Credits this month say “the author would like to give special regard to the work of Stan Lee & Steve Ditko,” for what will be obvious reasons. I have not yet mentioned,…
Tag: Uncle Ben
USM 004
The mandate for the Ultimate line, and soon all Marvel comics, was “iconic covers.” Just cool pictures of the characters instead of the traditional plot-centered kind. I think the idea was it…
USM 003
Marie Javins and Colographix take over colors this month. We begin with Osborn and his employees reviewing surveillance video of Peter being bitten and talking about the success of this accidental human…
USM 002
We are back with more Spider-Man of the Ultimate variety. Well, sort of. As yet, there is no Ultimate Spider-Man. Will that change this issue? We begin with Peter Parker in class,…
USM 001
It’s hard to overstate the importance of this comic. Which is a rare thing to say about something this recent, but it’s true. Ultimate Spider-Man launches a whole new line of comics,…
ASM V2 7
You can, perhaps, intuit that we’re in for some dopey business here. Just the kind of story I like the least, personally. Fans clearly love an alternate universe, a what if, things…
AF 15
Finally, 6 issues into this block, we get to the first Spider-Man comic. Get ready for a long-winded post. I imagine most people with any interest in Spider-Man are familiar with this…
TAC -1
I think the cover alone is plenty of explanation as to why I didn’t buy this one. Not only is it not even about Peter Parker or his family, but it’s gonna…
SM -1
I don’t remember this one, either, but the phrase “proto-goblin” fills me with dread. Probably not the way they’d want it to, though. Romita, Jr. sits this one out, but the rest…
ASM -1
Man, is this gonna be the same thing as last issue but with superhero comics? It’s Tom DeFalco, Joe Bennett, Bud LaRosa and Bob Sharen, the usual gang from ASM in 1997,…