Comics Corner: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 131

   

Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 131
Release Date: October 1987

Highlights

  • First appearance of Lieutenant Dave, and Officer Marsha Collins
  • A couple weeks have passed, as made reference by a pair of cops who talk about Spider-Man being out of control for that period of time
  • Unbeknownst to them they're referencing Kraven, who has shot, buried, and assumed the identity of Spider-Man
  • Vermin grabs a woman off the street, leaving her unconscious body for what he thinks is Spider-Man to find
    • He runs into a pair of police, and while one is being eaten alive by his rats, the other reminds him of his mother
      • She manages to shoot him in the gut, but he gets the upper hand, licks her face, and runs away
  • Mary Jane goes to Joe Robertson's house, intent on asking him questions about her missing husband, but after being welcomed in, changes her mind, and leaves
  • Kravin intends on one more test to prove he's a better Spider-Man by finding Vermin, and killing him
  • Kraven heads to the sewers and battles Vermin, winning
  • As he carries him out of the sewers, back at Kraven's mansion, Spider-Man's hand breaks through the ground where he was buried
Low Points
  • Nothing's really happening, and the impact of the first chapter is starting to fade fast
  • The last issue of Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man crediting Jim Shooter as Editor-In Chief - Jim was fired in April 1987 from Marvel Comics
Oddities
  • None
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)



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