Comics Corner: The Spectacular Spider-Man 141

 

Title: The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 141
Release Date: August 1988

Highlights

  • Fist appearance and death of Harold Ullman
  • First appearance of the henchman, Willis
  • After coming face to face with the Punisher in the previous issue, both he and Spider-Man are headed to the vigilante's boat for a meeting
  • Punisher tells Spider-Man he wants the tape Robbie Robertson made for Peter Parker, and also information on where Tombstone is
    • He's closer than he thinks, he's followed the Punisher's van with a bunch of armed henchmen, who he order's to attack at dawn
  • Punisher tells Spider-Man that Tombstone killed a friend of his, Harold Ullman, and he intends to get justice for him, well, Punisher's definition of justice
  • Tombstone overhears the conversation between the two, and learns about the tape from Robbie Robertson to Peter Parker
  • Ben Urich goes to the hospital to see Robbie, and is greeted by his son, Randy, who tells him that Robbie will be able to walk again with physical therapy
  • Ben tells Robbie he knows about the tape, and speculates it's about Tombstone, he then tells Robbie he knows where to find him if he wants to talk
  • Two of Tombstone's men try to sneak up on Frank Castle, and one gets an eyeful of hot grease from the bacon he just cooked
    • The other gets the butt of a gun to the head
      • The one burned by grease exchanges information that there's two more on the deck above in exchange for medical aid
        • They get greeted by a hail of gunfire that shreds through them
          • The burned man then tells that they were supposed to get him to follow them to the Cloisters
  • After playing Mary Jane the tape from Robbie, he asks her what he should do; Give the tape to Ben Urich, hand it over to the Punisher, or burn it, like Robbie requested
    • Mary Jane tells him she won't make that decision for him, leaving Peter to deduce that it's Robbie's tape, and he alone has to decide what to do
      • When he leaves, Mary Jane thinks to herself how fearful she is for him living the life of Spider-Man
        • As Peter leaves, Tombstone enters the building, and find's Parker's name on the mailbox, along with the apartment number
  • Meanwhile, the Punisher infiltrates the Cloisters
    • While he takes out two guards immediately, he's jumped by four more
      • It doesn't go well for them
  • Back at the apartment, Tombstone grabs Mary Jane from behind by her hair, demanding to know where Peter is
  • Punisher sneaks up on Tombstone's car, and as he opens the door is greeted by the Arranger, and Roland Rayburn, AKA Persuader
    • Persuader uses his mind power on the Punisher to defuse him
      • He tries to resist, and puts up a decent mental fight
  • At the hospital, Peter meets with Robbie who reaffirms he wants the tape destroyed
    • A nurse enters the room and tells Peter that his wife just arrived at the emergency room
Low Points
  • None
Oddities
  • None
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)



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