Once upon a time, this was some of the first material I was covering. I started around ASM 176 and went forward. Obviously, plans changed a lot. Then, when I finally got…
Tag: Mike Esposito
Spider-Man: Fear Itself
Welcome back to the very, very end of 1991, as we enter a block that will introduce a major new Spider-Man character AND one of the most insane twists anyone ever pulled….
TAC 020
It’s getting harder and harder to remember as the years wear on, but I want to say this is one of the early comics I got as part of The Great eBay…
TAC 019
Stop trying to make The Enforcers happen! They’re a low-rent carnival act! Literally no one but Ditko could possibly make them work. “Deadlier than ever!” There was nowhere to go but up!…
ASM 181
It seems like Kingpin’s floating head somehow knows he’s in that smoke. “THE ____ AND THE ____!” is one of the many Stan Lee-isms that got driven right into the ground in…
TAC 016
This is a one-off by Elliot S! Maggin, Sal Buscema & Mike Esposito. It’s pretty much all action from page one as Spidey happens on a motorcycle cop chasing a speeding car. …
TAC 014
Bacon Man is still in the building. I don’t even wanna dignify the title with an acknowledgement. A “J. Tartas” pitches in with the usual guys on line art, and Irene Vartanoff…
TAC 013
I mean, where to start. As if the villains from last issue weren’t dopey enough, we get this. Love the hook “I’m invulnerable from the back.” Well, you have 3 other sides,…
TAC 012
We return to the fledgling Spectacular Spider-Man, rounding out its first year on the stands. It hasn’t exactly been essential reading so far, and this cover sure doesn’t have me excited. No…
ASM 180
And so, at long last, we come to it, the 2nd of my very oldest Spider-Man comics. The coverless copy of ASM 148 and this battered old copy of 180 are the…