Carnage was initially presented as so scary Spidey and Venom could barely beat him. Then they tried to make him even more scary in Maximum Carnage, though they mostly had the opposite…
Tag: Tom Smith
MTU Vol. 2 7
Our final issue of MTU volume 2 is moved up ahead of the others this month because of the crossover they’re all doing. It’s funny to me that famed Dracula writer Marv…
SMU 19 & Avengers 1
Here’s a book that screams “inessential.” But that doesn’t mean unenjoyable, so let’s see. Former Spider-Man assistant editor Mark Bernardo writes, the ubiquitous Joe Bennett pencils, Joe Pimentel inks and John Kalish…
MTU, Vol. 2 6
Back to this weird comic. With the incomprehensible tale of The Authority behind us, it’s only got 2 more issues featuring Spider-Man (And 4 after that featuring others before being canceled just…
MTU Vol. 2 5
The gimmick is they don’t tell you who the team up is with. That’s shaky ground for only issue 5. Speaking of shaky ground, yet another artist is on deck this issue,…
MTU Vol. 2 4
From the soaring highs of the return of Spider-Man’s 2nd best writer to… The most superfluous book in the line. Wham! I mean, no slight to anyone working on it, either, but…
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…
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…
MTU Vol. 2 3
Darick Robertson was never far from the Spider-Office at this time, seems like. No complaints from me on that! He is inked here by Gary Martin. The Toms hold fast. This issue…
MTU Vol. 2 2
Hercules, eh? Hopefully this won’t be quite as silly as the last time these two had a Marvel Team-Up, in Vol. 1, #28, where you may recall Hercules dragged the entire island…