The new comics that I bought on Friday are beckoning and my "to read" pile is now quite large. But before I read them there's a couple more Spidey back issues from 1982 to review.Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-man #71 by Bill Mantlo and Rick Leonardi was an unusual Marvel comic as it was one with a message. The more guns there are out there in circulation, the more people will be killed.
Mantlo tells the story well enough without being too preachy an Leonardi's art is OK.
The funny thing is that I remembered this issue quite well even though I probably read it for the first time in 1985. That shows it can't have been too bad.
Rating 7/10
Issue # 72 was by the more regular team of Mantlo, Hannigan and Milgrom.
First off - I really like the cover. We expect the Spidey is tangling with Doc Ock, but inside we find out it's one of Doc Ock's biggest fans a schoolboy.
It's an offbeat and funny book which also does a fine job of raising expectations for next issues inevitable meeting with the real Doctor Octopus.
Hannigan's art continues to have a nice Ditko feel to it and that certainly contributes to a good comic.
Rating 7.5/10
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