Who’s Spider-Man this week? Dusk! Johnny really threw himself a softball on this one. It’s still Howard Mackie, John Romita, Jr., Scott Hanna and Gregory Wright on duty for this book. After…
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SM 45
One o the absolute craziest things about the comic book industry, in my opinion (And that’s a big setup) is how they absolutely cannot wait to ruin the endings of their own…
Ghost Rider 48
What? Why? I bought this not too long ago, around the time I got Alpha Flight 123, and promptly forgot about it. I just happened to discover I have it after I…
SM 44
This is a very awkward time to begin a new era of greatness. But after being a rudderless ship varying wildly in quality for almost 30 issues, Spider-Man finally gets its first…
SM 90
Blastaar. One of Kirby & Lee’s weirder characters, for sure, a Fantastic Four villain from The Negative Zone, another dimension that Reed Richards discovered (Until we learned Dr. Adam Brashear discovered it…
SM 89
Back on John Romita, Jr.’s home turf, and look who’s decided to join the manhunt. HOW many times can Punisher be tricked into going after “that awful criminal, Spider-Man?” The Jackal has…
SM 88
Now here’s a cover I really really remember. Excellent concept & execution. So good they didn’t even plaster some stupid copy over it and ruin it. I don’t much recall what’s inside,…
SM 87
And now we’re just quoting the Beatles. And presumably rehashing ASM 33. I remember this cover, but not the issue. Spider-Man Must Lift A Heavy Thing may be pretty well-trodden ground, but…
SM 86
F- minus for this cover copy. Concept and execution. But who cares, JRJR is back. Look how much more incredible the end of last issue looks at the beginning of this issue:…
SM 85
In this era, it felt like editors were scared to let a cover go out without copy. Even stupid, useless copy, like this. This happens all the time in late 90s Marvel…