I know this is called the Gathering of Five, but did it rrrrreally need to be 5 issues? We know Norman will succeed in acquiring all the bits, otherwise, what’s the point?…
Tag: Scott Hanna
SM 95
I mentioned on SM 88 that when I see that cover, I think a different comic is inside. It’s this one. Both books are standoffs between Peter & Norman by the same…
SM 94
Perhaps he can’t handle the truth. What truth, you ask? Must be a big one, The Watcher is here. Watching colorists figure out Photoshop is really something. Kind of oppressive on that…
SM 93
This issue is basically just Howard Mackie doing some pretty self-indulgent retconning. The Ghost Rider title got really weird after he left, adding all sorts of bizarre secret history and new ideas…
SM 92
As we open part 2 of the Dusk saga, Trapster has been visited by a gang of assassins called The Waiters, who all dress like waiters. This is pretty funny, kind of…
SM 91
Who’s Spider-Man this week? Dusk! Johnny really threw himself a softball on this one. It’s still Howard Mackie, John Romita, Jr., Scott Hanna and Gregory Wright on duty for this book. After…
SM 45
One o the absolute craziest things about the comic book industry, in my opinion (And that’s a big setup) is how they absolutely cannot wait to ruin the endings of their own…
SM 44
This is a very awkward time to begin a new era of greatness. But after being a rudderless ship varying wildly in quality for almost 30 issues, Spider-Man finally gets its first…
SMU 04
Oh goody, Mysterio. Cover price: $3.95 in 1993 dollars. Your McKay’s price: 90 cents. An indication of quality, I’m sure. This month’s main feature is inked by Scott Hanna, Al Milgrom and…
SM 90
Blastaar. One of Kirby & Lee’s weirder characters, for sure, a Fantastic Four villain from The Negative Zone, another dimension that Reed Richards discovered (Until we learned Dr. Adam Brashear discovered it…