Title: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual
Issue Number: 20
Release Date: November 1986
Highlights
- First appearance of Iron Man 2020, AKA Arno Stark, Robert Saunders (Earth-616), and Richard Saunders
- First appearance and death of Robert Saunders (Earth-8410), Cynthia Stark, and Arno Stark Jr.
- Death of Blizzard (Gregor Shapanka), and Dr. "Hawk" Hawkins
- The story opens in the year 2015 on Earth-8410
- Arno Stark is nominated Man of the Year for his invention of the Time Displacement Device
- Arno's wife Cynthia calls him, and though she attempts to remind him that he promised the coming weekend for her and their son, Arno blows her off the meet with Dr. Hawkins
- Robert Saunders infiltrates Stark's plant, and arms the buster bomb, and unknown initially to Stark is that his wife and kid are there
- Saunders doesn't have any intensions of blowing the place up, but instead disarming everything from a safe distance after his terrorist act is over
- Unfortunately, he ends up splattered all over the dome as Stark blasts his escape air scooter
- It's deduced that a retinal scan from Saunders is the only thing that can stop the bomb, but with him blown up, there's only one chance - time travel
- On Earth-616, Spider-Man battles Blizzard, all while snapping photos which he needs to sell to pay his late rent, but knowing that the Bugle isn't interested - They're not
- At the Bugle, Peter meets a young child, Robert Saunders
- Jameson gives Peter an international assignment for Now Magazine in Geneva, Switzerland, which Peter jumps at for the money
- Peter is excited to be leaving for the assignment "tomorrow" until he's reminded by Mary Jane that it's his Aunt's birthday
- As Peter attempts to leave for the airport, he see's his landlady in the hallway, and instead attempts to duck out the skylight as Spider-Man, but his neighbors are on the roof sunbathing
- So, dressed as Spider-Man, he simply decides to walk down the hall, but is seen by the child from the Bugle, who's come to see Peter to learn how to be a photographer
- Spider-Man drops the kid off at the Bugle, and tells him he has a plane to catch, but as he swings away, Blizzard grabs the boy, dragging him to his van
- Blizzard also has a new suit, since the cops confiscated his other
- The roof of the van is ripped off by Iron Man, Arno Stark, and he grabs the boy, immediately flying away
- Blizzard gets angry at being ignored, and blasts Iron Man, knocking him from the sky
- Annoyed, Iron Man blasts Blizzard back, killing him
- Iron Man scan's the kids retinal to get the information he needs
- Spider-Man circles back to make sure the boy guy into the building safely, and is met by Iron Man who immediately opens fire on him
- The battle causes the retinal scanner to be destroyed, and as Spider-Man swings away with Robert, Iron Man gives chase, continuing to shoot
- A close blast from Iron Man sends shards of glass into the boy's skin, cutting him badly
- Spider-Man goes into a rage, and pummels Iron Man, damaging all of his suit's systems
- Just as Iron Man tries to explain (finally), he vanishes in time
- Robert's face is severely disfigured from the shards of glass, an origin story to why as an adult his face is all scarred up
- Spider-Man is met by Robert's father who says if Spider-Man needs anything to let him know
- Spider-Man asks for a loan, and the man offers him fifteen thousand dollars, but Spider-Man just asks for his rent money, $275.36
- Stark is returned back to his time, his calculations off, and the time he thought he had not precise - The bomb has detonated, and his family, along with countless others are dead
- None
Oddities
- Editor's Day Off: The text boxes for Blizzard aren't colored in during an action infused panel, making them difficult to read
- Of course when Iron Man sees Spider-Man he immediately opens fire instead of using his words - It's the Marvel way
- Even Spider-Man is trying to figure out why he didn't talk to him
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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