Blogs Tagged “Al Milgrom”

• Spider-view: "Invasion of the Spider-Slayers" (The Smythe Saga, Part 1)—Nathan, 08.17.2024
  Though heavily action-oriented, this six-parter dials up strong characterization in back-up strips as a central mystery deepens
• Spider-view: "Spider-Man/New Warriors: The Hero Killers"—Nathan, 12.21.2023
  These annuals provide Spidey a new character dimension, offering an entertaining main feature alongside some middling back-up narratives
• (Strand)om Stories: Deathlok the Demolisher: The Complete Collection Review—Nathan, 08.30.2023
  This volume starts strong before struggling through a messy middle, concluding powerfully as it focuses on a cyborg assassin who was once a man
• Spider-view: "Round Robin: The Sidekick’s Revenge"—Nathan, 05.16.2023
  This team-up tournament tells an entertaining narrative with decent heart, despite some clunky coincidences and few connections to recent history
• Crawling Back: Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions Review—Nathan, 12.27.2022
  Marvel's first limited series/crossover event and its follow up remain narratively frustrating and forced, despite some fantastic art and action sequences
• Reading Marvel’s Secret Wars Comics—Nathan, 10.27.2022
  From Battleworld, to Earth, and through the Multiverse, these 4 series should help you prepare for the Marvel Cinematic Universe's 6th Avengers film
• (Strand)om Stories: Warlock by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection Review (Infinity Prelude, Part 2)—Nathan, 07.22.2022
  An epic tale of destiny and personal struggle lays at the heart of this volume, and it's only when our characters wander from that path that this Complete Collection lacks focus
• Spider-view: “The Deadly Foes of Spider-Man”—Nathan, 07.03.2022
  Though not a perfect series, Deadly Foes is a fun glimpse into how the villains of the Spider-Man universe operate
• (Strand)om Stories: The Eternals: The Dreaming Celestial Saga Review—Nathan, 08.01.2021
  This volume contains several stories which work to wonderfully plant the Eternals firmly into the Marvel Universe
• Spider-view: “Atlantis Attacks”—Nathan, 07.06.2021
  Though an improvement over Marvel's 1988 crossover, this event arc still struggles to find solid footing as it bobbles some important plot points
• Spider-view: “The Evolutionary War”—Nathan, 05.18.2021
  Strong standalone issues don't add up to an excellent narrative overall, but several backup stories weave together for a fantastic background tale
• (Strand)om Stories: The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (vol. 4) Review—Nathan, 05.10.2021
  This fourth installment is packed with standalone stories and narratives connected to the wider Marvel Universe...for better or worse
• Spider-view: Secret Wars II—Nathan, 01.27.2021
  The sequel to Jim Shooter's fantastic crossover has its moments, but fails to be the engaging philosophical powerhouse it tries being
• Spider-view: “Breakin’!” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 30)—Nathan, 01.15.2021
  A long-running subplot culiminates in fascinating fashion in this celebratory 100th issue of Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man
• Spider-view: “Spider on the Spot” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 28)—Nathan, 01.05.2021
  As Milgrom builds towards issue 100, he follows a shaky path in a rather unbalanced penultimate issue
• Spider-view: “True Confessions” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 24)—Nathan, 12.19.2020
  Al Milgrom's latest issue is a step backward for the writer, an unbalanced menagerie of events and faces
• Spider-view: “Hermit-Age” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 22)—Nathan, 12.12.2020
  Al Milgrom paints a relaxing standalone issue buoyed by subplots which compensate for a weak main narrative
• Spider-view: “The Final Answer” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 19/Cloak and Dagger, Part 7)—Nathan, 12.05.2020
  With the alien costume seemingly gone, Al Mlgrom wraps up another plotline in an issue that reads better that some of his past work
• Spider-view: “How Ya Gonna Keep ‘em Down at the Morgue After They’ve Seen N.Y.C.?” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 13/Cloak and Dagger, Part 6)—Nathan, 10.29.2020
  Largely freed from the constraints of recent continuity, Al Milgrom crafts an engaging two-parter that sees his storytelling abilities at the forefront
• Spider-view: “A Hot Time in the Old Morgue Tonight” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 10)—Nathan, 10.11.2020
  Tension flits through this issue, some of it decently inserted, some of it misplaced, as Milgrom wrestles with the Spidey/Cat dyanmic of the series
• Spider-view: “And the Answer Is…” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 8)—Nathan, 09.22.2020
  Al Milgrom's chronology might still be broken, but he works to make up for it with the addition of a great new villain
• Spider-view: “If It Wasn’t for Bad Luck…” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 5)—Nathan, 09.01.2020
  A well-told Spider-Man/Black Cat tale is hampered only by chronological inconsistencies
• Spider-view: “Where, Oh, Where has My Spider-Man Gone?” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 3)—Nathan, 08.08.2020
  This Secret Wars tie-in tells a fun tale about the Black Cat but suffers from some chronological and character issues
• Spider-view: “Stalkers in the Shadows” (Cloak and Dagger, Part 3)—Nathan, 06.08.2020
  In a story that nicely develops Cloak and Dagger, the regression of Frank Castle is an unfortunate downside
• Spider-view: “In Darkness Seldom Seen” (Cloak and Dagger, Part 2)—Nathan, 05.30.2020
  Cloak and Dagger return, their characters given more nuance...but not all the new pieces fit perfectly