Comics Corner: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 59

   

Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 59
Release Date: October 1981

Highlights

• First appearance of Morrie Toshiba, and the F.B.I. agents, Lou Caldwell, and Sam Buckley
• Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 111, 112, 221, and Iron Man 127
• Peter questions why he always jumps to conclusions, specifically that he thought Debra Whitman was attracted to him
• Beetle tests out his MK III armor
• Jack sees his friend Martin Blank in his Gibbon suit, and refers to him as a Wookiee
• Spider-Man saves Gibbon by throwing his unconscious body out from under a falling wall, which lands on our hero instead
• The Beetle attacks a wounded Spider-Man in a cliffhanger ending

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• None

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Comics Corner: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 58

   

Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 58
Release Date: September 1981

Highlights

• First appearance of Beetles MK III armor
• The school semester starts up again
• Reference is made to Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 53, and Defenders 51
• Spider-Man laughs in Ringer's face when the villain tells him his name
• Peter and Debra Whitman patch things up
• One of the best I've read in a while

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• None

Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)

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Comics Corner: Marvel Team-UP 59

   

Title: Marvel Team-Up
Issue Number: 59
Release Date: July 1977

Highlights

• First appearance of Margay Sorenson
• Reference is made to Marvel Team-Up 23, an issue which didn't feature Spider-Man, but which did feature the first appearance of Equinox, the villain in this issue
• Reference is also made to Marvel Feature 4
• Hank Pym, AKA Yellow Jacket, gets caught in an explosion by Equinox - Is he dead? No.

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• Wasp admits her fighting abilities are useless
• A radio announces that someone is fighting with a couple of the Avengers (referring to Wasp and Yellow Jacket), but how would the radio DJ know this to report it? It's happening in their home, and literally just began a couple panels prior

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Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 59

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man

Issue Number: 59

Release Date: April 1968

Highlights

• First cover appearance for Mary Jane Watson
• First appearance of minor character, Gerhard Winkler
• Peter Parker meets Captain Stacy - Though technically he met him as Spider-Man when he had amnesia
• Kingpin returns - Under the guise of Brainwasher

Low Points

• The Kingpin's identity is kept a secret from the readers until the last page - Why? It's not like he's a new villain

Oddities

• Kingpin's plan is to have his workers take photos of everyone at his club, stating, "No one ever turns down a chance to get a free photo of himself!" - If that's true, people were weird in the 60's

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