Wolverine is all face on this cover. This was one of Finch’s early weaknesses, he drew people’s heads too small, like there wasn’t enough room in their skull for a brain. I…
Tag: Jean Grey
UXM 36 & 37
Look at those claws. Starting around the mid-90s, making Wolverine have claws so long that they couldn’t possibly retract back into his arm became fashionable, and it stayed that way. You know,…
USM 044
I assume Spider-Man really falls to his death for a change in this issue. Let’s find out. It’s been a bit since I did that riff. It’s been a bit since Spider-Man…
USM 043
Help. Girl, help. Possibly the most generic cover of the generic cover era. This issue begins with a teacher very angry with Peter Parker for skipping his class. MJ makes up a…
UMTU 11
After the rather absurd label of “manga-influenced” was applied to not very manga-looking superhero art in the mid-to-late 90s, Americans (& Canadians) doing actual manga-influenced art gained steam. People like Adam Warren,…
UTS 21
And now, Spider-Man’s going to meet The X-Men for the first time. But we’ve seen him meet them for the first time in X-Men 35, pretty definitively, so this isn’t going to…
TAC 199
And we’re back. Castle’s still falling, heroes are recapping, it’s all happening. Archangel, being all tough and mean since he got transformed by Apocalypse, thinks they should just leave, but Cyclops won’t…
TAC 198
It is utterly insane to me that this is a 3-issue story. Professor. Power. Is meant to keep Spider-Man and the X-Men at bay for a 3-issue story! Bonkers. Bananas. Other such…
ASM 282
The last of this blog’s 25th Anniversary covers. We’re treated to another issue by Rick Leonardi this month, now inked by Bob Layton with Nel Yomtov on colors. We open on Flash…
X-Men 35
Welcome back to the adventures of swingin’ Spidey in 1967. It feels like forever since we got back here. Here we begin a complete run through the eras. Last batch I left…