Comics Corner: Web Of Spider-Man 15

   

Title: Web Of Spider-Man
Issue Number: 15
Release Date: June 1986

Highlights

• First appearance of Chance, AKA Nicholas Powell, Elmo Twig, Jim, Karen, and Johnny
• Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 265, 273, and Web Of Spider-Man 6
• Chance see's Spider-Man web lining across the city, and wagers Foreigner his $10,000.00 fee that he can take him out in twenty-four hours, Foreigner accepts the bet
• Spider-Man catches up with Black Fox, thinking he's the one who murdered Andre Boullion in the previous issue, only to find out he didn't, and be attacked by Chance
• We learn that Chance's helmet allows him to see in five different directions with the use of built in camera monitors
• Chance admits to being the murderer
• Spider-Man realizes that while Chance can see in multiple direction at once, down isn't one of them, and defeats him with an attack from below
• Peter actually goes through with it, and fences the golden notebook for $3,000.00
• He uses every penny to pay anonymously pay Nathan Lubensky's hospital bill, leaving nothing for himself
• Mary Jane paid for all of Peter's apartment repairs while he was out as Spider-Man, saving him from eviction

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• None

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

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Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual 15

 

Before we even start, I have to say a heartfelt rest in peace to Jim Shooter. Jim passed away at the age of 73 on June 30, 2025. It's incredibly sad news to hear.

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual
Issue Number: 15
Release Date: October 1981

Highlights

• First appearance of the random characters, Harry, Turhan, and Eddie
• Death of Turhan
• Punisher shoots both of Spider-Man's web shooters with precise aim
• Punisher is arrested

Low Points

• Just okay for a king size annual

Oddities

• I was appalled by how bad the artwork on the first few pages was, and then shocked to discover it was Frank Miller

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

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Comics Corner: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 15

      

Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 15
Release Date: February 1978

Highlights

• Death of Brother Power (alias Achmed Kobra)
• Reference is made to Marvel Premiere 1, The Incredible Hulk 178, and Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 12
• Origin of Man-Beast

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• Editor's day off - In the very first few pages Spider-Mans white lenses are colored in red multiple times, and this happens again towards the end of the issue
• Editor's continued day off - While Flash Thompson is underground with Spider-Man and Razorback, there is someone above ground in a panel who looks like him to a "T"

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

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Comics Corner: Marvel Team-Up 15

   

Title: Marvel Team-Up
Issue Number: 15
Release Date: November 1973

Highlights

• First appearance of Orb (Drake Shannon)
• Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 126, and Marvel Spotlight 5
• Despite having a silly plot, the action is fast paced, and constant, keeping you invested and reading

Low Points

• Silly plot point (see oddities below)
• Marvel Team-Up feels like a villain and team-up of the week series - Not very important to the overall story arc of Spider-Man

Oddities

• The whole plot surrounds the Orb kidnapping Roxanne Simpson, and offering to spare her life if Ghost Rider transfers to him ownership of the stunt show

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

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Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 15

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man

Issue Number: 15

Release Date: August 1964

Highlights

• First appearance of Kraven the Hunter
• Chameleon returns - This time with his classic blank face
• First mention of "Watson", as in, Mary Jane Watson

Low Points

• Kraven flip flops from fearless hunter to frightened prey from page to page

Oddities

• Kraven and Chameleon get deported at the end

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

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Comics Corner: Amazing Fantasy 15

Title: Amazing Fantasy

Issue Number: 15 

Release Date: August 1962

Highlights

• Short story that's to the point with no filler
• Great origin story for a soon to be, all new, fan favorite super hero
• First appearance of Peter Parker / Spider-Man
• First appearance of The Burglar
• First appearance of Aunt May
• First appearance of Uncle Ben

Low Points

• Remaining two stories, unrelated to Spider-Man, are uninspiring and rather bland
• Promised continued adventures of Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy 16 never came to fruition because the series was cancelled shortly after publication of issue 15

Oddities

• Characters have noticeably large and disproportionate heads

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

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