No less an authority than Marvel Executive Editor Tom Brevoort has said that, during the Jemas era, the general cover mandate was single characters, even for team books, preferably female, preferably scantily…
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ASM V2 51
It’s so funny to me that J. Scott Campbell’s bread & butter is “he draws sexy women.” Does he? Is this bucktoothed fencepost of a woman hot? Are those guys all reacting…
ASM V2 50
Alright, thumbs up, let’s do this: Hot start on page one! What could possibly have made Peter stop paying attention at such a pivotal moment? Well… it’s understandable… This is a delightful…
ASM V2 49
Some skiiiiinny legs on that Spider-Man, wow. That’s page one. Just jumping right into it this time. A rare appearance by Peter’s wedding band. It’s a good thing all this happened on…
Deadline 2/Thor 51
We’re back to the mainline continuity, and we’re starting with something silly. Not as silly as it looks. That is not a Scrier who’s become a cop. That’s some random other guy…
ASM V2 45
This month, what is more or less the stable cover treatment for Marvel Comics for the foreseeable future is in place. The little red rectangle with (Pretty arbitrary) content rating, issue number,…
ASM V2 44
As of this month, Marvel comics got just a little bit taller? It’s a weird distinction that’s especially obvious if you keep 5-8 comics in one bag like I do (And no…
ASM V2 43
You cannot beat Romita, Jr. drawing someone in the rain. You can’t. I’m sure I’ve rambled about it more than once already. You can’t. As someone reared on late 80s/early 90s comics,…
ASM V2 42
This month’s first page is a recap of what’s going on presented to both the reader and to Dr. Strange by Spider-Man, which is more efficient than the average recap. The thing…
ASM V2 41
This cover shoulda been a poster or t-shirt or something. Both. I kind of think of this as the “Well, now what?” era of this run. JMS comes in hot with the…