So many artists cite the earliest Ditko issues, insist Spider-Man’s suit was meant to be red & black, and fill the blue part almost entirely with black. Marcos Martin seems more devoted…
Tag: Mark Waid
ASM 578
So much for Tom Brevoort’s moratorium on Spider-Man Must Lift A Heavy Thing, I guess. Maybe covers can be deceiving. Ladies and gentlemen, please give Mark Waid a proper welcome to ASM!…
ASM 568
Man, what to even say first? I guess the obvious is please welcome back to the blog, The GOAT, John Romita, Jr.! Much like Too $hort, he just can’t stay away (I…
HoM: Spider-Man 5
This issue begins with a rather self-indulgent 4-page remake of George Stacy’s death from ASM 90, wherein Waid and/or Peyer rewrite Stan Lee, which, you know, not a good look, changing all…
HoM: Spider-Man 4
Well, Rhino has Peter in a headlock and won’t let him out til he explains himself. So… So Peter built a fully accurate replica of the Goblin’s costume, which I think he’s…
HoM: Spider-Man 3
This month, we open on a news report about how Spider-Man is a fake mutant. JJJ gleefully reads embarrassing entries from Peter’s journal that have nothing to do with his powers, while…
HoM: Spider-Man 2
Pretty good cover! Got the mood and all. We open on JJJ waking up in a dumpster, unsure what’s happened, then remembering the Goblin. The Goblin who tied him up and threw…
HoM: Spider-Man 1
As far as I know, nearly every tie-in to House of M had nothing to do with the main book. They just fleshed out the world around it, showing how stuff like,…
FF 513
Look at those boys havin’ fun. We pick up literally the second after last issue. Might be Ben’s favorite show! This is such a wacky one. Hydro-Man goes down the drain, literally,…
FF 512
One of the fun things about this blog is the chance to dip into other comics sometimes, and I am so excited to get to look at 2 issues of the now-legendary…