The Scorpion tends to sting a lot of times per appearance, in my experience. No mistaking that Gil Kane cover. After the wild end of last issue, things don’t seem to have…
Tag: Frank Giacoia
ASM 144
I really did not think this one would continue from the last one based on the cover. Kinda stepping on your moment, here. Opening this shocking cover to find Spidey still in…
ASM 143
Cyclone. Last seen in TAC 23, due to the way I do things, but this is his first appearance. As our story opens, Spider-Man is still in New York, and once again…
ASM 142
The Mysterio business continues. Same creative team as always. This one opens with Spidey in the river, surveying the trouble with his sunken Spider-Mobile. After being told Mysterio was dead, he’s not…
ASM 141
Could it be that everyone but Mysterio here is… an ILLUSION? Could it be that, despite our desire to trust, things are not what they seem? Let’s see if that’s what happens…
ASM 140
Which one will fall? I mean, we can assume it’s The Grizzly, but let’s find out. We pick up where we left off, as The Grizzly carries Peter Parker (in a bear…
ASM 139
We are back to 1974. Back to Gerry Conway, Ross Andru, Frank Giacoia & Dave Hunt, back to the ongoing mystery of The Jackal, and just in time to meet… The Grizzly….
Spectacular Spider-Man 2
Now in full color! I’ve been wanting to read this for decades! It’s been hard not to read it since I got it during The Great Ebay Hysteria of 2018, but I…
ASM 241
This is a really unusual cover. It’s Terry Austin, best known for enhancing John Byrne’s supple linework, inking Romita, but it’s got that extremely rough, Frank-Miller-inking-himself look. Super gritty. Frank Giacoia taps…
ASM 194
There it is. Right there on the cover. Not even in the story yet and it’s already “never let a black cat cross your path.” Ah, well. Here we are, the momentous…