Spider-view: “Hero Worship” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 16) This Marvel Team-Up issue tells a winning story about herosim without coming across as heavy-handed or preachy
Spider-view: “The Collected Spider-Man” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 15) A frantic team-up tale holds only a small candle to a well-developed, surprisingly relatable backup narrative
Spider-view: “Beware the Claws of Puma” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 14) New villains and new revelations await our stalwart hero as Tom DeFalco ratchets up the stakes
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) 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: “Hometown Boy” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 12) A supervillain character study gets surprisingly deep in this one-off Spidey/Iron Man issue
Spider-view: “My Sword I Lay Down” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 11) This standalone issue raises and explores some engaging questions, yet only scratches the surface in answering them
Spider-view: “A Hot Time in the Old Morgue Tonight” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 10) 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: “Even a Ghost Can Fear the Night” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 9) Interwoven subplots take a back seat to a one-off filler issue that ends up being more fun than it appears at first glance
Spider-view: “And the Answer Is…” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 8) 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: “With Great Power…” (Alien Costume Saga, Part 7) Spidey's most famous mantra powerfully hangs over him in this DeFalco/Leonardi issue

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