Title: Web Of Spider-Man
Issue Number: 54
Release Date: September 1989
Highlights
- First appearance of Susan Ransome
- The gang war between Los Hermanos Lobos and Kingpin is in full swing
- The Lobo brothers make their way to Kingpin's office to confront the man as he sits motionless in his chair
- Reference is made to The Spectacular Spider-Man 153
- Spider-Man is struggling after being injected with a virus by J. Jonah Jameson (Chameleon)
- Detective Frank Farrow leads Joy Mercado and Nick Katzenberg through the wreckage of Kingpin's tower in the aftermath of the battle
- Turns out that Kingpin was a robot decoy, and the Lobo's tore it apart in rage, leaving another message in blood on the wall
- Kingpin - You can run but you cannot hide"
- A sick Spider-Man makes his way home, but not before Nick snaps a picture of him peaking through the window of Kingpin's office
- Peter sneaks in through the basement, only to come face to face with all the boarders who tell him there's been an accident
- Peter passes out before they can go into detail
- Peter wakes up two days later in bed, with Mary Jane near him
- Mary Jane has changed her hair style
- Peter sees the photo in the paper, labeling Spider-Man as connected to the gang war
- Peter and Mary Jane go to visit Kristy in the hospital, and learn from her doctor, Susan Ransome, that she has signs of bulimia and anorexia
- Mary Jane explodes on Peter when he asks what she thinks of the situation
- She's tired of everyone's problems, and shouts that nobody cares about hers; living in Aunt May's house, her career in the toilet, and her life savings tied up in litigation over being evicted
- Spider-Man confronts Nick, and scares the whereabouts of Jameson out of him, learning he's at his home
- Spidey heads to Jameson's house, and spies on him, but he's not fooling anyone, and is invited in to chat
- Chameleon attempts to kill him, and reveals his true form in the process
- Chameleon escapes, and in the aftermath, Spidey finds the tied up real J. Jonah Jameson
Low Points
- None
Oddities
- None
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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