Here begins a stint of ASM covers by the late, great Jason Pearson. His stuff had wild, palpable energy, highly stylized with a super slick finish, made only slicker by this color…
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ASM V2 39
Time to see how JMS handles a silent issue. These 2 and the aforementioned New X-Men one are the only ones I can clearly remember. I’m sure Bendis & Maleev did one…
ASM V2 38
Time to get into it! May is walking to Peter’s place. Peter is worrying about what’s about to happen. He imagines her coming through the door and saying she has 6 months…
ASM V2 37
Suddenly, Kaare Andrews is covering ASM for a bit. I don’t really understand the plan, if there even is one, but various cover artists seem to come and go during this run….
ASM V2 36
Well, here we are. ASM 36 was released in November of 2001. With the delay between print and publication, you can perhaps guess what recent event had occurred that might have greatly…
ASM V2 35
That cover looks like trouble. As Morlun approaches the nuclear plant, Peter is doing serious science business for his life inside. Morlun comes smashing through a wall and finds Spider-Man crumpled on…
ASM V2 34
Jumping right into it, Ezekiel explains that the elaborate room he built for Peter was only to keep Morlun from finding him. Now that Morlun’s touched him, it’s too late, and there’s…
ASM V2 33
Man, look at Ezekiel’s crazy feet. His crazy everything, really. He looks more like Beast from X-Men than a mostly regular guy. On the far better looking interior pages, Spider-Man is sizing…
ASM V2 32
This month, we open on a high speed chase, already in progress. Pretty traditional Spider-Man stuff. A heavily tattooed skinhead-y guy has a woman at gunpoint in the car, and is yelling…
ASM V2 31
I’ll keep it a buck, I’m not a big fan of J. Scott Campbell. His art’s weird. He made his bones drawing sexy girls, but “sexy” according to whomst? We’ll eventually see…