I enjoyed talking about those Spider-Man stories so I decided to read some more. Uh, I don't know what else to say for an opening so let's just get to it.
Tombstone is a great Spider-Man villain, he's tough, he's ruthless, he has a history with a long time supporting character (he and Joe Robertson were "friends" back in the day) I must have read that story with him and Joe Robertson ending up in prison like 5,000 times as a kid. I'm surprised I still have those issues and they aren't whipped to shit. I liked them enough to take care of them. That was a good era for Spectacular Spider-Man/Web of Spider-Man, and Tombstone has been on the run since that story with Robbie, I'm pretty sure this is his first appearance since then but we will see. This story stats with Tombstone just walking into Hammerhead's place and beating his ass. I usually don't like the "new (er) bad guy beats up a older bad guy to show he he's cool but that first story already gave Tombstone enough personality that watching him beat Hammerhead is pretty amazing actually, even if I do love Hammerhead too. I love the goofy Mob guys Spidey fights. So The Council of all the crime bosses are fine with Tombstone taking over Hammerheads spot EXCEPT one. A guy named Kaska who tells Tombstone off. Tombstone doesn't like this so he decides to fucking rob the guy to show him up. Anyway shit goes down and Tombstone ends up wrecking Flash Thompsons shit which brings Spider-Man AND the Black Cat (she was dating Thompson) to him. So Kaska says if Tombstone can kill Spider-Man he can join the Council, so the fight is on! I thought the end of this story was actually pretty amusing so I won't ruin it. Spectacular Spider-Man #204-206 by Steven Grant and Sal Buscema are worth adding to your collection. Recommended Rating: B+
I must admit that I love the horror heroes of the 1970s. The Living Mummy. Ghost Rider. Werewolf by Night, and yes The Shroud is on that list. The Shroud is doing some undercover work and Spider-Man is looking around New York when he sees that Dr. Strange's mansion has exploded (One thing I gotta give New Marvel People some gruff over is that they don't do this stuff well enough anymore. It always seems everyone is everyones book. Like in some recent Spider-Man books he's teaming up with every Spider-Man type character and it's a bit much. I kinda miss when team ups in a main book were a special thing. I guess) Shroud and Spider-Man fight and then some crazy ass masks escape from the wrecked mansion and take over the three goons that the Shroud had beaten up. They get sucked into the Darkness dimension (is that the same Dimension Cloak of Cloak and Dagger is connected too?) and when they come out they are fucking Skeletons proving the Masks just use the guys until they die... and one just got on SPIDER-MAN!!! OH SHIT! Of course the Mask of Martookiga (I don't know the official name but a Dr. Strange thing needs a goofy yet fun name like that) only feeds on fear and Spider-Man thinks about the people he loves and the Mask just turns inert. The Shroud and Spider-Man end up kicking the Mask of Martookiga's asses. Another fun story about Steven Grant and Sal Buscema, Spectacular Spider-Man #207 and #208 are worthy additions to a collection. Recommended. B+
We were on a streak of two pretty good stories but that had to end some time. This Foreigner story I believe has been a part of some ongoing stuff in the Web of Spider-Man title because I remember the three guys the Foreigner fights in the first half of the first part being in a story involving him. No, I didn't care enough about this story to go back and read that one. Someone has ousted the Foreigner from his organization and I don't know if we ever find out who and I can't say that I care, and I might be the only person in the world who likes the Foreigner. The Master as he's called sends out several no named 90's losers to try to fight and kill Spider-Man and The Foreigner. Dead Aim is his name and looking goofy (like most 90s try too hard villains) is his name. I just can't believe someone whos been shown to be smart and calculating like the Foreigner would get his organization taken away from him by someone stupid enough to hire guys like Dead Aim, Warzone and some other stupid 90s name I don't remember and I read the damn issue last night. A forgettable waste of talent. Sorry it's not going ot be 3 for 3 this time. D-/Not Recommended.
So there you have it. 3 more Spider-Man stories. Come back later for 3 more stories. One of them is good, I promise!
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