One of 77. Still Claremont & Byrne again, although now Byrne is being butchered by an inker credited as “R. Villamonte.” I note with some interest the library-looking “Mar 21” stamped over…
Tag: Dave Hunt
MTU 067
Weird application of zip-a-tone on Spidey’s head. Tigra with black hair is kind of jarring. And it’s a Kraven story, so this’ll be fun. Just kidding! This is another one I read…
MTU 066
A single, individual dollar! This is the first appearance of Murder World. Auspicious. The boys wake up in clear plastic globes, which turn out to be inside a giant pinball table, because…
MTU 065
Well, well. I haven’t read one of these in like a month. But I’m over a year ahead of when they post, so no one would ever know. But I’m back, and…
MTU 064
Boy, that cover coloring is unfortunate. Misty looks like a hate crime. Twice! You can see in Colleen’s hair & shading that something’s just gone very wrong with brown here, in general,…
MTU 063
We return to the Chris Claremont/John Byrne run of MTU. I finally looked up the hard dates. This, their 5th issue together, is cover date November 1977. The famous Claremont/Byrne run of…
MTU 057
One of the 77. Here we go with some real Chris Claremont action. The Silver Samurai was created to little fanfare in Daredevil 111 by Steve Gerber and Bob Brown. This is…
ASM 149
In the early 90s, they printed a “Marvel Milestone Edition” of this issue, so I finally got to read it. I later secured an original copy just out of some weird desire…
ASM 148
We’re finally here! My first Spider-Man comic. Technically, one of two, but I got them at the same time, so I count the oldest one, and that’s this. My Mom got ASM…
ASM 147
As has been mentioned previously and will be mentioned again, The Tarantula only attacks Spider-Man from the left, and only on a yellow background. Yes, ol’ pointy feet is back. Let’s see…