Weird, weird cover. Is that background supposed to imply Kingpin’s windows? The color trails behind Spider-Man’s jump make it look like he came up out of the floor. Back to Alan Kupperberg,…
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ASM 287
I wonder who did this cover. My first instinct was Kyle Baker, based on how inky the Spider-Man is, but I’m not so sure. Maybe the interior artist inked by Kyle, which,…
ASM 286
Bit of a tip off there. This month, Priest is no longer working from a plot by DeFalco, leaving it up to him to bring this mess in for a landing. Art…
ASM 285
Did I really pay $3.50 for this raggedy thing? I have the vaguest memory of buying this issue. I feel like I got it in college. Why, I couldn’t begin to say,…
WEB 089
And it’s Bob McLeod to take us into the home stretch on cover inks! Another sharp pairing for Alex. Man, “The New Kingpin.” The audacity of finding out Kingpin is going to…
WEB 088
Al Williamson! The master’s subtle inks and thin lines actually do the best job yet of bringing Alex in line with the emerging 90s sensibilities despite Al being in the biz since…
WEB 087
This time out, Alex inks himself on the cover. Watching him and Sal try to adjust to the 90s is one of the most fascinating things about this whole exercise. Just a…
WEB 086
I’m gonna say that’s too many Hobgoblins. And also, shades of things to come. No Romita, but this cover does get Al Milgrom. A good fit for Hobby. We’ll recall Al drew…
WEB 085
I’ve already forgotten the order the inkers appeared on the ASM covers, but here’s Klaus Janson again. Huh, it was Larsen then Janson then, too. I wonder if Romita inks the next…
WEB 084
The greatest era of all! Is that true? I dunno. I’ve come to think of Web as a kind of directionless title doing this. I don’t think it has any truly great…