Issue 25 and they still don’t know what to do with this title following McFarlane’s abrupt departure almost 10 months prior. No regular creative team, no direction. And now this wacky bit…
Tag: Joe Robertson
ASM 364
Startling developments! We begin with The Shocker, who, it turns out, Bags does a fine rendition of, attacked by some kinda flying thingy. Last time being The Deadly Foes of Spider-Man #4,…
ASM 363
This one seems to have been bought off the rack. Maybe I got smart. “Hey, Bags, you’ve had some serious work to do lately, this cover can just be big heads.” So,…
Spider-Man: Mayhem In Manhattan
Sorta half way through this set comes this oddity. As the remit of this blog is obviously comic books, one would think a novel outside my purview. And beyond that, one would…
ASM 180
And so, at long last, we come to it, the 2nd of my very oldest Spider-Man comics. The coverless copy of ASM 148 and this battered old copy of 180 are the…
ASM 179
As has been mentioned, 70s comics always wanted you to think the hero couldn’t possibly win against the villain, while pitting him against some really terrible villains. It was a hard sell….
WEB 089
And it’s Bob McLeod to take us into the home stretch on cover inks! Another sharp pairing for Alex. Man, “The New Kingpin.” The audacity of finding out Kingpin is going to…
WEB 088
Al Williamson! The master’s subtle inks and thin lines actually do the best job yet of bringing Alex in line with the emerging 90s sensibilities despite Al being in the biz since…
WEB 087
This time out, Alex inks himself on the cover. Watching him and Sal try to adjust to the 90s is one of the most fascinating things about this whole exercise. Just a…
WEB 086
I’m gonna say that’s too many Hobgoblins. And also, shades of things to come. No Romita, but this cover does get Al Milgrom. A good fit for Hobby. We’ll recall Al drew…