Let’s see how Peter loses his Ricochet identity. We open on the hilariously named Bloodscream and Roughhouse, 2 jobbers from Wolverine comics, who’ve been released from prison. One of them has noticed…
Tag: Norman Osborn
SSM 28
Last month it was double covers for ever issue, this month it’s this split gag for every issue. Always like an excuse for other characters to react to something like this. The…
ASM 434
This striking cover by Mark Buckingham is the egregious swipe of Joe Bennett from SMU 18 I caught last time we were in this period. I always liked this cover, it stuck…
ASM 040
Big finish! Big finish, indeed, our final issue in this block, the end of the Goblin story, and the last 60s book I’ll cover. Momentous! Calling this issue “Spidey Saves the Day”…
ASM 039
Well, here we go. Jazzy Johnny makes his debut a memorable one as the mystery of The Green Goblin comes to a close. Romita does not get a plot credit, and given…
ASM 038
It’s Ditko’s last issue, and it’s a famously odd one. For starters, he doesn’t even do a splash, just gets right to it. As monsters go, that looks a lot more like…
ASM 037
There are 2 robots, tho. This is the most eventful prison release in Marvel history! Good grief! All this on the first page??? Love Spidey in the hat. Ditko is doing the…
ASM 027
Goofy cover copy like this is going to have dire ramifications down the line. People trying to be like Stan will be just as silly even into the 80s. This month, Stan…
ASM 026
Someone has clipped my corner box! Hope they had fun with it. This is a weird cover. A lot of empty space, and Green Goblin feels like an afterthought. The Crime-Master. I…
ASM 025
Drawing those crazy tentacles seems like a nightmare. Well, here we go, the first Spider Slayer. We’ve seen a whole lot of later models, but here’s Ditko’s original vision. And for once,…