Strap in, this will likely be the longest post in the history of this blog. I think the previous record holder was probably Spider-Man #75. This cover doesn’t match the others because…
Tag: J. Michael Straczynski
SSM V2 41
Now it’s a month later. And this is the only issue of this story to come out this month. If these were 4 issues of ASM, we’d expect 1 per month, but…
FNSM 24
The weird retro cover copy for this story is baffling. I think they’re trying to reference ASM 121, specifically, but it doesn’t gel with the seriousness of the situation. It’s not 1971…
ASM 544
Superstar artist and Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada, everyone. Aunt May looks like she’s been inflated. Spider-Man has indeterminate meat hanging off his back. I have never understood the appeal of this man’s…
ASM 543
In my clearly incorrect memory, this issue was not supposed to be part of Back In Black. It was to be the beginning of the next thing, but because it was so…
ASM 542
And then a month passed with no ASM on the stands. Because, as I understood it (I could be wrong, it’s been a long time) Joe Quesada is drawing the next story,…
ASM 541
Tellin’ ya, that scratchy, raw look is just cool. This one almost has a Ted McKeever vibe. This month, we pick up just where we left off, with Kingpin saying he doesn’t…
ASM 540
These covers shot directly from Garney’s pencils look very cool. The raw feeling is appropriate to the subject matter, but also just looks good. If only the comic itself was good. Well,…
ASM 539
You can see why I’ve paused USM for awhile. This stuff just kinda daisy chains together for awhile. So. Civil War is over. Spider-Man is a fugitive, and everyone knows who he…
ASM 538
Can’t leave Civil War behind without the Spider-Man epilogue. The war is over, but he’s still unmasked and on the run. The main book and Cap 25 mentioned various members of Cap’s…