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…
Tag: The Jackal
Maximum Clonage Alpha
I believe this is what they called a “chromium” cover. To date, I don’t know what that actually means. So, years prior to this, the Spidey titles ran an interminable 14-issue story…
The Jackal Files
This is the kind of empty cash grab even I wouldn’t have touched back in 1995, but for 90 cents, I figured I’d look at it. Here we have a very common…
TAC 226
While it’s true they’ve been sewing doubts and trying to get you to wonder about this for months, using this cover copy at all kind of tips their hand, in my opinion….
SM 60
Kaine’s logo seemingly being just a random typeface is kinda disappointing. Does that font really say “Kaine?” Certainly not to me. So. He looks like he’s covered in webs. He has some…
ASM 403
Mark Bagley didn’t achieve the lunatic furor from fans the Image guys had when he came on the scene around the same time, in spite of a more than passing similarity to…
WEB 126
Now we’re getting somewhere. They dragged this prison thing out too long. I guess it was only 2 and a half months, but it was also 11 issues, 5 of them oversized….
TAC 225
Another “SUPER COOL” holodisk! DEFINITELY worth the extra $2.50. This one shows a Peter Parker that sort-of-not-really morphs into Spider-Man. Very exciting. Cover by Scott McDaniel, because this is a stealth launch…
SM 58
The Adjectiveless Spider-Man is still Howard Mackie, Tom Lyle, Scott Hanna & Kevin Tinsley in 1995. Still can’t get over Spider-Man being on fancier paper than ASM. This happened because it launched…
ASM 401
Seems like a bad career choice. In this issue: problems. It’s JM DeMatteis, Mark Bagley, Larry Mahlstedt with normal credits, and then the weird growing pains of the 90s seep in, as…