It’s moments like these that make me want to see Robbie be more involved in the books. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #179 Published: c. January, 1978? Cover Date: April, 1978 “The Goblin’s Always Greener…!” Writer: […]
One of the first instances of Mary Jane’s troubled past. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #246 Published: c. August, 1983? Cover Date: November, 1983 “The Daydreamers!” Writer: Roger Stern Artist: John Romita Jr. Inker: Dan Green […]
It’s always fun when artists draw multiple Spideys to show how fast he’s moving. Spidey’s definitely got his work cut out for him with Juggernaut, but I’m sure he’ll outsmart him somehow! Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. […]
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Hey, Peter’s eyes are blue in this panel. Toby Maguire gets a no-prize.
I remember reading this for the first time and thinking how screwed could he be and how in the hell could that disease be ever explained!
Great tale.
The only context where radiation *not* being in the blood is a bad thing. I’ve made fun of the sheer amount of times Peter’s lost his powers and/or quit, but I guess it’s just an overused cliche in superhero fiction generally, when you have a character whose whole thing is being a superhero, I guess taking that away from them is one of the most devastating things you can do. Pretty sure this was one of many times he was losing them because of the flu though, which *is* a cliche pretty specific to Spidey, at least in his early days.
“Unmasked At Last!” Well, except for that time in ASM #12 when he was publicly unmasked.