This one I’ve had since I was a kid. How and why I kept dropping in and out of the non-ASM titles in the middle of stories is really confusing to me….
Tag: Sal Buscema
TAC 171
They say “The ordeal begins!” like we would know what that means. Time to finally wrap up this long-suffering subplot about Puma’s debt to Spider-Man. I assume Puma will kill Spider-Man. As…
TAC 170
Wherever the other 2 issues of this story came from, no question about this one. Anyway, time to wrap this up, as the Avengers’ Quinjet lands near Spider-Man and his Outlaws. He…
TAC 169
I do not believe in comic book backing boards. Unless something might actually be kinda valuable, I don’t think it needs a board. I don’t tape my bags shut, either. Starting from…
TAC 168
Not even She-Hulk can withstand the power of a Buscema punch! Why is our man fighting The Avengers? No idea, never read this one, let’s find out. We are back in the…
SM Super Special
If the art in the last post gave lie to the claim that these books would be illustrated by “top talent,” it is utterly obliterated in this one. This book looks horrendous….
TAC 227
Would that it were. The opening splash this month looks weirdly nothing like Sal at all. Not the posing, not the figures, nothin’. Color Separations by Malibu, for all the fans really…
TAC 226
While it’s true they’ve been sewing doubts and trying to get you to wonder about this for months, using this cover copy at all kind of tips their hand, in my opinion….
TAC 225
Another “SUPER COOL” holodisk! DEFINITELY worth the extra $2.50. This one shows a Peter Parker that sort-of-not-really morphs into Spider-Man. Very exciting. Cover by Scott McDaniel, because this is a stealth launch…
TAC 224
Certainly an intentional echo of ASM 39 there. I like that whoever colored this cover got to the text at the bottom and was like “Yeah, pants blue and sweater blue, done.”…