{"id":8963,"date":"2021-05-05T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T04:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=8963"},"modified":"2020-05-30T14:07:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T18:07:12","slug":"tac-163","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2021\/05\/05\/tac-163\/","title":{"rendered":"TAC 163"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Deadly Duo! Not sure that\u2019s gonna catch on. As this one begins, someone somehow took a picture of Spidey being dragged into the sewer last issue, and it\u2019s on the news, and MJ is freaking out a little. Understandably. But, as she tells herself, \u201cMary Jane Watson-Parker isn\u2019t the sort of woman who can sit around sniffling while her man fights for his life,\u201d so she springs into action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nick Katzenberg: Class act. What\u2019s MJ gonna do? Well, as it turns out\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sal Buscema can\u2019t draw, like, garden variety action. He\u2019s got superheroes in his blood, and if someone throws a punch, it looks like they could crack the moon in half. Even when it\u2019s MJ punching a sleazebag. Anyway, down the sewer, Spidey\u2019s stuck in \u201cectoplasmic shackles,\u201d like on the cover. Hobgoblin says he\u2019s gonna find someone to pay them a lot of money to kill Spider-Man, and then they\u2019ll kill Spider-Man. This is perhaps the very best excuse for the villain not just murdering the unconscious hero I\u2019ve ever seen. Hobby\u2019s a mercenary, after all, why kill Spider-Man for free? With Hobgoblin gone, Spidey gets Carrion talking about his past life. He says he thought seeing his mother would help him remember, but it didn\u2019t, and now what memories he has are starting to fade. Meanwhile, MJ busts into a fancy pants restaurant, not taking \u201cno\u201d for an answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fireheart recaps his debt to Spider-Man, and says he\u2019s repaying it with his gambit at The Bugle, and it has nothing to do with saving his life. MJ says he wants Spider-Man dead, calls him a hypocrite, and leaves. Pretty cool of her to try that angle, tho. Smart. Elsewhere, Hobgoblin is trying to sell Hammerhead Spider-Man\u2019s death, but he\u2019s mad that Hobby failed to kill Joe Robertson, not knowing Tombstone is the one who stopped him. He says bring him Spidey\u2019s head and they\u2019ll talk, so Hobby leaves. Now\u2019s the part of the show where Spider-Man appeals to the Macolm McBride trapped inside Carrion and such. Except he doesn\u2019t do that at all. Instead, he starts goading him, calling him a monster, telling him his mother would never recognize him, telling him he\u2019s too scared to learn the truth about himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Weirdly, now that he\u2019s free, Spidey totally tries the \u201cappeal to his better nature\u201d route as they fight, and it\u2019s not working because he made Carrion so mad. Maybe shoulda tried that in reverse order. Spider-Man collapses part of the tunnel on top of Carrion to try to stop him and feels bad about upsetting him earlier, but that\u2019s when Hobgoblin comes back, and the fighting begins again. Up top, authorities are already trying to figure out what caused this giant hole in the road Spider-Man made outside the McBride residence, and MJ sneaks into the house to appeal to the mom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hobby starts taunting a now dazed and slowed Spider-Man prior to the kill as MJ & Mrs. McBride run out. Carrion floats up to the street behind them, and Spidey shouts a warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hey, whaddayaknow, the deaths of Carrion and Hobgoblin. Both gone forever. Mm hm. They sure do gloss over Mrs. McBride having an easily identified TV star come into her house saying she loves Spider-Man, but I guess they were out of pages. This issue features a letter from Ben Acker. Probably the same Ben Acker who grew up to co-create The Thrilling Adventure Hour Podcast and eventually write some comics. Been a while since a famous name appeared in the letters. He liked Cosmic Spidey and does not like Sal Buscema. Poor Sal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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