I think the cover alone is plenty of explanation as to why I didn’t buy this one. Not only is it not even about Peter Parker or his family, but it’s gonna…
Tag: JM DeMatteis
TAC 251
Well, we’ve come to the last book in this block. Can’t say I’ll be sad to leave. More of this Kraven nonsense. Well, I say that, but nothing going on with him…
TAC 250
For some reason, we begin here a thing where someone’s decided big Osborn issues have to have Romita covers even if it’s not his book. I mean, I’m not complaining, but it’s…
TAC 249
Back for more with Kraven, or is it Kraven? Maybe they’ll get around to turning over their cards, I don’t actually remember when they do. But peep the completely incorrect credits on…
Batman & Spider-Man
It’s funny this worked out, that the 2 crossovers happened in consecutive blocks despite being almost 2 years apart. And look at that cover, man. Marvel was just smoking DC in art…
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…
TAC 246
Sigh. Big sigh. Ross’s Spider-Man is really off-model from his usual McFarlane-by-way-of-Campbell impression here. Looks like he jumped to the future and started aping ballpoint pen-era Steve McNiven. That’s a very inside…
TAC 245
Rrrrrrandom Romita, Sr. cover out of nowhere, hello! It’s become hard to remember my life before this Chameleon story. It just feels like it’s been going on forever. To open, Flash Thompson…
TAC 244
Yay, he’s back. Or is he? This is a lot of Luke Ross for a guy to have to sit through in sequence. Man, this time period. Lotta ups & downs in…