Things look bad for our hero! But will they actually get so bad inside? We’ll see. On the splash, everyone reiterates where things left off, Hitman about to kill Spider-Man just to…
Tag: Sal Buscema
TAC 004
I mean… maybe. But this particular Vulture sure isn’t. Dave Cockrum is supplying covers for both ancillary Spider-Man titles now. I wonder why. Maybe he just really wanted to draw Spidey and…
MTU Annual 1
Here’s Spidey teaming up with the still very new “All-New, All-Different” X-Men. This one says it was written by Bill Mantlo from a plot by Mantlo, Chris Claremont & Bonnie Wilford. Bonnie…
TAC 003
Lightmaster. Have we seen Lightmaster? I read his 2nd appearance and even his 3rd real early in this Spider-Man journey, but that was before I’d decided how to break up the posts,…
TAC 002
Boy, in the history of comic book covers, this sure is one of them. Not great! Same team with the same credits as last issue. And the complicated continuity continues, as this…
MTU 052
One of the 77. Batroc is way too close to The Tarantula’s turf for comfort, here. From the left? On a yellow background? Come on, Batroc! If you’re thinking “Now that Sal…
TAC 001
As we have seen before, Tarantula only attacks from the left on a yellow background. The allegedly pulse-pounding first issue of Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man. What an unwieldy title. People used…
MTU 051
One of the 77. Various reasons have made me take 6 days to read this 4-parter, and it’s begun to feel like it’s dragged on too long. The days where I didn’t…
MTU 050
Big issue 50! Weird Gil Kane cover! Doc’s got a strange face. After a trippy splash of Wraith taunting the Spider-Man, Iron Man & Dr. Strange, we get right into it. Jean…
MTU 049
Unusual to see zip-a-tone like that on a Spidey cover, especially in this period. Looks cool, tho. So, after last issue, Iron Man is in a crater he made in the street,…