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Oh, hey, Kurt Busiek is still here! As is inker Don Hudson and colorist Bob Sharen, joined this month by penciler Ron Wilson. Hey, that\u2019s cool. Ron Wilson is a Marvel stalwart going back to the 70s, best known for Marvel Two-In-One. He may not have achieved the fame of some of his contemporaries, but he always did solid work. Man Mountain Marko. There\u2019s a guy who\u2019s a surprise literally every time. Not that he comes back all that, but every time he does, you kind of wonder\u2026 why? But I feel like I can trust Busiek to do something interesting with him. The Spidey on Chris Marrinan\u2019s cover there look\u2019s prrrretty directly referenced from ASM 316<\/a> to me. We open on the aforementioned Man Mountain, punching a bag while thinking about Spider-Man punching him, thinking he has to get bigger and stronger, before cutting to Spider-Man stuck in some rubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ah, a twist. We cut to Marko lifting weights with the kid in question watching in awe, asking when Marko will train him, like he said. The narration of the kid, Tommy Gavin, begins to intercut with Spidey\u2019s narration. Tommy wanted to be an astronaut or some other grand thing until he saw Marko, and now wants to be trained to be trained by him. Maybe a little less kidnapped than advertised. But Spidey doesn\u2019t know that, and he\u2019s swinging to a gym Marko used to train at looking for leads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This book isn\u2019t Ron Wilson at his best, but a page like this is more than getting the job done. Cool hero shot, cool action panel. As the guys flee, Spider-Man locates Marko\u2019s locker, and is surprised to find it full of pictures of himself\u2026 and steroids. \u201cRacehorse steroids,\u201d we\u2019re told, which seems extra crazy. Spidey confronts the trainer still in the building about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gonna be a message issue. Marko learns from the news that he didn\u2019t kill Spider-Man, jams some hamburgers in his face and then goes to work out some more, single mindedly focused on finding and beating Spider-Man. This is kinda feeling like that Grizzly story in Web 6X, only with more steroids. Peter & MJ catch a meal at a diner, where his cold is getting worse and she implores him to just find Marko and let the cops handle it. Peter\u2019s narration tells us marrying her was the best thing that ever happened to him, which is funny to me. So many writers who believed getting married was the worst thing that ever happened to him were forced to write things like that in these days, and I believe Kurt is among them.  But now that he\u2019s married, no way Peter would be anything but devoted. Gotta be true to the character. Meanwhile, Marko exercises for a starstruck Tommy, who wants to know what he was like as a kid. He says he had it \u201creal tough\u201d and \u201cnobody ever gave him nothin\u2019\u201d and he built himself up from nothing. While that weird bit of hero worship is going on, Spider-Man sneaks into a Maggia headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Snaky Duvall! There\u2019s a name. Snaky tells Spider-Man he\u2019ll never leave the building alive, and faced with his lack of fear, Spidey suddenly hits on the idea to just steal his rolodex and leave. And does! Right out the window, no fight scene required. That\u2019s pretty funny. His target is asleep, having a nightmare first about Spider-Man, and then about \u201cthe first dweeb,\u201d and we learn\u2026 believe it or not\u2026 he once threatened a kid walking down the street in glasses who told him he didn\u2019t have time and swatted him into a wall! Are you serious?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marko\u2019s got beef with 15-year old Peter Parker??? That\u2019s so silly. Marko wake sup doubting himself, but the misguided Tommy builds his confidence back up just as Spider-Man is finding the house. He told MJ he wouldn\u2019t get involved, but he worries Marko would just tear the cops to bits. He decides to compromise, calling Ben Urich. He explains he\u2019s going to try to sneak the kid out, and tells him to wait 10 minutes and then call the police, and if he does, he\u2019ll get the exclusive story. The idea of Spider-Man sitting down to tell Ben what happen seems unlikely, but it\u2019s agreed, and so Spider-Man approaches the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spidey said Marko\u2019s not like The Hulk earlier, but is sure is now. He\u2019s even got purple pants. Marko tackles Spidey through another wall and out into the yard. He\u2019s become slow with his extra size, and Spider-Man easily evades him, but when he comes back in for a punch of his own, he hurts his hand on his roided up foe, and the surprises gives Marko an opening as Tommy cheers him on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, that was a weird one. I guess this kid\u2019s a little too prone to hero worship. I\u2019m surprised we didn\u2019t wind our way back to a more \u201cdon\u2019t do drugs\u201d message, especially for Tommy. Odd ending. Will Kurt Busiek be writing next issue? For yet another artist? Signs point to yes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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