‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, for fear of being caught and forced to read a Mysterio comic. Alright. As this especially silly…
Tag: Sal Buscema
ASM 198
For the first time since Block 17, we hit a book I’ve owned for a long time. So long I’m not sure when or where I got it. I’m certain I got…
MTU 085
It’s time to bring this saga to its sense-shattering conclusion… or really drop the ball, you can’t know going into these. So, last issue, Spider-Man fell out of the SHIELD Helicarrier, and…
MTU 084
It’s part 3 of this weird SHIELD story. Same creative staff. The first scene is on the SHIELD helicarrier, now completely under the control of our villains: Boomerang, Silver Samurai, and Viper,…
MTU 083
Part 2 of this insane storyline. Same staff as the previous one. Page one, Spider-Man is laid out in the snow. Claremont’s typically flowery prose says he was, “in a word, murdered.”…
MTU 082
I don’t want to sound like an old man… Although I guess I am an old man by some metrics… But they really don’t make covers like this anymore. Covers that dare…
FF 207
Wait, what? Yeah, this issue of FF is actually important, so I got it when I found out. Marv Wolfman was working on both titles at the same time, you see. He’s…
TAC 010
A city trembles! Get a grip, city, it’s just 2 guys kicking each other. Oh, no, this is one of those weird comic bags where instead of a flap taped over, the…
TAC 009
I tried to look up why and how The White Tiger could be “Marvel’s most controversial creation” and came up empty. But he was created by newly-minted TAC writer Bill Mantlo, so…
Nova 12
The Man Called Nova! Nova was supposed to be the new Spider-Man. I’ll wait for your laughter to die down. His first issue said “In the Marvelous Tradition of Spider-Man!” right on…