The Scorpion tends to sting a lot of times per appearance, in my experience. No mistaking that Gil Kane cover. After the wild end of last issue, things don’t seem to have…
Tag: Joe Robertson
ASM 144
I really did not think this one would continue from the last one based on the cover. Kinda stepping on your moment, here. Opening this shocking cover to find Spidey still in…
ASM 143
Cyclone. Last seen in TAC 23, due to the way I do things, but this is his first appearance. As our story opens, Spider-Man is still in New York, and once again…
ASM 142
The Mysterio business continues. Same creative team as always. This one opens with Spidey in the river, surveying the trouble with his sunken Spider-Mobile. After being told Mysterio was dead, he’s not…
ASM 139
We are back to 1974. Back to Gerry Conway, Ross Andru, Frank Giacoia & Dave Hunt, back to the ongoing mystery of The Jackal, and just in time to meet… The Grizzly….
ASM 083
Old time enemy is a funny choice of words. He’s here and he’s schemin’! And Mike Esposito is back on inks, so a lot of the polish of recent issues is gone….
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 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 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…