We are back to 1996. Ben Reilly is Spider-Man, Peter & MJ moved to Portland for juuuust a second and are back, Peter lost his powers, Ben & Peter know someone is…
Tag: John Romita Jr
ASM 400
I’m told this cover was not actually supposed to be completely impossible to see. That they used the wrong kind of paper stock, so the embossed image and text (Which says “A…
ASM 239
This is the 2nd appearance of The Hobgoblin, but for me, this is where it all started. Having been reading the ASM of my era, the late 80s, early 90s, the 300s…
ASM 238
We finally made it to ASM 238! This one was an eBay acquisition from the turn of the century. This one’s pretty pricey in the present, and I actually remember I got…
ASM 236
Did I pay $6 for this? I can’t rightly say. I don’t remember the acquisition of most of this set. It’s been a long time. We rejoin the insane situation we left…
ASM 235
Things sure got weird quickly around here, didn’t they? This month, yet another inker jumps on, our old pal Frank Giacoia. We can depend on him to hew pretty close to the…
ASM 234
In this issue, John Romita, Jr. is paired with frequent inker Dan Green, and the difference is striking. Green worked over Romita’s pencils on his first full-length job (Iron Man 115), and…
ASM 233
This is an awkward place to start, but as we will see, The Tarantula only attacks Spider-Man from the left on a on yellow background. Those are the rules. Welcome back to…
SM 68
My daddy didn’t have a Hobgoblin, sirs, my daddy would’ve had a Green Goblin. But I don’t think he actually read comics. He never mentioned them, at least. As the Adjectiveless Spider-Man…
SM 67
This is the first one since SSM 0 I actually kind of remember. Because of the art, naturally. This story may be rather silly, but I mean look at this splash: Venom…