Time for ASM’s bi-weekly summer event. And… I skipped it. Yup! First issues of ASM I didn’t buy on purpose since I started buying comics. This 6-part story, sold in 3 months,…
Tag: Spider-Man
Trial of Venom
The Trial of Venom! I’ve never read it, but I used to wonder about it a lot! This comic was a mail order exclusive to benefit UNICEF. I don’t think it ever…
Sleepwalker 6
Bret Blevins is back to inking himself this month, giving his linework the surprisingly wispy quality I’m used to. His stuff feels very light and airy, and quite different from the heavy…
Sleepwalker 5
The 90s, man. While most new characters tried out in this period tended to be an attempt to cash in on what the soon-to-be Image guys were making popular (Read: Big, mean…
WEB 083
Good idea trademarking timeless new villain Hypertron 1.0. Shrewd. Yes, Kurt Busiek is back for another one-and-done. This month, Chris Marrinan is on interiors as well as the cover, with Don Hudson…
WEB 082
Oh, hey, Kurt Busiek is still here! As is inker Don Hudson and colorist Bob Sharen, joined this month by penciler Ron Wilson. Hey, that’s cool. Ron Wilson is a Marvel stalwart…
WEB 081
An issue of Web in this era with a Sal Buscema cover is kind of confusing. Makes you double check the title. Certainly a tantalizing cover. I’ve not read this before, so…
SM 17
Thanos! With Infinity Gauntlet raging, it was time for tie-ins everywhere you could get ‘em, and so we have this. With an impeccable creative team, too! Ann Nocenti, Rick Leonardi, Al Williamson…
X-Force 4
Still sideways for the grand finale. I don’t believe Domino has any kind of energy power or wrist-mounted weaponry, so she’s just, like… pointing her fist? No reason to analyse these drawings,…
SM 16
All the pages of this entire issue, as well as the following issue of X-Force, are sideways. So they’re not gonna be too legible here. Good thing no one actually reads this….