{"id":16291,"date":"2023-03-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=16291"},"modified":"2022-02-16T21:43:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T01:43:13","slug":"web-091","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2023\/03\/02\/web-091\/","title":{"rendered":"WEB 091"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am so confused. I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d read this. But I did think the cover promised a story similar to an issue of Web from the 30s. But I looked it up and that comic doesn\u2019t exist, so I guess I\u2019m thinking of this one. Does any of that matter to anyone? Probably not. Seems like maybe a short skirt isn\u2019t the ideal crime figthin\u2019 attire, Betty. This issue has no fewer than 3 inkers, credited by last name, Al Williamson, someone named Stegbauer, and Al Milgrom. I hope the middle guy\u2019s name is also Al. Alas, I looked it up, and it\u2019s Mark. We almost got the Triple Al! PLUS an Alex. So close. Look, Spider-Man\u2019s minding his own on the first page when our old pal Killer Shrike comes smashing through a window he was passing threatening to kill him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Al Willimason\u2019s inks are so sharp. He lets the penciler\u2019s style shine through completely, but you can tell it\u2019s him just by how tight it is.  Shrike tackles them through the air trying to choke the life out of a still very confused Spider-Man, who decides he better work on saving them both from smashing into the pavement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spidey leaves the still-ranting Killer Shrike tied to a lamppost and gets on with his evening. Elsewhere, a neighbor of Betty Brant\u2019s is trying to take out the trash when he sees the 2 villains on the cover stalking toward her apartment and is summarily killed by them. That seems bad. The next day, Peter Parker is feeling weird. He\u2019s telling MJ his run-in with Killer Shrike made him think that his life is a series of the same bad guys coming for him over and over, and he wants to do something spontaneous. She has to go to work, tho, so that\u2019s out the window. So Peter goes for a walk alone to brood when he runs into Betty, dressed all \u201c90s tuff\u201d like on the cover and visibly nervous. She says she can\u2019t talk, then glances over her shoulder, and then…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Remember how in, like, 1996, they were acting like Betty was just getting into being a reporter and was kind of green and not ready yet? Then what\u2019s this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These are some very of-their-time villains, and I\u2019m amused how much the caped one looks like a character Saviuk will co-design soon called Nightwatch. Betty moves on Notwatch, who\u2019s not quite down, and then kung fu\u2019s him in the face. Spider-Man is pretty shocked by all this. He wants to get into Betty\u2019s fight, but is once again zapped by the other guy, and has to deal with him as Betty does a surprising job standing up for herself, all things considered. And throughout, no one can hear anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spidey continues battling the 2 guys, who at least aren\u2019t bothering Betty anymore, as they produce more weapons and demonstrate considerable super strength. Finally, he gets grabbed up by the caped guy, but as his partner\u2019s about to zap him, he twists, letting him zap his pal instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spidey swings Betty away as the Pulse guy blows up the diner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cannot believe I managed to make 1148 posts without talking about what happened to Ned and they\u2019re ruining it before I can get there this late in the game. Ugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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