{"id":1184,"date":"2019-05-14T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T04:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deweybass.com\/spiderman\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2019-11-12T02:04:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T06:04:08","slug":"tac-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2019\/05\/14\/tac-23\/","title":{"rendered":"TAC 023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.
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I guess nothing will put me on the edge of my seat! Cyclone lets us know he was sent by \u201cBig M,\u201d somehow not a McDonald\u2019s character. Cyclone is waaaay more cartoon French than last time we saw him, because Bill Mantlo loves ridiculous accents.
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Betty Grant, eh? Cyclone quite literally blows Moon Knight away, so now it\u2019s 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.
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Cyclone leaves the guy all mort<\/em> 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 \u201cassassin.\u201d Moony & Spidey strike an uneasy truce and board Moon Knight\u2019s helicopter to go\u2026 do something. It\u2019s not clear, really. They found an NYC tour guide in the guy\u2019s 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\u2019t talk to him. Holly, uh, won\u2019t talk to him. Mary Jane is trying to call Peter, but she\u2019s already about to go on a date with some dude she doesn\u2019t even seem to like, so I\u2019m 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\u2019t gone well. Now that all those plates are spinning again, we catch back up with the heroes, who have just arrived at Moon Knight\u2019s mansion. Moony dives out of his helicopter into the pool and swims indoors to tell his beloved Marlene to get out of sight before \u201chis guest\u201d gets here.
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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\u2019t know where. The model reminds Spider-Man he saw something circled in the tour guide: Grant\u2019s Tomb. So they go there.
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Please stop saying \u201cBig M.\u201d 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\u2019t die, because he\u2019s apparently a moron, and it\u2019s fightin\u2019 time.
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That\u2019s the 2nd time Moon Knight has called a goon a \u201cbird.\u201d 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\u2019s finally decided to get involved, though.
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\u201cWord in another language! Sentence!\u201d 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\u2026
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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\u2019s\u2026 ridiculous\u2026
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So the wind didn’t effect that tiny capsule at all? Well, there we have it. We don\u2019t even get a proper ending. What a fiasco. Spidey’s gonna be very disappointed by the amount of Maggia in his life very soon…
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