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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOne of the bits makes the curtain catch on fire, and Peter slips away to try to stop it. Mesmero notices the web hit the curtain, and announces to the assembled that he has a profitable offer for Spider-Man. Peter then unceremoniously dumps Deb into a bus so he can go look into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Poor Deb Whitman can never catch a break with Peter. What\u2019s up with that random dude? Feel like I\u2019m missing out on a joke. Anyway, Mesmero wants to pay Spidey $400 a week to do 15 minutes in his act. Spider-Man seems to know Mesmero used to bother the X-Men, but figures he\u2019s not hurting anyone now, so he\u2019ll think about it. Mesmero gets a bad review in The Daily Globe, though, so he decides to kill the reviewer. Sure, that\u2019s fair. Next day, Pete sees said reviewer marching out the door looking hypnotized, and is told he said something about going to the Brooklyn Bridge, so Spider-Man swings into action. Meanwhile, JJJ, who recently went a little insane, bursts into The Daily Bugle and just\u2026 takes back over. He says \u201cno punk like Jonas Harrow can keep J. Jonah Jameson out of action!\u201d making himself sound even crazier, but everyone just goes with it, because everyone working on the book is clearly tired of this subplot (We’ll see this later, too). That brief cutaway gave Spider-Man time to get to the bridge, where the theater critic has covered himself in heavy chains and jumps off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hilariously, the cops complain that they could have talked him down. The critic is grateful, though, and rewards Spider-Man with 2 tickets to A Chorusline. Peter makes a date with Deb to go see it, while Mesmero just gets more angry about all the negative reviews he\u2019s been getting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And now that Spider-Man stopped the one critic from killing himself, he\u2019s been added to the hit list. Having just seen a dude try to kill himself on Mesmero\u2019s orders, Spider-Man is weirdly nonchalant as he shows up for their meeting later. Mesmero gets the drop on him with some electrified money (wut), and then ties him up to kill him. This leaves poor Deb Whitman stood up for their date. Her whole thing is such a weird sob story. Anyway, now for Mesmero\u2019s Revenge, which is really convoluted. He\u2019s hypnotized all the critics who hated him to come watch as he makes Spider-Man balance on a pole and juggle explosives over a floor covered in gas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Spider-Man is a pro, though, so he simply tosses the explosives into the roof, webs up Mesmero\u2019s weapon, and knocks all the critics to safety. Then it\u2019s a small matter to knock out his enemy and that\u2019s that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wacky one, this. Strange way for O’Neil to get going. As he was the editor before Marv Wolfman abruptly quit, I have come to suspect he took this job because somebody had to in a hurry, so maybe he was just cranking something out here. We’ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s 1980 now. 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