Which of these brand-new characters no one has yet developed any empathy for will DIE??? Fake Spider-Man? Evil Fake Spider-Man? Soul Patch The Hunter? YOU decide! For now, because obviously, they will reveal…
Tag: Joe Rubenstein
ASM 304
Starting with this issue, ASM is now on sale twice a month in the summertime, a trend that will continue for a few years. The other titles will jump on and off…
Marvel Vs. DC, Part 4
So, the event’s over, you’d think I’d be out of rambling to do. About 8 months after the event, DC published a 4-issue mini called DC/Marvel: All-Access by Ron Marz, Jackson “Butch”…
Marvel Vs. DC, Part 3
You know, you can say this crossover is a stunt, a gimmick, a giant cash grab, but let’s be honest, this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to do some wacky stuff, and they…
Marvel Vs. DC, Part 2
So, we’re back with more of “The Showdown of the Century!” I mean, generally speaking, that kind of hype is just that in comics, but it was kinda true here. What could…
Marvel Vs. DC, Part 1
We interrupt regular programming here for one of the biggest stunts of the 90s, Marvel Vs. DC! It was to be a miniseries event wherein Marvel’s biggest stars would fight DC’s. And…
SMU 11
One more reintroduction to Spider-Man in this, the black sheep of the Spider-Family. This one’s courtesy of Fabian Nicieza, Dave Hooover, Joe Rubenstein and Tom Smith, and opens with Ben reading a…
SM 49
Looking more like a magazine cover than ever here. This one is inked by 3 classic inkers in Tom Palmer, Klaus Janson, and Joe Rubenstein. And I bet it’s really easy to…
TAC 133
Usually that “after” credit on a comics cover means it’s a direct homage to another image. I’m not a super expert, but I don’t think Sienkiewicz means this is a direct lift…
ASM 261
Ladies & gentlemen, Charles Vess! Charles Vess’ gorgeous art would just randomly grace Spidey covers on occasion in this era. He will later provide interiors for an issue of ASM and even…