Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 259
Release Date: December 1984
Highlights
- First appearance of Philip Watson, Madeline Watson, Gayle Watson, Frank Brown, Timmy Byrnes, Tommy Byrnes, Mr. Hudson, and Mr. Santellio
- First appearance of Santellio's candy store
- Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 251, 257, and Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars
- Peter and Mary Jane go out together to talk
- Mary Jane tells Peter about her parents, and sister
- Mary Jane's father drags his family from job to job, causing them to have to change schools frequently
- After their dad starts hitting her older sister, their mom takes them, and leaves, filing for divorce
- Mary Jane hops from living with one family member after another
- Hobgoblin extorts Mr. Hudson for 10% of his weekly take
- Mary Jane's mother moves them in with their uncle Frank Brown
- Gayle starts dating Timmy Byrnes, and the two decide to get married right out of high school, much to he mother's dismay
- Hobgoblin extorts Santellio for 10% of his weekly take
- Gayle and Timmy's marriage gets rocky fast
- Gayle and Timmy get pregnant with their second child, and Timmy leaves her
- Mary Jane's mom gets sick, and dies before the second child is born
- Gayle tells Mary Jane that once the second kid is born that the two of them will get their lives back in order, but Mary Jane runs away, telling her she has her own life and dreams, and she's going to go live them
- Reed Richards continues examining the symbiote, attempting to establish communication with it
- Mary Jane tells Peter that they both now know each other's deepest secrets
- Hobgoblin tells the Rose he wants his men to pay a visit to Harry and Liz Osborn
- Peter turns on the television at his apartment, and his fears are confirmed by the news, Hobgoblin is alive
- Spider-Man returns to his classic red and blue suit, and heads out into the night to find Hobgoblin
- Mary Jane's secret past is kind of boring, but I suppose it's good to get some of her back story fleshed out
Oddities
- None
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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