I saw a copy of a Stan Lee script not too long ago. His scripts were written to the letterer, since he was scripting from completed pencils. For the caption boxes, where…
Tag: Chameleon
Double Trouble
Behind that slick Dave Hoover cover lurks… Herb Trimpe. I thought I’d seen the last of him. The rest of the team from last issue hangs on, but Alex musta been too…
ASM 375
Yes, never one to let the chance to jack up the price of a comic pass them by in the 90s, it’s yet another oversized anniversary issue. ASM 365 celebrated the anniversary…
ASM 001
Another facsimile edition for another wildly expensive comic. 2 great feature-length Spider-Man thrillers! They really threw around phrases like “feature length” and “book length” for awhile there. So! Amazing Fantasy 15 was…
TAC 245
Rrrrrrandom Romita, Sr. cover out of nowhere, hello! It’s become hard to remember my life before this Chameleon story. It just feels like it’s been going on forever. To open, Flash Thompson…
TAC 244
Yay, he’s back. Or is he? This is a lot of Luke Ross for a guy to have to sit through in sequence. Man, this time period. Lotta ups & downs in…
TAC 243
I’m reading these things so far ahead of when they’re published that once in awhile I take days or weeks off and it doesn’t matter. I’m not even sure when I read…
TAC 242
And we’re back to very late 1996, almost 1997. This may not be my favorite period for the books, but it is really freeing to think I won’t ever have to think…
ASM 080
This month in credits, Stan Lee is “Author, Editor” (I think for the first time?), Buscema & Mooney share “Illustrators,” and John Romita gets “Art Consolidator.” Oh… kay. Peter Parker is working…
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…