{"id":229,"date":"2019-05-25T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T04:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deweybass.com\/spiderman\/?p=229"},"modified":"2019-04-06T22:45:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T02:45:04","slug":"tac-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2019\/05\/25\/tac-25\/","title":{"rendered":"TAC 025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s Bill Mantlo, Jim Mooney and Frank Springer beginning an unusually long story for their era with the absolutely terrible title \u201cCarrion, My Wayward Son.\u201d Hooboy. We open on the headquarters of the Maggia, Marvel\u2019s Mafia, whose leader call himself \u201cBig M\u201d like that\u2019s not hilarious, as they entertain a guest: Carrion.
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This spooky weirdo claims he can do what they couldn\u2019t and defeat Spider-Man. When they don\u2019t agree, he shows off his super powers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just killin’ dudes. \u201cBig M\u201d (Clearly the lost McDonald’s mascot, who lost popularity after the introduction of the Hamburglar and decided to show him what real crime looks like) opens a trap door under him, bu he just floats, and then he vanishes. Seems like he\u2019s going to be a formidable foe, and he really, really hates Spider-Man. But why? I know, but only because I read comics with him in the in the past. This story, I guess his introduction, is new to me. We cut to Spider-Man swinging across the city and worrying about all his recent troubles in ASM, I guess in case you haven\u2019t been reading it, while Jim Mooney straight up swipes the Spider-Man off the famous cover of ASM 121 for some reason.
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Was I not supposed to notice? It\u2019s literally one of the all-time most famous comic books, Jim. As Peter worries that he doesn\u2019t know what his future holds, we switch to following The White Tiger as he leaps into action against some gang members working on a car. White Tiger… well, maybe he’ll explain his deal for us. He handles them easily, but then…
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Then he vanishes on the gangster kid just as he\u2019s decided White Tiger is a hero for the community. So, ok, I’ll do it, Hector Ayala is one of Peter Parker’s ESU classmates, but the amulets he wears grant him the power of The White Tiger, enhancing his martial arts prowess and making him one of the most poorly costumed heroes of all time. I mean, look at him. It’s just a white morph suit. No flair, no “tiger” elements. Elsewhere, the Maggia are breaking into the NY headquarters of Citibank! You don\u2019t see real companies namechecked like that in comics anymore. A robot bird bursts out of a van as \u201cBig M\u201d and his goons prepare to attack. I mean a truck. A sinister<\/em> truck.
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\u201cThat \u2018robot,\u2019 as you call it\u2026 because that\u2019s exactly what it is\u2026\u201d Anyway, if you guessed Spider-Man happened to be swinging by right now, you win! Spidey gets into it with all the goons even as the \u201cbirddroid\u201d flies into and explodes a vault.
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The action moves into said vault, where the robo-bird morphs into a humanoid shape. But you probably expected that from the cover telling you this is \u201cThe Terrible Tri-Man.\u201d And while the whole issue has played coy about who his creator is, the cover told you that, too, as Spidey learns on the last page: It\u2019s The Masked Marauder! Yeah, everyone\u2019s favorite villain! What, are you saying you don\u2019t know The Masked Marauder? Well, me either, but here he is, and he just shot some beams out of his own face that rendered Spider-Man blind! Uh-oh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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