In The Mind of Spider-Plush

The review NO ONE was asking for, the comic that EVERYONE loves. A little background first...  The early 2000's were big years for Spider-Man, he had a new movie coming out, the Amazing Spider-Man series was doing well with Sins Past... Ok, maybe it wasn't doing well, but JMS was still a good writer for the series. Ultimate Spider-Man was doing pretty well, and Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale did something incredible, a mini-series that takes us back to when Gwendolyn Stacy was still alive, and when Mary Jane first showed up. Jeph Loeb is a pretty controversial figure in Marvel, but this is generally considered to be one of his best works. Tim Sale, beloved artist that did some incredible art on stories like Batman: The Long Halloween, Superman: For All Seasons, Hulk: Gray, Daredevil: Yellow, and of course, this story. He unfortunately passed away in 2022. Tim, wherever you are, we all love you and your amazing work. A bit of a mandela effect, though it could be just me misremembering s...

C'mon, Edward, you reviewed 10 issues in one post, and soon you'll be doing 43 issues in one post, just have a look at 6 in one... This one has no "Little Edward" backstory other than Little Eddie stumbling upon this trade when he was looking for Spider-Man stuff on the Internet Archive when he was 12. I added it to favorites and proceeded to NOT read it.  Years later, old and mature (and tall) Edward got issues 41 and 42 for Christmas. Oh, and then I got Marvel Unlimited! So, I should be able to review the rest of the JMS run. This is Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 2) #40, by J. Michael Straczynski and John Romita Jr. There is a small gap in my collection, I have issues 30-39, and issues 41-42, this one has always intrigued me... No, it started intriguing me right about now because I have never read it, I have never heard anyone talk about it and frankly, I want to be the first to do so!  Oh, I guess I should talk about the cover, this one was drawn by Jason Pearson, who w...

Once upon a time, Little Edward* was looking for another place to buy digital comic books after the shutdown of the Marvel Comics app. He found Google Play Books, but the books there were crazy expensive, but he found volume 2 of the ASM trade paperback for an efficient price. What he found was one cool story. *Dear Water, I mean LITTLE as in YOUNG. This is not about height. I AM 6 FOOT. Well, it's time to look at the J. Michael Straczynski run on Amazing Spider-Man once again. The TPB contains issues 36 to 39. We'll be skipping over issue 36 because it's the 9/11 issue, but we will be looking at the other 3 issues today.  ISSUE 37. By JMS and John Romita Jr. Released in January of 2002. The cover shows Peter Parker, taking off his mask. This cover was drawn by Kaare Andrews. These covers really have nothing special going on, most either show Spidey swinging or crawling a wall. Really wanna know the thought process at Marvel HQ. I do like this cover, though. As you may reme...

Time to look at a childhood classic. I explained the story of these movies back in the Spider-Man Day Special, but I'm gonna do that again... BUT WORSE this time. I'm also going to actually review the movies this time, and I'll use my 100-point review system. The Amazing Spider-Man, a comic book from the 60's that instantly became a worldwide phenomenon and a classic story. But comics don't move! I want to see Spidey actually moving and I'm sick of having to take hallucinogenic substances for that to happen! I could watch the cartoons, but I believe animation ISN'T cinema... And I also HATE the Electric Company, whatever shall I do? Those guys at Cannon Films are making a Spider-Man movie? Wow, I wanna know what else they made!... Masters of The Universe and Superman IV... Well, maybe the Spider-Man movie will be good? What do they have planned? A monster movie about a man-spider? That's... Oh... Jim Cameron? Legendary filmmaker behind Terminator and Tit...

I had a hard time making this one. The Wasp was created by Stan Lee, Ernie Hart and Jack Kirby back in 1963. Why? Because. Janet Van Dyne has the incredible ability of becoming as small as an insect... AND FLYING, isn't she so fucking cool? She was a founding member of the Avengers, and she was even the one that NAMED the team. Shame she wasn't included in the first Avengers movie, she was there in the concept art, but she was missing from the final cut along with Ant-Man.  Janet has never had her own series... Unless it's with Hank Pym, so for this I'm just gonna choose random one-shots and guest appearances. FIRST OFF, Avengers Origins: Ant-Man & The Wasp by Roberto Aguirre Sacasa and drawn by Stephanie Hans. This cover was drawn by Marko Djurdjevic, and it is absolutely beautiful, I need this as a poster so that I can keep it rolled up and never put it up on the wall. This comic is a retelling of the origins of Ant-Man & The Wasp... Makes sense for a comic ti...

You know the Fantastic Four? I know I do; they're the guys in the cover of Amazing Spider-Man #1.  I could be an ass and just link you to a Wikipedia article but I'm gonna be nice and kind and tell you the story behind their creation.  Stan Lee thought that the comic book industry had become too restrictive, and it was, there were parents that were worried about exposing their kids to monster and horror comics, some guy thought comics were worse than Hitler, some thought Batman & Robin were gay... And that caused the formation of the Comics Code Authority (Now defunct). Stan said, "Screw that, I'm writing the type of story that I wanna read." and he came up with a team of characters that were super heroic but still normal humans on the inside. Jack Kirby said it was HIS idea; he came up with the FF and- this is too complicated. Anyway, the Fantastic Four premiered with issue 1 back in June of 1961, and this is where the modern Marvel Universe began, after this...