Two super-sized issues in a row. Yer killin’ me, guys. Long ago and far away, when buying comics on the internet was still a relatively new idea, I decided I would get…
Tag: Jack O’Lantern
ASM 288
Weird, weird cover. Is that background supposed to imply Kingpin’s windows? The color trails behind Spider-Man’s jump make it look like he came up out of the floor. Back to Alan Kupperberg,…
ASM 287
I wonder who did this cover. My first instinct was Kyle Baker, based on how inky the Spider-Man is, but I’m not so sure. Maybe the interior artist inked by Kyle, which,…
ASM 286
Bit of a tip off there. This month, Priest is no longer working from a plot by DeFalco, leaving it up to him to bring this mess in for a landing. Art…
ASM 285
Did I really pay $3.50 for this raggedy thing? I have the vaguest memory of buying this issue. I feel like I got it in college. Why, I couldn’t begin to say,…
ASM 281
Time to wrap this up. Frenz only did breakdowns last issue, and this issue, he’s down to layouts, with Brett Breeding credited with pencils & inks. Hard times for most of the…
ASM 280
Alright, with the whole missing stunt out of the way, we can check back in with a more normal issue of ASM. Why yes, that is The Deadly Foes of Spider-Man under…
ASM 279
This month, ASM is by Tom DeFalco, Rick Leonardi, Vince Colletta and Bob Sharen. Some real highs and lows in that list. And this month, “ASM” means “Amazing Silver Sable, uh, M-something,”…
TAC 248
At least I paid a fair price for it! If I understand the cover dates correctly, this issue actually published in June of 1997. The month after I finished high school. We’ve…
TAC 247
Last issue’s letter column said this Jack O’Lantern was created in Mark Gruenwald’s seminal Captain America run. That’s untrue, tho editorial may not have known it at the time. That was a…