Let’s get right to it. Brutal. Like a supercharged version of ASM 3’s first meeting between the two. However… With the upper hand, our man starts some quality rambling while webbing up…
Tag: Mary Jane Watson
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Back to the main book, and maybe this month, Spider-Man and Doc Ock will cross paths. I’d say so! Meanwhile, Kraven the Hunter’s manager is showing him a new graphic of him…
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These generic covers. This was the mandate of the time, as I’ve mentioned before, just “iconic” shots of the character or maybe a villain instead of anything revealing story content. It had…
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We get started this month with a tense 3-page segment of a lady exercising on the phone when Dr. Octopus breaks into her house and slowly starts coming toward her room before…
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We’re back to the Ultimate Universe. Original recipe Marvel is in mid-2002 where we left it, and this brings us back to late 2001 in the Ultimate corner of publishing. And we’ve…
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This month, what is more or less the stable cover treatment for Marvel Comics for the foreseeable future is in place. The little red rectangle with (Pretty arbitrary) content rating, issue number,…
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As of this month, Marvel comics got just a little bit taller? It’s a weird distinction that’s especially obvious if you keep 5-8 comics in one bag like I do (And no…
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You cannot beat Romita, Jr. drawing someone in the rain. You can’t. I’m sure I’ve rambled about it more than once already. You can’t. As someone reared on late 80s/early 90s comics,…
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This month’s first page is a recap of what’s going on presented to both the reader and to Dr. Strange by Spider-Man, which is more efficient than the average recap. The thing…
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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…