Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 83
Release Date: October 1983
Highlights
- Black Cat sneaks out of her hospital again, and in doing so finds and helps a white cat that she keeps
- Captain DeWolff lets Spider-Man tag along and help bust up a counterfeit credit card operation
- After telling Spider-Man it's close to visiting hours at the hospital, Captain DeWolff thinks to herself that if Black Cat ever dumps Spider-Man that he should give her a call
- Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 245
- Black Cat tells Spider-Man that when she's all better that she wants to work side by side with him
- Spider-Man leaves to go think about it, clearly not a fan of the idea - Mainly because of the danger it poses to Black Cat
- Punisher is coming up for his first court hearing since being recaptured
- A brief telling of how Frank Castle became the Punisher
- J. Jonah Jameson explains that Punisher used to be a good guy, but then went total vigilante, and expresses his concern if Spider-Man should do the same - We finally understand why Jameson hates Spider-Man - He's afraid he too will go rogue
- Peter Parker is sent to get photos of Punisher's trial, and Ben Urich is sent to get the story
- Punisher is deemed insane, and therefore won't stand trial - Instead, he'll be sent to a mental hospital
- Peter Parker worries if he'll one day snap mentally
- None
Oddities
- Everyone, including the court keeps referring to him as "Punisher", and not by his name, Frank Castle, which he's been known as since his debut in The Amazing Spider-Man 129
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