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More NAZI BEES. The way this book weirdly insists on downplaying the Nazi part makes me want to highlight it. Someone thought NAZI BEES were a good idea. Who\u2019s that someone? Why, Bill Mantlo, of course. Who else would come up with such an aggressively silly thing? At any rate, Desiree Winthrop is upset that Ben ditched her, but walks out of the show thinking she knows why. Has the other member of the Archie\/Betty\/Veronica thing they were trying to do figured out his secret like the other one did? I do not recall. Anyway, NAZI BEES.
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It was TAC 37, actually, but who\u2019s counting?
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Domestic bliss with a Spidey twist. Sure be a shame if this all went horribly wrong, wouldn\u2019t it? At that moment, Spider-Man dives into the swarm, and since they\u2019re all avoiding him, he\u2019s able to reach the whatever-it-was institute, whose researchers are still inside. They say they\u2019re being held hostage and forced to operate their McGuffin Machine to help Swarm absorb all these bees. As they\u2019re telling him this, Swam almost kills one of them to remind them not to betray him, then conveniently leaves.
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Sure, man, whatever, this is ridiculous. The nerds power down the machine, and when Swarm comes to threaten them, they say they can\u2019t keep this up unless their equipment is setup on the roof. He falls for it, demanding Spider-Man move everything up there. He and one of the guys move the stuff, Todd DeZago continues to insist on Ben calling people \u201csnacky\u201d over my fervent mental protests, and then\u2026
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It totally works. The bee swarm falls apart and Spider-Man manages to find their queen in the thousands of bees, like, immediately, and take her away. The researchers tell the press Spidey is a hero just so we can cut to JJJ watching at home and harrumphing. 
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Fine! Silly fake out, that was. Hey, what\u2019s on the last page?
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Donald Menken? He\u2019s not appeared on panel since Stern\/Romita, Jr. Weird to see him again. Guess what, I totally know why! But that\u2019s for later. This issue\u2019s letter col is full of people gushing about how awesome Luke Ross\u2019s art was. These people deserved to have the comics industry collapse on them.
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