I wanna say the first shiny foil cover I can remember is Jim Lee’s WildCATs (Covert! Action! Teams!) #2, and it looked a lot like this.Silvery with the rainbow hologram effect. That…
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TAC 119
$1.95. That’s fair, I think. 2 cents less than somebody thought! Sabretooth continues to be a Spider-Man villain, and I continue to think that’s crazy. Crazy that he was just kinda laying…
TAC 190
90 cents! Head down to McKay’s and get some comics below cover price. You think Rhino on the cover means we’re done with Harry Osborn? Dr. Kafka’s looking a little more svelte….
TAC 189
Here it is, the first of the oversized 30th Anniversary issues with fancy hologram covers. And so we truly enter the age of the gimmick cover. This would only get weirder and…
TAC 250
For some reason, we begin here a thing where someone’s decided big Osborn issues have to have Romita covers even if it’s not his book. I mean, I’m not complaining, but it’s…
TAC 185
Yes, having completed his latest grimdark sadsack story, DeMatteis swings to his other extreme. I remember seeing this issue and wondering why anyone would buy it as a kid. Joke’s on me…
TAC 184
That’s right! It’s The Child Within: Aftermath! Harry sure stayed gone a good long time! This one’s cover is barely attached and pretty badly rolled. I hope I didn’t pay too much…
TAC 183
The being the last part of the story and having the cover blurb “Final Reckoning” is extremely funny if you can see the cover of next issue in advance. Spidey did the…
TAC 182
The people trying to write cover copy for this nonsense like these are actual superhero comics must be so tired. Look at all those exclamation points. “We PROMISE this isn’t just a…
TAC 181
Looks like we’re in for the most titanic battle between Spider-Man and gas yet. The customary video footage that starts each issue shows Vermin freaking out because Dr. Kafka wasn’t around, having…