I got this milestone issue at a comic book show in Florida while on a family vacation for the exorbitant cost of $24 as a teenager. My folks frequently indulged my dumb…
Tag: Spider-Man
ASM 299
As this one opens, Spidey is hitching a ride on top of a semi truck when a kid in the car in front of him spots him and yells to the driver….
ASM 298
Here he is. Todd McFarlane. The man who changed Spider-Man and then mainstream comics forever. His unmistakable art style would propel Spider-Man to truly incredible new sales heights, and then he would…
WEB 038
He’s back! This issue finds recent ASM artist Alex Saviuk settling into his new home for a long while. He’s joined this month by (future Deadpool co-creator) writer Fabian Nicieza, inkers Keith…
TAC 137
So, here’s a fun thing. This issue debuts the new regular creative team on TAC… and it’s the first creative team on TAC. Gerry Conway wrote and Sal Buscema drew the first…
WEB 037
Al Milgrom’s kind of beating Frank Miller to Sin City on this cover. We got us a fill-in. This one’s written by James Owlsey, aka Christopher Priest, who just seems to keep…
ASM 297
For the record, I have no memory of buying or ever reading ASM 296 & 297. I think I’ve had them for many years, but I don’t really know. Some evidence suggests…
ASM 296
That cover copy feels really perfunctory. “Force of Arms.” What’s that got to do with this weird image? I’m also very interested by the “1985” next to John Byrne’s signature. This cover…
TAC 136
Alright, let’s do it. This cover seems like it’ll have a hard time coming to pass, but we’ll see. We open with Peter reading about his dumb move on that TV show…
TAC 134
For a time after TAC 100, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man got the tagline “The All-New, All-Daring” above the title. It wasn’t really all-new or all-daring… same cast and all… but it…