Well, here we go. I’d assumed we’d never seen this goofy villain again, mostly just ‘cuz he was so terrible, but here he is. Bill Mantlo, Jim Mooney & Mike Esposito on deck as we pick up right where we left off last time.
I guess nothing will put me on the edge of my seat! Cyclone lets us know he was sent by “Big M,” somehow not a McDonald’s character. Cyclone is waaaay more cartoon French than last time we saw him, because Bill Mantlo loves ridiculous accents.
Betty Grant, eh? Cyclone quite literally blows Moon Knight away, so now it’s up to Spider-Man to deal with him. During the battle, Cyclone helpfully explains that he did a year in jail for his scheme in ASM 143-144, but the Maggia got him out to add to their ranks. With that exposited, he whips up an even bigger cyclone and Spider-Man just kinda disappears. Alright. Then he turns his attention to the guy Moon Knight was beating up before.
Cyclone leaves the guy all mort and stuff, and Spidey pops up out of a manhole? Which he says he snuck into during the vortex? So what did Cyclone think happened? Then Moon Knight comes back, no worse for wear. Cyclone is a really sloppy “assassin.” Moony & Spidey strike an uneasy truce and board Moon Knight’s helicopter to go… do something. It’s not clear, really. They found an NYC tour guide in the guy’s pocket and this has somehow given them a lead. From there, we quickly check in on the rest of the cast: Hector Ayala, the White Tiger, is depressed because Holly Gillis won’t talk to him. Holly, uh, won’t talk to him. Mary Jane is trying to call Peter, but she’s already about to go on a date with some dude she doesn’t even seem to like, so I’m not sure why. And Betty Brant is trying to get ahold of her husband Ned, feeling sad that her mission to come back to NY and cheat on her husband with Peter hasn’t gone well. Now that all those plates are spinning again, we catch back up with the heroes, who have just arrived at Moon Knight’s mansion. Moony dives out of his helicopter into the pool and swims indoors to tell his beloved Marlene to get out of sight before “his guest” gets here.
Moony has a big flowchart of Maggia dons and a scale model of New York for some reason. He says the Maggia have a big meeting tonight, but he doesn’t know where. The model reminds Spider-Man he saw something circled in the tour guide: Grant’s Tomb. So they go there.
Please stop saying “Big M.” Spidey & Moony block all the exits so no one can escape, then get back on the roof and crash through the dome. Cyclone seems genuinely shocked that the two heroes who just disappeared earlier didn’t die, because he’s apparently a moron, and it’s fightin’ time.
That’s the 2nd time Moon Knight has called a goon a “bird.” I am not familiar with this application of the word. They do indeed plow through the goons, Moon Knight and Spider-Man both impressed by the other. Cyclone’s finally decided to get involved, though.
“Word in another language! Sentence!” The various underlings quickly find all the exists sealed, and Spidey & Moon Knight have failed to disappear again, so Cyclone is starting to realize this is going bad. Meanwhile…
SERIOUSLY? That’s hilarious! Big M is an class A idiot! Ok, fine, whatever. Enjoy your nap. Moon Knight has a plan to deal with Cyclone, and it’s… ridiculous…
So the wind didn’t effect that tiny capsule at all? Well, there we have it. We don’t even get a proper ending. What a fiasco. Spidey’s gonna be very disappointed by the amount of Maggia in his life very soon…