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Amazing Spider-Man #193
Issue(s): Amazing Spider-Man #193
Cover Date: Jun 79
Title: "The wings of the fearsome Fly!"
Credits:
Marv Wolfman - Writer
Keith Pollard - Penciler
Jim Mooney - Inker
Review/plot:
The one kind of cool thing about the otherwise awful Amazing Spider-Man #192 was that the Fly showed up while Spidey was bound to J. Jonah Jameson, and the Fly had a clear victory over Spidey (of course, Spider-Man literally had his hands full at the time). It would have been cool to leave it at that, but Spidey gets his rematch this issue.
Here's where the Fly's sonic wing burst power really starts to look like a butt blast.
The interesting thing is that the Fly does manage to get away this issue, and with the artwork that he stole, as well. It turns out that the Fly is actually one of Marvel's more successful super-villains.
Returning home, Peter has about as much luck against Ned Leeds as he did against the Fly.
Reeling from that, Spidey goes back out after the Fly. Keith Pollard gives us one of those silly text panels that Gil Kane used to do.
However, it turns out that the police caught the Fly before Spidey could find him, leaving Spidey with no one to vent his rage upon.
Peter Parker is still unsure if JJ looked under his mask while he was unconscious this issue. JJ fires Peter from the Daily Bugle again when Peter isn't able to deliver the photos he was supposed to be taking but couldn't due to the fact that he was handcuffed to JJ (JJ had fired Peter previously but Joe Robertson gave him one last chance).
Meanwhile, Aunt May's doctor gets a surprise visitor. This is setting up a very stupid plot that will be resolved in issue #200 (The doctor is really Mysterio. The other guy is the criminal that shot Uncle Ben).
The plot isn't as contrived as last issue, so it's a little better.
Quality Rating: C
Historical Significance Rating: 3 - Peter is fired from the Daily Bugle
Chronological Placement Considerations: This takes place soon after ASM #192.
References: N/A
Crossover: N/A
Continuity Insert? N
My Reprint: N/A
Inbound References (3): showCharacters Appearing: Aunt May, Barney Bushkin, Betty Brant, Burglar (Carradine), Fly, Glory Grant, J. Jonah Jameson, Joe 'Robbie' Robertson, Mary Jane Watson, Mysterio, Ned Leeds, Sandy Jones, Spider-Man Previous:
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Comments
Ned hate is pre-hobgoblin
Of minor note is that Spidey's pulp predecessor, The Spider, also had a reoccurring nemesis called The Fly. I guess it's just an obvious match-up ...
Gee, I really like the Kane homage. Oh, well...
The use of "Dr. Rinehart" is intended as a clue to Mysterio's involvement, since Ludwig Rinehart was the alias he used back in ASM #24.
