Blogs Tagged “Spectacular Spider-Man”

• 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
• (Strand)om Stories: Man-Wolf: The Complete Collection Review—Nathan, 12.30.2020
  An entire collection focused on John Jameson's alter ego can be wonky at times but is ultimately more satisfying than disappointing
• 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: “Memory Lane” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 17)—Nathan, 11.29.2020
  A fun standalone issue hones in on the hitherto unknown childhood years of one Aunt May
• 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
• Spider-view: “Cloak and Dagger” (Cloak and Dagger, Part 1)—Nathan, 05.15.2020
  Bill Mantlo introduces two important characters to the Spider-Man mythos