Title: Web Of Spider-Man
Issue Number: 22
Release Date: January 1987
Highlights
- First appearance of Liam Magill, Dr. Fahley, Freddie the Bartender, and Black Hoods members, Marty, and Rory Magill
- First appearance and death of Ian Forbes
- Death of Rory Magill
- Peter and Joy Mercado have arrived in Dublin
- Right off the bat Peter and Joy get caught in the crossfire of a gunfight between the military and the Black Hoods
- Liam runs from the scene of a bombed apartment building, and trips near Joy and Peter
- When questioned by the military, they both say the man is with him
- They learn that the Black Hood were trying to kill Liam, and have been for some time
- Liam's friends tell Peter and Joy that the Black Hoods are killing folks, bombing buildings, but making no demands or statements
- Liam also says he believes they killed his brother, Rory
- The Black Hoods kidnap the two reporters, and take them to the Roxxon building where they meet Ian Forbes
- Liam breaks into Roxxon, and frees the two, and after splitting up, Spider-Man joins the party
- Liam and Joy are captured again, and taken to the roof, Spider-Man follows, making short order of things, but just as the fight is about over, one of the Black Hoods has a gun aimed straight at Joy's back
- Liam shoots the guy in the back, only to learn the now dying man was his brother
- The helicopter carrying Ian Forbes away suddenly explodes, and we cut to a shadowy figure in an undisclosed Roxxon office informing an unknown person on the phone that he's been taken care of
- Roxxon's involvement is nothing but the same old story of government funding for weapons being halted, and other options pursued
- Agent 003? Really?
- Forbes tells Joy and Peter the entire plan - Because there's no way they can possible escape
- Who wrote this story? A five year old who just binge watched every James Bond movie?
- This arc has done nothing meaningful for the overall story of Spider-Man, and it's been quite boring overall
Oddities
- Liam takes Peter and Joy to a pub to meet his mates, and the reporters buy them all a round of beers, and as they're leaving Joy asks if Peter will buy them a second round, to which he agrees, and flips to coins to the bartender
- Two coins for four beers? Even if each coin was €2, the average cost of a beer in 1986 in Dublin was €1.30 - €1.50 - Just saying
- Ian introduces Joy and Peter to the AK-X Antipersonnel Particle Beam Cannon
- He then has it fired within a few feet of everyone, which would destroy their ear drums
- If that wasn't bad enough, he then says it has a tendency to overheat and explode
- So basically, whether he's making himself deaf or exploding himself from firing while standing so close, he's an idiot - Yeah, that's the guy you want in charge
- Forbes tells Joy and Peter the entire plan - Because there's no way they can possible escape
- On the previous page, Spider-Man is helping Joy on the roof, on the very next, Peter Parker is standing next to her - quick change?
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