{"id":3361,"date":"2020-03-09T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=3361"},"modified":"2019-06-03T00:27:21","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T04:27:21","slug":"mtu-123","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2020\/03\/09\/mtu-123\/","title":{"rendered":"MTU 123"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Time for part 2 of this Team-Up mini-epic, which is called \u201cRivers of Blood,\u201d so you know, probably a real lighthearted romp. In the wake of last issue, Spider-Man has been rushed to a hospital, unconscious, and is in the care of Doctor Claire Temple, who you may know from Rosario Dawson\u2019s portrayal on all the Marvel Netflix shows.
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Claire says not if she can help it. The mother says he was home alone when a 13-year old kid broke in to rob the house and stabbed him. Everyone wonders what kind of world they live in for this to happen as the kid is wheeled away. Claire orders Spidey back to bed.
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That didn\u2019t take long. Matt\u2019s in the hospital to see a hitman called \u201cPeepers\u201d Scanlon who\u2019s had a change of heart, and got shot up for wanting to rat on his bosses. Spidey\u2019s heard of the guy. They part ways and Matt internal monologues about his powers in case you\u2019re not familiar as Solarr — Spawn of the Sun comes racing toward the hospital to kill \u201cPeepers\u201d. This goofy looking superhippie started out in Captain America before running afoul of The Avengers, The Defenders, and most recently, The Thing and various others in The Thing\u2019s own monthly team-up book, Marvel Two-In-One. Having escaped imprisonment in Project Pegasus, Solarr is looking to rebuild his rep, and this gig is the beginning (Did he have a rep to lose?). In the hospital, we check in with Matt Murdock and \u201cPeepers,\u201d who says a man can\u2019t just wipe out of a life of crime.
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Elsewhere, Mickey, the kid who got stabbed, is taking all this way better than his Mom, saying it\u2019ll be kinda fun to stay in the hospital and \u201cgo exploring\u201d (Not sure that\u2019s allowed, Mickey) when a certain super-patient stops by to entertain.
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This kid\u2019s name was Mickey at the top of the page, and yet Spidey calls him Joey down here.
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Spidey\u2019s danger sense is set off by some maintenance men, who of course try to kill \u201cPeepers\u2019s\u201d security detail. Matt\u2019s trying to think of a way to slip away and become Daredevil, but, lucky for everybody, Spider-Man is on the case.
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Everything seems ok for a second, but then Solarr crashes through the wall, saying he\u2019ll cook \u201cPeepers\u201d where he stands. Elsewhere, we learn that Mickey has run off to try to see Spidey in action, and in the process, torn his stitches, and doesn\u2019t seem to know he\u2019s bleeding. That seems bad. Upstairs, Solarr is just standing there laughing at the idea of a blind man trying to protect his prey, and Matt is being surprisingly physical\u2026
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Solarr is excited by what taking out Spidey will do to his rep (The hubris!) and manages to burn Spidey\u2019s back in the scuffle. Spidey makes with the banter to distract him, but it\u2019s not working. Lucky for him, everyone stopped paying attention to Matt Murdock.
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The heroes lure him away from \u201cPeepers,\u201d and when DD senses Mickey on the same floor, he shoots Solarr with a fire extinguisher, which forces him outside, since he relies on the sun for his powers, apparently. Spidey and DD give chase, \u201cPeepers\u201d worrying and Mickey loving it. Solarr is able to make some kind of \u201cmirage\u201d of himself that DD sees through but Spidey does not, and the already very injured Spider-Man dives through it into a wall, almost knocking himself out. DD bails him out and causes Solarr to go smashing through a billboard, buying them a few minutes, but back at the hospital, things have gone pear-shaped.
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Spidey is shocked to see DD fleeing the scene, but it\u2019s because he\u2019s heard what\u2019s going on back at the hospital and has to try to save Mickey. And \u201cPeepers,\u201d for that matter. Solarr is really giving Spidey a challenge in his current state as DD makes it to the hospital to find \u201cPeepers\u201d and Mickey coming out the front door.
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More than somewhat <\/em>on the nose, there, DeMatteis. But at least that went ok. Back at the fight, Spidey is barely keeping ahead of Solarr\u2019s blasts when he spots one of his best friends, a water tower, and tricks the superhippie into zapping it and dousing himself.
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And that\u2019s that. Another maudlin ending. The DeMatteis special! I hope Mickey got his stitches fixed. At any rate, next post will be still more Team-Up, as we continue catching up to that ASM 4-parter.
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