Behold, the first issue of Spectacular Spider-Man to appear on the blog. I’m told that, in this era where cost cutting led to much shorter comics, TAC was launched in part to…
Tag: Mary Jane Watson
ASM 183
I mean, you already know, right? Does the comic even have to tell you what this is if you saw last issue? Well, it’s gonna. We pick things up with Peter Parker……
ASM 182
It is now 1978, and new writer Marv Wolfman is here to more or less continue the same general feel and tone Len Wein started. Stalwart Ross Andru hangs on as the…
Superman Vs. The Amazing Spider-Man
That’s right, gang: Spider-Man’s most surprising team-up ever! $2.00 back when comics cost a quarter! This was a pretty big deal for its time, and it seems like this sort of crossover…
MTO 17
Inspired by the success of Marvel Team-Up, Marvel Two-in-One came about as the exact same premise, only everyone teams up with the ever-lovin’, blue eyed Thing instead of Spider-Man. Naturally, they’d occasionally…
MTU 044
Ok, big finish! What could possibly make this any weirder than the previous 3 issues? The title of this one is “DEATH IN THE YEAR BEFORE YESTERDAY,” so strap in, I guess….
ASM 156
This one opens with Spidey watching the sun come up and realizing he’s gone the whole night without sleeping. He’s only just gotten home from his adventure last issue. Remember? When a…
ASM 153
Weird arm cradling that kid on the cover, Mr. Romita. Kinda looks broken. Now we’re in the Len Wein era of Amazing. This is actually really vexing me. This is his 3rd…
ASM 121
That’s a pretty crazy cover. Who could walk past that on the rack? This, obviously, isn’t an original 121, because I am not rich, but this era of Marvel Tales reproduced the…
ASM 118
As we dive into the final chapter of this odd story, The Smasher has, uh, smashed his way into The Daily Bugle to kidnap Joe Robertson (Instead of smashing into George Stacy’s…