How many more fists we talking, here? This very strong-smelling issue has the same creative team as last month. Whew! Doesn’t smell water damaged or anything, just… old. Kinda mothball-ish. Wow. Anyway,…
Tag: Jim Mooney
MTU 030
Hey, it’s Falcon. Spidey hasn’t seen him since Cap 137. This issue is courtesy Gerry Conway, Jim Mooney & Vince Colletta. I wonder how an accomplished inker like Mooney felt about the…
ASM 082
This month, Romita is back to pencilling the book! Exciting. Mooney is still doing inks. The Bullpen Bulletins section announces this, and also that “Stan & Johnny have decided to go back…
ASM 081
Swing and a miss! I would say The Kangaroo is the first big flop of a villain in ASM. But, I mean, it was quite a winning streak up until now, a…
ASM 080
This month in credits, Stan Lee is “Author, Editor” (I think for the first time?), Buscema & Mooney share “Illustrators,” and John Romita gets “Art Consolidator.” Oh… kay. Peter Parker is working…
ASM 079
In spite of buying comics for 33 years or something, at this point, I’m still sort of a casual hobbyist compared to some people, in a lot of ways. For example, I…
ASM 078
Coverless! But guess what: It was $5. The Prowler may not be the biggest Spider-Man adjacent character, but he’s still a classic, and his first appearance can be pricey. For $5, I…
ASM 077
When I was hunting down all these back issues, I often got this one and Annual 4 confused. Torch in more or less the same pose on a black background. Look at…
ASM 076
I think it’s interesting how many Lizard stories start with “My friend Curt Connors is here, hope he doesn’t turn into The Lizard.” You know? Like Curt will show up for a…
ASM 075
Another very famous cover from this period. But who’s gonna die? Stan’s back to “Author” this month, but the credits are otherwise unchanged. The switch from Heck & Esposito to Mooney has…