Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 307
Release Date: Late October 1988
Highlights
- Todd McFarlane hid one spider on this cover
- First appearance of Glora, Ms. Keller, Albert, and Edmund Debevic
- First appearance of State Street, and Biograph Theater
- An old lady spots Mary Jane in the grocery store, and asks her to autograph a magazine she's on the cover of
- Jonathon Caesar stops by Peter and Mary Jane's apartment, and tells Mary Jane that if she needs anything while Peter is in Chicago to let him know
- At home, Jonathon has a wall full of photographs of Mary Jane, and what appears to be her undergarments
- Marvel has a laugh at "fans" by having a young kid come for an autograph, but doesn't even know Peter's name
- The fan has his own gold pen which he takes to all autograph signings
- Back at Mr. Dukane's home, Chameleon has him bound to a chair, and intravenously being fed glucose through an IV
- He promises to let the man go once he no longer needs his identity, which is why he's keeping him alive and healthy
- Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 1, 80, and 186
- Origin of Chameleon, and his new powers through a serum that allow him to manipulate his actual flesh to change appearances
- He even wears a special costume that he can control mentally to take whatever shape, style, and color he needs
- His plan is simple, the complete political, and economical destruction of the USA
- Peter and his tour manager go to the Midtown Convention Center in Chicago, where Peter has been tied into the current event at the center with their guest speaker, Dr. Edward Debevic
- Chameleon is also there for the doctor, disguised as Captain Turner
- He's hired some men to cause a distraction, and they do so by shooting guns and claiming it's a robbery
- Chameleon grabs Debevic, and says he'll get him to safety
- Spidey makes short order of the thugs, and overhears the remaining officers talking about their confusion over Captain Turner who is in the building, but whom another just spoke to on the phone
- Chameleon cuffs Debevic to a pipe, and assumes his identity, but Spider-Man crashes into the room seeing the two identical men
- He immediately realizes it's Chameleon, who escapes by throwing an explosive, but not before Spider-Man tags him with a tracer
- Despite quick changing as he runs through the streets, Spider-Man continues his pursuit
- After getting his hands on a cop's gun, Chameleon takes hostages, and heads into a theater where he also finds the tracer on his body
- He ditches it, and after another change of appearance, escapes with all the hostages running from the building
- After a long day at a photo shoot, Mary Jane returns home, greeted by cigarette smell, and two men she's never seen before
- Jonathon Caesar tells her they're his men, and that he's in her home to get what he's always wanted - her
- Did you find the hidden spider?
- It's on the collar of Chameleon's left arm
- Felix the Cat is on the shirt of a young man at Peter's book signing
- None
Oddities
- None
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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