Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 213

   

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 213
Release Date: February 1981

Highlights

  • First appearance of Wino Charlie, AKA Charles Fortesque Smythington III
  • Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 211
  • Peter is washing his suit, still complaining about it being itchy from when it got soaked in brine
  • Peter is smitten by his new female (unnamed) neighbor
  • Peter admits he doesn't have feelings for Debbie Whitman, and is concerned that she has them for him
  • After leaving his Spider-Man suit to soak for hours, Peter comes back to find it faded, and with the web lines washed out
  • Peter states he doesn't feel like he's worthy of his powers because he doesn't use them with purpose or a plan, and having no sense of destiny
  • Reference is made to the World Trade Center, and the story then unfolds around the twin towers
  • Peter sets to work on sewing a new Spider-Man suit
Low Points
  • None
Oddities
  • Peter sews a new Spider-Man costume in the span of minutes
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)



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