{"id":18243,"date":"2023-09-05T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T04:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=18243"},"modified":"2022-03-10T22:48:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T02:48:57","slug":"uts-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2023\/09\/05\/uts-15\/","title":{"rendered":"UTS 15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back in 1996-as-1964. Helpless before the might of\u2026 Gordon! Not the scariest name. Strangely, the tiny print on the newspaper tells you what happens in this issue, including how it ends. Why would they do that? I mean, I know most people probably didn\u2019t read it, but\u2026 why? Well, anyway, Gordon starts getting dastardly right on page one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The next day, her new boyfriend is foiling an attempt to hijack a Daily Bugle distribution truck. The distributor thanks him, saying that someone\u2019s been hitting their trucks all over town, and he\u2019s trying to handle 3 routes alone right now as a result. Later, at school, Peter is fending off Liz\u2019s crush when Flash appears, happily playing Peter the breaking news that JJJ has been arrested for financial malfeasance. Peter assumes it must be connected to the hijackings, but can\u2019t guess how yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kinda funny slipping Eddie in there. I guess I\u2019m not sure just how much older than Peter he\u2019s meant to be, but this probably tracks. Peter goes to see Betty at home, where she\u2019s freaking out. She begins to confide in Peter what\u2019s happened, but\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, that\u2019s a surprise. It really is, I don\u2019t remember this at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Duly chastened, our man goes back to school, but he can\u2019t concentrate for the rest of the day. He walks out of the building in the afternoon with his mind racing about Betty, only to find Tiny has put in an appearance. Flash and Liz are excited to see him. He explains he\u2019s got a job and an apartment now, but he can work nights and weekends and come back to school (A teenage kid working nights & weekends at a gas station whose ownership seems very much in question right now can afford an apartment? Even in 1996-as-1964????). Tiny is visibly worried Flash will be upset that he can\u2019t play football, anymore, but Flash is just happy he\u2019s back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This issue moves fast. The fight spills out into the bullpen just as Betty is arriving, and she\u2019s terrified and guilty and cringing in a corner and JJJ of course accuses Spider-Man of being in on this. Spidey runs off and then webs and drags Gordon down an elevator shaft into the press room, trying to move the fight to a less populated location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gordon punches into the scaffolding JJJ\u2019s standing on, causing it to fall, but the distraction let Spidey loose, and he grabs JJJ before he can fall. He webs up to the roof at a safe distance so he can settle things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bringing MJ in this early is certainly\u2026 a choice. She obviously can\u2019t interact with Peter, so it\u2019s gonna be a weird issue. But we shall see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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