Title: Web Of Spider-Man
Issue Number: 24
Release Date: March 1987
Highlights
- First appearance of The Magnificent Manfred, Fred, the casino patron, Miller, the casino security guard, and Owen Briosky, and his body guards, Benson and Gerhard
- Death of Randal Reese
- Peter is in Atlantic City with Aunty May and her senior citizens group
- Nathan Lubensky sits at a table blowing money, fifty dollars at a time
- We learn that even though May asked Nathan to move out, he can't afford to move, which is why she's upset that he's blowing all his money on gambling
- Peter sits down at a slot machine, and drops his only spendable dollar in it
- After winning, he quickly gets bit by the gambling bug, and loses all his winnings
- Fortunately, he comes to his senses before spending his "emergency money"
- Vulture is also in Atlantic City, and proposes to casino owner Owen Briosky to use his specially designed dice, roulette wheels, wheels of fortune, and slot machines to become the richest in the city
- Briosky scoffs at Vulture's one million dollar price, and tells his guards to throw him out
- One of Briosky's guards gets thrown from the penthouse window, and seeing it, Peter springs into action, catching him in a web
- As Peter makes his way to the penthouse, via the exterior of the building, a shadowed Eddie Brock makes another cameo appearance, grabbing his leg, and throwing him from the building - Venom is coming
- Peter once again ponders why his spider sense didn't notify him of the danger, and remembers it happening before when he was pushed on the train tracks
- Reference is made to Web Of Spider-Man 18, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual 5, and 6
- Vulture appears to be trying to get money to have enough funds for his own funeral, specifically, taxidermy, and placement in a prestige museum
- Peter and May go to see the Magnificent Manfred, but during the show, Peter's spider sense kicks in as Vulture infiltrates the building
- Peter volunteers to be part of a disappearing trick in order to sneak away and become Spider-Man
- Spider-Man and Vulture battle in Briosky's casino
- As Spider-Man holds a large slot machine with his webbing so it won't crush the people below, Vulture zooms in for the final blow
- Vulture is displaced by a pumpkin bomb from Hobogoblin, who informs the villain that he's made a mistake in attacking a casino under his protection
- Vulture realizes that Hobgoblin will kill him without hesitation, and fleas
- Hobgoblin turns his attention to Spider-Man, but is called off by the Rose's men
- Peter and the seniors return to New York
Low Points
- None
Oddities
- Editor's Day Off: This whole panel is difficult to read, and full of typos:
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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