The Toy Box: Comics Corner: Marvel Fanfare 42

Title: Marvel Fanfare
Issue Number: 42
Release Date: February 1989

Highlights

First appearance of Simon, Doris Kannon and her children, Simon Johnson, and Mr. Holden
Spider-Man swings towards the Bugle, ecstatic to have taken photographs of the mayor emerging from the Hudson River after a helicopter crash
Peter returns extra money given to him in a bank error, see oddities below, and finds out the teller who made the mistake was fired
Spider-Man goes to Doris, and overhears her landlord saying she owes $1,600.00 for past due rent in thirty minutes, or she's out
Despite being behind on his own rent, and admitting the check he wrote his own landlord would bounce, Spider-Man withdraws everything he has from his account, and secretly puts it on her table near the door

Doris calls her sister, and tells her about the money, and how she was fired when she turned down advances from her boss at the bank

Low Points

Spider-Man blackmails Mr. Holden with photographs of him with an escort and a letter telling him to hire Doris back or his wife will get the photos
There's a second story included, but it features Captain Marvel and Dracula - I didn't even bother reading it
A very boring and unnecessary issue - Easily zero Stans

Oddities

Editor's Day Off: Peter heads to the bank with his cashed check, emphasis on cash, and realizes the teller gave him an extra hundred dollar bill, he struggles morally with keeping it or returning it, and then says, he'll return the "check" tomorrow
Spider-Man misses the photograph he was attempting to get of Mr. Holden, and in response, web's it to the wall, and puts it on automatic to catch the needed photo as Holden exits the building - Except where putting it on automatic would start firing off photos, and he'd be out of film in no time

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

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