Comics Corner: The Spectacular Spider-Man 147

   

Title: The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 147
Release Date: February 1989

Highlights

• First appearance of Mr. Wexler
• Hobgoblin flies through the city, fresh off his defeat against Harry Osborn and Spider-Man, and acting like a baby about it
• While he mopes, a group of demons attack him, but he's able to defeat them
• The though of becoming a demon, as he's already dressed as one makes him ponder
• Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 312, Web Of Spider-Man 47, and "current issues" of X-Men
• Spider-Man gets knocked from the sky by a massive wind, and when he's slammed across a building façade is bitten by a gargoyle demon, and sent hurtling to the ground
• After awakening from being knocked out, Spidey slowly makes his way to the Daily Bugle
• Inside, led by J. Jonah Jameson, the staff are barricading the city room, and arming themselves for battle against the demons
• Spider-Man enters the room, and passes out in Jameson's arms
• At her now derailed photo shoot, Mary Jane and the crew are battling against their own series of attacking demons
• As Green Goblin leaves the city, he's attacked by a water demon who tells him to stay within the barrier of the city to be a meal for his master, N'Astirh
• Harry deduces he made it through the barrier before it closed, and decides he should check on Aunt May for Peter's sake
• We see that several demons have gotten out of the barrier as well, and are swarming Queens
• Hobgoblin makes his way to the Empire State Building, the source of the demons, and demands to see their master
• Hobgoblin offers his sould to N'Astirh for demonic powers, and this makes the demon laugh, who then takes his soul before zapping him away
• Back at the Bugle, the demons attack again
• Spider-Man comes to, and fights side by side with Jonah
• After the battle, Spider-Man's side begins to bleed again, causing him to also pass out again
• The deal is done, and Hobgoblin becomes possessed by Demogoblin

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• In a moment of clarity, Robbie Robertson says he's been running from his issue with Tombstone too long, and it's time for him to take a stand
• He's talking about the horde of frightened people preparing to attack him with handheld blunt objects
• So he's afraid of Tombstone, but is brave now to take on a group of people in a physical fight?

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Comics Corner: Marvel Team-Up 147

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Title: Marvel Team-Up
Issue Number: 147
Release Date: November 1984

Highlights

• First appearance of Black Abbott's Island Base
• Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 3, 257, and 258
• Spider-Man is swinging around the city when two jet craft soar past him, the one behind releasing a missile
• Spider-Man is able to stop the explosive, but in doing so gets knocked about by the concussion of the blast
• Human Torch saves Spider-Man from a fall, and then soars off to help the pilot of the craft being chased, which was just blown out of the sky
• Johnny Storm has moved out on his own to an apartment
• The mysterious Mr. Abbott shows up at Peter's apartment, and tries to use hypnotism on him to get Peter to join his special peace project
• Peter resists the attempt thanks to the warning of his spider sense, but decides to still go with him, pretending to be under the man's command
• In the hospital, the dying pilot tells Torch about Black Abbott, his plans, and his secret base
• Human Torch infiltrates the base, but is quickly overcome by a pair of guards
• Human Torch gets hypnotized by Black Abbott, and Spider-Man is only able to break it by making him angry
• There are two Black Abbott's, and Spider-Man asks if the other is Black Costello
• In the Baxter Building, the imprisoned symbiote continues to hammer its fists against the glass, a futile effort to escape

Low Points

• Spider-Man finally breaks the hypnotism on Torch by telling him he's glad his sister lost her baby because he'd be a terrible uncle - Dang, that's rough

Oddities

• Editor's Day Off: Who forgot to color in the Torch?

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Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 147

   

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 147
Release Date: August 1975

Highlights

• Reference is made to Giant-Size Spider-Man 5, and The Amazing Spider-Man 135
• Mary Jane's jealousy for Peter comes out in light of the return of Gwen Stacy
• Peter learns that Gwen is a clone
• Jackal reveals that he created the Gwen clone
• Jackal and Tarantula take Spider-Man prisoner, and throw him off the top of the bridge, mirroring the death of Gwen Stacy in a cliffhanger ending

Low Points

• Odd comedic moments take you out of the flow of the story (see below)

Oddities

• Tarantula is able to craft two spike tipped shoes while in prison, using the prison's grinders, but no guards ever bothered to check in on this?
• Odd moments of comedy unlike any I've seen in a Spider-Man issue before

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