{"id":10,"date":"2019-03-26T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T05:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deweybass.com\/spiderman\/?p=10"},"modified":"2019-03-04T20:51:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T01:51:40","slug":"asm-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2019\/03\/26\/asm-101\/","title":{"rendered":"ASM 101"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Another reprint! Yeah, well, ASM 101 is expensive. If anyone wants to buy me one, feel free. But, lucky for me, I\u2019ve had this issue of Marvel Tales since it came out, way back in 1991, so we can keep going. That cover is by noted Batman artist Marshall Rogers, who was doing some work around the Spider-Offices in the early 90s, covers and some interiors. His art didn\u2019t really fit into what seemed cool to young me at the time, but I have a much better appreciation for it today. If we ever get to the 90s, we\u2019ll see his work again. But right now, it\u2019s still 1971, and Spider-Man\u2019s still got 4 extra arms! So, naturally, that\u2019s when you introduce a vampire.<\/p>\n

Roy Thomas takes over as writer (He\u2019s billed as \u201cstand-in scripter,\u201d as if he expected his tenure to be short, which it was) with the same art team as usual lately. Peter Parker is still understandably freaking out. He\u2019s having a lot of feelings.<\/p>\n

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Naturally, this is when Gwen calls to ask Pete out to a movie. He doesn\u2019t handle that well, either.<\/p>\n

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Super smooth, Pete-o. He starts to worry that Aunt May will see what he\u2019s done to himself and it\u2019ll kill her, and imagines himself becoming a figure of terror in New York.<\/p>\n

Next up on the parade of strangely timed phone calls is Joe Robertson. He wants to know if Peter can go on an assignment for the Bugle, but Pete says he\u2019s going to the country to head off a case of mono. Better than how he dealt with Gwen, at least. Peter suddenly realizes there\u2019s one person he can call: Curt Connors. He knows Connors has a place in Southampton, and tells him he\u2019s been in an accident like the one that made him The Lizard, and needs a place to go. Curt says the place is all his, and there\u2019s a lab there, and then Pete promptly hangs up on him.<\/p>\n

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I mean, you told him you’d been in an accident similar to his… that might paint a worse picture than what you’ve actually done to yourself, but what do I know? Anyway, Spidey swings off into the night, and almost immediately falls off his webline when one of his crazy arms knocks him loose. He slowly begins to gain control over his extra arms as he makes his way to hop a train to his destination. As he approaches the place, Spidey says he wonder why Connors does all his research in Florida\u2026<\/p>\n

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Spider-Man can\u2019t shake a bad feeling, and his Spider Sense is going off. But it\u2019s not the house, it\u2019s a boat right off the coast, where things are getting weird. They took in a guy found adrift in the ocean, and since then, crew members have been disappearing, and now they\u2019ve found their captain dead.<\/p>\n

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Morbius manages to escape the crew and avoid them all day. He doesn\u2019t have much strength during the day. But when night falls, it\u2019s a whole other story\u2026<\/p>\n

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I’ve said it before, but I really love a Gil Kane montage panel. Morbius has now killed everyone left on board. He\u2019s horrified by his own actions, but can\u2019t stop himself. So he dives overboard and swims to the beach, where he finds Connors\u2019 house. This is weird, since he can fly, and soon does. As the sun rises, Morbius sneaks into the house and lays down to sleep in the belfry (har har). Later, \u00a0Spider-Man is having no luck coming up with a cure for his arms. I mean, how would you? He trying to make \u201carms-go-away\u201d spray? He tries to mix up a new potion, but it fails, and he\u2019s pretty dejected. But it\u2019s sunset now, so he\u2019s about to get busy as a certain figure comes down the stairs, unseen.<\/p>\n

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I love the vampire being like \u201cWhoa, that guy\u2019s weird<\/em>!\u201d He goes for Spidey, who notes that he\u2019s pale and creepy and looks like a vampire, but come on, the dude with 6 arms knows there\u2019s no such thing as vampires<\/em>. Soon, Morbius has Spidey on the ropes. He\u2019s overpowered and still trying to get used to his new arms. Morbius knocks him right out, and prepares to feed. But then Curt Connors shows up. He always seems to fly across the country any time Spider-Man needs him. Morbius lunges for the Doc, and he gets agitated. And, well, ya know\u2026<\/p>\n

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Now there\u2019s a sight to wake up to. Next time, we see the startling conclusion (And not in a reprint). Will Spidey survive? Will he get rid of his spare arms? \u00a0I mean, probably! Here\u2019s the original cover to this issue:<\/p>\n

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