Will we really learn who’s under those masks? I don’t remember. I bought this issue, even though most months I was only buying Adjectiveless at this point, just to see who those…
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ASM 435
Let’s see how Peter loses his Ricochet identity. We open on the hilariously named Bloodscream and Roughhouse, 2 jobbers from Wolverine comics, who’ve been released from prison. One of them has noticed…
ASM 434
This striking cover by Mark Buckingham is the egregious swipe of Joe Bennett from SMU 18 I caught last time we were in this period. I always liked this cover, it stuck…
ASM 428
Skroce’s Spider-Man improved dramatically during this story. He got more sleek and less lumpy looking. The other characters did, too, to varying degrees. Simplifying was a good idea. We seem to have…
ASM 427
Shades of ASM 55. Speaking of, for some reason, they got Romita, Sr. to do a version on the fold out: Kinda jarring, really. They’re still in the era of a recap…
ASM 426
Been so long since we saw this era. Crazy. Tom DeFalco, Steve Skroce, Bud La Rosa, Bob Sharen on board. Gee, who could this villain be? Well, page one is is Doc…
ASM 425
ANOTHER oversized issue! Sheesh! It’s a wraparound cover. Here’s the back: On page one, Spider-Man saves a guy from a mugging while listing his powers for some reason, and then the splash…
ASM 424
Yes, what a… mysterious character. DOES Spider-Man know Elektra? I’m not so sure. She’s so mysterious she’s named on page 1: Elektra already feels out of character. Joe Bennett still on the…
ASM 422
Around this time, people got embarrassed by Electro. I, in turn, an embarrassed by their embarrassment. The lightning bolt mask was too much, too silly, no longer acceptable in the 1990s, and…
ASM 421
Get it? Like Enter the Dragon? Do you get it? Do you? Ninjas are sooooo 1980s. ASM is still Tom DeFalco, sometimes Steve Skroce, Bud La rosa and good ol’ Bob Sharen…