Title: The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 141
Release Date: August 1988
Highlights
- Fist appearance and death of Harold Ullman
- First appearance of the henchman, Willis
- After coming face to face with the Punisher in the previous issue, both he and Spider-Man are headed to the vigilante's boat for a meeting
- Punisher tells Spider-Man he wants the tape Robbie Robertson made for Peter Parker, and also information on where Tombstone is
- He's closer than he thinks, he's followed the Punisher's van with a bunch of armed henchmen, who he order's to attack at dawn
- Punisher tells Spider-Man that Tombstone killed a friend of his, Harold Ullman, and he intends to get justice for him, well, Punisher's definition of justice
- Tombstone overhears the conversation between the two, and learns about the tape from Robbie Robertson to Peter Parker
- Ben Urich goes to the hospital to see Robbie, and is greeted by his son, Randy, who tells him that Robbie will be able to walk again with physical therapy
- Ben tells Robbie he knows about the tape, and speculates it's about Tombstone, he then tells Robbie he knows where to find him if he wants to talk
- Two of Tombstone's men try to sneak up on Frank Castle, and one gets an eyeful of hot grease from the bacon he just cooked
- The other gets the butt of a gun to the head
- The one burned by grease exchanges information that there's two more on the deck above in exchange for medical aid
- They get greeted by a hail of gunfire that shreds through them
- The burned man then tells that they were supposed to get him to follow them to the Cloisters
- After playing Mary Jane the tape from Robbie, he asks her what he should do; Give the tape to Ben Urich, hand it over to the Punisher, or burn it, like Robbie requested
- Mary Jane tells him she won't make that decision for him, leaving Peter to deduce that it's Robbie's tape, and he alone has to decide what to do
- When he leaves, Mary Jane thinks to herself how fearful she is for him living the life of Spider-Man
- As Peter leaves, Tombstone enters the building, and find's Parker's name on the mailbox, along with the apartment number
- Meanwhile, the Punisher infiltrates the Cloisters
- While he takes out two guards immediately, he's jumped by four more
- It doesn't go well for them
- Back at the apartment, Tombstone grabs Mary Jane from behind by her hair, demanding to know where Peter is
- Punisher sneaks up on Tombstone's car, and as he opens the door is greeted by the Arranger, and Roland Rayburn, AKA Persuader
- Persuader uses his mind power on the Punisher to defuse him
- He tries to resist, and puts up a decent mental fight
- At the hospital, Peter meets with Robbie who reaffirms he wants the tape destroyed
- A nurse enters the room and tells Peter that his wife just arrived at the emergency room
- None
Oddities
- None
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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