Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 290
Release Date: July 1987
Highlights
- First appearance of Preserver, Max, Kevin and Billy
- Spider-Man sits on a rooftop, trying to convince himself he's happy
- Though he is finally over the flip flop of if he will or won't be Spider-Man, after being told by Flash Thompson to never give up
- Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 289
- Preserver is taking hostages in an attempt to get the city to stop tearing down what he considers historic architecture
- After being stopped by Spider-Man, he learns they were just reinforcing the buildings, not tearing anything down
- The mayor insists that J. Jonah Jameson, who is present, will write a glowing story about Spider-Man saving the day
- Peter goes to see Mary Jane, unsure why he still feels out of sorts, to which she tells him that maybe it's a Peter Parker issue, and not a Spider-Man one
- Mary Jane suggests he goes to see his Aunt, but mentally feels jealous that it's not her who can help him work through his problem, but acknowledges she wants him to talk to the best person
- She then acknowledges that her putting Aunt May before her was a growing up aspect in her own life
- Peter goes up to his old room, and discovers his microscope is gone
- May explains that she said the church could take some old toys as donations, and they must have taken it
- Though Peter tells her it's not a big deal, as he leaves, it becomes clear that it is
- It's the microscope Uncle Ben and Aunt May gave him
- Peter goes to the church, but when he learns his microscope has been selected as a higher value auction item for the orphanage, he doesn't ask any further questions
- While there, he meets Max, an ex-gang member who was hired, along with his other ex-gang members to guard the Judah scepter, a staff that was loaned to the church for their exhibit
- Meanwhile, Mary Jane calls Aunt May's house looking for Peter, but learns he's already left
- Peter heads to the auction to attempt to win the bid, but gets side tracked by some thieves which he feels obligated to chase after least history repeat itself and a murder occur
- As Spider-Man chases the thieves, his spider sense goes off, leading him to a window where he see's Max holding security guards at gunpoint, telling them that he and his gang never went straight, and they're taking the scepter for a massive payout
- Max escapes as the security guards open fire, and takes a kid as a hostage
- Spider-Man stops him with a well aimed pair of paint cans flung at him, followed by a solid fist to the face
- Peter makes it back to the auction, and wins his microscope back
- As he dwells on the object, he realizes that his problem has been that he's been so focused on being Spider-Man that he's forgotten to be Peter Parker
- Peter returns to Mary Jane's apartment with a bag of M&M's, but notices she has luggage packed
- She informs him she needs to leave immediately to go out of town
- Peter asks if they can talk first, but Mary Jane says she's in a rush
- Peter just blurts it out...
- In a cliffhanger ending, Peter Parker proposes (again) to Mary Jane Watson
- Peter first proposed way back in The Amazing Spider-Man 183
- None
Oddities
- None
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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