Pretty classic kind of cover, there. “Not… him!” Daring you not to put down your 75 cents, open the book and find out who. Random thought I had last block that I’m…
Tag: Ron Frenz
ASM 275
Just 25 issues after that passive-aggressive-seeming “special normal-sized 250th issue” blurb, an extra-sized 275. I have always thought it was funny when old comics called an issue “book length” and it’s, for…
ASM 274
You know it’s serious when they give the ad pages to the story. You also know it’s serious because the inside front & back cover are a poster of the front cover….
ASM 273
The power of The Puma. Which isn’t much, to be honest, especially in the face of a reality-warping god from space. But, somehow, this is the moment Puma was created for. It’s…
ASM 271
After a couple short blocks, we’re back to a longer one. I broke up the Stern and Wolfman eras a little more just to keep them in the mix, but there’s about…
ASM 251
$12??? Outrageous! I sure hope I didn’t pay that for it, especially in the 90s. And suddenly, the dream team is gone. This issue features a plot by Roger Stern, but a…
MTU 136
Wonder Man! Not the most famous Avenger, but like any character, he has his diehard fans. His history outside of the stories is maybe more interesting than inside them. Created to be…
ASM 248
Here we have a pretty famous issue. 2 stories this month, and JRJR and Terry Austin representing both on the cover is pretty slick. $6, but not bagged upside down. First we…
MTU 135
Ya know, I was feeling this during the black costume story, too, but having read just the ASMs of this era several times over the years, having to stop to see what…
ASM Annual ’96
The appearance of this comic at this time is SO jarring. Extremely un-90s Ron Frenz art, a cover full of dead people, 2 versions of the real Spider-Man. Very left field. Also…