Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 282

    

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 282
Release Date: November 1986

Highlights

  • First appearance of Alfredo Morelli
  • Classic 25th Anniversary cover by Rick Leonardi
  • Guest appearance by X Factor
  • Captain Keating is personally leading the recapture of Flash Thompson
  • Reference is made to Web Of Spider-Man 15, The Amazing Spider-Man 275, 276, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 117, and X Factor 7
  • Mary Jane finds an unconscious Spider-Man on the floor in Peter's bathroom
  • Robbie Robertson says he's sure Flash was innocent, and shows Jonah how the side by side comparison photos of Hobgoblin and Flash unmasked are two different costumes
    • Flash is in the original Hobgoblin costume, while the villain is wearing the upgraded one with the red button on his chest
  • J. Jonah Jameson hires X Factor to capture Spider-Man
  • Peter hears about Flash's prison break, and despite still being dizzy, he heads out as Spider-Man to look for him
  • X Factor closes in on Spider-Man, and the fight immediately commences
  • During the fight, Jean gets knocked off a building, and Spider-Man grabs her with his web line just as he passes out again
  • X Factor return their retainer to J. Jonah Jameson, telling him that since Spider-Man is not a mutant, they can't help him
  • Jameson flips out, and tells Robbie to run a full scale smear campaign on X Factor, to which he refuses
  • Robbie hands Jameson the key to the executive bathroom, and tells him to either run his campaign, or return the key in the inter-office mail
    • Jameson returns the key
Low Points
  • None
Oddities
  • Mary Jane professes to herself that she has feelings for Peter, but spends all night out dancing with Alfredo?
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