This is a really unusual cover. It’s Terry Austin, best known for enhancing John Byrne’s supple linework, inking Romita, but it’s got that extremely rough, Frank-Miller-inking-himself look. Super gritty. Frank Giacoia taps…
Tag: Vulture
ASM 240
Feels like it’s been forever since I read any Stern/Romita ASM. And I guess it has, 10 blocks. But it’s good to be back. It should be obvious by now that I…
TAC 056
This one is noteworthy for a couple of things. First, it features pencil layouts by Jim Shooter. At this time, Shooter is the controversial but undeniably great Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics, presiding…
TAC 219
WHOA that cover is dark! That can’t be on purpose. Good grief. When has he “fought to reclaim” his life here? He was just asking Daredevil how to kill his Peter Parker…
ASM 396
The most shocking ending of all! Didn’t a clone of Spider-Man show up recently? You’re gonna top that? Ok. Look, Daredevil is here, wearing his worst costume by a mile! If you…
WEB 045
Pretty striking cover! The regular art team hangs in there another month, but this issue’s story is provided by one Adam Blaustein, a name I’m not familiar with. As things get underway,…
End of Block 11
This was quite the eventful set. First appearances from Mary Jane, Rhino, Shocker, Kinpgin, Joe Robertson and “Blackie” Drago. Romita coming into his own as the Spider-Man artist. Peter moving out. “Spider-Man…
ASM 049
Cool that this one has everything you can name in it. That’s good value for your 12 cents. We pick up where we left off, our man passed out in the snow,…
ASM 048
Another blast from the past. Like The Lizard, it’s been a surprisingly long time since The Vulture appeared. 30 issues, to be exact. Let’s see what he’s up to. It’s snowing out,…
End of Block 6
Made it through another one. No way the Juggernaut fight wouldn’t take center stage this time. Prepping this one, it struck me how little was going on in Peter’s personal life in…