We are back to 1996. Ben Reilly is Spider-Man, Peter & MJ moved to Portland for juuuust a second and are back, Peter lost his powers, Ben & Peter know someone is…
Tag: Hobgoblin
End of Block 14
This was a big one. The Webs tour! Inferno! MJ kidnapped! A block so busy including the werewolf drug lords felt like over kill. Todd McFarlane really getting cranking on changing the…
WEB 048
Now this one… this one is special. One of several special ones, all coming up here. When I was a lad of 9 years old or thereabouts, I started reading comics out…
TAC 147
Another new-to-me issue. Kinda crazy how many Spidey comics tied into Inferno considering he doesn’t ever get involved in the real story. Inferno ran for 3 months, with the main story rolling…
WEB 047
Why is “The Awakening” written like it’s “The Man-Thing” logo? Look: Right? That’s weird. This one is also new to me. And guess what, Gerry Conway is writing Web, too! He’s gonna…
TAC 146
That seems bad. Kind of a goofy cover, but hey, it’s Inferno, things are weird. This one is new to me. Spidey’s swinging around thinking things are going well when a roof…
End of Block 13
13 proves an unlucky number for Spider-Man. The introduction of The Hobgoblin, the big Owl/Ock war, Felicia getting shot like 11 times, Deb Whitman cracking up. A pretty rough patch for our…
ASM 239
This is the 2nd appearance of The Hobgoblin, but for me, this is where it all started. Having been reading the ASM of my era, the late 80s, early 90s, the 300s…
ASM 238
We finally made it to ASM 238! This one was an eBay acquisition from the turn of the century. This one’s pretty pricey in the present, and I actually remember I got…
End of Block 10
I made it. A block of books from every major era of ASM complete. That’s pretty cool. Tomorrow we go back to the start. This image had me drawing so many characters…