And now we’re just quoting the Beatles. And presumably rehashing ASM 33. I remember this cover, but not the issue. Spider-Man Must Lift A Heavy Thing may be pretty well-trodden ground, but…
Tag: Howard Mackie
SM 86
F- minus for this cover copy. Concept and execution. But who cares, JRJR is back. Look how much more incredible the end of last issue looks at the beginning of this issue:…
SM 85
In this era, it felt like editors were scared to let a cover go out without copy. Even stupid, useless copy, like this. This happens all the time in late 90s Marvel…
Spirits of Vengeance 6
Not to be outdone by Web’s Tex cover this month, here was have Kubert painted over by the great Ken Steacy. His extremely vibrant work always stuck out to me as a…
WEB 096
Part 3, but also part 5. Fancy Mark Texiera cover. I wonder if he’s still doing the main GR book at this point. This month, Alex Saviuk does breakdowns with Joe Rubenstein…
Spirits of Vengeance 5
Oh, this series is drawn by Adam Kubert. Joe Kubert was a true comics legend, one of the best in the biz for decades, the founder of a well-respected school for comics…
WEB 095
$2.25?? This comic, as it turns out, is in pretty bad shape? Very worn, some creasing, a hole in the cover! $2.25??? I’ve bought like-new books at McKay’s for 90 cents! Man,…
WEB 094
That gun and the way he’s holding it are really funny to me. “I got tired of gimmicks, so now I just bought the biggest revolver I could find, whatever!” Ghost Rider’s…
WEB 093
I’ve had this since it came out, and yet… why? Just a general fascination with Hobgoblin? I didn’t even have the other parts of this storyline. No idea. Howard Mackie, Alex Saviuk,…
SM 24
So! You give your biggest star his own comic book. And then he quits. So you give another of your biggest stars that book. And he quits. What now? Random, random-seeming fill-ins….