Back to UTSM for the rest of this block. And The Enforcers are back already? This is the first time I’ve read this material integrated with the original comics, and both Electro…
Tag: Untold Tales of Spider-Man
UTS 07
Man, 3 issues of UTS in a row between ASMs. Kind of feels like a lot. But clues within the books make it clear this is how it goes. As we begin,…
UTS 06
The Torch just keeps turning up in early Spider-Man (To Steve Ditko’s increasing frustration until he takes full control of the plot), I’m not sure he needed yet another appearance added. Al…
UTS 05
EVERGREEN Throw Mama From The Train reference on the cover. Brilliant. The way “SPIDEY” is emphasized has made it worse for me since the day it came out, for some reason. Let’s…
UTS 04
We are back to Untold Tales with another all-new menace for Spider-Man to face. Gantry, Orbit, Satellite and Vacuum, The Spacemen. Not too Ditko-y to my eye. They bring the whole building…
UTS 03
Ya asked me, the trickiest thing this series could do was new meetings with classic villains, as it’s about to start doing here. Spider-Man’s 2nd encounter with Sandman is set in stone,…
UTS 02
This one, I never understood. Why does Spider-Man need what’s more or less Man-Bat from the Batman comics? It’s weird and kinda silly in Batman, it’s even weirder in Spider-Man. Al Vey…
UTS 01
One of the many weird ideas Marvel tried as the bottom fell out of the 90s comics market and they were sinking into bankruptcy was a line of 99 cent books. Making…
UTS -1
Yes, it’s espionage as you like it with Peter Parker’s parents, but that’s not all! This is written by Roger Stern AND pencilled by John Romita, Sr.! This is worth doing the…