The first appearance of The Lizard. The hits just keep coming. The splash has Liz commanding an army of alligators to attack our man. Another strong sales pitch! And this month’s villain…
Tag: Flash Thompson
ASM 005
75 cents! I could just use the “Collector’s Series” issues for this, but I may as well use this if I got it. I feel like you can see a little of…
ASM 004
Another month, another enduring concept. It’s really hard to overstate how insane early Marvel Comics are. Just month after month, Kirby, Ditko, Heck and the rest are churning out characters that will…
ASM 002
For most of these earliest issues, I have these. Some newspaper, I have now forgotten which, ran these reprints of the earliest Spider-Man stories in 2006. Each full-length issue of Amazing Spider-Man…
AF 18
Well, that escalated quickly. Paul Lee flies solo again to wrap this story up. We begin with Peter telling himself he’s not a superhero in his narration, even as Flash talks about…
AF 17
Maybe I’m just no fun, but I don’t think Spider-Man should be retroactively made to encounter any actual supervillains before he really did. After, like, ASM 3, say, it’s fine. But I…
AF 16
Writer Kurt Busiek already had some years in the game by now, but he rocketed to stardom with artist Alex Ross on a miniseries called Marvels. It was a trip through Marvel…
AF 15
Finally, 6 issues into this block, we get to the first Spider-Man comic. Get ready for a long-winded post. I imagine most people with any interest in Spider-Man are familiar with this…
TAC -1
I think the cover alone is plenty of explanation as to why I didn’t buy this one. Not only is it not even about Peter Parker or his family, but it’s gonna…
TAC 251
Well, we’ve come to the last book in this block. Can’t say I’ll be sad to leave. More of this Kraven nonsense. Well, I say that, but nothing going on with him…