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,…
Tag: J. Michael Straczynski
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…
ASM 537
Check it out, it’s the Amazi Spider-Man. Like… oops. We begin with Peter Parker waking up in the motel, putting on a hat and sunglasses and quietly slipping out for a paper….
ASM 536
Facing down this event, I originally thought about reading through it, and then chopping it up and trying to cover the events in real time. Like, I coulda chopped up ASM 535…
ASM 535
This cover and the last ASM cover are a nice pair, Spidey Vs. the 2 leaders. This is the issue where the pro-reg side gets firmly characterized as absolutely insane fascists, as…
Civil War: Interlude 2
Another interlude already! This time out, we’ll look at 2 more issues of FF, and take a brief look at what’s going on in the Captain America tie-ins, because… well, because of…
Civil War: Interlude 1
There’s so much crap going on in Civil War. Like I said, I only bought a fraction of it, and I bought over 50 comics. And there were small bits of some…
ASM 534
Alright, we’ve seen just how bad this event can get, let’s get Strackzynski’s take on the situation. Ron Garney, beloved Captain America artist, getting in on the “deranged with anger” version there…
ASM 533
Why does Spider-Man have what looks more like a scorpion on his chest, Ron? What on Earth? Maybe it’s a good thing he’s wearing the armor in this story. Now that the…