These Joe Quesada covers, with the bony, emaciated, mishapen Spider-Men swooping through weirdly specific perspective experiments haven’t been my favorite. This time, pencils are by “Barry Kitson & Mike McKone,” in that…
Tag: Mark Waid
ASM 593
Karl Kesel steps in to help with inks this month, and our tale begins with Peter Parker taking his shower and recapping what he saw at the end of last issue. Aunt…
ASM 592
Mark Waid is back this issue. Thank goodness. He is aided & abetted by Mike McKone, Andy Lanning and Jeromy Cox. We open on 3 pages of Peter Parker recapping the last…
ASM 583 & President’s Day Special
Well, I for one have no idea what’s going on. But it’s a Jazzy Johnny cover, and I shant say no to that. Inside, we’re back in the dependable hands of Mark…
ASM 579
So many artists cite the earliest Ditko issues, insist Spider-Man’s suit was meant to be red & black, and fill the blue part almost entirely with black. Marcos Martin seems more devoted…
ASM 578
So much for Tom Brevoort’s moratorium on Spider-Man Must Lift A Heavy Thing, I guess. Maybe covers can be deceiving. Ladies and gentlemen, please give Mark Waid a proper welcome to ASM!…
ASM 568
Man, what to even say first? I guess the obvious is please welcome back to the blog, The GOAT, John Romita, Jr.! Much like Too $hort, he just can’t stay away (I…
HoM: Spider-Man 5
This issue begins with a rather self-indulgent 4-page remake of George Stacy’s death from ASM 90, wherein Waid and/or Peyer rewrite Stan Lee, which, you know, not a good look, changing all…
HoM: Spider-Man 4
Well, Rhino has Peter in a headlock and won’t let him out til he explains himself. So… So Peter built a fully accurate replica of the Goblin’s costume, which I think he’s…
HoM: Spider-Man 3
This month, we open on a news report about how Spider-Man is a fake mutant. JJJ gleefully reads embarrassing entries from Peter’s journal that have nothing to do with his powers, while…