Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 310
Release Date: December 1988
Highlights
- McFarlane hid one spider on this issue's cover - Can you spot it?
- First appearance of Dr. Evan Swann, Anne-Marie Baker, and Mr. Graff
- Spider-Man attempts to stop Killer Shrike from robbing an armored car, but the villain gets away
- Peter is registering to go back to college, and even has a $9,000/00 Research Assistant Grant to help pay for it
- Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 307
- Mary Jane has had the locks changed from her recent abduction by building owner, Jonathon Caesar
- After registering for school, Peter reports to Dr. Swann's lab, where he'll be serving as a research assistant alongside Anne-Marie Baker
- Dr. Swann receives a delivery for an integrated geradyne, and Anne-Marie questions where he's getting the funds if they're already over budget
- Peter's spidey sense goes off when Dr. Swann opens his office door
- After their evening date, Peter tells Mary Jane to go up, and that he'll go down the street for ice cream, but stops himself, and tells her it was a lie
- He really wants to go to ESU, and find out why his spidey sense tingled
- Spider-Man finds Dr. Swann working, and tells him to give him access to his lab to see what's up, or he'll break the door
- The door opens, and Spidey is greeted by the Tinkerer, who happily gloats about what he's up to - building a secret weapon for Killer Shrike, who just so happens to burst through the window at that moment
- Shrike demands the weapon from the Tinkerer, but tells him he doesn't have the money thanks to Spider-Man interfering earlier
- Tinkerer declines to give him the tech until he gets his money, to which Shrike convinces him with a threat
- The last laugh is the Tinkerer's who laughs when the equipment overloads on Shrike because he removed a circuit in just such the event that Shrike reneged on their deal
- From there, the fight with Spider-Man is short, and Shrike is easily detained
- Dr. Swann explains he did it because the Tinkerer discovered he didn't graduate high school, and his college degree was fake, leading to his job being earned as a lie
- Did you find the hidden spider on the cover? It's located on the right side of the largest building
- This issue's Felix the cat is hidden on Peter Parker's new key ring, which is handed to him by Mary Jane
- Great art, but boring story
Oddities
- Editor's Day Off: Despite establishing him as Dr. Swann, and even having it in the panel above, the panel at the bottom of the page refers to him as Dr. Swan
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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