Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 121
Release Date: December 1986
Highlights
- First appearance of Morty Phillips, and Schanes
- The story opens with Peter, Mary Jane, and J. Jonah Jameson sitting at a restaurant table together, when Robbie Robertson enters
- Robbie is surprised to see Jameson with the two, and learns they were all at Roshomon Bank when it was robbed just thirty minutes ago
- Mary Jane begins to tell the story, but is interrupted by Peter multiple times trying to stop her by clearing his throat, Mary Jane responds by kicking him under the table
- Mary Jane's version:
- Peter is at the Bugle with Mary Jane, and offers to buy Jameson lunch, but Jonah instead insists that he'll buy lunch for all three of them
- First, Peter stops to cash his check
- A robber bursts into the bank, but is initially stopped in his tracks by Mary Jane's beauty
- J. Jonah Jameson concurs with her beauty, but gets smacked by the robbre
- Spider-Man appears, and deals with the robber, but a woman is shot in the process
- In his anger that someone was shot, Spider-Man drags the robber behind the counter, and pummels him
- After the fight, Spider-Man tells Mary Jane how pretty she is
- J. Jonah Jameson's version:
- J. Jonah Jameson once again offers to buy lunch, and even notes that they should discuss raising Peter's freelance salary
- An employee at the bank compliments him on his cigar aroma
- As Peter cashes his check, the robber bursts in, but tries to first kiss Mary Jane
- Jonah steps in to teach the Rambo looking robber some manners
- Everyone in the bank, including the robber, is in awe as Jonah announces who he is
- Spider-Man arrives on the scene, but everyone tells him he's not wanted there
- Wanting to protect everyone, including Spider-Man, Jameson leaps at the robber, and slaps the gun from his hands, but a woman is shot in the process
- Spider-Man jumps in, dragging the robber behind the counter out of site
- Jameson surmises that he and the robber were discussing splitting the loot, but then Spider-Man left the man knocked out on the ground, taking everything for himself
- Everyone tells Jameson how wonderful he is, and that Spider-Man was just trying to steal his moment
- After his story, Robbie asks Jonah how many drinks he's had
- Peter Parker's version:
- Peter is at the Bugle with Mary Jane, and headed out to cash his check
- On the way out, Mary Jane suggests he take Jonah to lunch because you have to spend money to make money, and basically, suck up to Jonah
- Jameson still offers to pay for lunch, but only because he says if he goes to places Peter goes, he'll be sick for a week
- The employee at the bank tells Jameson to extinguish his smelly cigar, to which he asks her, "Do you know who I am?" She simply responds, "The one who's smelling up the bank."
- The robber enters, but he's not confident, and can't figure out what he's doing
- He points his gun at Jameson, who cowers
- Mary Jane steps in, and tries to use her charm, but when the robber slips up and says his real name, he pushes her out of the way
- Jameson steps in, announcing who he is, but the robber says he's never heard of him, and points the gun in his face again
- Spider-Man crawls quietly up the ceiling, making his way towards the robber, but Jonah blows it by shouting the heroes arrival
- The robber panics, and drops his gun, which goes off, the bullet grazing a woman's arm
- Angry the woman was shot, Spider-Man drags the robber behind the counter who begins to profusely apologize, saying he's been out of work for years, his kids are hungry, and then proceeds to punish himself with his own fists
- Seeing the man needs mental health help, Spider-Man drags him from the bank, and turns him over to the police
- Hearing Peter's version, Jonah gets angry, and storms off
- Mary Jane gets angry at Peter, telling him she had his best interests in mind, and he should have stayed quiet, she then gets up and leaves
- Robbie tells Peter he did the right thing, then leaves too
- Peter gets stuck with the check
- I could tell from the cover this one was going to be goofy - It just looked like yet another "jump the shark" moment
- I prefer my Spider-Man issues to be straight forward, and not Chose Your Own Adventure
Oddities
- None
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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