I said he’d be back, and here he is, Tom Beland! As the thing in the corner suggests, this is part of a thing called “I Love Marvel,” wherein the company sort-of-kind-of…
Month: September 2025
ASM 528
Ok, big finish. Big, stupid, finish. Cannot believe the point of this story was Spider-Man “evolving or dying” when that plot point didn’t come up until issue 11 of 12. Dreck! And…
MKSM 22
The longer you look at this cover, the worse it gets, so let’s move on. “Guys, listen to how stupid this story is!” WHATEVER. Spider-Man attacks, and his stupid stinger pop out,…
FNSM 04
Each of the writers gets to do their own book as this stupid thing improbably goes on for 3 more issues. Somehow. I really can’t imagine how. Haha, they really did mention…
ASM 527
Well, gee whiz, I guess he’s alive. What a shock. What a miracle. To open, Iron Man is flying around looking for Peter. Back home, what happened is being debated. So her…
MKSM 21
Oh sure, a cocoon. That makes sense. Spiders are known throughout the world for their cocoons. Well, this issue begins with the catastrophic decision to have whoever’s work is being signed “Pat…
FNSM 03
As this book is coming out, though none of us could’ve known it at the time, Mike Weiringo was nearing the end of his life. An aortic dissection took him far too…
ASM 526
Could this story finally get around to starting this issue? I have been conditioned to assume not. Well, it begins with Spider-Man leaving Avengers Tower and swinging across town to get his…
MKSM 20
Look at neither of those hands actually touching anything. Great stuff. This wretched issue opens in Latverise, where some people are talking about a curfew, and then Spider-Man pops out of a…
FNSM 02
Plus: More Weiringo art. Con: 3 consecutive issues by Hudlin. Let’s get on with it. We begin on a splash of Aunt May reading Peter’s diagnosis. Nice of May to be the…