Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 257

   

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 257
Release Date: October 1984

Highlights

  • First appearance of Bill and Alice
  • First appearance of Saint Lauren Summit
  • Spider-Man wants his black costume to get off of him, but at first it resists his mental command
  • Black Cat tells Peter that he needs to make the time to take the material to Reed Richards to check out
  • Reference is made to Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars, and "recent issues" of Daredevil
  • Kingpin finds out the Rose has ordered a hit on Spider-Man
  • Mary Jane Watson shows up at Peter's apartment
  • Peter's spider sense kicks in as Puma approaches his apartment, and he hurriedly ushers Mary Jane out
  • From the hall, Mary Jane hears the tussle, and tries to get back inside Peter's apartment
  • Mary Jane finally knocks the door open, but Spider-Man has already pushed Puma through the window outside
  • Kingpin tells the Rose his actions are unacceptable, and that he doesn't want Spider-Man killed...yet
  • Puma discovers through his senses that Spider-Man's webbing is organic, and it surprises even Spider-Man who didn't know
  • Puma is informed that the hit against Spider-Man has been called off
  • Hobgoblin comes to the Rose, and proposes a plan - though it is not explained to the reader at that point
  • A worn out and beaten Peter Parker returns to his apartment via taxi, only to find Mary Jane inside
  • Mary Jane tells Peter that she's known for years that he's Spider-Man in a cliffhanger ending
Low Points
  • None
Oddities
  • Editor's Day Off: Spider-Man says, "Oh, no! The wall can't can't support the added weight!"
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)

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