Well, look who it is. After all these years making fun of the Ultimate Universe for retconning its original FF out of existence, the 2nd Ultimate FF has finally debuted (Cover date…
Tag: Mary Jane Watson
USM 066
Wolverine. As this hit stands, we were 2 months out from New Avengers 1, but everyone knew it was coming, so knowing Wolverine and Spider-Man would be defying convention by joining the…
USM 067
Looks like Logan’s Spider-Sense is tingling. I don’t know if this gag is true, but I wouldn’t be surprised. For one, Nick Lowe famously likes silly comics, and for another, he will…
USM 065
Well, Gwen’s dead. Gwen’s death was an albatross around ASM’s neck in 1971, as Peter couldn’t very well just go back to normal like nothing happened, but the book kind of wanted…
USM 064
We open on Peter and Curt staring at the thing, Peter demanding to know how it kills people. Curt has no idea, it’s pretty different from the last time he saw it….
USM 063
Really striking cover. I think it’s pretty interesting that so much of the theme of USM is “genetic experimentation is very dangerous.” The rest of the Ultimate line was so much more…
USM 062
In USM 33, probably, I don’t know, I talked about how Bags seemed most qualified to redesign Venom due to having drawn him so much more than anyone. But Carnage? He co-created…
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…