Last month it was double covers for ever issue, this month it’s this split gag for every issue. Always like an excuse for other characters to react to something like this. The…
Tag: Flash Thompson
TAC 257
Only one identity left, and they spoiled it in TAC 256, because this title can’t do anything right. Prodigy! The most heroic of the 4. JM DeMatteis, Luke Ross, Al Milgrom &…
SSM 27
Ok, now we can get on with normal business. Sort of. Not much normal about these 2 months of comics. Each issue this month had 2 covers, one of Spider-Man, one of…
TAC 210
Last issue’s bag had a piece of tape on it so long removing the comic was a genuine challenge. This one has an itty bitty piece of tape barely holding it closed….
TAC 209
Time to close out Steven Grant’s strangely short career as writer of Spectacular. This month, credit goes to Grant & Buscema for Story & Art, with Bob Sharen coloring. On the splash,…
ASM 039
Well, here we go. Jazzy Johnny makes his debut a memorable one as the mystery of The Green Goblin comes to a close. Romita does not get a plot credit, and given…
ASM 038
It’s Ditko’s last issue, and it’s a famously odd one. For starters, he doesn’t even do a splash, just gets right to it. As monsters go, that looks a lot more like…
ASM 037
There are 2 robots, tho. This is the most eventful prison release in Marvel history! Good grief! All this on the first page??? Love Spidey in the hat. Ditko is doing the…
ASM 036
The number of old comics I’ve wound up with with that library stamp on the cover is very curious to me. Who stamped them, and why? I’ll never know. Shout out to…
ASM 035
A pretty quick turnaround for Molten Man. I think only Vulture has come back so soon after his first appearance so far. I guess Ditko really liked him. Stan originates this “Molten…