Now here’s a cover I really really remember. Excellent concept & execution. So good they didn’t even plaster some stupid copy over it and ruin it. I don’t much recall what’s inside,…
Tag: Buzz
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 09
Oh boy, it’s Swarm! This would’ve been my first exposure to this extremely bizarre character. I’ve since read earlier appearances. This should be a wacky one. A friggin Dave Matthews reference?! Todd…
ASM 413
ASM is still produced by Tom DeFalco, Mark Bagley, Larry Mahstedt & Bob Sharen in this period. This issue opens with Spider-Man waking up in pain and panic to find himself apparently…
SM 69
We are back to 1996. Ben Reilly is Spider-Man, Peter & MJ moved to Portland for juuuust a second and are back, Peter lost his powers, Ben & Peter know someone is…
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…
SM 66
I just noticed Romita doing it, and then went back and looked, and it seems all the artists have abandoned the unnecessarily complicated web pattern on this Spider-suit in exchange for the…
TAC 231
Yes, it’s Kaine! But also: Oh no, it’s Kaine! Kaine, as I’m sure this comic will awkwardly explain, is yet another clone of Peter, but a failed and deformed one that dressed…