Move over, Spidey, it’s Steve Ditko’s most embarrassing creation! Boy, the hoops we’re about to jump through behind the scenes. As I think has been mentioned previously, Ditko returned to Marvel in…
Tag: Bob Sharen
TAC 142
This issue opens with Spider-Man swinging around Atlanta. What? Yes. Rather betraying the era Conway started out in, this is one of those where we start in the middle and then flashback…
TAC 141
Well, here we go. It’s The Punisher’s moment. He was popular from his inception, but as comics trend ever darker, meaner and more cynical in the late 80s & into the 90s,…
TAC 140
Seems like a meeting you don’t want to attend. It’s the day after last issue’s grim cliffhanger, and Robbie is in the hospital surrounded by his family, maybe paralyzed, maybe worse. Peter…
TAC 139
At last! I like how that caption reads more like it’s the cover of a tabloid. “This issue tells all!” It’s still Gerry Conway. Sal Buscema and Bob Sharen bringing us TAC….
ASM 305
$10.75! That’s expensive! I believe this is one of several comics my uncle bought me. I can’t recall the particulars (It was over 30 years ago, gimme a break), but he was…
ASM 412
Alright, let’s wrap up this story that was supposed to wrap up everything but instead wraps up nothing! The invasion of the generic armored enemies has put Molten Man and Spider-Man on…
ASM 411
That definitely looks like things get worse! Al Milgrom pitches in on part of this issue’s inks, and I’d wager that includes this page, as JJJ is throwing a party because of…
ASM 410
This one’s weird from page one because Spider-Man is swinging Peter & the corpse through Manhattan. Didn’t they drive to the Avengers’ place? Why is this necessary other than it’s a more…
ASM 409
Every artist as their own approach to character design. A lot of guys have tells that make it easy to guess a character is theirs. The new characters on this cover are…