Comics Corner: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man

   

Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 8
Release Date: July 1977

Highlights

• First full appearance, origin, and death of The Empathoid
• Reference is made to Hammer films
• Flash Thompson final gets to see Sha Shan, only to be told Achmed Korba, AKA Brother Power, is her husband - But that mystery will continue to unravel later
• Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man 108, and Marvel Two-In-One 15
• Spider-Man fixes his damaged web shooters
• Spider-Man says he's going to leave The Empathoid's body with the Fantastic Four

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• None

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Comics Corner: Marvel Team-Up 8

      

Title: Marvel Team-Up
Issue Number: 8
Release Date: April 1973 

Highlights

• First appearance of Karl Lubbings, Mayor Samuels, and Man-Killer
• Death of Mayor Samuels amd Karl Lubbings
• Origin of Man-Killer
• Reference is made to Claws of the Cat issue 1
  

Low Points

• Dang! Spider-Man straight up punches a woman in the face
• Story ends abruptly
  

Oddities

• The Cat attacks Spider-Man to prove herself so that he'll talk to her
  

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Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 8

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man

Issue Number: 8

Release Date: January 1964

Highlights

• The Living Brain is eluded to be able to figure out who Spider-Man is
• Peter Parker, tired of being bullied, fights Flash Thompson in a boxing ring and beats him

Low Points

• Decent, but not great, story of a super smart computer which goes on a rampage
• Secondary story in the issue shows Spider-Man acting not only as the antagonist, but also a jerk, to the Fantastic Four

Oddities

• No explanation is given as to why Spider-Man is acting like a jerk to the Fantastic Four, specifically to Human Torch

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