The Toy Box: Comics Corner: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 123

Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 123
Release Date: February 1987

Highlights

First appearance, and death of Blaze, AKA Kirk Donaghue
First appearance of the 1400 Club
Spider-Man sees and hears an explosion from the apartment of Black Cat, and rescues her from the wreckage
She makes a play at him, telling him to give her mouth to mouth, which he declines
Spider-Man ponders to himself why his spidey sense always goes off when Keating is near
In a flashback, which shows the reader why Spider-Man was near Felicia's apartment, she calls Peter on the phone, and tells him about a letter slipped under her door that says that since she's Spider-Man girlfriend, she's the first to die, the note then burns up
Mary Jane heads to Peter's apartment, determined to sort out their relationship once and for all, not knowing that he and Felicia are there

She's stopped by Alfredo who says to call her if she ever wants to work out their relationship

Seeing Felicia at Peter's apartment results in words between the two girls, and despite Peter asking what Mary Jane wanted to talk about she clams up with him
As Spider-Man and Black Cat head out, Mary Jane calls Alfredo
J.D. meets Kirk Donaghue, and gives him his contract to kill Spider-Man and Black Cat
Black Cat and Spider-Man go to see Foreigner
Foreigner sets up a meeting with Blaze, but he doesn't tell him Black Cat and Spider-Man will be attending
J.D. enters the room, bringing Foreigner a drink on a tray, showing that Foreigner is in on everything
When confronted by Black Cat and Spider-Man, Blaze informs them he knows he can't win a fight, so he offers to let them buy his contract out for $30,000.00, and also free the hostage he has as insurance
After punching Blaze, and webbing him up, Spider-Man notices that Black Cat's fingernails have instantly grown long
When the two finally find the hostage, they discover she's already dead
The two return to Blaze to find he's not only free, but has several men

Spider-Man goes into a rage at the death of the woman, and he's brutal on the bad guys

Just as Spider-Man gets his hands on Blaze, Keating and his officers arrive on scene, and tell the hero to back off
As Spider-Man sits on a roof confiding in Black Cat, the two embrace, and kiss
Keating goes to see Blaze in his cell, and proceeds to inform the villain that he knows all about J.D., the Foreigner, and how all the events occurred

He then breaks Blaze's neck killing him
In a surprise ending, Keating has super strength, and uses it to rip a hole in the prison wall, and lies down next to it before calling for help

As other officer's arrive, Keating pins everything on Spider-Man, saying he kicked in the wall, and killed Blaze

Low Points

Oddities

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

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