Spidey comics from August 1981

As I've said before, it's been quite some time since I last read any Spidey back issues.

Time to remedy that.


Amazing Spider-man #219 by Denny O'Neil and Luke McDonnell was OK, the art wasn't up to much but the story was fairly original. It revolved around Pete's camera going missing after he's taken photos of a prison escape. He's then accused of aiding the escape and is thrown in jail himself (hence the Frank Miller cover).

An interesting point is that Matt Murdoch defends is Pete's lawyer - but doesn't recognise his i.e. Spider-man's heartbeat. Probably one of many such occasions!

Rating 6/10

Unsurprisingly, The Spectacular Spider-man # 57 written by Roger Stern was loads better.

Stern again spends time to give his villain a motive and in this particular story continues the mystery of the Brand Corporation.

It's a shame that we don't really get to see JJJ in action as depicted in FM's cover.Jim Shooter did the layouts for this issue and it was finished by Jim Mooney. The combination works well. Not flashy but they tell a good story.

Rating 7/10