Comics Corner: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual 3

   

Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 3
Issue Number: 3
Release Date: September 1981

Highlights

• Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 190, and Marvel Premiere 41
• Peter has the sense to not give photos of Man Wolf fighting Spider-Man to Jonah, what with the man thinking his son was dead
• Lance Bannon doesn't have that same sense, and gets yelled at when he presents his photos
• John Jameson wants to be rid of the curse of Man Wolf, and turns to Doctor Connors for help
• The treatment works, and the moon stone falls from John Jameson's body
• The moon stone crumbles to dust
• Fun section after the main story featuring Aunt May's photo album, Peter's office layout at Empire State University, Pete's Pals and Gals (a one pager based on his co-workers at ESU), and a pinup gallery of numerous Spidey villains which not only includes bios, but notes their first appearance and list of issues they've appeared in since

Low Points

• Cliche title on every level
• J. Jonah Jameson buckles under the medical experiments that Doctor Connors is performing on him, and lets the Man Wolf out of captivity

Oddities

• Spider-Man crashes through the window of Kristen Saunders, and I once again have to ponder - who gets stuck with that bill?

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Comics Corner: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 3

   

Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 3
Release Date: February 1977

Highlights

• First full appearance of Lightmaster, AKA Edward Lansky

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• Marvel writing their dialog for Asian folks - Feels wrong

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Comics Corner: Giant-Size Spider-Man 3

   

Title: Giant-Size Spider-Man
Issue Number: 3
Release Date: January 1975

Highlights

• First appearance of Desinna
• Secondary story which reprints The Amazing Spider-Man 15
• Reference is made to Marvel Team-Up 28

Low Points

• This story is long and boring

Oddities

• None

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Comics Corner: Marvel Team-Up 6

 
    

Title: Marvel Team-Up
Issue Number: 6
Release Date: January 1973

Highlights

• First appearance of Jacob Reiss, and Marcia Deston Reiss Masters
• Origin of Puppet Master
• Revelation of how Alicia Masters went blind

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• None

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Comics Corner: Marvel Team-Up 3

     

Title: Marvel Team-Up
Issue Number: 2
Release Date: July 1972

Highlights

• Morbius the Living Vampire comes back for more
• A whole slew of first appearances from third tier characters Emil Nikos, Jacob Bolt, Bert Tacker, Hans Jorgenson and Jefferson Bolt, plus an appearance by TV's Archie Bunker
• Death of Jefferson Bolt
• Appearance from the entire Fantastic Four team, Reed Richards, Invisible Woman, Thing and Human Torch
  

Low Points

• Marvel Team-Up is not my favorite monthly Spider-Man title. It's stories just don't have the depth that The Amazing Spider-Man has
• Morbius isn't as interesting of a character as I hopped he would be
  

Oddities

• None
  

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Comics Corner: Watchmen 3

Title: Watchmen

Issue Number: 3

Release Date: November 1986

Highlights

• Dr. Manhattan exiles himself to Mars
• First appearance of Janey Slater
• Laurie and Dr. Manhattan break up
• Laurie and Dan beat up a gang in an alley

Low Points

• Intertwined pirate story is boring and detracts

Oddities

• None

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Comics Corner: The Long Halloween 3

Title: Batman: The Long Halloween

Issue Number: 3

Release Date: February 1997

Highlights

• Joker's massive pistol - You have to see it to believe it, and it's funny
• Joker adds another interesting layer to the story

Low Points

• Probably the worst drawings of Joker I've ever seen in a Batman comic - Looks awful

Oddities

• Joker defeats Harvey Dent in a fight by kicking him in the privates

Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Bat Symbols grading system)

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Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 3

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man

Issue Number: 3

Release Date: July 1963

Highlights

• Spider-Man appears to now be a full fledged crime fighter
• Spider-Man uses his spider signal for the first time
• First appearance of Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus
• Origin story of Doctor Octopus
• Spider-Man is easily defeated by Doctor Octopus during their first fight

Low Points

• Nothing more than a silly, "world domination" plan on behalf of Doctor Octopus

Oddities

• Human Torch is asked to take care of Doctor Octopus, but can't right away because he has to wait for his powers to recharge

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