You know it’s serious when they give the ad pages to the story. You also know it’s serious because the inside front & back cover are a poster of the front cover….
Tag: George Stacy
ASM 080
This month in credits, Stan Lee is “Author, Editor” (I think for the first time?), Buscema & Mooney share “Illustrators,” and John Romita gets “Art Consolidator.” Oh… kay. Peter Parker is working…
ASM 076
I think it’s interesting how many Lizard stories start with “My friend Curt Connors is here, hope he doesn’t turn into The Lizard.” You know? Like Curt will show up for a…
ASM 075
Another very famous cover from this period. But who’s gonna die? Stan’s back to “Author” this month, but the credits are otherwise unchanged. The switch from Heck & Esposito to Mooney has…
ASM 073
Man. Mountain. Marko. Those words made it out of Stan Lee’s head and onto a printed comic book that other people could see. Hard to believe, but true. The funniest thing, tho,…
ASM 072
26 issues since his last appearance, it’s shockin’ time. Kingpin was introduced in #50 and has already come back twice, where’s Shocker been all that time? Or Rhino, for that matter? This…
ASM 071
Quicksilver, eh? It’ll be interesting to see how he fits into this. Innovator & Illustrator credits continue. Since last issue, our man’s gone home, and the bullet holes in his shirt have…
ASM 070
So, I’m at that fateful 2018 Heroes Con where I learned to my shock that I could find affordable Silver Age comics. I’ve been in every “Silver Age ½ Price” bin on…
ASM 069
Someone has stamped “NOV 25” on Spidey’s eye. Looks like a library stamp. But why? No further stamps seem to appear on the issue anywhere. I enjoy the mystery of old used…
Spectacular Spider-Man 2
Now in full color! I’ve been wanting to read this for decades! It’s been hard not to read it since I got it during The Great Ebay Hysteria of 2018, but I…