McKay’s comes through with the grand finale! Hopefully they have a good explanation for Psycho-Man tormenting Spidey like this, and for what seems like a seeeeeerious coincidence when he initially shrank. Conway…
Tag: Mike Esposito
TAC Annual 10
Why would young me buy a random Spectacular Annual in the middle of a mutlipart storyline with the meager funds available to me? Why, because of the Todd McFarlane Prowler story, of…
TAC 160
Answer: Just… some robot? I have no idea who that is. Was this Acts of Vengeance thing working? Like I said previously, I only really ever read the Spider-Man, Daredevil and Captain…
TAC 159
Not only did I not buy this one at the time, I’ve never even read it before. My reading of Web and Spectacular was spotty at first, but I tended to get…
TAC 158
What? Yes. It’s at least as weird as it sounds. Also weird is my thinking “Now we’re back to Sal Buscema” when I see this cover. In spite of Sal doing plenty…
MTU 134
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…
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…