are…
ASM 365
We’ve made it to the last of the anniversary books. Technically, 2nd-to-last, though for its content, it should not have been, and also, it’s ASM, you’d expect it to be first or…
ASM 006
The first appearance of The Lizard. The hits just keep coming. The splash has Liz commanding an army of alligators to attack our man. Another strong sales pitch! And this month’s villain…
ASM 166
Comic book people used to throw the word “holocaust” around like it was nothin’. Jewish guys, even. Stan Less, Jack Kirby, Len Wein, they loved it. It feels super weird, but I…