Why would those idiots give him his costume back?
Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #29
Published: c. August, 1965?
Cover Date: October, 1965
“Never Step on a Scorpion!”
Plot: Steve Ditko
Script: Stan Lee
Artist: Steve Ditko
Inker: Steve Ditko
Letterer: Sam Rosen
I’m really enjoying the rerelease of the Amazing Spider-Man Classics and can’t wait until they get to this issue. As I recall, they have a field day with the prison guards returning Gargan’s Scorpion suit to him because they think he’s having a breakdown.
They just did the Beetle issue where he’s let out of prison and they give him back his Beetle outfit, saying “Legally there’s no law against owning a costume.” He’s literally planning a crime in the next panel.