Amazing=Poor, Spectactular = Good

With watching B5 on dvd each night - I've only been reading one comic per night recently. So it's time to review those. It's still Spidey back issues from 1981.

Amazing Spider-man #220 by Michael Fieisher and Bob McCloud looks like it was originally intended as a team-up story. Most of the act concentrates on itroducing Moon Knight to the readers. Nothing of any consequence happens to any characters and the issue has "filler " all over it.

I really don't like the cover either. If Spidey's in an upright coffin - then why is his head tilted upwards. It just looks plain odd.

Rating 5/10



Spectacular Spider-man continues to completely outclass Amazing at this time. Issue #58 not only features a script by Stern but has a cover and art by John Byrne.

It's a great issue and an indication of what might have been if JB had got involved in the Spidey books at this point in his career ( instead of when star was waining).

Rating 8/10


If issue 220 was a fill-in issue of Amazing the issue 221 was a disaster and one of the worst isues of the entire run so far.

It's a terrible story by Denny O'Neil. Not helped by average and boring artwork by Alan Kupperberg. Wiacek's cover is a good indication of the issues contents; terrible!

Some reasons why this issue was so poor.

The pointless appearance of Deb Whitman and Bif Rinkin.
The use Mister Pincus and his awful singing to save the day

RamRod a pathetic hammerhead rip-off villian.

Rating 2/10



Amazing Spider-man 222 by Bill Mantlo and Bob Hall was yet another filler issue on Amazing.

At least this one was moderatley decent as Mantlo tries to give us a complete story in one issue.