And we are back to 1991. And look who’s joined us! Yes, not too long after his departure from ASM, Erik Larsen is here for a fill-in, which is really a dry…
Tag: Mary Jane Watson
TAC 251
Well, we’ve come to the last book in this block. Can’t say I’ll be sad to leave. More of this Kraven nonsense. Well, I say that, but nothing going on with him…
TAC 250
For some reason, we begin here a thing where someone’s decided big Osborn issues have to have Romita covers even if it’s not his book. I mean, I’m not complaining, but it’s…
TAC 249
Back for more with Kraven, or is it Kraven? Maybe they’ll get around to turning over their cards, I don’t actually remember when they do. But peep the completely incorrect credits on…
SM Annual ’97
Oh boy. I think this is Calypso’s first appearance since McFarlane’s first arc, some 7 years later? That seems almost impossible. And… The Marvel Zombie. In the 70s, when The Comics Code…
SSM 20
Our new friend Akasha looks remarkably like Nico from 2000s Marvel sleeper hit Runaways on this cover. Nico even has a big magic staff. Spidey and Akasha quickly catch us up in…
SSM 19
Boy, that “prologue” in SSM 18 leading into this feels like forever ago. Too much product in this era, man. I got 6 blocks left from various points before Spider-Man had 3…
Batman & Spider-Man
It’s funny this worked out, that the 2 crossovers happened in consecutive blocks despite being almost 2 years apart. And look at that cover, man. Marvel was just smoking DC in art…
SM 84
People have been unable to resist riffing on Stern/Romita, Jr.’s “Nothing Can Stop The Juggernaut” since it published (In ASM 229 & 230, of course), but to do it with John Romita,…
SM 83
In-house ads have been like “THIS IS IT! THE VERTIGO ISSUE!” like we were all waiting with baited breath for a comic where Spider-Man is especially dizzy. “Thrilling can’t-move action!” Great cover,…