Comics Corner: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 113

   

Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 113
Release Date: April 1986

Highlights

• First appearance of Lt. Kris Keating, Evelyn Woolcot, Schweitzer, Mr. Colby, and the thugs, Paul, John, and Ringo
• First appearance and death of the thug, John
• Reports chase Ernie Popchik back to Aunt May's house, intent on getting an interview about his release from prison after shooting the thugs that attempted to rob him
• Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 275
• City editor Katheryn Cushing insists that Peter take Joy Mercado to his aunt's home to get an interview with Ernie
• The thugs who Ernie shot are out of the hospital, and intent on paying him a visit
• Black Cat crashes in on some criminals fencing stolen diamonds, and they refer to her as Silver Sable, and she's still on her "Robin Hood" kick of stealing from criminals, and giving it to the poor
• In the Woolcot home, as his parents talk to their lawyer about the allegations of child abuse from their son Alex's teacher, the young boy sticks his hands in his father's experiment, absorbing the energy, but at first glance seeming unscathed
• The thugs make their way to Aunt May's home, and when Peter arrives with Joy, the place is surrounded by the police, called by Mary Jane and her aunt who saw the men breaking in
• Mary Jane tells Peter to let the police handle it, knowing that if someone inside got hurt because of Spider-Man that Peter would never be able to live with himself
• Aunt May slaps John when he makes a lewd comment about Nathan and Ernie, the thug responds by dragging her to a window, and saying she dies first if they police don't meet their demands
• This is all Peter and Mary Jane need to see for them both to agree it's time for Spider-Man to spring into action
• Spider-Man stops all four thugs, but then Nathan opens the blinds, giving the police a clear shot at John, which they take
• May tells Nathan she doesn't like that the boy was already handled, and what she saw in Nathan's eyes when he opened the blinds
• Ernie apologizes profusely for the problems he's caused, and tells everyone he's going to leave so that he doesn't continue to do so

Low Points

• Real poor taste from Marvel on the thugs names, especially the one which dies

Oddities

• None

Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)

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