As this book is coming out, though none of us could’ve known it at the time, Mike Weiringo was nearing the end of his life. An aortic dissection took him far too…
Tag: Mike Weiringo
FNSM 02
Plus: More Weiringo art. Con: 3 consecutive issues by Hudlin. Let’s get on with it. We begin on a splash of Aunt May reading Peter’s diagnosis. Nice of May to be the…
FNSM 01
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is a real mouthful for a comic book title. But, then, it’s not Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man, so I guess it’s ok. Fresh off a top-3 all time…
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…
The Legacy of Spider-Man
In its heyday, Wizard magazine was, for better or worse, the premiere comics publication. And somewhere in there, they began producing comics called ½ issues, exclusives you could only get through them,…
SSM 31
Revenge of the Rhino. What’s he got to get revenge over, at this point? I wonder if the whole thing with him moving his family to the US only to be disowned…
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…
SSM 27
Ok, now we can get on with normal business. Sort of. Not much normal about these 2 months of comics. Each issue this month had 2 covers, one of Spider-Man, one of…
SSM 23
So much eyesore text in this era, my goodness. Ok, let’s wrap this up. Spidey’s in trouble, Doc’s in trouble. Doc is now racing back to his physical form, tho, a detail…