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…
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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,…
SM 82
The Friends of Humanity! I’m sure the comic will explain, so I won’t. This is a momentous occasion, because I actually remember this issue! All these other comics might as well have…
ASM 425
ANOTHER oversized issue! Sheesh! It’s a wraparound cover. Here’s the back: On page one, Spider-Man saves a guy from a mugging while listing his powers for some reason, and then the splash…
SMU 17
I’m glad SMTU is over. 2 oversized quarterly titles was 2 too many, but at least it’s back to 1. This time out, Glenn Greenberg steps through the revolving door on the…
SMTU 7
The Thunderbolts! This was a fun gimmick with an extremely short shelf-life. When the Avengers and the FF seemed to die at the end of Onslaught (To go star in rebooted series…
SM 81
Cat! Not.. not the most interesting name. Is one of those guys Cat? I confess I don’t remember. The first “The Cat” was a lady, and eventually became Tigra, leaving the name…