Welcome back to 1979, where we’re picking up with Spectacular. So, as it turns out, this issue picks up rrrrright after the previous one, which, you may recall, ended a surprisingly long…
Tag: Jim Mooney
ASM 175
This looks pretty silly. Jim Mooney inks this one solo. As it opens, Punisher is just shooting at the escaping chopper, JJJ be damned, I guess. “I wasn’t going to shoot him!…
ASM 174
The Hitman! The man who hits. After it had become clear Punisher wasn’t actually a villain, this sort of off-brand evil Punisher was created. We’ll see that eventually. While The Punisher was…
ASM 173
Rare to find one this old at McKay’s, but I’ll sure take it. Hey, what’s up with Spider-Man’s right hand? I hope he’s reaching into his belt for some kinda gimmick to…
TAC 011
Why tho? I guess we’ll find out. This month, we got Chris Claremont in as guest writer, joined by penciler Jim Mooney, with reliable Mike Esposito still hanging in there on inks….
TAC 008
Oh, ok. Gonna be quite the margin of error on that one. Could Paul Gulacy have gotten Spidey’s web any more wrong here? We rejoin the story right where it left off…
TAC 007
The 70s are a pretty dark period for Marvel Comics, all told. There’s certainly bright spots, but a lot of the books were not too great, and there were other problems. Chief…
ASM Annual 11
ASM Annual was a book of nothing but reprints for a few years, but this issue is a return to the first story being original content. This one’s brought to you by…
MTU 028
The stakes on this cover are so obvious that Spidey feels like he’s overselling it. What, like Herc would just drop it? I don’t know why there’s a sticker on there saying…
MTU 027
Spider-Man and the Hulk! Marvel’s most popular characters at this time, and yet, they still rarely appeared in the same book. This one’s banged up, and a previous owner wrote their name…