Just 25 issues after that passive-aggressive-seeming “special normal-sized 250th issue” blurb, an extra-sized 275. I have always thought it was funny when old comics called an issue “book length” and it’s, for…
Tag: Flash Thompson
WEB 011
That’s a striking cover. Some bold choices by the uncredited colorist. My copy of this issue had some problems in the printing process, with the spine and all pages misaligned. We’ll see…
TAC 085
So, at some point in the 21st Century, having completed my quest for the Stern/Romita ASM run and feeling good about it, I saw Roger Stern’s bibliography on Wikipedia, and found out…
ASM 168
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…
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…