Comics Corner: Web Of Spider-Man 55

   

Title: Web Of Spider-Man
Issue Number: 55
Release Date: October 1989

Highlights

• One of the first Spider-Man comics I owned as a kid
• Death of Eduardo Lobo
• The Lobo brothers are burning New York City down in their rampage to draw Kingpin out
• As Spider-Man protects civilians from the chaos, Nick Katzenberg gets photos for the Bugle
• Reference is made to The Spectacular Spider-Man 143
• As Arranger runs construction men ragged repairing Fisk's tower, the Kingpin returns
• He demands the Arranger schedule a meeting with the Lobo brothers to end this war
• Among the construction workers is a disguised Chameleon, who overhears everything
• Chameleon informs Hammerhead, and the two plan an ambush
• At the Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson ponders over both Nick and Peter's photos
• Kate Cushing makes it easy for him by stating if he print's Katzenberg's that she'll quit
• Peter's photos get the front page
• Katzenberg overhears Joy Mercado talking to Peter about Gloria Grant and her love affair with the gangster, Eduardo Lobo
• Peter attempts to talk to Gloria, but botches it, and tells her he has to go
• Peter meets Mary Jane at an apartment in Hell's Kitchen that they're looking at possibly renting, but it's once again out of their price range
• The Lobo brothers agree to meet Kingpin, but Eduardo insists Gloria come with them
• High above, Spider-Man has tracked them down by following Gloria home
• The meeting takes place at Flushing Meadow Park, and the Lobos will accept only one thing for piece - The Arranger
• Hammerhead and Chameleon ambush the meeting, guns blazing
• A massive battle breaks out, and the Lobos join it in wolf form
• The Lobos think Kingpin set them up, and attempt to kill Arranger
• Meanwhile, Hammerhead and Chameleon chat casually from a safe distance about how they'll break up the territories amongst themselves
• Arranger tries to shoot Eduardo with his silver bullet loaded gun, but Spider-Man knocks him and the gun away
• Kingpin knocks Carlos Lobo out with his cane, which he states has been line with silver, all while shaming the Arranger for causing all of these problems
• They take their leave, not bothering with any of the battle further
• As Eduardo grapples with Spider-Man, Gloria grant finds the gun, aims, and shoots Eduardo, killing him
• Carlos lunges at Spider-Man, and takes a solid punch to the face, knocking him out
• As Spider-Man tries to console Gloria for saving his life, she shouts at him that she wasn't aiming for Eduardo, but rather Spider-Man
• From a distance, a hidden Nick Katzenberg has captured everything with his camera

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• None

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

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