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Crazy cover by Hannigan & Milgrom. The abstract expression of Manhattan below just using text is really cool. Big, random shoutout to Epic Illustrated, Marvel\u2019s creator owned imprint of the time, too. It\u2019s Mantlo, Hannigan & Mooney inside. I think maybe Electro isn\u2019t considered one of Spidey\u2019s big villains, and I\u2019ll grant you his schemes tend to be petty and he\u2019s not the most 3D character, but power-wise, he\u2019s got to be up there. Super dangerous. A point this comic strives to prove by showing how he\u2019s being held in Ryker\u2019s: wrapped up like a mummy in \u201cnon-conductive bandages,\u201d only fed intravenously by plastic robot arms. They are serious.
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I really hope Max Dillon is in the E-Section because his supervillain name is Electro. He zaps his way out of prison and rides the electrical currents of the power lines to freedom. He\u2019s apparently been in there since his last appearance in this title, #42, when he was trying to join the Frightful Four. He\u2019s decided that was a mistake, and is going back to working alone. Meanwhile, Peter Parker is late to meet Marcy Kane. Not because of Spider-Man, for once, but because Dr. Sloan was congratulating him on a good exam result, which Peter credits to studying with Marcy. Things seem to be ramping up between them super fast. He finds a place to change out of his Spidey gear and appears behind Marcy.
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Did that guy bleep himself?? Poor Deb Whtiman. I have no idea who BIFF RIFKIN is. Sometimes he seems like a meathead, sometimes he seems like a nerd. Deb tends to call him \u201cpreppy,\u201d but what does that mean, really? The drawbridge thing is Electro, of course. He\u2019s on a rampage sucking up all the electricity in the city to be \u201cfuel for his vengeance.\u201d He hasn\u2019t mentioned Spider-Man yet, but I assume that\u2019s who he intended to revenge himself uponst. Not sure what else he\u2019d be doing. Speaking of, Peter is arriving at Marcy\u2019s place with her, and inside, he tries a romantic move \u201cto show his gratitude.\u201d
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He picked her up and fell down on the couch with her! \u201cAs a friend??\u201d You got some weird friend behaviors, buddy! 
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There\u2019s the Marcy Kane we know. Certainly can\u2019t blame her. JJJ gets more and more agitated until Electro swoops by overhead. He tells Marla to find a phone and call Robbie to let him know JJJ is on the case. He runs off to get the story, and Spider-Man leaps by overhead, just long enough to make JJJ mad, before reaching Electro.
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I note the theater is playing the cult animated movie \u201cHeavy Metal\u201d in \u201cDolby Gillis Sound.\u201d Got to find ways to amuse yourself drawing comics. The manhole cover was just to distract Electro while Spidey runs into a hardware store and puts on some rubber gloves. He belts Electro, but it seems Big E is more powerful than ever, as these villains tend to randomly be, and he shrugs it off before blasting Spider-Man out of the store. He keeps moving as he formulates a plan. The crowd is amazed by his abilities, which sends JJJ into a rage, and he admonishes Bannon for calling Spider-Man a hero. There\u2019s a time & a place, JJJ!
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This issue has had some of the most Stan Lee-esque crowd chatter since he left ASM. JJJ gleefully leads Bannon up to get a photo of Spider-Man\u2019s corpse, but they can\u2019t find it. I know you\u2019ll be shocked, but he\u2019s not dead! He\u2019s prrrretty messed up, tho, as he slowly makes his way home to rest. Electro is already considering how to take his revenge on the FF for their part in his most recent prison stay. I mean, all it would take is one good zap to beat Spider-Man, but the whole FF? Come on, Max. Meanwhile, JJJ is calling in his story, and Spider-Man is just getting home with an idea\u2026
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Sure is lucky that air mattress was the right colors! JJJ getting humiliated by his own hubris is pretty great, tho. So, down on Broadway, Electro is terrorizing people waiting for Spidey to show up, and when he does, Electro doesn\u2019t notice his fancy new rubber suit, and is shocked when Spider-Man isn\u2019t shocked. They get to fightin\u2019 as JJJ watches on TV, hoping Spider-Man will die so his paper won\u2019t lose credibility. Very classy. Spider-Man is berating Electro, telling him he never comes close to winning their fights and asking why he keeps doing this.
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This was a pretty fun one. Fast paced, action packed. Look how much stuff got crammed in one issue. Electro, the Marcy plot, the Deb plot and a pretty big focus on Jonah\u2019s vendetta, all in 24 pages. Pretty impressive.
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