This is another of those cheap Heroes Con comics with water damage. As it was explained to me, it wasn’t that they’s gotten soaked or anything, but they’d been stored in a…
Tag: Mike Esposito
ASM 051
Not too hard to get, this one. Kind of a surprise to me. But so much of this has been. Sure, 50 is ultra-famous, but it’s also the beginning of a storyline….
ASM 050
Yeah, so between having one of the most iconic covers, being one of the most famous stories AND introducing a major villain, this issue is waaaay out of my price range. I…
ASM Annual 03
This cover sure promises a crazy story. The art on this one is a meeting of the minds behind the respective properties. Layouts are provided by Romita, with full pencils by Avengers…
ASM 041
Time travel is real, and we are back in 1966! To go from the absolute nadir of Spider-Man history back to the glory days is enough to make your head spin, but…
WEB 038
He’s back! This issue finds recent ASM artist Alex Saviuk settling into his new home for a long while. He’s joined this month by (future Deadpool co-creator) writer Fabian Nicieza, inkers Keith…
MTU 150
This somber cover brought to you by one of comics’ true fine artists, Barry Windsor-Smith. Poor Spidey looks so sad up in the corner box. By 1984, there’s no question that Spider-Man…
MTU 149
In this era where cover artists weren’t credited, sometimes it’s hard to know who did what. I dunno who did this, but check out that John Romita, Sr. impression, wow. Nailed the…
MTU 148
That’s a great cover. Been noticing that when he inks himself in this period, Al Milgrom does a lot more webs on the suit than everyone else. Also, he’s writing and drawing…
MTU 147
Spider-Man makes his first appearance in MTU since losing the alien. I’ve got the publication timeline all out of whack now, for the record. This issue came out the same month as…