Hoooooboy, this is gonna be a weird one. It’s Bill Mantlo, Ron Frenz, Mike Esposito & George Roussos bringing Spider-Man together with one of the goofiest heroes in the Marvel U. And…
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MTU 133
First of all, I cannot imagine how last issue’s story could lead to Spidey and the FF fighting Dr. Doom who has apparently kidnapped Franklin, and second of all, the title of…
MTU 132
This cover is by the great Paul Smith, who was currently wrapping up a stellar run on X-Men when this issue came out (in 4 months, he would be succeeded on the…
MTU 131
I have mentioned often on this blog how JM DeMatteis only has 2 settings: sad and silly. We’ve seen the awful, stupid depths of sad in his 90s Amazing Spider-Man. Time to…
MTU 130
Another very surprising Romita, Jr./Austin team-up on this cover. It’s weird how “regular comic book art” Vision looks compared to the rest of the image. Sal Buscema’s in on breakdown with Mike…
MTU 129
Ed Hannigan inked by John Byrne on the cover there. Looks like Byrne spent all of 5 minutes on it. Weird cover in general. 1983 brings us back to the JM DeMatteis,…
MTU 112
King Kull! A lesser known character from Conan creator Robert E. Howard, and licensed alongside Conan to Marvel at this time. Gonna be hard to get him and Spider-Man together, but let’s…
MTU 111
Devil-Slayer! One who slays devils! I know literally nothing about this character! That’s kinda rare around these parts. Who knows what lurks behind this terrible, terrible cover? It’s JM DeMatteis, Herb Trimpe…
MTU 110
Team-Up time. Same art team as usual recently, with Herb Trimpe credited with the plot to this one, and David Michelinie back on the script. As the story opens, Spider-Man swings over…
MTU Annual 4
Here we go with a pretty big team-up cast and the comic that famously inspired Brian Michael Bendis to create Jessica Jones’ backstory with the Purple Man. Frank Miller writes, Herb Trimpe…