Now there’s a Ditko-inspired Spider-Man. And Swarm, the Nazi swarm of bees that walks like a man, last seen in these parts far in the future in Sensational #9. I believe this…
Tag: Spectacular Spider-Man
TAC 005
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…
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…
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…
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…
Spectacular Spider-Man 2
Now in full color! I’ve been wanting to read this for decades! It’s been hard not to read it since I got it during The Great Ebay Hysteria of 2018, but I…
TAC 177
People don’t think of Spider-Man’s web as being an offensive weapon like this, but if you think about it, if it can cover the distance between 2 skyscrapers in a second, the…
TAC 176
I had this issue since I was a kid. But then, after a shipping mishap during The Great Ebay Hysteria of 2018, a seller randomly sent me this copy, signed by writer…
TAC 175
Very informative, cover copy, thank you. I wonder why Ock’s suit is green on the covers and white inside. WIth this issue, David Mchelinie is the sole credited writer, and that certainly…