This month, regular inker Randy Emberlin tags in and Bob Sharen colors solo. Emberlin’s appearance is rather remarkable in how he’s normalizing Spider-Man. Johnson’s Spider-Man was pretty off-model last issue, but Emberlin,…
Tag: Cardiac
ASM 376
We’re bringing all the monthlies to the May cover date issues so they can all clear the deck for a crossover event. ASM was closer than the others, so we only have…
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,…
ASM 345
$8.00!!! Surely not. Really? $8.00? That seems crazy high. Well, huh. Looks like a VF copy is more than that on mycomicshop.com. I do recall not getting this one when it came…
ASM 344
This one is unique for me in a very specific way. We’ll get to that later. Here’s the official debut of Cardiac. These characters designed by Erik Larsen stand out so much….
ASM 343
I was always puzzled by the use of “mo’ foes” there. It has only just occurred to me that maybe they wanted me to read that as “mofos” and not in the…
ASM 342
Back again with more powerless Peter, the exciting new series. This one starts with Pete & MJ arriving home after a movie. On the way, they saw a mugging, and Peter wanted…
SMU 14
Cover price: $2.95 (In 1996 dollars). Your price: 90 cents in 2019. It’s easy to see why I would skip this book as a kid. It cost way more, and yet it…
SMU 07
Spider-Man Unlimited launched as the first chapter of a crossover, deeply embedded in the goings on of the Spider-world. But as we saw before, it didn’t take long to devolve into a…