The Amazing Spider-Man #298
The Amazing Spider-Man » The Amazing Spider-Man #298 - Chance Encounter released by Marvel on March 1988.
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5 (1) 4 (0) 3 (1) 2 (1) 1 (0) 3.3 starsAverage score of 3 user reviews
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The Beginning of a Dark Era 0
Todd McFarlane signals a decline in comic book art. Many argue that it was the beginning of the Rock and Roll age of comics, I feel that it's the beginning of the most aesthetically unpleasing era in comics. Because of McFarlane we got guys like, Liefield Larsen and others. The only excellent artist that spawned from that era of comics was Jim Lee. McFarlane was different from the normal fair of hte late 80s, but that did not make him the greatest thing in comics. His art has lumpy characters, b...
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Koz's Comic Flashback 0
Who is this artist? Todd Who? And Who is that mystery Villian at the end of the book? Man if I could go back in time to 1988 and relive that time in Amazing Spider-man, Where things were about to explode. This issue features Todd Mcfarlanes first issue. The first issue that you pick up and look at the cover a go holy crap!! Look at the detail this guy puts into his work. The main story itself was o.k. as Spider-man deals with our gambling man chance. Even that Villian looks bad ass the way Mcfa...
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Great Art...Lame Story 0
Todd McFarlane debuts his fantastic art in the pages of The Amazing Spider-Man with a somewhat lackluster story. This first of a two parter feels almost like it exists for no other reason than to push the series to issue 300 and ultimately the reveal of Venom. While it offers subtle hints on the last page that something bigger is on the horizon, in retrospect, this cliffhanger ending does nothing more than compound that feeling of the issue being a throw away story.There's an interesting concept...
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