Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 305
Release Date: Late September 1988
Highlights
- First appearance of Troy Fishburne of Transcorp
- First appearance of the Algonquin Hotel in Los Angeles, and Sea Prince Hotel in Laguna Beach
- The story picks up where the last left off, with the Prowler standing over Black Fox, there too for the Valencia chalice which the cat burglar just stole
- Meanwhile, Spider-Man is in the main room of the gala signing autographs
- After signing, Spider-Man goes after Black Fox again, only to come across him and the Prowler
- With Spider-Man distracting the Prowler, Black Fox uses the opportunity to bail with the chalice, while guards can also be heard approaching
- The Prowler quickly tells Spider-Man that he needs the chalice, that it's the only thing that will keep his wife out of prison
- He tells Spider-Man he's at the Algonquin Hotel, and to meet him there in the morning, where he'll explain everything
- Spider-Man heads there the next day, and finds that Hobie Brown, AKA the Prowler, checked out the night before
- Black Fox makes alternate plans to sell the chalice, and get out of town
- At the beach, Mary Jane cheers Peter up by telling him he can't solve every problem, and to let this one go
- Later at his book signing, Peter learns he's going to be on Johnny Carson, and that evening, he is
- Even later, Spider-Man tracks the Prowler to the Transcorp building, and confronts him on being lied to
- Hobie explains that his wife took a job at Transcorp, but unknown to her, they did dirty business, and when the feds caught on, came up with phony records, and set her up for the fall
- The real records are hidden in a microchip on the chalice
- Eavesdropping on a meeting, the two learn that Transcorp has tracked Black Fox's movements, and that he's getting on a freighter soon
- They intend on killing him and taking the chalice back
- Spider-Man and Prowler get to the docks just as the gunfire starts
- As Hobie deals with the gunmen, Spider-Man captures the Black Fox, but decides to just take the chalice, and let him go, feeling he's too old to survive in prison
- Hobie gets the chip, and the news later announces she's been set free based on the new evidence presented, and reports on the deeper corruptions of Transcorp
- Felix the Cat is on the poster attached to the table Peter is signing books at
- Todd McFarlane did not hide any spiders on the cover of this issue
Oddities
- None
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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