I don’t really know why this exists. I don’t really know why I bought it. It’s $6! But here we are. Howard Mackie obviously loves the crime side of Spider-Man and the…
Tag: The Rose
ASM 436
Will we really learn who’s under those masks? I don’t remember. I bought this issue, even though most months I was only buying Adjectiveless at this point, just to see who those…
ASM 435
Let’s see how Peter loses his Ricochet identity. We open on the hilariously named Bloodscream and Roughhouse, 2 jobbers from Wolverine comics, who’ve been released from prison. One of them has noticed…
ASM 432
I forgot to mention last post that awful font is back. They love it. Strangely, Romita, Jr. is here to draw Joe Bennett’s regular title. Romita’s handling parts 2 & 3 of…
ASM 428
Skroce’s Spider-Man improved dramatically during this story. He got more sleek and less lumpy looking. The other characters did, too, to varying degrees. Simplifying was a good idea. We seem to have…
ASM 427
Shades of ASM 55. Speaking of, for some reason, they got Romita, Sr. to do a version on the fold out: Kinda jarring, really. They’re still in the era of a recap…
ASM 426
Been so long since we saw this era. Crazy. Tom DeFalco, Steve Skroce, Bud La Rosa, Bob Sharen on board. Gee, who could this villain be? Well, page one is is Doc…
WEB 100
In these days, one could hardly say no to an anniversary issue, and so I bought this one. Not that I remember much about it. I have a vague memory of Blood…
WEB 099
Woof. And it seemed like you couldn’t possibly do worse than The Old Enforcers. The Enforcers are goofy, but they’re not generic. I can’t believe they put that joke on the cover….
WEB 098
The two pierce tags are in agreement! Alex Saviuk is still primary this month, inked by Don Hudson, tho that Derek Yaniger does the cover and an interlude. Wonder what this is…