Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 302
Release Date: July 1988
Highlights
- Todd McFarlane begins inking his own pencils, and with no disrespect to Bob McLeod, previous inker of The Amazing Spider-Man, it noticeably makes his artwork look better
- First appearance of Wes Cassady, Royce Nero, Ruth Cassady, and Billy Cassady
- First appearance of Emporia
- Peter is brought to On-Line Research in Emporia, Kansas, where he's been offered a job as chief assistant of their experimental division
- Martin Jacoby tells him that he's been recommended for the job by Doctor Curt Connors, and takes Peter on a tour of the building
- During the tour, he witnesses a hostile interaction between scientist Royce Nero, and construction boss, Wes Cassady
- A torch explodes, causing a fire at the building
- Spider-Man springs into action
- Not wanting to be seen, Spider-Man assesses the fire from a rooftop, he sees Wes Cassady running through the chaos at super speed, and using his super strength to kick insulation bundles on the fire to put it out
- The two see each other and panic that they've been spotted, taking off in opposite directions
- In his lab, Royce is working on a mechanical exoskeleton with enough firepower to destroy large rocks
- Back in New York, Silver Sable's men return, but only one, who's beaten to a pulp is able to walk
- He gives the report that they've found Franz Kraus, but that he's got a bigger organization than originally expected
- At the home of Wes Cassady, as he sends his children inside he notices Spider-Man on his roof watching him
- Spider-Man asks how he keeps knowing he's there
- Wes explains his origin story
- He was bit by a scientifically altered jack rabbit, giving him super speed, strength, jumping, and sensing abilities
- Except unlike Spider-Man, he just wants a normal life, and hasn't told anyone until now, not even his own family
- Back in New York, Silver Sable pays a visit to William Baker, AKA Sylvester Mann, AKA Sandman, and offers him a job
- Peter calls Mary Jane and tells her how great the job prospect is, but when they hang up she somberly thinks to herself that she was worried about this
- Dawning his power suit, Royce crashes into Jacoby's office, and tells him he's there to take all the plans for the secret projects in his safe
- Spider-Man battles Royce, who for the most part is using harmless weaponry, that is until he hits Spider-Man with a sonic blast
- Spidey begs Wes to help, but the man is afraid that everyone will think he's a freak, including his family
- Spider-Man is able to get close enough to Royce, and deliver a knockout punch to his face
- Cassady apologizes, but Spider-Man tells him that everyone has to live with their own decisions
- Peter returns to New York, and tells Mary Jane he wants to take the job, but she tells him that her life, career, and friends are in New York, and she doesn't know if she can leave all of that behind for his dream
- The response goes unanswered in a cliffhanger ending
- Felix the Cat is hidden on the papers that get disheveled
- None
Oddities
- None
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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