The original Goblin suit! Mostly! Romita gave it pirate boots. He’s also on a glider more like Hobgoblin’s. Inside, Anti-Venom is still draining Spider-Man of his powers, sort of-kind of by accident…
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ASM 569
That’s a very old school looking cover. This issue begins with… Making Peter’s identity secret again was obviously a good idea, but stealing it even from Norman is actually great idea. If…
ASM 568
Man, what to even say first? I guess the obvious is please welcome back to the blog, The GOAT, John Romita, Jr.! Much like Too $hort, he just can’t stay away (I…
ASM 567
Andy Lanning returns to do breakdowns this time, and Chris Chuckry is back to coloring solo. The internet seems to indicate Vermin never fought Daredevil. But, I mean, who cares, right Marc?…
ASM 564
This one is apparently gonna be a Rashomon-type riff or something. Accordingly, I guess, it has 3 different writers in Marc Guggenheim, Bob Gale and Dan Slott. Bit weird, leaving out just…
ASM 561
Time to wrap this one up. I wonder how the writers felt about this format. In an era where 5- and 6-issue stories were the norm, so far it’s been 3 per…
ASM 560
Ooooh, ok! I’ve seen this cover before, but had no context for it. I mean aside from the Lichtenstein reference. Oh, to become world famous forever by simply reproducing the work of…
ASM 557
Time to wrap this up. The lady in the van exposits that Rabin told her he caused this blizzard, and he is about to become a “god-king.” That he killed her partner…
ASM 556
Gettin’ pretty cold out there. But maybe getting a little warmer in JJJ’s hospital room. JJJ thanks the nurse for helping him see the light, waits til she leaves, then tries to…
ASM 551
Well, to get right into it, Spider-Man’s narrations makes a weirdly blithe joke about Captain America being dead (????), then he dashes around trying to do… something, the art is pretty unclear,…