Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 181
Release Date: May 1982
Highlights
- Really unique cover that incorporates the title and even the comics code into the artwork
- I also like the nod to Epic Illustrated on the cover, the sister publishing company to Marvel Comics which launched in the spring of 1980
- Electro is able to free himself from prison when the guard controlling a metal food canister gets it too close to imprisoned man
- Reference is made to Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man, and Fantastic Four 218
- Peter makes an unwanted move on Marcy, and she quickly puts him back in line, reminding him she's only inviting him over to help him study
- Peter abruptly leaves Marcy's apartment, without telling her, when he sees a live broadcast of Electro running rampant through the city, which Marcy doesn't take well, saying out loud that Peter can flunk out of college without her
- Electro stands atop a movie theater marque which showcases the movie, Heavy Mental, an obvious nod to the animated film Heavy Metal
- Another Marque a bit later in the story showcases the film, Tame Bandits, a nod to Time Bandits
- Spider-Man makes a suit out of rubber to help him in his fight against Electro
- J. Jonah Jameson prints a story that Spider-Man is dead, and becomes the center of news for printing the erroneous story
- It's horrible the way that Max Dillion (Electro) is being held in prison - Wrapped head to toe in non-conductive bandages like some kind of mummy, with tubes stuck in him from all directions to serve his every need
- Geez whiz, Debra Whitman is pathetic always pining over Peter Parker - Seriously, Biff Rifkin deserves better than her
Oddities
- If the prison knows that nothing metal should ever get close to Electro, why is the food they feed him in metal canisters? Plastic not available?
- When did Electro gain the ability to create slides of electricity that he can physically travel on?
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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