Title: Web Of Spider-Man
Issue Number: 42
Release Date: September 1988
Highlights
- First appearance of Sgt. Bob Miller, Glen, and Kevin
- The story picks up where the last left off, with Peter dumbfounded and believing that Teacher really can cure cancer, though in truth, it's slight of hand magic
- Peter overhears Betty speaking to another cult sister, this one named Tracey (see oddities)
- Teacher meets Peter in the yard, pulls out the Spider-Man mask, and informs him that he believes it belongs to him
- Mary Jane goes to the lingerie photo shoot set up by Lorraine, but decides she cannot go through with it without first talking to her husband
- Teacher walks Peter to the exit of the compound, and tells him that their way is not with fists, and while he feels Peter could benefit from being part of their family, he's not ready for that
- He gives him bus fair, and sends him on his way
- Peter returns to the Bugle, and tells Kate and Ben about Spider-Man finding the compound, and seeing a girl named Tracey
- Kate, thinking it is her sister, demands to know the location, but Peter says that Spider-Man didn't tell him
- Peter calls Mary Jane, and when she wants to talk to him about the modeling gig, he blows her off saying that it's her career, and her decision
- She does the photo shoot
- Spider-Man goes to see Flash, and tells him that though he's found Betty, she's happy, and they should respect her wish to stay at the compound
- Bob, and officer working with Flash in the youth program, overhears the conversation, tells him about a run in he and other officers had with them before, and offers to give Flash the address, as long as he doesn't do anything illegal (wink, wink)
- Flash goes to see Reverend Tolliver, and convinces him to help with Betty
- Spider-Man goes to see Anthony Druid, who fills him in on the slight of hand trick that Teacher most likely pulled
- Flash Thompson and some "deprogrammers" infiltrate the compound, and grab Betty
- Before going back to the compound, Peter first goes home to check in with Mary Jane, but she isn't there
- Flash calls in a panic, and tells Peter to get to his place fast
- At Flash's place, Betty begs Peter, saying she's been kidnapped, and needs help
- None
Oddities
- Editor's Day Off: In Web Of Spider-Man 40, Kate Cushing refers to her sister as "Tracy", however, in this issue, she's referred to as "Tracey"
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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