Carnage was initially presented as so scary Spidey and Venom could barely beat him. Then they tried to make him even more scary in Maximum Carnage, though they mostly had the opposite…
Tag: Joe Rubenstein
WEB 100
In these days, one could hardly say no to an anniversary issue, and so I bought this one. Not that I remember much about it. I have a vague memory of Blood…
WEB 099
Woof. And it seemed like you couldn’t possibly do worse than The Old Enforcers. The Enforcers are goofy, but they’re not generic. I can’t believe they put that joke on the cover….
WEB 097
12th post this block before hitting a regular monthly Spider-Man title. What a horrible cover! They didn’t waste much time bringing “Blood Rose” back. And now we’re all caught up on Rose…
ASM 284
Man, I thought I’d never actually get here. If I’d realized how much filler there was in this section, I would’ve probably held the last couple ASMs from the previous block for…
WEB 096
Part 3, but also part 5. Fancy Mark Texiera cover. I wonder if he’s still doing the main GR book at this point. This month, Alex Saviuk does breakdowns with Joe Rubenstein…
WEB 095
$2.25?? This comic, as it turns out, is in pretty bad shape? Very worn, some creasing, a hole in the cover! $2.25??? I’ve bought like-new books at McKay’s for 90 cents! Man,…
TAC 117
Now we drop back in on Spectacular Spider-Man, where the team is still technically Peter David and Rich Buckler, but Rich seems to miss a lot of issues. This month, he’s credited…
SM 26
No idea on this hologram. Romita, Sr. maybe? Could be Mike Zeck. No idea. Last issue promised this one would reunite the DeFalco/Frenz team with Erik Larsen inking. I don’t know why…
ASM 274
You know it’s serious when they give the ad pages to the story. You also know it’s serious because the inside front & back cover are a poster of the front cover….