{"id":834,"date":"2022-01-03T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deweybass.com\/spiderman\/?p=834"},"modified":"2020-10-26T10:52:39","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T14:52:39","slug":"asm-151","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2022\/01\/03\/asm-151\/","title":{"rendered":"ASM 151"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

151 begins Len Wein\u2019s run as writer on Spidey. Marvel clearly liked what he did on Team-Up enough to give him the keys to the car. Ross Andru stays on as regular penciler, inked in this issue by Jazzy John Romita. Always nice to see his name pop back up. It’s funny, back when I did the first round of blocks, I didn’t want to spoil the original clone saga. I didn’t want these issues in the first Wein block because of that. But, of course, the 90s made that totally impossible, and holding 151 & 152 ’til now was for nothing. Ah, well. This issue begins with Spidey tying up a pretty significant loose end from the clone business: He\u2019s got a clone Peter Parker corpse in his possession, and he\u2019s got to do something with it. So he\u2019s brought it to an incinerator plant. For no reason other than to show you, he puts the bag down, opens it, and whips the Spider-Man mask off the body to reveal his own face while talking about all that\u2019s happened recently, and while he does so, his Spider Sense goes off. He thinks someone\u2019s watching him, but sees no one around.
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Hours later, we find Peter Parker in a weird mood at school, understandably, hanging out with MJ and Flash when they run into someone they haven\u2019t seen in awhile\u2026
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We jump ahead to that party.
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MJ effortlessly disarming JJJ is nice. Then there\u2019s some business where JJJ is terrified Flash will mess up his record collection, so they turn on the radio. Pete & MJ discover Harry is there, but he\u2019s sitting alone looking kinda sad, so MJ does her thing. She\u2019s really matured over the last couple years. Meanwhile, Peter has found Betty & Ned, and remarks on how he can\u2019t believe they\u2019re getting married.
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Robbie is a class act. He doesn’t even know Harry all that well, but look at him. As comedy business with JJJ defending his home and wallet continues, the news reports a series of freak blackouts sweeping across the city, and Peter notes they seem to be headed this way. And, as Jonah is giving a speech about Betty & Ned, the lights go out. Peter runs out on the balcony in time to see a police helicopter flying overhead. He\u2019s pretty sure these blackouts are something nefarious, and not sure how to sneak out of the party, he does something\u2026 pretty crazy\u2026
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From up here, Spidey has the vantage point to see the ridiculous truth: The blackouts spell the word \u201cSHOCKER\u201d from above. Spidey\u2019s old foe has initiated one of the goofiest villain plots I\u2019ve ever seen. It\u2019s been almost 100 issues since The Shocker was last seen in these pages, though not terribly long<\/a> on the blog, and Spidey does remember him being the kind of guy who\u2019d do something so big. And since the \u201cR\u201d isn\u2019t quite finished, Spidey has a pretty solid idea of where to go looking for him. This leads him into the sewer, where he soon discovers\u2026
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That reintroduction comes in the form of a kick, and it\u2019s fightin\u2019 time. Shocker is really laying into Spidey with his vibro-shockers (Look, I don\u2019t name these things), but as soon as he gets in close, Spidey webs his face and bats him across the room. But Shocker manages to vibrate the web off his face (er\u2026) and then begin to escape up a manhole. This is a bad time for Spidey to run out of webfluid, but he does.
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Maybe I\u2019m underestimating it, but this situation doesn\u2019t seem terribly dire. Just, like\u2026 get up? I guess we\u2019ll see why it\u2019s not that simple next issue. Unless it is. This one\u2019s cover is pretty famous. It\u2019s certainly a striking image. But\u2026 kinda false advertising, huh? I\u2019ve spent ages of my life having seen the cover and wondering what could drive Spider-Man to a murderous rage in this issue, and then answer is, well, nothing, now that you mention it. Bit odd.
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