{"id":1835,"date":"2019-09-26T00:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T04:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deweybass.com\/spiderman\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2019-05-22T18:31:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T22:31:27","slug":"tac-098","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2019\/09\/26\/tac-098\/","title":{"rendered":"TAC 098"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now there\u2019s a cover that sells a comic. Could this be the end for Spidey & Black Cat? We kick off with the typical Al Milgrom recap pages, Spider-Man swinging around telling you what\u2019s been up, as he heads to Black Cat\u2019s place, where he swoops in the window and startles her. Then they have… the same conversation they always do. I feel like this series is going in circles. Almost every issue for 8 months, Spider-Man wants to have a serious chat with Black Cat, and doesn\u2019t. As they prepare to maybe talk about their relationship, we switch to Kingpin\u2019s building, where he\u2019s berating his science goons for not having developed a method by which to make him a new super enforcer yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This the first time how The Answer got his powers has been addressed at all. That\u2019s super weird. That\u2019s the guy from last issue who\u2019s been trying to reproduce Cloak\u2019s powers. Kingpin goes to see, but he\u2019s way more interested in replicating Dagger\u2019s powers so he can save Vanessa. When this still-unnamed scientist says he can\u2019t do that, Kingpin departs. Later, once all the other science folks have gone home, this guy fires up his machine, which takes an enormous amount of power and begins overheating, but which also produces a big black hold right in the middle of the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A caption as we switch scenes finally tells us dude\u2019s name. It is, improbably, Dr. Johnathon Ohnn. Really. His experiment seems to have caused a power surge that leads to a blackout right as Spidey and BC are stopping to talk. We only see them for one panel and then jarringly cut away again, to a page of the alien costume on the loose, searching for Peter through streets and alleys. He\u2019s not down on the ground, though, he\u2019s on a roof with Felicia, as we suddenly cut back to them. BC is ready to let the darkness set the mood and forget their chat, but Spider-Man is Spider-Man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I don\u2019t see how Spider-Man expects to help anyone now that he\u2019s twisted around so far his spine must be broken. What the hell, Trimpe? They swoop down on the streets, beating up dozens of people while flirting and joking. I guess they\u2019re meant to be looters, but we never saw them doing anything. Then Spider-Man\u2026 starts recounting his origin to Felicia! WHILE they\u2019re whupping up on a bunch of people in the street!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For once, Black Cat seems almost ready to acknowledge that there\u2019s a person in that Spidey suit, but then it\u2019s off to more fighting. And when that\u2019s over, Cat says she\u2019s heard this story before and he should really unpack his emotional baggage. Ok, she might have a point there. Then she recounts HER origin and says she loved being a criminal and still would be if she didn\u2019t like him so much. Quick cut to Flash Thompson & Betty Brant out to dinner. Betty feels like she\u2019s betraying Ned, while Flash is almost openly proposing they have an affair, what a cool guy. Now, back to our heroes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the argument they\u2019ve needed to have for 8 issues continues, Dr. John Ohnn is\u2026 floating in a white void full of black spots. He thinks the machine altered the wavelength of the blah blah blah, the attempts to make any of this sound scientific are embarrassing. He\u2019s in another dimension like Cloak\u2019s, but half light, half darkness, that\u2019s the thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ladies & Gentlemen, I\u2019ve never seen his origin before now, but I know The Spot, C-List goofball villain, when I see him. Do you get it? Why would you, it\u2019s a pretty old timey reference. But\u2026 Johnathon Onn, The Spot. Right? Ugh. Uuuuuggghhh. As he struggles with his body horror, we go back to Spidey & Felicia\u2019s argument, now taking place in front of a giant billboard for \u201cNEW Boppo Cola.\u201d Not quite as appealing as \u201cLotto Cola.\u201d We know this because, as Felicia is finally going to tell the truth about her powers, the lights come back on, presumably because The Spot came back out of his portal? That doesn\u2019t really make sense, but what about this does? Anyway:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She even admits she helped The Answer steal Silvermane\u2019s body. Spidey is so mad that her bad luck powers kick in, and he almost falls through the roof, webbing away to save himself, but he\u2019s latched onto a water tower which promptly falls apart, dousing him in its contents<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Can comics\u2019 most dysfunctional couple survive? Can The Spot present a real threat to Spider-Man? Tune in next time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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