Comics Corner: Web Of Spider-Man 16

   

Title: Web Of Spider-Man
Issue Number: 16
Release Date: July 1986

Highlights

• First appearance of Charla Hanks, Seth Hanks, Wayne, and Dr. Udoff
• First appearance of the Temple Corners
• The end of the red suit story arc begins
• After getting his last clean shirt caught in a door, ripping it, Peter ends up at the Bugle in a pink Strawberry Shortcake shirt
• J. Jonah Jameson intercepts Peter, and takes him upstairs to the new Now Magazine offices
• Jameson has already brought Joy Mercado onboard, and he sends her and Peter to Temple Corners to get photos and a story on the growing frustrations with the locals there
• Upon arriving in town, things seem off to Joy and Peter, with none of the rioters and apparent problems being present
• Peter and Joy are met by the Temple Corners "welcoming committee," who smash out their car windshield
• As the fight breaks out, Peter initially pulls his punches, but Joy encourages, telling him she knows he can handle himself, like she saw him do against a group of thugs
• Hearing this, Peter cuts loose, and wallops the townfolk
• Reference is made to Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual 5, and Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 108
• As more reinforcements arrive, Peter and Joy run, ducking down an alley, and being told by Charla they can hide in her place
• Charla asks them to help her get her son Seth back
• Peter, Joy, and Charla are captured by "the men without faces", who take them to an underground hidden city
• Dr. Udoff says that Seth is the key to their plan, and reuniting him with his mother will help keep that plan moving forward
• Peter escapes, and with a quick change to Spider-Man, starts trashing the villains
• Magma crashes through the wall in a cliffhanger ending, challenging Spider-Man to battle

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• None

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Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual

   

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual 16
Issue Number: 16
Release Date: November 1982

Highlights

• First appearance of Monica Rambeau as Captain Marvel
• Additional first appearances of Professor Andre LeClare, Roxxon employee, Felipe Picaro, the thugs, Scud, and Mojo, New Orleans Harbor Patrol, Generalissimo Ernesto Ramirez, Dougie, and Joey
• Origin of the new Captain Marvel
• Reference is made to Fantastic Four 242
• Harry and Liz come into town

Low Points

• An entire secret organization and their security is swayed by a pair of boobs

Oddities

• None

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Comics Corner: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 16

   

Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 16
Release Date: March 1978

Highlights

• First appearance of Officer Joey Macone, and Mary Ann Macone
• Daredevil in a Hostess Twinkie ad

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• Joey Macone makes a sticky glue with heroine and water...yeah...heroine...
• The police had a briefcase in their evidence locker that had a false bottom with a million dollars, and they didn't find it? Those police suck at their jobs!
• Editor's day off: "Because, a Peter Parker knows too well..."

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Comics Corner: Marvel Team-Up 16

   

Title: Marvel Team-Up
Issue Number: 16
Release Date: December 1973

Highlights

• First appearance of Basilisk, Basil Elks
• Lots of action to keep you turning the pages
• Origin of the Alpha and Omega gems
• The Alpha gem gives Basil his powers
• The Omega gem entraps Captain Marvel, leading to a cliff hanger ending

Low Points

• Basilisk's eyes are a one stop shop of being able to do everything - They turn things to stone, dig holes, create quicksand, rubber, crystal shells, dig holes, make him fly, and even created his costume...It's too convenient

Oddities

• Basil only gets caught by the security guard because he lost track of time gloating about stealing a gem

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Comics Corner: Daredevil The Man Without Fear 17

Title: Daredevil The Man Without Fear

Issue Number: 17

Release Date: June 1966

Highlights

• Picks up where issue 16 concluded, with Spider-Man crashing through the window of Nelson and Murodck, thinking Foggy Nelson is Daredevil
• Matt Murdock lets the readers know how much he hates pretending he's helpless when he's being himself
• Daredevil admits to the readers he's an adrenaline junkie
• Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man issue 16, where Daredevil and Spider-Man first met

Low Points

• Spider-Man continues to fight first, ask questions later - Really makes him look like a hard head
• Foggy continues to elude to Karen that he is Daredevil - Even though he's fat, and clearly not
  

Oddities

• Masked Marauder keeps an advertising blimp on hand?

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Comics Corner: Daredevil The Man Without Fear 16

Title: Daredevil The Man Without Fear

Issue Number: 16

Release Date: May 1966

Highlights

• First Spider-Man appearance in Daredevil The Man Without Fear
• Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man issue 16, where Daredevil and Spider-Man first met
• Takes place after The Amazing Spider-Man issue 36
• Foggy Nelson talks smack about Daredevil and Karen Page bites his head off for it
• Matt Murdock gets the message loud and clear, Foggy is romantically interested in Karen
• Spider-Man and Daredevil fight
• Spider-Man thinks Foggy Nelson is Daredevil and crashed in through the window of Nelson and Murdock to attack again

Low Points

• Multiple henchmen dressed as Daredevil are sent out to attack Spider-Man to lure the real Daredevil and Spider-Man to fight each other
• Spider-Man concludes Daredevil has turned evil and is cahoots with Masked Marauder, and Daredevil thinks the same about Spider-Man - Idiots

Oddities

• Masked Marauder dresses all of his men as Daredevil, and considers this plan to be, "Satanic in its sheer simplicity"?

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Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 16

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man

Issue Number: 16

Release Date: September 1964

Highlights

• Spider-Man meets Daredevil
• Great introduction to who Daredevil is for those who don't read his book
• Spider-Man meets the Ringmaster

Low Points

• Daredevil narrates everything he does, and it's kind of annoying
• Yet another silly plot revolving around a villain of the week scheming to rob people

Oddities

• As a hoax to sell tickets, Ringmaster falsly advertises that Spider-Man will appear in his show - Did he really think Spider-Man wouldn't notice this?

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