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…
Tag: Chameleon
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…
TAC 241
SSSsssssssoooooo… How do you pick up after MJ has friggin’ miscarried? Quite simple. First, JM DeMatteis comes back, because I am allowed no peace. Second, you do 3 pages of Spider-Man swinging…
SSM Annual ’96
75 cents! How could you not? I mean, this is probably gonna be awful, but how could you not? I happily didn’t for $2.95 in 1996 dollars, but 75 cents now? A…
TAC 166
The folks at McKay’s saw that $1 sticker and were like “too much!” Spidey travels to London on the trail of Knight & Fogg. His first trip since chasing Gwen there in…
WEB 065
This is too many villains. 7 bad guys and 6 of them are jobbers? Too crowded! At least The Sinister Six was 6 characters you might actually want to see. The coloring…
MTU 027
Spider-Man and the Hulk! Marvel’s most popular characters at this time, and yet, they still rarely appeared in the same book. This one’s banged up, and a previous owner wrote their name…
TAC 157
Hey, Electro is back. It’s been exactly 100 issues since he last appeared in Spectacular. Also: “him.” Weird cover. Mike Esposito continues to ink as Electro is very annoyed. He spent a…
WEB 055
Back in the post about TAC 154, Eduardo Lobo said he & his brother had to wait for the next full moon to finish their war with Kingpin. And I thought, “That’s……