This month, what is more or less the stable cover treatment for Marvel Comics for the foreseeable future is in place. The little red rectangle with (Pretty arbitrary) content rating, issue number,…
Tag: J. Michael Straczynski
ASM V2 44
As of this month, Marvel comics got just a little bit taller? It’s a weird distinction that’s especially obvious if you keep 5-8 comics in one bag like I do (And no…
ASM V2 43
You cannot beat Romita, Jr. drawing someone in the rain. You can’t. I’m sure I’ve rambled about it more than once already. You can’t. As someone reared on late 80s/early 90s comics,…
ASM V2 42
This month’s first page is a recap of what’s going on presented to both the reader and to Dr. Strange by Spider-Man, which is more efficient than the average recap. The thing…
ASM V2 41
This cover shoulda been a poster or t-shirt or something. Both. I kind of think of this as the “Well, now what?” era of this run. JMS comes in hot with the…
ASM V2 40
Here begins a stint of ASM covers by the late, great Jason Pearson. His stuff had wild, palpable energy, highly stylized with a super slick finish, made only slicker by this color…
ASM V2 39
Time to see how JMS handles a silent issue. These 2 and the aforementioned New X-Men one are the only ones I can clearly remember. I’m sure Bendis & Maleev did one…
ASM V2 38
Time to get into it! May is walking to Peter’s place. Peter is worrying about what’s about to happen. He imagines her coming through the door and saying she has 6 months…
ASM V2 37
Suddenly, Kaare Andrews is covering ASM for a bit. I don’t really understand the plan, if there even is one, but various cover artists seem to come and go during this run….
ASM V2 36
Well, here we are. ASM 36 was released in November of 2001. With the delay between print and publication, you can perhaps guess what recent event had occurred that might have greatly…