Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 258
Release Date: November 1984
Highlights
- First appearance of the Bombastic Bag-Man, AKA Spider-Man in a Fantastic Four uniform with a paper bag with eye holes cut out over his head
- Reference is made to Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 96, 96, The Amazing Spider-Man 251, 256, 257, and Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars
- The issue picks up on the heels of the last, with Mary Jane Watson informing Peter Parker she knows he's Spider-Man
- Mary Jane admits she cares about Peter, and that his secret identity, or rather, the risks he takes as his secret identity, is why she left New York - Because she couldn't take it anymore
- Black Cat appears at Peter's apartment, confirming what Mary Jane believe - He really is Spider-Man
- Peter yells at Black Cat for continuously coming putting his secret identity at risk
- Peter shoots webbing from his civilian disguised clothing, and it startles him, reminding him he knows so little about his alien costume
- Mary Jane packs her bags, and realizes she's running out on Peter again, just like she ran out on Gayle and the boys - Foreshadowing a bit of depth to Mary Jane's life?
- Peter falls asleep, and again his costume takes control, ushering him out into the night as an unconscious Spider-Man
- Reed Richards conducts tests on Spider-Man's new suit, and discovers it's a symbiote that's attached itself to the web slinger both mentally and physically
- When Reed suggests Spider-Man remove the suit, it refuses to obey his command, instead getting tighter, trying to graft itself to the hero
- Reed blasts Spider-Man with a sonic emitter, which sends the symbiote retreating from Spider-Man, as Human Torch traps it in a ring of fire, while Reed then encapsulates it
- Human Torch gives Spider-Man a Fantastic Four uniform with a paper bag, the latter to protect his secret identity
- Reed hands Spider-Man his camera, which slipped out of the symbiote, and Human Torch questions in his mind why Spidey would have a camera
- Reed says he wants to conduct further tests on the symbiote, and Spider-Man tells him he can have it
- Bombastic Bag-Man springs into action to stop some thugs, and a group of reporters quickly approach to ask who he is, and how he pulled off stopping the criminals
- Unknown to Spider-Man, Human Torch has applied a "kick me" sign to Spider-Man's back
- Mysteriously, it starts snowing, and we're told to check out Thor 349 to find out why
- As Peter looks at his old web shooters, Mary Jane comes to his apartment - She informs him that it's time he knew about her secrets
- Locked in a capsule prison within the Baxter Building, the symbiote pounds on the glass, seeking both freedom and revenge
- The Spider-Man timeline gets a little wonky again, with the events of Marvel Team-Up 146, and Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual 4 having to take place during the events of this issue
- Another timeline to put together...sigh
Oddities
- Puma states he's going to study Spider-Man for when they next meet in battle - But the hit was called off, why is he intent on fighting again?
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Lot going on in this issue.
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