Comics Corner: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 75

   

Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 75
Release Date: February 1983

Highlights

• Double-sized seminal 75th issue
• Black Cat explains what happened to her after being webbed up by Spider-Man, and jumping into the river
• Spider-Man and Black Cat officially become a couple
• Kingpin tells Spider-Man about the bomb Doctor Octopus intends to use to level New York, and tells him he's leaving the city because he's scared Otto will actually do it
• The war between the Owl and Doctor Octopus rages, and during it, Octopus disables Owl by clipping his wings, and legs
• Spider-Man rips Doc Ock's mechanical arms from his body

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• Editor's Day Off: Those red eye lenses that should be white

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Comics Corner: Marvel Team-Up 75

   

Title: Marvel Team-Up
Issue Number: 75
Release Date: November 1978

Highlights

• First appearance of Ken Jorgenson, and the Rat Pack; Sparks, Stitches, and Strafe
• Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 123, and Power Man / Iron Fist 48
• It's a story that honor's the risk that firemen (and women) take to fight fires and save lives

Low Points

• While commendable that Marvel wanted to pay homage to fire fighters, it's not what I want from my Spider-Man comics
• It's lacking any real villain or plot to call it a Spider-Man comic
• Too much reality in the comic makes it difficult to escape the real world for a simply moment of entertainment

Oddities

• None

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Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 75

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man

Issue Number: 75

Release Date: August 1969

Highlights

• Appearances from Man-Mountain Marko, Silvermane, Caesar Cicero and Doctor Curtis Connors
• Lizard makes his return with a cliffhanger to return soon
• Silvermane reverse ages into non-existence - Oops

Low Points

• Cover is misleading - Nothing of the sort happens in this issue

Oddities

• A goon see's a shadow outside the window twenty stories up, yet isn't intelligent enough to look up when he looks out - He's also surprised to realize it's Spider-Man when he's grabbed

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