That cover is a pretty clear nod to the cover of ASM 28. Keith Pollard and Mike Esposito are back for this one. We get rolling with the reason Electro was hired…
Tag: Joe Robertson
TAC 021
Behold, the first issue of Spectacular Spider-Man to appear on the blog. I’m told that, in this era where cost cutting led to much shorter comics, TAC was launched in part to…
MTU 47
This is it! The final part of this ridiculous 8-hit combo. This has been going on FOREVER. Let’s wrap it up. And look, a cover by Gil Kane, who drew Basilisk’s initial…
ASM 122
It’s another reprint. I can’t afford this issue, either. I mean, obviously. My next reprint is ASM 129, but other than that, it’s all originals to the end of the volume. Spider-Man…
ASM 121
That’s a pretty crazy cover. Who could walk past that on the rack? This, obviously, isn’t an original 121, because I am not rich, but this era of Marvel Tales reproduced the…
ASM 118
As we dive into the final chapter of this odd story, The Smasher has, uh, smashed his way into The Daily Bugle to kidnap Joe Robertson (Instead of smashing into George Stacy’s…
ASM 117
Yo, cops beating protestors on the cover of ASM is pretty wild. Anyway, we’re back as Peter Parker fails to stop the ceiling from collapsing in the convention hall! This is a…
ASM 116
Things are about to get a bit weird. This issue begins reprinting & expanding the story from Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #1 by Stan Lee & John Romita. SSMM was a stab at…
ASM 115
Aunt May: Assassin is the little-known prequel to Elektra: Assassin. So! Spidey’s knocked out, Ock knows he’s here, Aunt May is here. Seems like a good time for Hammerhead to come through…
ASM 111
As mentioned last time, now we already know who the mystery man at the end of last issue was. Gerry Conway takes over as new writer in mid-story, with Jazzy John Romita…