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I am\u2026 pretty sure I know the master plan of The Puma? We\u2019ll see. We open on Spidey reading The Bugle, wherein JJJ has credited \u201can unidentified passerby\u201d with his rescue rather than telling the world it was Spider-Man. His time as Chameleon\u2019s prisoner also gave him a lot of info about the gang war that abruptly ended last post. But a hit on his Spider Sense makes our hero abandon his paper to follow a car, which turns out to have Thomas Fireheart, aka The Puma, in it. And he\u2019s just going to his corporate headquarters in NY, doing nothing wrong, because whether it\u2019s \u201871 or \u201889, Gerry Conway just does not care how the Spider Sense works. Meanwhile, at Hammerhead\u2019s mansion, he\u2019s smashing up his furniture while The Chameleon makes fun of him for it because he\u2019s mad that they didn\u2019t get Kingpin.
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Vermicelli says no one\u2019s seen the boss, and \u201cThe Arranger\u201d (Chameleon, obviously) tells him to keep looking and report back. Hammerhead had no idea this was The Chameleon\u2019s new con. Dimitri says now that he can impersonate Arranger, he doesn\u2019t need JJJ anymore. Did he in the first place? Was The Bugle really that useful in plotting against Kingpin? He probably could\u2019ve learned more by spending an hour in the Kingpin\u2019s building as one of his goons than he did holding JJJ captive for weeks. \/shrug I dunno. Speaking of Jonah, he\u2019s furiously bellowing for Nick Katzenberg at The Bugle. Or is he?
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(Certainly not sponsored by Meryl Lynch.) Don’t be so sure, JJJ! A lot can happen in the next 30 years. Who\u2019s trying to take over The Bugle? The answer may surprise you. Or maybe it won\u2019t! Elsewhere, Mary Jane is at aerobics class, because it\u2019s still the 80s, telling her friend Regina about how Jonathan Caesar is using his connections to make sure she can\u2019t get any modeling work. While this is indeed what\u2019s happening, I think at this point MJ has just decided that\u2019s what\u2019s happening without any proof, which is not great storytelling, frankly. Her story sounds outrageous enough that Regina gives her the number for a therapist.
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Why is Spider-Man standing up his wife? Why, to go break into Fireheart Industries, because \u201cevery instinct\u201d tells him a crime is going to be committed there. What? Why? \u201cThe guy who owns this building is here, that means a crime is happening!\u201d Our foolish hero breaks into Fireheart\u2019s office and starts going through his desk. 
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That\u2026 has not traditionally been how that works\u2026 but\u2026 ok. Is this the debut of Puma\u2019s new suit, or was that in Web 50 and I forgot to make note of it? At any rate, I think the red works better for him. They mix it up while Spider-Man insults Puma and his honor and his heritage and whatnot, real classy, all for daring to enter his own building, before demanding to know why he\u2019s in New York. Then we cut to a couple of Conway\u2019s beloved interludes. First, The Arranger has had a bunch of silver bullets made. Oh ho. Will that work on The Lobos if they\u2019re mutants rather than regular werewolves? Who knows? All I know is, I am always making Chekov’s Gun references around here, and here is a literal Chekov’s Gun! Speaking of our furry antagonists, Interlude Two is Glory Grant internally bemoaning her messed up situation as she walks home, where Eduardo is waiting for her. He says he & his brother are waiting for the next full moon, and then they\u2019ll finish the war. Got it. Now, back to the fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They keep going for a bit until Puma declares the fight is over, but the next time they meet, they will settle the debt he feels he owes. How ominous. Spidey\u2019s way too messed up to argue and lets him go. So, Peter Parker appears at the hospital to check on Kristy. He\u2019s surprised MJ isn\u2019t there. Aunt May is, but she seems unusually shaken by all this. Kristy\u2019s doctor tells them she won\u2019t admit she has a problem, which Peter confirms when he goes in.
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The drrraaaaama! Or something. All this Lobo Brothers\/Kingpin stuff comes to a conclusion in Web 55, but for reasons that will become apparent later, that\u2019s not our next issue.
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