Weird that this is the 2nd cover in a row introducing Will O’ The Wisp. Maybe they thought the more mysterious previous version wasn’t enough. So, JJJ’s latest Spider-Slayer and Will are…
Tag: Joe Robertson
ASM 167
Hey, an actual ASM. Been awhile. Tip top Romita Spideys on this cover. Very, very, very confident blurb on the debut of this issue’s new character. Not… warranted. As we get rolling,…
TAC 003
Lightmaster. Have we seen Lightmaster? I read his 2nd appearance and even his 3rd real early in this Spider-Man journey, but that was before I’d decided how to break up the posts,…
TAC 002
Boy, in the history of comic book covers, this sure is one of them. Not great! Same team with the same credits as last issue. And the complicated continuity continues, as this…
MTU 052
One of the 77. Batroc is way too close to The Tarantula’s turf for comfort, here. From the left? On a yellow background? Come on, Batroc! If you’re thinking “Now that Sal…
ASM 163
This cover is by Dave Cockrum & John Romita, but it’s hard to see any evidence of Cockrum. Maybe he just laid it out. As this issue begins, I have nothing but…
ASM 162
So, last time The Punisher was about to shoot Spider-Man and Nightcrawler. As he brings us up to speed in his War Journal, he mentions his contact said the killer would strike…
ASM 161
Whoever bagged this put a sticker on the back declaring its grade VGFN 6. Let it be known. If anyone were to ask me who my favorite X-Man is, I would answer…
ASM 160
Oh this cover confuses me. Why? Who said, “We’re doing a very silly story this month, let’s make the cover a direct reference to one of the most memorable, serious ASM stories…
ASM Annual 10
The Human Fly! I knew this guy was called that. Later appearances have strictly called him The Fly, and I began to wonder why I wanted to put “human” in there. Had…