Title: Web Of Spider-Man
Issue Number: 25
Release Date: April 1987
Highlights
- First appearance of Vaalu, Harry Gibbs, Xanja, Arnie Stunk, Joe, and Charlie
- The story begins on the planet Cygnorion, where a deal between species is being made that Xanja will receive the Cosmultigizer, a weapon that will allow him to defeat worlds
- In return he will give the unspecified alien creature a third of all the wealth that those worlds yield
- As the Cosmultigizer is beamed across the universe to Cygnorion, it's intercepted by a signal from Earth, which draws it to the planet
- Xanja makes plans to retrieve the weapon himself, and conversely, when Vaalu learns of this, he plans to stop him
- Two bit criminal, Arnie Stunk, is almost hit by the weapon as it crashes to the Earth's surface
- Harry Gibbs arrives at the Manhattan police station, and is told about a call from the observatory, and when Gibbs returns the call, learns about an unidentified object which has fallen from space near Jackson Heights
- As Peter drops his Aunt off at home, Arnie grabs her brooch, and flees the scene
- Peter gives chase, tagging him with a spider tracer before going back to check on her
- Spider-Man easily catches up, and retrieves the brooch
- Spider-Man's spidey sense kicks in as he gets near the alien device, and as he retrieves it, Gibbs shows up informing him he's with the police, and wants to talk to him
- Not interested in talking to the cop, Spider-Man webs away
- As Gibbs gives chase in his car, a drunk driver runs him off the highway, ending his pursuit
- Spider-Man returns home, and calls his Aunt to tell her he's retrieved her brooch, he of course weaves a ruse so as to not inform her of his secret identity
- As Peter probes the alien device, it suddenly activates, showing him images of a galaxy at war before sucking him through the portal
- Being a smart scientist, Peter deduces that everything is just images, he's not really there, but rather witnessing a future to come
- He also sees how the alien devices are used to feed weapon systems
- Spider-Man attempts to give the device to the cops, and he's pointed to Harry Gibb
- While Arnie Stunk sits at home brooding about losing the brooch, Xanja materializes before him
- Arnie informs him that Spider-Man has the device
- Xanja takes the form of Arnie
- Spider-Man attempts to find Harry, but can't - He's still in a ditch with his car
- It finally dawns on him there are others who could help; the Avengers, and Fantastic Four
- The possessed Arnie Stunk confronts Spider-Man for the devive
- Spider-Man deduces that Arnie's body has been taken over by an alien when he sees the way he can fight
- Not wanting to hurt him, Spider-Man retreats, and Xanja leaves the body, pursuing directly
- After being helped by some officers, Gibbs is back on the road, and spots Spider-Man webbing across the sky, and he follows him
- Gibb catches up as Spider-Man and Xanja fight, and at that point, Gibb reveals his true form of Vaalu
- After a brief battle, Vaalu is able to stun Xanja, cuff him, and after being given the weapon by Spider-Man, the aliens depart Earth, but not before Valuu explains that as a time traveler, he came to Earth twenty years ago, took control of a dead body, and joined the police as Harry Gibb so that he could await the arrival of Xanja, and track him
- That's convoluted
- The next day, Peter returns the brooch to Aunt May
- Boring - I didn't enjoy reading this one at all
- Just a villain of the week story
Oddities
- None
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