Carnage was initially presented as so scary Spidey and Venom could barely beat him. Then they tried to make him even more scary in Maximum Carnage, though they mostly had the opposite…
Tag: Steven Butler
SMU 02
Finally, we come to the end of this sorry disaster. It didn’t occur to me that Tom DeFalco writing SMU 1 was so unusual. He appears so frequently on the blog, and…
WEB 083
Good idea trademarking timeless new villain Hypertron 1.0. Shrewd. Yes, Kurt Busiek is back for another one-and-done. This month, Chris Marrinan is on interiors as well as the cover, with Don Hudson…
WEB 081
An issue of Web in this era with a Sal Buscema cover is kind of confusing. Makes you double check the title. Certainly a tantalizing cover. I’ve not read this before, so…
WEB 129
Welcome to the final issue of Web of Spider-Man. Kinda funny, really. MTU was cancelled to make way for Web, and now Web is cancelled to make way for Sensational. No matter…
WEB 128
Who indeed. Who indeed. It’s 1995 again, and we’re back to 2 Spider-Men running around. This issue’s plot comes from Tom DeFalco with a script from Todd DeZago, and art by the…
WEB 127
So. Picking up moments after last post, things get weird instantly on page one… Since when does a SWAT team get mobilized just because Spider-Man is in the area? Who calls him…
WEB 125
3-D Live Action Scarlet Spider Holodisk! The 90s!! What a silly gimmick. If you hold the book at the right angle and rotate it, you see The Scarlet Spider stand up out…
WEB 124
The logo is no match for Kaine! Steven Butler & Tom Lyle appear to be the only ones maintaining McFarlane’s crazy perm for MJ. Everyone else has pretty much given her her…
WEB 123
Aaaalright. We got 3 Peter Parkers to check in with here (Or 4, actually, I guess). Ben Reilly is currently being thrown through a window by The Jackal’s goofy monsters, which look…