And so, we reach a big milestone in my personal comics collecting habits: the moment when I stopped individually bagging comics. I decided it was both easier and more convenient to put…
Tag: Billy Walters
ASM 431
I mentioned last post that I didn’t buy these at the time. Why would I? I wasn’t a fan of Carnage or the art, that’s 2 strikes. And I knew, as I…
ASM 430
Yes, from the writer who brought you “Spider-Man somehow beats up Star-Lord” comes “Carnage is supposed to be a threat to The Silver Surfer.” I’ve never read this, because I think Carnage…
SSM 24
Time to do something that hasn’t happened in quite awhile in this period: Read every book that came out this month. Except I also have to include the previous month’s ASM because…
SSM 23
So much eyesore text in this era, my goodness. Ok, let’s wrap this up. Spidey’s in trouble, Doc’s in trouble. Doc is now racing back to his physical form, tho, a detail…
SSM 22
90 cents! Really getting this story for a bargain. Scott Hanna pitches in on inks this month. We open on Dr. Strange, apparently having gone through some things lately but recently restored…
SSM 21
75 cents! What a deal! I’ve said it before, but the possibilities opened up to letterers by desktop publishing in the late 90s were a gift and a curse. Look at that…
SSM 18
So, wait, is the DK thing not over? What’s going on? Whatever, look, cover credits! DC had been doing this for years before Marvel finally got on board. Cover credits are cool…
SSM 17
Pulling issues out of the box for this block, I assumed issues 16 & 17 of SSM were standalone issues looking at the covers. You literally can’t judge a book by its…
SSM 16
Follow-up question: Why is there a new Prowler? Perhaps we’ll find out in this tale by Todd DeZago, Mike Weiringo, Richard Case and Gregory Wright. Did “the accident” happen off-panel? Is it…