Launching a new title during an event has a bunch of obvious pros and cons. Tying it into a very big event helps put eyes on it. Tying it into a big…
Tag: Tinkerer
MKSM 06
I’d say it’s about to get X-Citing around here, but not in this title. At least the Dodsons are back. Cho will do one more fill-in, as I recall. Well, Spider-Man is…
Chapter One 3
I mean this doesn’t look good, right? What the hell is that Vulture costume? A tux with tails? How did this get published? Joe Andreani takes over as colorist this month. Page…
What If 7
Prior to getting to Volume 2, I got a couple odds & ends that I didn’t really have anywhere else to put, so why not now? Fewer than I thought, actually For…
ASM 370
Tantalizing! The clues are now tantalizing! I have trouble remembering my own reaction to all this. I suspect I was just kind of going with the flow. I know exactly how I…
ASM 369
Electro! He’s not a robot! Or is he? Probably not. Spider-Man’s bouncing through the city, getting another low level Spider Sense warning, but with no idea why, because of all the little…
ASM 002
For most of these earliest issues, I have these. Some newspaper, I have now forgotten which, ran these reprints of the earliest Spider-Man stories in 2006. Each full-length issue of Amazing Spider-Man…
Dead Man’s Hand
So, just to recap: Gerry Conway made a story about clones. And then Bill Mantlo made a story about a failed clone named Carrion. And then Conway came back and was like…
ASM 160
Oh this cover confuses me. Why? Who said, “We’re doing a very silly story this month, let’s make the cover a direct reference to one of the most memorable, serious ASM stories…
WEB 058
Welcome back to 1989! Young baby me has been reading comics professionally for maybe 2 years, tops? I officially only buy Amazing Spider-Man, but sometimes I get other things. Especially when buying…