As if things weren’t weird enough, it appears Byrne is just gonna skip ASM 4? Well, last issue, we left Spider-Man broken and defeated in the grass outside a compound Doc Ock…
Tag: Doctor Octopus
Chapter One 3
I mean this doesn’t look good, right? What the hell is that Vulture costume? A tux with tails? How did this get published? Joe Andreani takes over as colorist this month. Page…
Chapter One 2
In December ‘98, a shocking zero mainline Spider-Man comics were published for the first time since August 1963. But they did publish this! Not much of a consolation prize. Having expanded AF15…
Chapter One 1
So, the Spider-books all ended with the November ‘98 issues. The same month, they published this. What is this? Exactly what it looks like. Having brought you The Final Chapter, we roll…
SMU 03
We are back to the last few months of 1993, where we’ll begin the final trek through Michelinie’s tenure on ASM and (many, many) associated products. But first, we find out what…
ASM 032
In the 70s & 80s, this one would have certainly said “Spidey Goes Wild!” on the cover. Ditko gets his plot credit back this month. The surprisingly boring splash is just The…
SMU 18
Conveniently out the same month as the end of Doc Ock’s return, an issue of Unlimited that might be more useful than normal. Or it seems like it could just be a…
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…