Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 316

   

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 316
Release Date: June 1989

Highlights

• Iconic Todd McFarlane cover that has been homaged numerous times
• Todd hid one spider on the cover, can you find it?
• Venom is living in the sewers, and a homeless man comes across him
• At first, Venom doesn't believe the frightened man when he says he won't tell anyone about him, but after making an example of a helpless rat, the man gets more convincing
• Venom leaves him alone
• Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 300, and "recent issues" of The Spectacular Spider-Man
• Spider-Man gets a couple of photos of a bank robber, but knowing Jameson (Chameleon) isn't buying heroic Spidey pictures, he makes sure to stay out of them
• Peter takes the photos to the Bugle, and when he walks past Eduardo Lobo, he thinks his spidey senses are on the fritz again
• Gloria Grant gives him change of address forms
• Black Cat arrives at the Bedford Towers looking for Spider-Man, but see's that he's moved out
• Venom appears behind her, questioning where Spider-Man is
• The fight which commences is short, with Venom beating her severely
• As he leaves, he mentions that Partker's wife didn't know where he was either
• Black Cat now knows Peter is married
• In the street below, Mary Jane sees Venom exiting the building
• Back at Aunt May's house, Mary Jane tells Peter that Venom is back
• As his wife worries about what will happen if Venom finds them, Peter assures her she doesn't have to be afraid because he's going to find him first
• Spider-Man heads out into the city searching for hours, but not finding him, only to discover that Venom has been following him for the majority of the time, not setting off his spidey senses
• As the fight commences, it becomes clear to Spider-Man that he can't win on his own, so he retreats
• Venom finds Peter Parker's webbed up clothing bundle, and inside the filled out change of address forms
• Did you find the hidden spider on the cover? It's to the right of the UPC box in the bottom left corner

• Felix the cat can be seen on a poster in the room when Mary Jane is cuddling a stuffed bear

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• None

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

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