Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 162

   

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 162
Release Date: November 1976

Highlights

• First appearance of Jigsaw, Billy Russo
• First appearance of Marla Madison, eventually to become Marla Jamison, the second wife of J. Jonah Jameson
• Jigsaw wants revenge on the Punisher for knocking him through a plate glass window that gave him his scars - and the Punisher doesn't even remember who he is

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• Jigsaw swears that today either he or the Punisher will die, but two panels later, on the same page, Jigsaw is running away

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

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Comics Corner: The Incredible Hulk V2 162

Title: The Incredible Hulk

Issue Number: V2 162

Release Date: April 1973

Highlights

• First cameo appearance of Wendigo / George Baptiste and Wendigo / Paul Cartier and Marie Cartier
• Slug fest among beasts
• Read this as a precursor to Wolverine appearing in issue 180, but this story isn't necessarily a part of it

Low Points

• Paul Cartier's origin as Wendigo is really lame - If you eat a dead human, you turn into a Wendigo

Oddities

• None

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

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