Newsboys

It’s great that DC and Marvel have been doing crossovers again recently. I just wish that they would do full-length stories again like the Limited Collectors/Treasury editions back in the 1970s/80s, or even like the Prestige format ones in the 1990s.

Headmen

It’s kinda interesting that Marvel nicknamed quite a few of their characters with the word “head”… like Hornhead for Daredevil, Winghead for Captain America, Buckethead for Nova, Canucklehead for Wolverine, and the two examples above.

Yeah, I think we can blame Stan Lee for that, since he was the scripter for most of the time those terms were used for the first time in Marvel’s comics.

Get Hardy

 

I liked the dynamic between Spider-Man and Black Cat back when they were together. In a nice twist, she liked him as Spidey but not as Peter. Unlike past relationships where Spider-Man was the hindrance to Peter having a normal relationship with a woman, this time it was Peter who came between Spidey and Black Cat.

AVP: Arachnid vs. Predator

Among Spider-Man's major foes, Kraven was the one I liked the least. Maybe it was his goofy costume. I don't know. Even when I read Kraven's Last Hunt for the first time, I thought it was just okay (awesome Mike Zeck and Bob McLeod art, though). I loved it, though, when I re-read it when I was older. I guess my appreciation for it grew when I matured. And, yeah, I think I like Kraven much better now, too... Goofy costume and all.

Parker Posin'

Out of all the actors who played Spider-Man, Tom Holland seems to be the one who's really into the role. In some of his social media posts, he really seems to think that he IS Spider-Man in real life.

The artwork above was colored by my daughter, Jade. You can see more of her work at galaxymascot.deviantart.com and at instagram.com/ta.kage.

Marvel Team-Up: A Spider and a Hawk

I've always loved team-up books when I was a kid. To my young mind, it was a bargain. Two heroes for the price of one comic book! I always felt like I got my money's worth... Marvel Team-Up, The Brave and the Bold, DC Comics Presents, Marvel Two-In-One... Even Marvel Double Feature, which wasn't a team-up book but featured two heroes nonetheless.

A Swingin' Spider-Man

In my opinion, Steve Ditko hit a home run with Spidey's costume design. It didn't look like any of the other super-heroes at the time. No trunks, full face mask, one-way eye pieces, the web pattern over most of the costume... Great design. And it translated well to live-action, too, when done right.