{"id":14196,"date":"2022-08-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=14196"},"modified":"2021-05-30T20:23:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T00:23:08","slug":"sm-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2022\/08\/18\/sm-80\/","title":{"rendered":"SM 80"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now there\u2019s a weird cover composition. Not sure I\u2019m with ya on this one, JR. We begin with various recapping and some mysterious forces assaulting Fortunato\u2019s compound and Peter Parker trying to figure out how to avoid getting bitten by Morbius (Again!) without revealing his secret as some goons watch him struggle with the vampire on security cameras. And as for SHOC\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oh, so it\u2019s Strucker. That\u2019s pretty disappointing. Last issue\u2019s cover asked \u201cWho leads the hordes of Hydra?\u201d and the answer is \u201cUm, the guy who usually leads the hordes of Hydra. Surprise?\u201d While the organization has occasionally had other bosses at this point, and will have more in the future, it\u2019s usually, traditionally, Baron Von Strucker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One wonders if Morbius would be able to sense he already bit this guy. As Peter is about to hit Morbius with one last ditch blow, the mysterious invaders get to them, zapping Morbius and then him unconscious in short order. Peter recognizes who shot him seconds before it happens. The invaders proceed to zap Dr. Janson, SHOC, basically everybody, and run off with most of the named characters. Fortunato demands that Crown go get revenge, and he\u2019s all-to eager to oblige since whatever they\u2019re doing to SHOC is supposed to keep him from dying or somerthing. Who\u2019s the invader?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hammerhead\u2019s decided to get with the 90s and grow a goatee! Also, he was, like, on the cover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While pistol whipping our hapless hero, Hammerhead explains he just wants to wreck anything Fortunato has going on after he tried to have Hammerhead killed. SHOC asks what HH wants, and he says he wants SHOC to help him take down Fortunato and Hydra, that he wants them to be buddies. So SHOC says \u201cSure.\u201d Leading to this genuinely amusing bit\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aside from \u201cwe ditched the vampire\u201d being a lil too casual, this is pretty funny. Nobody draws these mob-types like Romita, Jr., and luckily, Mackie was really into using them. Everyone wins! I also like the classic \u201cI may be a gangster, but I hate Nazis!\u201d angle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I mean, I know Hammerhead\u2019s a villain, but Peter\u2019s the one not being reasonable here. The enemy of my enemy and all that. It\u2019s not like Spider-Man can\u2019t just wax HH when this is over. But, instead, HH\u2019s goons throw Peter off a roof (A roof the little boy, Gabriel, is playing on), laughing about \u201cdropping him off\u201d somewhere. Which is, of course, just what he needed, so he could finally become Spider-Man. And just in time, too, because a big Hydra spaceship descends on the building. Also, remember that vampire they ditched? He\u2019s actually bound up elsewhere in the building, and when the Hydra guys blow out a window, he frees himself and feasts on his guards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I mean, come on. The kid hitting Spider-Man for putting his uncle away is better than every page of every other comic in this block so far. Spidey helps the kid even though he doesn\u2019t want it, and then we see him and Morbius independently tearing through all the Hydra goons in various parts of the building. On the roof, SHOC & Crown are having their final battle, Crown informing him anyone who uses their shared technology is slowly killed by it, and his time is coming. Spider-Man pops back up to get involved just as Crown announces he\u2019s going to take everyone in the building with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And that\u2019s that. A very goofy resolution, but given the circumstances, two guys made of energy shooting clouds of it at each other under a spaceship, I guess not so out of place. And that\u2019s\u2026 basically the last we see of SHOC, also. Didn\u2019t exactly set the world on fire, that guy. JR would much later slip him into a very tiny cameo in a Wolverine story, but that\u2019s it. Oh, well. This issue once again runs 4 pages of excepts from reactions to SM 75. And behind that, a practice from this era that makes it hard for me to tell when a book is ending, a totally terrible 3-to-4-page showcase of art from a Marvel title they want you to buy. It\u2019s usually collaged together weirdly and in black & white or just one color. It doesn\u2019t sell the books too well. And this issue\u2019s is selling\u2026 this issue. Usually it\u2019s some book desperately in need of sales like Heroes for Hire, but this issue ends with 3 pages advertising the very comic you just read. Odd. Next time: An unusual detour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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