The mandate for the Ultimate line, and soon all Marvel comics, was “iconic covers.” Just cool pictures of the characters instead of the traditional plot-centered kind. I think the idea was it…
Tag: Flash Thompson
USM 003
Marie Javins and Colographix take over colors this month. We begin with Osborn and his employees reviewing surveillance video of Peter being bitten and talking about the success of this accidental human…
USM 002
We are back with more Spider-Man of the Ultimate variety. Well, sort of. As yet, there is no Ultimate Spider-Man. Will that change this issue? We begin with Peter Parker in class,…
PPSM 18
Great cover! I love this scribbly hatching phase for Romita. Fan bloggin never stops. But, crushingly, interiors are courtesy of Graham Nolan. No slight to him, but anyone but Romita is a…
PPSM 14
Who’s gonna draw you better Hulk than Romita, Jr.? Who’s gonna draw a more massive, Earth-shaking Hulk? Nobody. It’s still Mackei, Romita, Jr., Hanna & Wright over here, and we begin with…
ASM V2 8
We continue in fantasy world from last issue. Now Flash is trying to disarm a comically huge bomb as Spider-Man must battle a literal army of goons said to be working for…
ASM V2 7
You can, perhaps, intuit that we’re in for some dopey business here. Just the kind of story I like the least, personally. Fans clearly love an alternate universe, a what if, things…
PPSM 6
Took this long to get back to the Kingpin plot from the previous volume. So much of this book has felt like it’s offtrack. So many issues dealing with the fallout of…
ASM V2 6
Picking up where PPSM 5 ended, no matter what it said. Joe Rosas colors this one. Spider-Man appears to be asking us, the reader, if we’ve ever lied to someone we care…
PPSM 4
Sure are a lot of guest stars in these early issues of the relaunch. Marrow, of all people. Returning the favor for her team-up with Spidey in Uncanny X-Men 346, presumably. So…