Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 309
Release Date: Late November 1988
Highlights
- Todd McFarlane hid one spider on this cover
- First appearance of Styx, AKA Jacob Eichorn, and Stone, AKA Gerald Stone
- First appearance of the Turbo-Hoper vehicle
- Spider-Man is working on Manslaughter Marsdale, thinking he has information on Mary Jane's location
- He doesn't
- Jonathon Caesar still holds her captive, and is intent on them being married
- Caesar learns from his goons that Spider-Man is looking for Mary Jane, and resolves to hire some special bodyguards
- Peter goes to the Bugle looking for work, and Jameson tells him to go find news worth photographing
- As he's leaving, Jameson tells Glory Grant to inform all reports of the Bugle that information on Parker's wife is their top priority
- Reference is made to The Spectacular Spider-Man 139
- Styx and Stone arrive at Caesar's home, and Mary Jane sees first hand the awful powers of Styx as he touches a plant with his bare hand, and it dies
- Returning home, Spider-Man is seen through the window by Caesar - He panics, sending Styx and Stone to attack
- Mary Jane disables Caesar with a lamp to the face, then electrocutes his two goons who are standing in a puddle of water with the wires
- Spider-Man is in peril against Styx and Stone, but is saved by Mary Jane who's grabbed one of the guard's guns, and opens fire on them
- Caesar is arrested, and Peter and Mary Jane both return home safely
- Did you find the hidden spider?
- It's part of Styx's hair on the bottom right corner
- Felix the Cat is hidden as part of the grass, to the right of the tree's long trunk
Low Points
- Either the continuity is off, or something's been retconned
- Robbie Robertson is still in the hospital talking about his broken back, but it was revealed it was just a sprain, and he's already walked
Oddities
- In his anger, Spider-Man smashes a gargoyle, and then regrets doing so
- He webs it up, and says he'll contact the management of the building to fix it - Except his webbing only holds for an hour before dissolving, and it's the middle of the night
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