Comics Corner: The Spectacular Spider-Man 147

   

Title: The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 147
Release Date: February 1989

Highlights

• First appearance of Mr. Wexler
• Hobgoblin flies through the city, fresh off his defeat against Harry Osborn and Spider-Man, and acting like a baby about it
• While he mopes, a group of demons attack him, but he's able to defeat them
• The though of becoming a demon, as he's already dressed as one makes him ponder
• Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 312, Web Of Spider-Man 47, and "current issues" of X-Men
• Spider-Man gets knocked from the sky by a massive wind, and when he's slammed across a building façade is bitten by a gargoyle demon, and sent hurtling to the ground
• After awakening from being knocked out, Spidey slowly makes his way to the Daily Bugle
• Inside, led by J. Jonah Jameson, the staff are barricading the city room, and arming themselves for battle against the demons
• Spider-Man enters the room, and passes out in Jameson's arms
• At her now derailed photo shoot, Mary Jane and the crew are battling against their own series of attacking demons
• As Green Goblin leaves the city, he's attacked by a water demon who tells him to stay within the barrier of the city to be a meal for his master, N'Astirh
• Harry deduces he made it through the barrier before it closed, and decides he should check on Aunt May for Peter's sake
• We see that several demons have gotten out of the barrier as well, and are swarming Queens
• Hobgoblin makes his way to the Empire State Building, the source of the demons, and demands to see their master
• Hobgoblin offers his sould to N'Astirh for demonic powers, and this makes the demon laugh, who then takes his soul before zapping him away
• Back at the Bugle, the demons attack again
• Spider-Man comes to, and fights side by side with Jonah
• After the battle, Spider-Man's side begins to bleed again, causing him to also pass out again
• The deal is done, and Hobgoblin becomes possessed by Demogoblin

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• In a moment of clarity, Robbie Robertson says he's been running from his issue with Tombstone too long, and it's time for him to take a stand
• He's talking about the horde of frightened people preparing to attack him with handheld blunt objects
• So he's afraid of Tombstone, but is brave now to take on a group of people in a physical fight?

Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)

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