Weird that this is the 2nd cover in a row introducing Will O’ The Wisp. Maybe they thought the more mysterious previous version wasn’t enough. So, JJJ’s latest Spider-Slayer and Will are…
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ASM 167
Hey, an actual ASM. Been awhile. Tip top Romita Spideys on this cover. Very, very, very confident blurb on the debut of this issue’s new character. Not… warranted. As we get rolling,…
TAC 005
Things look bad for our hero! But will they actually get so bad inside? We’ll see. On the splash, everyone reiterates where things left off, Hitman about to kill Spider-Man just to…
TAC 003
Lightmaster. Have we seen Lightmaster? I read his 2nd appearance and even his 3rd real early in this Spider-Man journey, but that was before I’d decided how to break up the posts,…
ASM 166
Comic book people used to throw the word “holocaust” around like it was nothin’. Jewish guys, even. Stan Less, Jack Kirby, Len Wein, they loved it. It feels super weird, but I…
ASM 165
Hey, remember how Len Wein created the extremely silly villain Stegron, The Dinosaur Man in MTU 19 & 20? Well, Len’s got ASM now, so guess who’s back? Still ross Andru &…
TAC 001
As we have seen before, Tarantula only attacks from the left on a yellow background. The allegedly pulse-pounding first issue of Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man. What an unwieldy title. People used…
ASM 163
This cover is by Dave Cockrum & John Romita, but it’s hard to see any evidence of Cockrum. Maybe he just laid it out. As this issue begins, I have nothing but…
ASM 162
So, last time The Punisher was about to shoot Spider-Man and Nightcrawler. As he brings us up to speed in his War Journal, he mentions his contact said the killer would strike…
ASM 157
So, a year and a half ago, when we left off with ASM 156 (Not too big a gap, right?), Dock Ock revealed himself to be alive to Aunt May in spite…