Here we go, the big 4-part story that sees Howard Mackie out the door. And we also have Romita. Jr. getting the memo to make the covers more generic and iconic. He…
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PPSM 28
Certainly a striking cover. This one starts with various detail shots of the scifi machinery Stromm’s head is connected to,one of which is clearly just a Macintosh, which amuses me greatly, while…
PPSM 27
Here begins Kaare Andrews’ run as a cover artist for the Spider-Office. Under Jemas and Quesada, more and more books will have cover artists who don’t do the interiors, crafting flashy visuals…
ASM V2 27
There’s an odd cover idea. This month, the Spider-Office is newly under the auspices of Axel Alonso, recently poached from DC’s Vertigo arm, where he edited a truly remarkable run of really…
PPSM 25
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,…
ROGG 3
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…
ASM V2 24
After 2 years of build up, the rudderless Senator Ward saga will wrap up in the midst of Maximum Security. It felt like Ward was endlessly haunting these pages during much of…
ASM V2 23
Picking up from last issue without pretense for a change, we find Spider-Man and Arthur Stacy debating whether to kill Senator Ward (While recapping right at each other like they weren’t there…
ASM V2 22
Welcome the brand-new artist of ASM, John Romita, Jr.! What, he was just gonna leave? He’s going to outlast Howard Mackie. It’s really starting to bother me that every issue of ASM…
PPSM 23
Few covers in the period scream “We got Photohsop!” like this one. Peep that drop shadow. At least this is the rare situation where having a bunch of different fonts on the…