{"id":12045,"date":"2022-02-15T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T04:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=12045"},"modified":"2020-12-16T12:20:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T16:20:27","slug":"asm-168","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2022\/02\/15\/asm-168\/","title":{"rendered":"ASM 168"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Weird that this is the 2nd cover in a row introducing Will O\u2019 The Wisp. Maybe they thought the more mysterious previous version wasn\u2019t enough. So, JJJ\u2019s latest Spider-Slayer and Will are arguing about who gets to beat up Spider-Man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Most of his life??? Even if this comic took place in real time, it\u2019s been 15 years! Come on, JJJ. Man that\u2019s an awkward panel at the bottom. As Will and JJJ fall all over each other, Spidey tosses his envelope of evidence up onto the nearby statue to keep it out of the fray. But then, Will starts having some kind of headache and yelling \u201ctoo soon!\u201d  before vanishing. This leaves a 1-on-1 fight as Spider-Man and the robot go crashing into a restaurant in an uncharacteristically confusing series of panels by Andru. JJJ shoots out an oil slick under Spidey\u2019s feet like this is a Looney Tunes cartoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The famous Rockefeller Prometheus statue falls on JJJ, and Spidey grabs his envelope and swings away. JJJ is furious back in Marla\u2019s lab. In a strange moment of clarity, he\u2019s upset about how much it will cost him to repair the damage. I\u2019m surprised he\u2019s even taking responsibility for it. And if he does, doesn\u2019t that open him up to all sorts of questions? Marla actually encourages him to try again. These 2 were made for each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EIGHTEEN issues later, the clone debacle continues to be a lingering plot point. Unbelievable. Meanwhile, Will O\u2019 The Wisp zaps back to the man pulling his strings, mad scientist Jonas Harrow, not seen in ASM since 126<\/a>. He rants that Spider-Man defeated his greatest creations, Hammerhead and The Kangaroo. Did Kangaroo being Harrow\u2019s guy get revealed at the time? I don\u2019t remember it. Harrow says this is too much, and commands Will to kill Spider-Man. He\u2019s got some kind of remote control that will allegedly destroy Will if he refuses, which is why he\u2019s been on his crime spree in the first place, so Will has no choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After all the not-terribly-convincing drama Wein has injected into Pete & MJ\u2019s relationship, that\u2019s a nice moment for them. Much later, Spider-Man plants the envelope back in JJJ\u2019s desk. But as he swings for home, he\u2019s attacked by Will O\u2019 The Wisp. Their fight begins in a pretty unique run around and through some billboards before heading out into Times Square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Harrow is in the crowd that\u2019s formed below, and seeing him, Will feels has no choice but to continue. But Spider-Man tackles him while he\u2019s distracted, finally gaining the upper hand, but then Will vanishes and reappears some distance away. He hypnotizes some regular people into attacking Spidey and heads up to the rooftops. As Spider-Man pursues, he admits that was too far, and suggests they take their fight where no innocents will be harmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Feel like there\u2019s an alternate ending here where they fake Spider-Man\u2019s death and then team up to defeat Harrow next issue, but I guess Len was ready to be done. And move on to his big showdown with JJJ over the envelope. But before we get to that, there\u2019s some Team-Ups to check out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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