Comics Corner: Web Of Spider-Man 28

     

Title: Web Of Spider-Man
Issue Number: 28
Release Date: July 1987

Highlights

• First appearance of Hershel, Milicent Peabody, Randolph, and Reuben
• The issue is a flashback story from Peter's perspective, as he regales Mary Jane with the tale
• Peter tells Mary Jane that before the Statue of Liberty underwent renovations, that it used to be one of his favorite places to be alone, and that he even used to stash his civilian clothes in the torch
• Spider-Man leaves a broken webshooter in the statue's torch, only to watch as a helicopter airlifts Lady Liberties light away to be restored
• Peter finds out from the Bugle where the restoration is taking place so that he can track down his spidey device, but it's not good news - It's headed to California to be part of a float in a parade
• Robbie offers to send Peter to California to do a piece on the parade
• In California, a radical group of rich snobs intends to steal the torch, and use it as a protest for avocado farms
• Peter falls asleep on the beach, and gets severely sunburned
• The rich snobs bring food to the guards at night, and then Tasers them
• Spider-Man crashes the party, but also takes a Taser blast in the process
• With all the commotion, Hershel takes off in the truck that the torch is loaded on, leaving everyone behind
• Milicent and Randolph angrily give chase
• Peter informs Mary Jane that Hershel never intended to use the torch as ransom, instead, he's struck a deal with a French business tycoon to sell it to him
• Hershel crashes the truck sending the torch flying, and landing on a car
• The impact somehow sends the car speeding off, with Spider-Man on top, and somehow the break line cut
• Spider-Man manages to stop it with a massive web net
• Spider-Man discovers the torch he's been chasing after was a fake, simply sent to L.A. to be used as a prop
• Back in New York, Spider-Man recovers his personal belongings from the real torch

Low Points

• This is clearly not a serious toned story, but it is, however, another waste of time one

Oddities

• When Spider-Man recovers his belongings, they're still wrapped up in webbing - That should have dissolved a long time ago
• Despite being used in the parade, the fake torch still somehow ends up in the French business tycoon's home in France

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Comics Corner: Spider-Woman 28

   

Title: Spider-Woman
Issue Number: 28
Release Date: July 1980

Highlights

• First appearance of J.R. Van De Kalb , and Savitra
• Reference is made to Spider-Woman 19

Low Points

• Terrible pun where Enforce states he's Robbin' the boy wonder, and then asks if the person he said it to got the joke
• Another bland Spider-Woman issue with the only part Spider-Man is in was a single page all the way at the end

Oddities

• Editor's Day Off: Spider-Woman forgets how to use full sentences as she yells at Enforcer, "Give...Now."
• Editor's Continued Day Off: In this same panel, Enforcer responds to the above with, "Hey, lighten up! Up!"
• Spider-Woman agrees to help enforcer steal ten million dollars, just to get the cure for Scotty McDowell

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Comics Corner: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 28

   

Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 28
Release Date: March 1979

Highlights

• First appearance of Gilroy
• Death / destruction of the android Tri-Man
• Spider-Man, still blind, channels his inner Daredevil, and unlocks his heightened other senses
• Reference is made to Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 20, and The Amazing Spider-Man 180
• Action filled fight between Carrion and Peter Parker
• Exciting cliff hanger ending with Carrion accusing Peter Parker of murder

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• None

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Comics Corner: Marvel Team-Up 28

   

Title: Marvel Team-Up
Issue Number: 28
Release Date: December 1974

Highlights

• First appearance of Abe Koch, and Professor Aldritch
• Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 136

Low Points

• Cover is irrelevant to the story
• Story is a boring
• The villains are just pawns, and we don't find out who the true mastermind was, nor do I care 

Oddities

• An earthquake causes a woman to fall through the glass of a window?

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Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 28

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man

Issue Number: 28

Release Date: September 1965

Highlights

• First appearance of Molten Man
• The return of Spencer Smythe
• Peter Parker gets his original costume back
• Spider-Man gets a beat down by Molten Man
• Peter Parker graduates high school
• Peter Parker receives a science scholarship for having the highest scholastic average in the school's history , and Flash Thompson receives one for his athletic abilities
• As of this writing, issue 28 is the earliest issue I physically own

Low Points

• None to really mention - Wow, two issues in a row!

Oddities

• Who names their child Raxton? His name is actually Mark Raxton, but he's only referred to by his last name

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