Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 181

   

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 181
Release Date: June 1978

Highlights

  • First appearance of Forest Hills Cemetery Caretaker
  • Reference is made to Amazing Fantasy 15, The Amazing Spider-Man 1, 5, 6, 7, 10, 20, 25, 30, 52, 58, 90, 100, 101, 102, 105, 121, 122, 123, 124, 136, 169, The Amazing Spider-Man Annual 2, 10, and Marvel Team-Up 40
  • Anniversary of the day Ben Parker died
  • Retelling of the origin of Spider-Man, and select history of the wall crawler with a slew of appearances from heroes and villains
  • This story technically takes place before the events of The Amazing Spider-Man 176
  • A unique way to bring new readers up to speed on Spider-Man's origin and history
Low Points
  • Spider-Man leaves the microscope Uncle Ben gave him at the gravestone, and the caretaker takes it for his own son's birthday - You can't do that!
Oddities
  • None
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)



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