This is gonna be a real swipe fest, I can feel it. We’re back to Paul Jenkins & Mark Buckingham on PPSM, Bucky here inked by Dan Green, Rodney Ramos and himself,…
Tag: Norman Osborn
ASM V2 25
Hey, an actual monthly issue of Spider-Man, who’d have thought? With a dumb, shiny foil cover, even. Welcome to the countdown to the end of Howard Mackie’s tenure on the Spider-Books. Joining…
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No reason Norman couldn’t have reverted to the classic suit for this. I wish he had. We open on the Green Goblin throwing an unconscious Spider-Man off the bridge… you know the…
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Ya know, there’s another big, dramatic “return of the Goblin” event only a year or two from now. When I was putting my reading list together, I thought this was it. But…
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Ladies & gentlemen, please welcome Roger Stern back to the blog! If Norman Osborn has to be alive, this is the person I want writing him, and here he is, reunited with…
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I mean, no one would look at this and go “It’s the Green Goblin!” That feels like a mistake. The Ultimate versions of most characters are recognizable, both here and in Ultimate…
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Alright. We’ve finished the 21st Century version of the origin. What next? Gotta have a Bugle and a J. Jonah, of course! Bendis actually worked for a newspaper before (And, as I…
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Credits this month say “the author would like to give special regard to the work of Stan Lee & Steve Ditko,” for what will be obvious reasons. I have not yet mentioned,…
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The mandate for the Ultimate line, and soon all Marvel comics, was “iconic covers.” Just cool pictures of the characters instead of the traditional plot-centered kind. I think the idea was it…
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Marie Javins and Colographix take over colors this month. We begin with Osborn and his employees reviewing surveillance video of Peter being bitten and talking about the success of this accidental human…