The unexpected success of USM meant Marvel was keen to expand the Ultimate line. USM was followed almost immediately by Ultimate X-Men (Bendis was originally to write both titles, even), but as…
Tag: Wolverine
Fast Lane
It’s come to this. As has been mentioned previously, Fast Lane was an anti-drug comic that ran in 4 parts through all the Marvel comics in 8-page installments, making it actually come…
PPSM 4
Sure are a lot of guest stars in these early issues of the relaunch. Marrow, of all people. Returning the favor for her team-up with Spidey in Uncanny X-Men 346, presumably. So…
Alpha Flight 121
Boy, that’s 90s. And look who’s doing it, Pat Broderick, one of the guys who did cartoony and hyper detailed way before the Image guys made it the default. I’ll be totally…
WEB 029
ASM 289 would be a nice, clean ending for this block, but there’s a few loose ends to tie up. Starting with 2 issues of Web in which Christopher Priest tries to…
Spider-Man Vs. Wolverine
For the first time in a long time, I can tell you exactly where I got this comic. And when I first read it, which is not the same time. I first…
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…
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…
SM 12
Who could it be? Todd has only really set up one suspect. Jim Lee’s longtime collaborator Scott Williams is back to ink 2 pages this month, and one of them is obviously…
SM 11
This cover’s description of what happens inside isn’t really that exciting. Unless Spider-Man is gonna fight the press. This month, it’s just Rick Magyar pitching in on inks. Rick has a long…