Title: The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 134
Release Date: January 1988
Highlights
- Sal Buscema returns for his legendary run on the series
- First issue to drop Peter Parker in the title, officially becoming just The Spectacular Spider-Man
- First appearance of Doctor Bank, Doctor Kalish, Doctor Costello, and Doctor Lopez
- Additional first appearance from Myron, the jewelry shop clerk, Katey Tong, and Scott Rosenberg
- Stan Carter sits along in his room at the mental hospital, talking to his alter ego, Sin-Eater
- Stan sees him constantly, and the villainous alter ego insists on prompting him to kill
- A retelling of Sin-Eater's origin and recent events surrounding his killing spree is given by the doctors who are discussing if they should set him free or not
- They let him go
- At Peter's apartment, Mary Jane is taking skimpy photos of herself to present to Peter in order to convince him that he should change careers to photographing models
- Peter sneaks in the room across the wall, and things get "marital"
- Max Dillon, AKA Electro is also out of prison, and his first order of business is to rob a jewelry store, but in his civilian clothes so as to not attract unwanted attention
- As Peter and Mary Jane walk down the street, he sees the headline on the Daily Bugle announcing Stan Carter being released, and Peter is none to happy about it
- Peter says he's going to suit up, find Carter, and tell him that he'll be watching, so he better be on the straight and narrow
- Spider-Man goes to see Carter, and finds out that when he last beat the man that he broke his jaw, clavicle, and inner ear, resulting in him permanently limping, stuttering, and partially deaf
- Unable to bear hearing anymore, Spider-Man retreats from the situation
- And also makes reference to Batman
- As Dillon tries to rob another jewelry store, the clerk sets off a silent alarm, bringing the cops
- Spider-Man see's the encounter as he swings nearby
- As Spider-Man intervenes, Dillon finally figures out that his ability to stick to walls is by some form of static electricity, and using his powers, severs that connection, sending Spider-Man crashing down on top of a car
- Rather than kill him immediately, Dillon decides he wants Spider-Man to know he's not only won, but can defeat him anytime he wishes
- The villains never take their opportunities when they have them
Oddities
- None
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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