Title: Web Of Spider-Man
Issue Number: 53
Release Date: August 1989
Highlights
- First appearance of Emilio, and Raoul
- Spider-Man tracks down a U-Rent truck in Manhattan, led to believe by the Arranger that it contains stolen weapons
- The information is correct, and gunfire rings out as he jumps on top of the vehicle
- After webbing all the criminals up, Spider-Man speaks to them in Spanish - I guess he's bilingual
- Spider-Man learns of the war that will begin at midnight against the Lobo brothers and Kingpin
- Spidey call the Arranger and fills him in
- Reference is made to The Spectacular Spider-Man 143, and Web Of Spider-Man 51
- The Arranger is afraid to give this information to Kingpin, since it was he who sent the Punisher to attempt an assassination on the Lobo brothers, which started all of this
- At the Bugle, Peter tells Kate Cushing about the upcoming war, and questions if Jameson will publish it
- They go to ask him, but are told all they have is rumors, and that he won't publish anything about it
- Peter's spidey senses to continue to go off in the presence of Jameson (Chameleon), but he can't figure out why
- Joy Mercado stops Peter on his way out, and asks if he's got time to talk, specifically about Gloria Grant, and the trouble Joy thinks she's in
- At a coffee shop, Joy shows Peter the photos of Gloria with her boyfriend, and informs Peter his name is Eduardo Lobo
- The puzzle pieces immediately click, and Peter understands why his spidey senses were going off around the man
- Peter walks through the parking garage and his spidey senses once again go off
- Though he doesn't see the initial threat, it's from Chameleon and Hammerhead meeting in a car, reveling over the coming gang war
- Mary Jane tells Aunt May and Kristy that she's off to work, and will miss Peter coming home again
- But is she really? Remember, Jonathan Caesar is blocking all of her modeling work, and she's been spending her nights out dancing
- Meanwhile, Kristy has got a lot of strange bruises all over her skin, and Aunt May takes notice
- Aunt May also notes she's gotten incredibly thin
- Remember, Kristy had a secret a few issues ago when Peter heard her sick in the bathroom
- Kristy overheard the conversation with Mary Jane and Peter about the coming gang war, and says she's worried about him, and him finding out she loves him because she knows if he finds out that they'll send her away
- A skin and bones Kristy looks in the mirror and tells herself that she's so fat
- She wishes she was thin and beautiful like Mary Jane
- Spider-Man enters Gloria's apartment looking for her, but instead finds shredded clothing with an "L" on it, deducing it belongs to Eduardo Lobo
- In the pocket is a receipt for an aircraft hanger rental
- Kingpin's tower is on lockdown, and security efforts increased
- The windows are now bullet proof, double the guards are on sight, and each has a briefcase with nerve gas
- Meanwhile multiple entry points have been rigged with explosives, and the windows covered with titanium barriers
- The Arranger updates Kingpin, who tells him that when the fight is over they will discuss the problems he has created
- Spider-Man heads to the hanger, and is immediately met by gunfire
- He dispatches the men quickly, but is attacked by two wolves, who announce themselves as Los Hermanos Lobos, The Brother Wolves
- Spidey finally understands - the Lobo brothers are werewolves
- The fight is cut short by the Lobo's schedule, as they break away, and board a helicopter
- Spider-Man lands a web line on it, and tags along for the ride
- His trip is cut short by gunfire which forces him to jump into the river
- The helicopter arrives at the Kingpin's tower, directly outside the Arranger's window
- The issues ends on a cliffhanger ending with Aunt May frantically pounding on the bathroom door for Kristy, being told by her boarders that she's been in there for hours
- Kristy is lying on the floor, unresponsive
- I'm admittedly getting a bit tired of this storyline
- It's drawn out way longer than it feels like it needs to be
- The whole Lobos / Kingpin war, and Chameleon posing as Jameson isn't all that interesting an aspect to dwell this long on it
- Now we have the whole cliché Kristy storyline coming into the mix
- We never see where Mary Jane is
- Did she actually get a modeling job? Or is she out dancing again?
Oddities
- None
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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