Finally, we come to the end of this sorry disaster. It didn’t occur to me that Tom DeFalco writing SMU 1 was so unusual. He appears so frequently on the blog, and…
Tag: Tom DeFalco
SMU 01
It’s here. My dread built with every issue last time we hit this period, but it can’t be avoided: Maximum Carnage. An absolutely misguided 14-issue disaster that forced me to buy all…
UTS 23
Now this seems like it could be a good idea. Giving the new crime boss about to appear in ASM a little more lead time so he doesn’t just crop up out…
ASM 285
Did I really pay $3.50 for this raggedy thing? I have the vaguest memory of buying this issue. I feel like I got it in college. Why, I couldn’t begin to say,…
ASM 284
Man, I thought I’d never actually get here. If I’d realized how much filler there was in this section, I would’ve probably held the last couple ASMs from the previous block for…
ASM 375
Yes, never one to let the chance to jack up the price of a comic pass them by in the 90s, it’s yet another oversized anniversary issue. ASM 365 celebrated the anniversary…
FF 374
3 non-standard titles in a row! And look at this! Should be a weird one. Still i what could charitably be called “one of the less popular runs of FF,” I guess…
ASM 283
It must be around the production of this issue, if not before, that, according to Christopher Priest, Jim Shooter had been pressuring him to fire DeFalco and Frenz for habitual lateness so…
ASM 282
The last of this blog’s 25th Anniversary covers. We’re treated to another issue by Rick Leonardi this month, now inked by Bob Layton with Nel Yomtov on colors. We open on Flash…
ASM 281
Time to wrap this up. Frenz only did breakdowns last issue, and this issue, he’s down to layouts, with Brett Breeding credited with pencils & inks. Hard times for most of the…