Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 186

   

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 186
Release Date: November 1978

Highlights

  • Peter talks about not getting his diploma with Aunt May, and says he'll get it in September - Okay, so maybe the confusion is starting to be resolved
  • Aunt May's Medicare is about to run out, and if Peter can't come up with the money, she's going to end up in a state funded nursing home
  • Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 90, and Mayhem in Manhattan (a Spider-Man novel)
  • Spider-Man is cleared of all investigation / charges with the city, and declared innocent
  • Spider-Man is offered a television show, and tells the man to go ask the Hulk instead - an obvious nod to the popular television series starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno
  • Spider-Man is also offered a comic book deal, and pitched the idea of it being about him boxing Leon Spinks - A nod to the Treasury Edition of Superman Vs. Mohammad Ali
  • Spider-Man takes a jab at the ever consistent problems plaguing comic companies at the time pertaining to missed deadlines
  • Spider-Man makes reference to giving the rights to The Electric Company for a free comic series - A reference to his periodic appearances in the show, and the popular Spidey Super Stories comics
  • A mysterious shadow covered man watches Spider-Man public victory, and states he'll end the heroes life for destroying his work - Who is it? 
Low Points
  • None
Oddities
  • Betty is flip flopping - One minute she regrets leaving Ned, the next she's chasing after Peter
  • Peter tells Betty he's tired because it's ten o'clock, but then immediately leaves his house to meander as Spider-Man - Except the sky is blue with clouds out
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)

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