The Toy Box: Issue 87

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Title: Peter Parker, The Spectcular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 87
Release Date: February 1984

Highlights

Spider-Man takes Black Cat to his Chelsea apartment, and upon first glance, she's not impressed
Spider-Man explains that being him didn't make him rich, and Felicia wants to know why
Spider-Man tells Black Cat his origin, takes his mask off in the process
Black Cat freaks out, and tells him to put his mask back on
Black Cat tells Spider-Man that she loves him, basically saying that she doesn't want to be with Peter Parker
Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 249
Spider-Man is upset that he trusted Black Cat with his secret, only to be rejected
Spider-Man starts to reconsider, maybe Spider-Man is who he'd rather be, which is why Peter Parker dropped out of school
Spider-Man relents to the fact that Black Cat doesn't want to be with Peter Parker, and decides to go with it

Low Points

The events of this issue take place right after Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 86
Chronologically, it's noted that after issue 86 of Peter Parker The Spectacular Spider-Man that one should read The Amazing Spider-Man 249, 250, 251, and Marvel Team-Up 138 before reading Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 87
The Amazing Spider-Man 249 is a three issue story arc, continuing in issue 250, and concluding in issue 251 where Spider-Man mysteriously vanishes, with each issue picking up immediately where the other left off
There's no way the events of Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 87 could have happened after issue 251
Further, there's no way the events of Marvel Team-Up 138 could have occurred after 251 either

I'm not a fan of Spider-Man throwing Peter Parker away just for some tail
No major villain appearances, just some random thugs to give Spider-Man and Black Cat easy targets to beat up as a team

Oddities

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Title: Marvel Team-Up
Issue Number: 87
Release Date: November 1979

Highlights

First appearance of Thomas Agar, John Gamelin, Hellrazor, and N'Gama
Corruption and lies - A plan is motion to take all the vibranium from Wakanda, but one which ends on a cliffhanger

Low Points

Oddities

The Marvel Way: Spider-Man and Black Panther start throwing fists instead of talking to each other first

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Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 87
Release Date: August 1970

Highlights

In a sickness induced daze, Peter tells all of his friends (Gwen, Mary Jane and Harry) that he's Spider-Man

Low Points

Peter Parker gets a flu virus and once again becomes useless, thinking he's losing his powers - This is what, the third time Marvel has written this kind of story for Spider-Man?
Spider-Man breaks into a jewelry shop in the middle of the night to steal a gift for Gwen - He ends up not going through with it, but still broke in, busted into the safe and picked it up before changing his mind - Way out of character

Oddities

Why do cold and flu viruses make Spider-Man so useless? He can lift cars, but can't take a sniffle?
Peter has Hobie Brown (AKA The Prowler) dress up in his Spider-Man suit and asks him to show up at Gwen Stacy's home to solve his problem of revealing his identity of Spider-Man, and nobody so much as bats an eye at his sudden "urban" voice
Why is Hobie so dumb that he can't put two and two together that if Spider-Man is asking him to come to Gwen's house to tell them how great Peter Parker is that clearly there's a dead giveaway about his secret identity?

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