{"id":288,"date":"2019-04-07T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T04:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deweybass.com\/spiderman\/?p=288"},"modified":"2019-10-16T20:21:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T00:21:33","slug":"asm-109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2019\/04\/07\/asm-109\/","title":{"rendered":"ASM 109"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We drop right back in where we left off last issue, Pete & Gwen still in the bombed out ruins of the federal building. Pete can\u2019t leave without disappointing Gwen, but he\u2019s got to go save Flash. Peter ducks into the bathroom to get some room to think, and hits upon an idea:
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Hilarious. But, hey, whatever works. Spidey drops the clothed webs and starts swinging around trying to get a ping from his spider tracer. But as he gets closer to Greenwich Village, his Spidey Sense starts going crazy, even though no one he\u2019s looking for is in sight. Hey, who lives in Greenwich Village\u2026?
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Dr. Strange was using a spell to make Spidey hone in on him (Sure, ok), and keeps using it to guide him back to his Sanctum Sanctorum. Once there, Strange shows Spidey a vision of the people he\u2019s after, and wont let him go, not yet. As Strange & Spidey watch through the spell, Flash is brought before what he thinks is some kind of idol, but it\u2019s not. It\u2019s the old monk who helped Flash in Vietnam. But he\u2019s in some kind of trance.
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Well, that\u2019s not very helpful, Sha Shan. They take Flash to a cell to wait for the right time to kill him, and the vision fades. Spidey makes the sound point that he doesn\u2019t know why Strange is into all this, but he needs to get over there.
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Shout out to the Seven Rings of Raggadorr. As our heroes rush to the rescue, we check back in with Flash, sitting in a dark room, feeling understandably distraught, thinking about how maybe someone does deserve to die for what the war put the Vietnamese through (Wow, Stan, that’s pretty radical for the time!). And then Sha Shan sneaks in, motioning for silence. She\u2019s on his side, of course, but couldn\u2019t do anything to stop the others\u2019 thirst for vengeance. She also reveals she\u2019s the one who lead Flash back to camp after the explosion, when he was in a daze. But then she pulls a knife out right as the priest discover her in Flash\u2019s cell, and they drag her out saying she\u2019ll ruin the ritual. Meanwhile, Gwen Stacy has made it to Peter & Harry\u2019s apartment, hoping to find him there. But he\u2019s not, so he must still be in the clutches of that evil Spider-Man.
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Gwen snapped! Harsh truths everywhere! As Aunt May is rethinking the way she treats Peter, we jump back to Flash\u2019s predicament, as it\u2019s The Holy Hour now. But, naturally, just as a big axe is given to The Giant One to kill Flash\u2026 well, you can guess\u2026
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SATAN… ish. Spidey frees Flash, but The Giant One gets a hold of Spidey in the process, so it\u2019s fightin\u2019 time. Spidey is able to put in a better showing than last time, and after some acrobatics, he seems to be winning. Strange tells him he\u2019s got to keep them at bay a little longer while he weaves his spell.
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As Strange finishes breaking the trance, Flash has run off and found Sha Shan, now locked away herself. She says she was only trying to cut his ropes with the knife earlier, naturally, and then her father, back to normal thanks to Strange, calls out for her. So, the day is saved.
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Ouch. So, Peter is left wondering if his love life is in trouble, Gwen is still wondering if Peter\u2019s alive or dead, and Aunt May\u2019s had her whole worldview thrown off. Maybe not the happiest ending, after all. The “white dude making stuff up about an Asian culture” of it all got a lot weirder this issue. But… I’ve seen worse, sadly.
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