Comics Corner: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 117

   

Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 117
Release Date: August 1986

Highlights

  • First appearance of Black Cat's new costume
  • First appearance of Bert and Rod
  • The events of this issue take place during those of Web Of Spider-Man 17, ending with the same final panel
  • Black Cat explains that she had to create a new costume to hid her broken nose
  • Black Cat attempts to break into Dr. Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum to confront him about removing her powers, but is blown from the home by a strong wind
  • Alex Woolcot runs away from home after accidentally killing his father, by turning him into a pile of ash, which his mother unknowingly vacuums up
  • At the home of Robbie Robertson, things are not going well with his son, and unanticipated announcement of his wife
  • Black Cat sneaks into the Sanctorum again, only to end up back outside through a door that disappears
  • Foreigner breaks into Black Cat's apartment, and waits for her
  • Doctor Strange tries to tell Black Cat that her powers aren't gone, but rather have mutated, but she refuses to listen
    • Doctor Strange ponders why she would try so hard to see him, but then simply leave when he offers to speak with her
  • Foreigner wants the gold notebook back that Black Cat stole from him, but she informs him it was melted down, and used on her new costume
  • Robbie chokes on an apple, and Randy's wife saves his life
  • The lights go out during Black Cat and Foreigner's fight, and she realizes her powers have mutated, as she can see clearly in the dark
  • Rather than kill her, Foreigner offers her a proposition, to help him kill Spider-Man, which she agrees to
Low Points
  • No Spider-Man
Oddities
  • Black Cat has her all new costume on page one, yet she's in her old getup on the cover
  • Why would she have to create a whole costume just to cover her nose? Just redesign the mask
  • Editor's Day Off: When Doctor Strange finally allows Black Cat to meet him, he says, "Doctor Strange at you service."

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