He’s back! And we’re supposed to actually find out more about who he is this time! We open on Spider-Man spotting Tiny, his long-missing classmate, working at a gas station downtown, and…
Month: August 2023
ASM 013
I faced an unusual dilemma with this issue. I actually have an original copy. But… it’s graded. I hate comics grading. I hate everything about it. I think it’s an entire cottage…
UTS 13
Now there’s a cheery cover! And where this is headed is spelled out on the splash. I continue to be struck by how you get the Todd McFarlane feel from art that’s…
UTS 12
This issue is extra-sized, but the reason is stupid and not related to the story. Somehow, not much of Betty’s life was ever really delved into. She was always too much on…
UTS 011
Hard to believe I’m seeing The Eel 2 blocks in a row. But there he is. We open on Max Dillon, Electro, being made fun of in jail for being beaten by…
ASM 012
Now here’s a famous story. It’s wild to me to now own so many big moments in Spider-History. I somehow obtained a copy of Spider-Man Classics #13, reprinting this issue behind a…
UTS 10
When I started this, I thought including Untold Tales in these blocks would be fun. After all, it’s technically where they go, and it makes more sense than running them separately, even…
ASM 011
1964! We’re back! This one I got at Heroescon 2019. 2018 was the year I found out that you could get Silver Age comics for less than hundreds or thousands of dollars,…
TAC 200
I wanna say the first shiny foil cover I can remember is Jim Lee’s WildCATs (Covert! Action! Teams!) #2, and it looked a lot like this.Silvery with the rainbow hologram effect. That…
TAC 199
And we’re back. Castle’s still falling, heroes are recapping, it’s all happening. Archangel, being all tough and mean since he got transformed by Apocalypse, thinks they should just leave, but Cyclops won’t…