Can you imagine picking up this comic and not just putting it right back down and quitting on the spot? This promises perhaps the least-Spider-Man Spider-Man story possible (Until the absolute least…
Tag: Bob Sharen
TAC 224
Certainly an intentional echo of ASM 39 there. I like that whoever colored this cover got to the text at the bottom and was like “Yeah, pants blue and sweater blue, done.”…
ASM 401
Seems like a bad career choice. In this issue: problems. It’s JM DeMatteis, Mark Bagley, Larry Mahlstedt with normal credits, and then the weird growing pains of the 90s seep in, as…
TAC 223
The folks who make Web of Spider-Man must’ve felt ripped off to be the only title that didn’t get a fancy cover. This one makes no sense at all. In this period,…
ASM 339
Sometimes the covers of comics in the 90s made it challenging to bring them home. My folks were largely hands off with this dumb hobby, but “DIE DIE DIE DIE” isn’t really…
ASM 338
At last, indeed. A 6 part story called Return of the Sinister Six where they don’t do anything together ‘til part 4 seems a bit odd. But, then, what would Spidey do…
ASM 337
The bad guys are huge! Spidey doesn’t stand a chance! Sorta reminds you of the cover to Uncanny X-Men #4. With cover inks by the great Walt Simonson, no less. Terry Austin’s…
ASM 336
Golly, who could that be? Mike Machlan slides into the inker chair as The Vulture is demonstrating his powers for The Kingpin and some other business people by destroying a dummy. Larsen…
ASM 335
Terry Austin drops by to ink this one, The new member of the Sinister Six is revealed on page 1 if you didn’t catch him on the cover, as Doc Ock finds…
ASM 334
With this issue, ASM is once again on sale twice monthly for the summer, so they can burn through this big story in only 3 months. Until recently, I had 2 copies…