Comics Corner: The Spectacular Spider-Man 148

   

Title: The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 148
Release Date: March 1989

Highlights

• The skeletal remains of Ned Leeds, Gwen Stacy, and Spider-Man rise from the ground, and Betty sees all of this, though she's miles away in Flash Thompson's apartment
• Betty tells Flash about her vision, and Flash tells her that he wishes Spider-Man were there because he's his hero
• The demons outside overhear this
• Flash and Betty are the only ones left in the building
• Outside it's a furnace, inside an ice cube
• The demons of N'Astirh have been given free reign to "play" with the humans
• On the roof, "Spider-Man" appears before Flash, and starts fighting with him, while in the apartment, the remains of Ned Leeds arrive, scaring Betty
• "Spider-Man" webs Flash to an antenna, and removes the lightning rod from the roof, making Flash the potential new conduit
• Inside, Betty whimpers for help, but the ghost of Ned Leeds appears to her, and tells her she needs to stop depending on everyone else for strength, but instead to help herself
• Back on the roof, Flash breaks free of the webbing, and realizes that the fact that he broke free means this isn't the real Spider-Man, and the fight continues
• The demons reveal themselves to both Ned and Flash, and Betty explodes the apartment with a gas heater, fleeing with Flash at the last moment
• Outside, the skies clear, and the demons vanish
• Reference is made to X-Factor 38
• The Inferno storyline ends, but...

Low Points

• Without reading the full Inferno storyline, everything just resolves itself in the span of one panel with no explanation

Oddities

• Editor's Day Off: The narration from Flash Thompson's thoughts reads, "I heard a dog whimper like like that once"

• Betty blows up Flash Thompson's apartment

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