Now this one… this one is special. One of several special ones, all coming up here. When I was a lad of 9 years old or thereabouts, I started reading comics out…
Tag: Kingpin
TAC 146
That seems bad. Kind of a goofy cover, but hey, it’s Inferno, things are weird. This one is new to me. Spidey’s swinging around thinking things are going well when a roof…
WEB Annual 04
Yeah, so, that’s a thing. Created in the pages of Captain America, I guess… I guess because Mark Grunewald thought all Marvel mobsters should be huge?… it’s The Slug, and he’s here…
ASM Annual 22
Move over, Spidey, it’s Steve Ditko’s most embarrassing creation! Boy, the hoops we’re about to jump through behind the scenes. As I think has been mentioned previously, Ditko returned to Marvel in…
End of Block 11
This was quite the eventful set. First appearances from Mary Jane, Rhino, Shocker, Kinpgin, Joe Robertson and “Blackie” Drago. Romita coming into his own as the Spider-Man artist. Peter moving out. “Spider-Man…
ASM 052
This is another of those cheap Heroes Con comics with water damage. As it was explained to me, it wasn’t that they’s gotten soaked or anything, but they’d been stored in a…
ASM 051
Not too hard to get, this one. Kind of a surprise to me. But so much of this has been. Sure, 50 is ultra-famous, but it’s also the beginning of a storyline….
ASM 050
Yeah, so between having one of the most iconic covers, being one of the most famous stories AND introducing a major villain, this issue is waaaay out of my price range. I…
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…