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Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #80Issue(s): Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #80 Review/plot: ![]() ![]() JJ learns about Spider-Man's involvement at the end, but leaves him out of the story. ![]() ![]() JJ apparently has some damaging info on the Kingpin, but he's willing to deal with him in order to get info on the issue he's investigating. ![]() ![]() This is a cute story, but it definitely has a fill-in quality to it. No mention of the recent mega-battle with Doctor Octopus, for example, and no follow-up on Boomerang and the Punisher's pending prison break. Which is fine; still a nice standalone story. And a nice showcase for Ron Frenz, soon to become a regular on Amazing. I don't have much faith in Jameson's ability as a writer or editor if he's going to make typos like this, though. ![]() There's a little background on JJ, some of the specifics of which would have to be invalidated by Marvel's sliding timescale. ![]() A letter in this issue from longtime letter writer "verde" makes the point that all the scenes of Peter screwing up or making bad choices made a lot of sense when he was younger, but now that Peter is really an adult, it a whole different context now and Peter often just looks like a selfish screw up. This is especially true in light of his treatment of Debra Whitman in issue #74, which he notes was a "comic book solution" in direct contradiction to the rejection of such solutions from Peter earlier in the book. Quality Rating: B- Chronological Placement Considerations: The MCP places this between Amazing Spider-Man #241-242. References:
Crossover: N/A Continuity Insert? N My Reprint: N/A Inbound References (2): showCharacters Appearing: Ben Urich, Glory Grant, J. Jonah Jameson, Joe 'Robbie' Robertson, Kingpin, Lance Bannon, Marla Madison Jameson, Spider-Man Comments are now closed. |
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