“Now on sale monthly!” That’s funny to me. Like dropping back down to monthly from twice a month is a selling point. “Fewer comics!” You think people were really clamoring for Peter…
Tag: David Michelinie
ASM 309
$10! Ballin outta control! Did I buy this? Is this another one my uncle got me that one time, as mentioned elsewhere? Honestly don’t recall. Styx & Stone! This issue is the…
ASM 308
A cover that’ll make you go “…Is that Taskmaster? Why is his face… like that? Is it him?” Anyway, the cops are at Peter Parker’s place to investigate Mary Jane’s disappearance, and…
ASM 307
$3, what a bargain! Our story begins with Peter & Mary Jane out grocery shopping when someone calls out to them. Remember how MJ was worried about that lingerie shoot in Web?…
ASM 306
A not-so-subtle homage to the cover of Action Comics #1 is an unusual way for a Spider-Man comic to get going. This one opens with Spider-Man in a really weird position, and…
ASM Annual 22
Move over, Spidey, it’s Steve Ditko’s most embarrassing creation! Boy, the hoops we’re about to jump through behind the scenes. As I think has been mentioned previously, Ditko returned to Marvel in…
ASM 305
$10.75! That’s expensive! I believe this is one of several comics my uncle bought me. I can’t recall the particulars (It was over 30 years ago, gimme a break), but he was…
ASM 304
Starting with this issue, ASM is now on sale twice a month in the summertime, a trend that will continue for a few years. The other titles will jump on and off…
ASM 303
You’d never know it, but I haven’t read an old Spider-Man comic in like 3 or 4 weeks as of this writing, which is the longest period in about 8 months. But…
ASM 302
It’s weird that Spectacular & Web have John Romita, Sr. cornerboxes as Amazing doesn’t right now. This cover has never made a bit of sense to me. Did that ill-defined weapon of…