The Toy Box: Comics Corner: Web Of Spider-Man 45

Title: Web Of Spider-Man
Issue Number: 45
Release Date: December 1988

Highlights

First appearance of Morris "The Snake" Diamond, Harry, Danny, and Lenny
First appearance of McCarran International Airport
Peter Parker is still in Las Vegas, but he's happy because he thinks he's going home

Peter makes it to the airport, and finds out he's flying on Rattlesnake Airlines, along with Morris "The Snake" Diamond
Reference is made to Web Of Spider-Man 24
The Vulture is out for vengeance against Mr. Diamond for stealing the plans to his invention, a pair of ultra sonic controlled trick dice
Vulture flies towards the plane headed for New York, and blows it from the sky with a bomb
As everyone parachutes from the plane (see oddities), Vulture issues a warning to them all that he will strike when they least expect it
On the ground, the Stewardess, Sara, suggests they all head back to the plane wreckage, as that will be their best bet for a rescue

Diamond has his own plans, and his many Danny pulls a gun, slapping Sara across the face with it to make her shut up

As Peter prepares to intervene, the Vulture appears, and grabs Diamond, air lifting him from the group, and telling him he has a serum he wants to test on him

Spider-Man carries Sara away to safety, and then goes after Vulture
Diamond explains to Vulture that the journals he stole, which the villain wants back, were on the plane, and destroyed in the explosion and subsequent crash
Spider-Man uses the last of his web fluid to stop a mountain lion preparing to pounce on Sara
As Spider-Man and Vulture fight, Diamond's men rescue their boss
As Spider-Man hangs on to Vulture, the villain jabs him with a syringe full of the previous noted serum

Vulture tells him it's a mummification serum, just as Spider-Man gets one final blow, and blacks out

When he awakens, Sara is standing over him, and informs him she's with the CID, Central Intelligence Division

She also informs him that they "convinced" Vulture to give them an antidote for Spidey

Low Points

The whole story is just dumb, very amateurishly written, and the ending too convenient
Someone at Marvel got paid to write this throw away story?

Oddities

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

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