Comics Corner: Web Of Spider-Man 12

   

Title: Web Of Spider-Man
Issue Number: 12
Release Date: March 1986

Highlights

• First appearance of G. David Guntley, and Angus
• Spider-Man's red and blue suit has been damaged in the fire
• Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 271, and Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual 5
• Mary Jane suggests Peter have the punks who burnt his apartment up arrested, but he doesn't know their names to press charges
• Spider-Man is on the case, hunting down the thugs
• Reno asks his brother Hector to take care of Spider-Man once and for all, and is told no way
• G. David Guntley of The Times calls Peter, and asks him to pose for a photo for their Crime Buster of the Month column, which he declines until offered $1,000.00
• When J. Jonah Jameson learns about the article, he reams out Robbie Robertson for not putting their own employee on the front page of the Bugle
• The gang is arrested, and Peter Parker and Miss Kwan are asked to identify them - The scared Laundromat owner backs out, and runs off
• Even though his place is in shambles, Mrs. Muggins still hounds Peter for his rent, and in a fit of rage, he hands over the entire $1,000.00, actually putting him ahead on his rent for several months
• Hector bails the boys out, and they call Peter at the Bugle to harass him
• Enraged, Spider-Man goes after them intent on stopping the nonsense once and for all
• Hector tells his brother that while he won't off Spider-Man, he's going to go take care of Peter for him
• The gang panics, as they realize they'll be immediately tied to the murder, and go back to prison
• As Spider-Man catches up with the gang on the streets, Mary Jane heads to Peter's apartement to wait for him, neither knowing that Hector is waiting inside to kill the first person to walk through the door
• Spider-Man arrives just in time to save Mary Jane, who runs out and calls the cops
• Meanwhile the gang charges in, pleading with Hector to stop, with Reno apologizing for starting everything
• Reference is made to Jean DeWolff's murder, and how Spider-Man helped solve it
• Peter drops the charges on the kids, which doesn't sit well with the folks mustering up crime patrols in the name of Peter Parker

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• None

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

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Comics Corner: Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars 12

    

Title: Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars
Issue Number: 12
Release Date: April 1985

Highlights

• First appearance of Puff
• The heroes are all dead - destroyed in an instant by a blast from Doom when they all agree to fight him
• In space, the remaining villains continue their journey back to earth, levitated through space by Molecule Man on the encapsulated chunk of Denver
• Enchantress draws a bath, and summons an Elemental in it, asking her to tell her everything about the Beyonder
• We finally learn that the Beyonder took an interest in Earth, specifically that the beings on the plant continued to have desires they couldn't achieve
• Thus he selected those who came, and offered them an opportunity to win such a prize
• Doom intends to use his powers to invade the realm of Mephisto, and free his mother's captive soul
• The Elemental informs Enchantress that the Beyonder is not dead, he waits near Doom, weak, but waiting for an opportunity to strike
• Reference is made to Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars 7
• Enchantress demands the favor from Volcana be returned
• The favor she is owed for transporting the woman to Molecule Man's side in issue 7
• Enchantress begins to drain Volcana's life force, drawing her energy to teleport herself to Asgard
• The Lizard takes Molecule Man to Enchantress in an attempt to stop her
• Seeing she is surrounded, Enchantress uses her last remaining power to teleport herself back to Battleworld, but unfortunately also takes Lizard with her
• Lizard scratches Enchantress's face, and in a fit of rage, she drains him of all his life force
• Enchantress teleports herself to Asgard
• Klaw uses his powers to show Doom a vision of Zsaji healing Colossus, but (seamingly) dies in the process
• Colossus in turn uses the healing machine at the base to restore Reed Richards, who then builds multiple healing machines, and revives all the heroes
• Doctor Doom gets angry, saying that the story Klaw told him can't be true, but now that it's in his head, he may inadvertently make it so with an uncontrolled thought
• As Doom's rage grows, the wall is smashed by Thor's hammer
• Doom starts to lose control of his powers as his mind beings to open
• Klaw convinces Doom to give him just a little power, and he will take care of the heroes, which Doom does
• Klaw sends large creatures at the heroes, and then resurrects Ultron
• As the battle starts, Thing starts reverting back to Ben Grim, but fights the change, and again becomes Thing, he now knows how to control it
• Captain America breaks into the tower, and confronts Doom
• Doom atomizes Captain America, but the hero reappears
• An endless loop begins where Captain America continues to be atomized, only to immediately return to fight - Doom begins to lose control as a result, and the universe begins to be destroyed
• The Beyonder (aka the beam of light that was body hopping) exits Klaw, and reclaims his power from Doom
• The Beyonder changes Doom back to how he was prior to gaining ultimate power
• Klaw runs towards Doom, and both disappear in a flash of light
• Colossus buries Zsaji
• Spider-Man follows voices to the room where the costume machine is, and finds the heroes using it to get new suites, but it's not the same machine he used
• Spider-Man asks if their clothes are controllable by their minds, to which Human Torch responds that they're just clothes
• Spider-Man ponders why his costume is controllable, but then shrugs it off
• Hawkeye tries to talk to Hulk, but the man is once again turning savage, and gets aggressive
• Curt Connors, no longer the Lizard, stumbles into the heroes base
• Lockheed returns with a friend, Puff
• The Beyonder keeps his promise, providing the heroes with all they desire
• For Captain America this is a restored shield
• For Reed Richards, it's finding how to get everyone home
• Thing decides to stay behind on Battleworld, sending She-Hulk to take his place on the Fantastic Four team
• Reed leaves Ben the device so that he can return to Earth when he's ready
• All the heroes, except Ben, return to Earth
• Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars end

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• None

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

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Comics Corner: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 12

   

Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 12
Release Date: November 1977

Highlights

• First appearance of the Legion of Light- Brother Power (alias Achmed Kobra), and Sister Sun (alias Sha Shan), and Professor Hutton
• Origin of Brother Power
• First cameo (shadow) appearance of Razorback (alias Buford Hollis)
• Flash Thompson still dwells on Sha Shan
• Reference is made to Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 8, The Amazing Spider-Man 108, 109, and 113
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Low Points

• Spider-Man refers to Achmed, who is from Vietnam as, "Charlie" - Come on, Spidey! Racism?

Oddities

• Is that Mary Jane at the cult gathering?
  

• Editor's day off - The whites of Spider-Man's lenses are colored red in the last two panels of the issue

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Comics Corner: The Man Called Nova 12

   

Title: The Man Called Nova
Issue Number: 12
Release Date: August 1977

Highlights

• First appearance of Harry Daze, Ralph Rider, Michael Lincoln, Jason Dean, and Franklin Risk
• Classic murder mystery story akin to Clue - Who killed Dr. Rider?

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• Richard Rider, AKA Nova, see's Peter Parker groggy on the ground next to his dead uncle, and assumes Parker must be the killer, naturally punching him in the face without asking any questions - Marvel heroes are dumb

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

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Comics Corner: Marvel Team-Up 12

  

Title: Marvel Team-Up
Issue Number: 12
Release Date: August 1973

Highlights

• First appearance of Moondark
  
• Spider-Man gets some new scenery while visiting San Francisco
• Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 121, 122, and 123

Low Points

• Really dumb plot
• Continues in Daredevil 103, an unrelated title to Spider-Man
• One of the worst Spider-Man stories I have read so far

Oddities

• The only reason Spider-Man even comes to know about Moondark is because the villain sends the Werewolf after him because he thinks Spider-Man is in town to thwart him from his master plan
• Moondark's master plan is never even stated in the story - What is this guy's motive?

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Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 12

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man

Issue Number: 12

Release Date: May 1964

Highlights

• Doctor Octopus unmasks Spider-Man

Low Points

• Too soon for another story featuring Doctor Octopus (see issue 11)

Oddities

• Peter Parker gets a flu virus in the span of two pages and it culminates in him being defeated
• Betty Brant materializes out of nowhere to take her job back from the secretary who literally just quit and walked out the door

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