Wonder why everyone had Norman Osborn on the brain this year. Why did he figure so prominently in The Pulse and 2 Spider-Man titles. Pulse 5, MKSM 6 and ASM 512 are…
Tag: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2
ASM 512
A thrilling image of Spider-Man battling 2 guys who would stand behind the named villains and not have speaking roles in a 1990 Rob Leifeld comic. The only thing more mysterious that…
ASM 511
This cover straight up looks like it’s 1997. Well, this comic opens with Spider-Man removing his mask to cry, thinking this can’t be real, but maybe it it, and he has to…
ASM 510
This issue opens with a page rather awkwardly cutting panels from 3 different pages from last issue together showing Peter fighting his mystery assailants and Gwen’s headstone, then a page that’s half…
ASM 509
The ugly Spider-Man font is back here, too! Why????? You fixed it! It will stick around for the next 3-ish years, as I recall. Well, we’re into it. Two “its,” I guess….
ASM 508
Another classic cover. Some of these images got reused a lot. Something’s got awry this month, as Scott Hanna only inks pager 1-19 of 23. Maybe he got sick. Scott Koblish steps…
ASM 507
Cool cover! Now that someone is writing a version of Peter & MJ together that isn’t miserable for the first time since, like, 1993, it’s interesting to contrast them to Ultimate Peter…
ASM 506
Ok. time to get into it. Perhaps because John, Jr. is leaving, it’s time to get to the bottom of this Ezekiel business. We open this issue on 2 guys in Peru,…
ASM 505
I distinctly recall being in a Spencer’s Gifts in a mall and seeing this cover art on a shirt. I would buy a shirt with this cover on it. But the entire…
ASM 504
Spooky. This month, we open on what is, unquestionably, an iconic bit of business: Spider-Man and Loki casually enjoying hot dogs is really not something you’d get in the old days. He…