Face It Tiger February, Day 28: And they lived happily ever af..Quesada, no!

Let's wrap up this month of accepting it as proven fact, panthera tigris, with a full-circle reminder that when he opened the door that evening, Peter Parker really did beat the usual Vegas odds and triumph over a corrupt casino system. I think I may have lost myself in that metaphor there.


from Marvel Graphic Novel: The Amazing Spider-Man: Parallel Lives (Marvel, May 1989), script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Alex Saviuk, inks by Andy Mushynsky, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Rick Parker
So what's up for next month? I honestly don't know. We'll find out tomorrow, probably at the same time! (I bet it begins with "M!")

Face It Tiger February, Day 27: We're Off to See the Lizard

from Spider-Island (2015 series) #4 (Marvel, November 2015), script by Christos Gage, pencils and inks by Paco Diaz, colors by Frank D'Armata, letters by Clayton Cowles

Ten of a Kind #427: Face It Ten Tigers February

(More Ten of a Kind here.)

Face It Tiger February, Day 26: Mace It, Tiger

from Invincible Iron Man (2017 series) #594 (Marvel, January 2018), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils and inks by Stefano Caselli and Alex Maleev, colors by Israel Silva and Alex Maleev, letters by Clayton Cowles

Face It Tiger February, Day 25: Squirrels All the Bad Guys Want

from The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015b series) #8 (Marvel, July 2016), script by Ryan North, pencils and inks by Erica Henderson, colors by Rico Renzi, letters by Travis Lanham
I don't build my world 'round no single man
But I'm gettin' by doin' what I can
I am free to be what I want to be
An' all what I want to be is a modern squirrel

Face It Tiger February, Day 24: Hairy Jane Watson

from Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle #1 one-shot (Marvel, December 2019), script by Nick Spencer, pencils and inks by Mike Allred, colors by Laura Allred, letters by Joe Caramagna

Face It Tiger February, Day 23: This never happened to the other fellow

from Spider-Man (2016 series) #2 (Marvel, May 2016), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils and inks by Sara Pichelli, inking assist by Gaetano Carlucci, colors by Justin Ponsor, letters by Cory Petit

Face It Tiger February, Day 22: If you can't go to the door for thirty minutes a day, you don't deserve a hot date

from "Face It Tiger" in the unauthorized but wonderful Spidey Zine #1 (self-published, March 2016), by Hannah Blumenreich
Spidey Zine is no longer available (you can find bits and pieces and pages on Twitter by searching for Hannah Blumenreich), but she also had a (fully authorized!) short story in Amazing Spider-Man (2015 series) #25! I'm not reproducing any of it here so you go out and hunt down that issue, but Peter Parker gets a dog named Sandwich. Find it and love it!

Face It Tiger February, Day 21: That totally goes against the TV Trope!

from X-Men and Spider-Man #1 (Marvel, January 2009); script by Christos Gage; pencils, inks, and colors by Mario Alberti; letters by Jared K. Fletcher

Face It Tiger February, Day 20: Woof woof growl-woof, arf arf arf WOOF-GROWL

from Superior Spider-Man (2013 series) #20 (Marvel, December 2013), script by Dan Slott, pencils by Giuseppe Camuncoli, inks by John Dell, colors by Antonio Fabela, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

Face It Tiger February, Day 19: She may not say the words, but Aunt May knows that reference pose

from Howard the Duck (2015 series) #8 (Marvel, August 2016); script by Chip Zdarsky; pencils, inks, and colors by Joe Quinones; additional inks by Joe Rivera, additional colors by Jordan Gibson; letters by Travis Lanham

Face It Tiger February, Day 18: Face front, true believer, you hit the excelsior

from Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir (Simon & Schuster, January 2019), script by Peter David and Stan Lee, art by Colleen Doran

Face It Tiger February, Day 17: A classic moment in comics, forever sullied

from Spider-Man Adventures #4 (Marvel, March 1995), script by Nel Yomtov, pencils by Alex Saviuk, inks by Don Hudson, colors by Kevin Tinsley, letters by Steve Dutro

Face It Tiger February, Day 16: This scene reads totally different in the UK

from Amazing Spider-Man #796 (Marvel, April 2018), script by Dan Slott and Christos Gage, pencils by Mike Hawthorne, inks by Terry Pallot and Cam Smith, colors by Erick Arciniega, letters by Joe Caramagna

Face It Tiger February, Day 15: "Excuse me, but are those...Romita Jeans?"

from Superman: The Man of Steel #7 (DC, January 1992), script by Louise Simonson, layouts by Jon Bogdanove, finishes by Dennis Janke, colors by Glenn Whitmore, letters by Albert De Guzman

Face It Tiger February, Day 14: This was a nice moment, but it was in Part 14 of a part 14 story so you might have missed it. I certainly did.

from "Maximum Carnage, Part 14 of 14: The Hatred, the Horror and the Hero: Chapter 1" in Spider-Man: Unlimited (1993 series) #2 (Marvel, August 1993), script by Tom DeFalco, breakdowns by Mark Bagley, finishes by Sam de la Rosa, colors by John Kalisz, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

Face It Tiger February, Day 13: The Power of Three

from Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows (2015 series) #5 (Marvel, November 2015), script by Dan Slott, pencils by Adam Kubert, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Justin Ponsor, letters by Joe Caramagna

Face It Tiger February, Day 12: Please do not color outside the lines

from Spider-Man: Blue #2 (Marvel, August 2002), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Steve Buccellato, letters by Wes Abbott

Face It Tiger February, Day 11: This is the reaction you'd actually get if you said that line in the real world

from The Unbelievable Gwenpool #8 (Marvel, January 2017), script by Christopher Hastings, art by Irene Strychalski, colors by Rachelle Rosenberg, letters by Clayton Cowles

Face It Tiger February, Day 10: We now return to the T'Challa and Wade Holiday Special, brought to you by Dolly Madison Cakes and Pies

from Black Panther vs. Deadpool #4 (Marvel, March 2019), script by Daniel Kibblesmith, art by Richard López Ortiz, colors by Felipe Sobreiro, letters by Joe Sabino