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[Themanofbat]

Spectacular Spider-Man #288

"Sins Remembered: Sarah's Story" - Part Three - 21 Pages

Writer - Samm Barnes
Artist - Scot Eaton
Inker - Cam Smith
Cover - Greg Land

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #287

"And There Shall Come A Reckoning" - 22 Pages

Writer - Jim Owsley
Artist - Erik Larsen
Inker - Art Nichols
Cover - David Mazzuchelli

 

[Themanofbat]

Spectacular Spider-Man #287

"Sins Remembered: Sarah's Story" - Part Two - 22 Pages

Writer - Samm Barnes
Artist - Scot Eaton
Inker - Cam Smith
Cover - Greg Land

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Spectacular Spider-Man #287

"Sins Remembered: Sarah's Story" - Part Two - 22 Pages

Writer - Samm Barnes
Artist - Scot Eaton
Inker - Cam Smith
Cover - Greg Land

Gotta go on a bit of a rant here. The existence of Sarah Stacy and Gabriel Stacy is pretty much proof JMS is way overrated (yes, I know this particular arc is written by some guy we've never heard of named Samm Barnes). His first Morlun story was very good. Then he had some decent stories involving Dr Doom in an airport and the undead gangster guy. Yep. That's about it. After we got months of heavy-handed overly mystical yarns that would belong in a Dr Strange comic, Spidey almost mating with a woman made out of spiders, Sins Past of course, Morlun coming back for that whole The Other mess, the unmasking that came out of nowhere, One More Day (for the apologists out there who say this wasn't his story, his originally intended story sounded just as bad as the Quesada one that saw print and actually retconned even more stuff going all the way back to pre-Gwen's death). No sir, didn't care for him overall. The Spidey books are better now, warts and all.

 

[mre]

Dude, all this an more has already been said like a million times by just about every Spidey fan on SSH.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Dude, all this an more has already been said like a million times by just about every Spidey fan on SSH.

Woo... didn't know the message-board police were out in force! Next time I think of voicing any opinion I'll be sure to run it by you to make sure no one else has ever said anything similar.

Disagree with me, agree with me, hell even ignore me, but don't tell me what I should and shouldn't write.

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #286

"Thy Father's Son!" - 22 Pages

Writer - Jim Owsley
Artist - Alan Kupperberg
Inker - Jim Fern & Art Nichols
Cover - Ron Frenz

 

[Themanofbat]

Spectacular Spider-Man #286

"Sins Remembered: Sarah's Story" - Part One - 22 Pages

Writer - Samm Barnes
Artist - Scot Eaton
Inker - Cam Smith
Cover - Greg Land

 

[Spider-Gnome]

You know, TMOB, you're argument on another thread about how the past 20 years of Spidey were mediocre compared to other runs, is nicely illustrated in this thread as you post both Amazing & Spectacular covers!

 

[Donald Thomas]

You know, TMOB, you're argument on another thread about how the past 20 years of Spidey were mediocre compared to other runs, is nicely illustrated in this thread as you post both Amazing & Spectacular covers!

Aloha,
Which is one of the reasons that this thread is so important. People need to have a full history of Amazing and Spidey in general to see what was, is and can be.
Spidey rules

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #285

"The Arranger Must Die!" - 22 Pages

Plotter - Tom DeFalco
Writer - Jim Owsley
Artist - Alan Kupperberg
Inker - Jim Fern
Cover - Mike Zeck

 

[Themanofbat]

Spectacular Spider-Man #285

"The Infernal Triangle" - 22 Pages

Writer - Paul Jenkins
Artist - Talent Caldwell
Inker - Norman Lee
Cover - Talent Caldwell

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Amazing Spider-Man #285

"The Arranger Must Die!" - 22 Pages

Plotter - Tom DeFalco
Writer - Jim Owsley
Artist - Alan Kupperberg
Inker - Jim Fern
Cover - Mike Zeck

Gang War went off the rails halfway through due to the writer changing. Defalco was dumped and replaced with Owsley. It was a round-robin in the worst way.

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #284

"...And Who Shall Stand Against Them...?" - 22 Pages

Writer - Tom DeFalco
Artist - Ron Frenz
Inker - Josef Rubinstein
Cover - Ron Frenz

 

[Themanofbat]

Spectacular Spider-Man #284

"Read 'Em An' Weep" - 21 Pages

Writer - Paul Jenkins
Artist - Talent Caldwell
Inker - Robert Campanella
Cover - Talent Caldwell

 

[iloveclones]

Spectacular Spider-Man #284

"Read 'Em An' Weep" - 21 Pages

Writer - Paul Jenkins
Artist - Talent Caldwell
Inker - Robert Campanella
Cover - Talent Caldwell

Great, fun issue!

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #283

"With Foes Like These..." - 23 Pages

Writer - Tom DeFalco
Artist - Ron Frenz
Inker - Bob Layton
Cover - Bob Layton

 

[Themanofbat]

Spectacular Spider-Man #283

"Changes" - Part Four - 21 Pages

Writer - Paul Jenkins
Artist - Paco Medina
Inker - Juan Vlasco
Cover - Humberto Ramos

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #282

"The Fury Of X-Factor!" - 22 Pages

Writer - Tom DeFalco
Artist - Rick Leonardi
Inker - Bob Layton
Cover - Rick Leonardi

 

[Themanofbat]

Spectacular Spider-Man #282

"Changes" - Part Three - 21 Pages

Writer - Paul Jenkins
Artist - Paco Medina
Inker - Juan Vlasco
Cover - Humberto Ramos

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #281

"When Warriors Clash--!" - 22 Pages

Writer - Tom DeFalco
Artist - Ron Frenz
Inker - Brett Breeding
Cover - Mike Harris

 

[Themanofbat]

Spectacular Spider-Man #281

"Changes" - Part Two - 21 Pages

Writer - Paul Jenkins
Artist - Humberto Ramos
Inker - Wayne Faucher
Cover - Humberto Ramos

 

[iloveclones]

Amazing Spider-Man #281

"When Warriors Clash--!" - 22 Pages

Writer - Tom DeFalco
Artist - Ron Frenz
Inker - Brett Breeding
Cover - Mike Harris

Ron Frenz is awesome....! I would say his Peter Parker is my favorite version of the character.

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #280

"Introducing The Sinister Syndicate!" - 22 Pages

Writer - Tom DeFalco
Artist - Ron Frenz
Inker - Brett Breeding
Cover - Ron Frenz

 

[Themanofbat]

Spectacular Spider-Man #280

"Changes" - Part One - 21 Pages

Writer - Paul Jenkins
Artist - Humberto Ramos
Inker - Wayne Faucher
Cover - Humberto Ramos