Title: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual
Issue Number: 17
Release Date: December 1983
Highlights
- First appearance of C.J. Vogel, Mr. Gilbert, Louie Minelli, Barry Hapgood, Stanley Stackmeyer, Ernie, and Charlie
- First appearance and death of Milton Farr
- First appearance of Milton Farr Publishing
- Kingpin's thugs break into Farr Publishing, and rough up the man, and kidnap him
- Kingpin tells Mr. Gilbert that because of his two failures, he will be framed for a crime, and arrested - However, When Gilbert pushes back, Kingpin breaks both of his legs
- Tonight is the night of the Mid-Town High School pre-union party, with Peter reluctantly attends
- Reference is made to Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 85
- Farr has dirt on Kingpin, and the crime lord wants the files
- C.J. was once a ghost writer for Farr, and his new career as a children's television show hangs in the balance of blackmail from an old classmate, Louie Minelli
- Peter says he owes C.J. a debt for his comedy during high school, which got Peter out of a lot of beatings from bullies
- Spider-Man vows to pay Peter's debt to C.J. by helping him in the mess he's mixed up in with Farr
- In a desperate attempt to bury his past, C.J. burns the contents of the safe, which include the documents about Kingpin
- The Mid-Town High reunion commences
- C.J.'s jokes fall flat as he does nothing but insult his old classmates
- Peter realizes that C.J. thought him wanting to help was to get a story, and tells C.J. he's a loser now
- Very long and boring
Oddities
- TBD
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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