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Jazzy John Romita tags back in on pencil duties this issue. Stan & Frank hang on from last issue as Spidey notices the spy camera that just saw him with his mask off. He webs it up, hoping no one saw his face, but of course, Smythe did.
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The typical mad scientist lab! All the usual stuff, make yourself at home. Spidey has an idea, and heads over to Curt Connors\u2019 lab, where, as always, Curt\u2019s like \u201cYeah, man, whatever you need.\u201d Spidey starts mixing up some chemicals, and then\u2026
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Aaaaalright. Not sure where that\u2019s going. He thanks Connors for the use of his lab and then swings off. Meanwhile, JJJ is still fuming that his control over the Spider Slayer have stopped working, and then the controls themselves start fuming\u2026
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JJJ is always telling Robbie to write up these stories, like he’s not the editor who assigns them to other people. From there, we check back in on Smythe, who\u2019s having a great time. He\u2019s stolen JJJ\u2019s money, he\u2019s seen Spider-Man\u2019s face, and now he\u2019s got \u201cthe four top gang leaders of New York\u201d gathered at his place to see how they can use the spy network he built to actually commit crimes now that he\u2019s the only one controlling it. Then he scans until he finds Spider-Man again, showing them all his unmasked face. Sort of. Looking right at the camera, he starts tugging on his own skin\u2026
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I mean\u2026 ok. So, what, the idea is he unmasked when he thought no one was looking, and was wearing a mask of some dude under his Spider-mask? And now he\u2019s wearing them the other way around? If I was one of those guys, I\u2019d have to assume Spider-Man is a really weird dude. Anyway, Smythe still wants to sell them on his services, so he reveals he\u2019s got a bigger version of last issue\u2019s robot, which he climbs inside to go fight Spidey in person. And Spider-Man himself, at that moment, is swinging by The Daily Bugle, where there\u2019s another protest, this time about the spy cameras, and JJJ is actually leading it.
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Seems like a lot of the times Stan really hits on a social ill, he finds a way to walk both sides of the line. Last issue, Randy was protesting that minority groups are disenfranchised and calling out JJJ. But by diverting both of them to a new protest, he can back off of the issue before getting in too deep. Still, he was trying to get social issues into the book, and that’s pretty cool. He laid the groundwork for ever-more socially conscious, “world outside your window” storytelling. Spidey does swing down and say hello, and in the course of their conversation, Jameson openly admits to having been controlling the robot. You know… the robot that stole the controls for the spy network last night? I mean… right? Nothing will come of that. JJJ never faces consequences for his forays into villainy. Spidey swings off, noting that the spy cameras are no longer setting off his danger sense, so no one must be watching. He\u2019s got a date with Gwen tonight, so he\u2019s putting Smythe and the cameras on the back burner for now. Back home, he finds Harry sitting in their living room, feeling down about MJ. Pete suggests he\u2019s trying too hard to get her affection.
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Decades from the publication of this issue, Stan Lee would tell people all the time that Pete & \u00a0MJ were his favorite couple. They even worked that into his cameo in the Spider-Man PS4 game. It was his decision for them to get married in the late 80s, even though pretty much no one working on the comics at the time wanted them to. But it sure seemed like he was on Team Gwen back in this era. Speaking of Gwen, Pete goes to pick her up, asking what she wants to do tonight, and she says she wants to check on Flash. Pete\u2019s not into that, but\u2026
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Flash is clearly not in the mood to talk about it, so Gwen & Peter leave. They catch dinner and a movie, and Gwen makes Pete realize she\u2019s not still got a thing for Flash, she\u2019s just concerned for him as a friend. Which makes him feel like a jerk, so after he takes her home, he decides to go visit Flash again. Unfortunately for him\u2026
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Smythe\u2019s bigger Spider Slayer has bigger versions of all the tricks. A webshooter, gas, the whole thing. And, as Spidey taunts him by saying he\u2019s still controlling it remotely and won\u2019t have a chance, Smythe pops up to set him straight:
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Next issue promises to be quite the battle. Alongside this issue, Spider-Man\u2019s 2nd ongoing title launched. Marvel Team-Up, as the title would suggest, paired Spidey with at least one other hero every issue for adventures. Occasionally, someone else would take top billing (Usually the Human Torch), but the vast majority of them starred Spider-Man. It started out bi-monthly, 6 issues a year. My first issue is #3, though, so it\u2019ll be a little longer before MTU shows up on this blog. Still, seemed worth nothing where it began.
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