Webspinners was positioned as an anthology that would allow all sorts of people to do short Spidey stories from all over Spider-Man history. So as of cover date January 1999, there were…
Tag: Flash Thompson
PPSM 3
Very Marvel Team-Up-ish cover. We open on Betty Brant interviewing a guy who saw what happened as last issue was ending. Spider-Man was holding Shadrac down as Bobby filled him full of…
Chapter One 12
Guaranteed not to be fabulous! I have reached the end of my torment. Only one more issue to freedom. And look, Sandman’s finally shown up. Well, we begin with JJJ delighted by…
Chapter One 11
We’re down to the 2nd-to-last issue. This book has chopped up and disrespected a whole pile of classic comics to cram all they wanted to cram into it. Truly important comics have…
Chapter One 10
They said we’re going to ASM 18 originally. This struck me as odd the whole time, considering that’s the middle of the 3-parter where Spider-Man quits because Aunt May is sick and…
Chapter One 9
Feels to me like Byrne’s lightly referencing John Romita, Jr.’s favorite DD running pose here. Jr. really made DD his own during his glorious run with Ann Nocenti. I, personally, always think…
Chapter One 8
Not a great cover! GG and Spidey look weird. Every issue this series is adapting (Well, every ASM) is plenty to fill one book, but 14 in particular feels like it does…
Chapter One 6
To kick things off, Byrne spelled out that he and editorial got together and decided ASM 1-18 represented the first year of Spider-Man’s career, and to focus in on that range. Adapting…
Chapter One 5
With as sped up as this series is, I half expect Spider-Man to go to Florida via experimental teleporter. Steve Bucellato is coloring now, and of course, on page one, Spider-Man’s in…
Chapter One 4
As if things weren’t weird enough, it appears Byrne is just gonna skip ASM 4? Well, last issue, we left Spider-Man broken and defeated in the grass outside a compound Doc Ock…