We close this block with this bittersweet tribute to Mike Wieringo. He was working on a What If thing about the so-called “New Fantastic Four” from FF 347, 348 & 349 when…
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Spider-Man/Fantastic Four 2
This issue opens on Peter Parker going home to see his family. Oops! I thought this didn’t mention them. Oh, well, too late now. And, to make matters worse, MJ & Aunt…
Civil War: Epilogue
Yeah, I made my own epilogue out of 4 comics. What an industrious block of posts for me. Now that the smoke has cleared, there’s a few more things to see. To…
Spider-Man/Human Torch 5
Well, now we’re in the present, I believe, and Paul Smith has drawn a Torch that looks like it and a Spider-Man that doesn’t, which is… puzzling. They say ol’ PMS loved…
FF 513
Look at those boys havin’ fun. We pick up literally the second after last issue. Might be Ben’s favorite show! This is such a wacky one. Hydro-Man goes down the drain, literally,…
FF 512
One of the fun things about this blog is the chance to dip into other comics sometimes, and I am so excited to get to look at 2 issues of the now-legendary…
FF Vol. 3 9
After the Heroes Reborn stunt ended, the various properties involved returned to the Marvel U with shiny new #1s and good-to-great new creative teams, depending. Busiek and Perez on an all-timer Avengers…
SSM 28
Last month it was double covers for ever issue, this month it’s this split gag for every issue. Always like an excuse for other characters to react to something like this. The…
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…
MTU 137
So, obviously this is not going to be a Spider-Man comic, but all things considered, I’d say it’s within our purview. While ASM 248 didn’t take advantage of the invitation to get…