I love that sticker. $3! Yes, young me chose to pass on Carnage at first, I guess. I don’t have any strong memory of it. Might’ve just missed it, might not have…
Tag: Bob Sharen
ASM 360
That cover copy is really overselling it. “You’ve seen Spider-Man team up with people like Punisher, Wolverine and Solo, people who straight up execute their enemies, but how could he ever team…
ASM 359
Here’s another one I initially skipped. Not uncommon in the early 90s. I wasn’t exactly wowed by Cardiac and I only had so many dollars. He was not the villain I demanded,…
Spider-Man: Fear Itself
Welcome back to the very, very end of 1991, as we enter a block that will introduce a major new Spider-Man character AND one of the most insane twists anyone ever pulled….
WEB 089
And it’s Bob McLeod to take us into the home stretch on cover inks! Another sharp pairing for Alex. Man, “The New Kingpin.” The audacity of finding out Kingpin is going to…
WEB 088
Al Williamson! The master’s subtle inks and thin lines actually do the best job yet of bringing Alex in line with the emerging 90s sensibilities despite Al being in the biz since…
WEB 087
This time out, Alex inks himself on the cover. Watching him and Sal try to adjust to the 90s is one of the most fascinating things about this whole exercise. Just a…
WEB 086
I’m gonna say that’s too many Hobgoblins. And also, shades of things to come. No Romita, but this cover does get Al Milgrom. A good fit for Hobby. We’ll recall Al drew…
WEB 085
I’ve already forgotten the order the inkers appeared on the ASM covers, but here’s Klaus Janson again. Huh, it was Larsen then Janson then, too. I wonder if Romita inks the next…
WEB 084
The greatest era of all! Is that true? I dunno. I’ve come to think of Web as a kind of directionless title doing this. I don’t think it has any truly great…