Title: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual
Issue Number: 23
Release Date: September 1989
Highlights
- This annual features seven stories, including part four of Atlantis Attacks, which spread across the entire Marvel universe's annuals in 1989
- The artwork inside is from some of Marvel's greatest, including up and comers Mark Bagley, and Rob Liefeld
- Story I: Abominations
- Artwork by Rob Liefeld
- First appearance of Sam Ewing
- Reference is made to X-Men Annual 13, and Iron Man Annual 10
- Mary Jane surprises Peter at work with an invitation to lunch
- Jennifer Walters, AKA She-Hulk storms out of J. Jonah Jameson's office, shouting at him, and turning green in the process
- Tyrannus, trapped in the body of Abomination demands that Ghaur free him from it, to which he's told will happen, but that another essence must take his place
- We see that Ghaur has Emil Blonsky prisoner, the original Abomination, and he intends to use him as the essence
- The massive energy used to make the transfer sparks across New York, garnering the attention of She-Hulk and Spider-Man
- The transfer works, but is too much for Emil, turning Abomination into a mindless monster
- Ghaur watches the fight, concluding that She-Hulk is what he needs for his next phase - To make her the wife of the God, Set
- Flash Thompson follows the noise of the battle, and as Abomination escapes, he's left to watch over an unconscious Spider-Man while She-Hulk pursues
- The heroes go into battle with the creature
- She-Hulk continues the battle without Spider-Man, and once she's knocked temporarily unconscious, Ghaur imprints her with the mark of Set
- Meanwhile, Spider-Man rejoins the fight
- In an epilogue ending, Dr. Tryon goes to see Viper in her prison cell, looking to help each other
- Story II - My Science Project
- Artwork by Mark Bagley
- A flashback story to Peter's youth during high school, prior to him getting spider powers
- Uncle Ben is still alive and well
- Story III - Uncanny Spider-Sense
- A story focusing on Spidey's spider-sense, and how it works
- Story IV - Standards Of Behavior
- Nick Katzenberg is at Aunt May's home, attempting to move in as one of her tenants
- His nefarious goal is to learn the connection between Peter and Spider-Man
- Nick's "charm" oozes like a reptile, and May picks up on it right away, banishing him from her home
- Story V - Spider-Man's Top 30 Villain Countdown
- Fun art by Fred Hembeck
- It's a rollout of Spidey's rogue gallery, all set to the quirky art of Fred
- Story VI - The Saga Of The Serpent Crown Part IV
- Art by Mark Bagley, inked by Keith Williams
- Death of King Kamuu, Queen Zartra, and Emperor Phraug
- First appearance and death of Antilia
- First appearance of the location, Atra's Sanctum
- Good art can't save this over bloated mix match of stories from not being a sludge to get through
- It's too long
- Story I: Abominations
- It's continued in Punisher Annual 2
- Story II - My Science Project
- It's really just a retelling of Amazing Fantasy 15 from a different perspective
- Story VI - The Saga Of The Serpent Crown Part IV
- The story has nothing to do at all with Spider-Man
- It too continues in Punisher Annual 2
- Unless you read fourteen different Annuals, you're not going to get the full story of the two main arcs, making this Annual pointless to read
- $2.00 was a lot of money for a kid back in 1989, and having them drop this on a book that doesn't even contain a relevant story to the next issue of Spider-Man is kind of crummy
- What kid had twenty-eight dollars in 1989 to buy fourteen comic books?
Oddities
- None
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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