Spidey Battles Hawkeye the Marksman!
Writer: Kurt Busiek
Penciller: Pat Olliffe
Inker: Al Williamson
Lettering: Richard Starkings
Colors: Steve Mattsson
Originally published: January 1997
I liked this issue. Spider-Man runs into Hawkeye, who has previously tangled with Iron Man. Suspecting that Hawkeye might not actually be that bad a dude, but has just maybe made some bad choices, Spider-Man doesn’t go to [...]

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Added Sensational Spider-Man (Vol. 1) Annual 1996 (Story 2). New total: 3475.

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Kraven’s First Hunt!
Writer: J.M. DeMatteis
Artist: Shawn McManus
Letterer: Janice Chiang
Originally published: 1996
Extended retelling of ASM #15, Spider-Man’s first encounter with Kraven. This book totally didn’t work for me, and it was a huge disappointment after I liked the original story so much.

I don’t like the art, it’s all creepy big teeth everywhere. It isn’t bad really, [...]

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Kraven the Hunter!
Written by: Stan Lee
Illustrated by: Steve Ditko
Lettered by: Art Simek
Originally published: August 1964
Unfortunately, I didn’t get to read this all in one sitting. I kept get interrupted by things that were not comic books. I still really enjoyed this issue, though, and I thought it did a nice job of balancing everything – [...]

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The Boy Next Door
Writer: Kurt Busiek
Pencils: Pat Olliffe
Inks: Dick Giordano
Lettering: Richard Starkings
Colors: Steve Mattsson
Originally published: December 1996
Holy balls, I didn’t realize MJ knew Peter was Spider-Man from the get-go! Weird! I wonder if this matches up with the rest of the continuity.
Anyway, let’s talk about MJ’s father. Do you think he’s:

nice?
funny?
a mean, abusive drunk?

Well, seeing [...]

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