So, here’s how this one starts… I was like “Is this Ben Urich?… So, no then.” I believe this is the first comic on the blog… and the first comic of its…
Tag: Spectacular Spider-Man
TAC 067
What lurks behind Ed Hannigan’s Frank Miller impression? Seems like a lot! It’s been a minute since I’ve seen a Spectacular. This one’s by writer Bill Mantlo, penciler Ed Hannigan, inker Al…
TAC 066
Crazy cover by Hannigan & Milgrom. The abstract expression of Manhattan below just using text is really cool. Big, random shoutout to Epic Illustrated, Marvel’s creator owned imprint of the time, too….
TAC 065
It is the opinion of this blog that there are no good Kraven The Hunter stories, even the one everyone loves, but this does not seem like it’s going to be one…
TAC 64
Spidey looks more like he’s just flopping around like a ragdoll there. Our first issue of TAC in a minute is one very recently acquired. It’s the debut of Cloak & Dagger,…
TAC 063
Greg LaRoque swaps in on pencils this month. The long awaited return of Harry & Liz. Reading these things out of order, I have no concept of how long they’ve been gone….
TAC 062
This looks like a weird one. Now that Roger Stern has moved over to ASM, Bill Mantlo has taken over TAC. Again. He wrote most of the first 40 issues of the…
TAC 236
Aaaand, we’re back with Dragon Man. And yet, Peter Parker is being rushed into the hospital after his episode last post. MJ worries that Peter is degenerating like the other clones have,…
TAC 053
It’s a fill-in by Bill Mantlo, Jim Mooney & Frank Springer this month, and that cover is not promising. Thanks to the magic of the internet, when I got Roger Stern’s Spectacular…
TAC 052
Roger Stern is joined by the great Rick Leonardi on this one, with Jim Mooney inking, and things are looking grim from page one! Man, I am a big fan of Leonardi,…