{"id":2591,"date":"2019-12-26T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T04:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deweybass.com\/spiderman\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2019-07-13T15:02:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T19:02:51","slug":"sm-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2019\/12\/26\/sm-65\/","title":{"rendered":"SM 65"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Time for the thrilling(?) conclusion to Media Blizzard. Looks like deadlines got the better of JRJR on this one, as the middle of the issue is drawn by Tom Morgan and inked by Dick Giordano. Spidey returns to the rundown theater, and of course it\u2019s empty and abandoned, everything he saw last time an illusion, Michael. He recaps the story so far as he looks around and then decides he should go home and sleep. Meanwhile, in a fancy skyscraper in Midtown, Mysteryvision is opening its real headquarters with a big party for industry bigwigs, and bossman \u201cRandolph Hines\u201d slips away for a moment.
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Look at those 3D graphics! Not rendering too well! I must again say, if Mysterio\u2019s deal here really is just becoming a famous TV man, why does he need to fight Spider-Man? Other than this being a superhero comic? Morgan & Giordano jump in here, and the transition is pretty jarring.
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Jessica is not impressed with Ben\u2019s slovenly ways. He makes an excuse about working a double last night (Sort of accurate!) and hops in the shower. Soon enough, out walking around, they talk about how they both don\u2019t really have any family in the city and whatnot, then see a crowd of people transfixed by Mysteryvision. Ben wonders if this is even really a job for Spider-Man rather than the FCC. then a box truck rushes by out of control, crashing and bursting into flame. Ben thinks he\u2019ll have to make an excuse to ditch Jessica, but\u2026
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Spidey springs into action, and Jessica\u2019s focus shifts from the wreck to him exclusively. To the point that she\u2019s making things difficult.
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If I was supposed to understand what happened there, I did not. Spidey is forced to web the TVs to get people to stop staring at them, and realizes this is his problem, after all. Did he, like, forget this almost happening to him in part 1? Switching back, he finds Jessica wants to cancel their date to finish up the photo job, so he heads to work, only to find Shirley & Devon entranced by the TV. Buzz isn\u2019t, though, reading his paper, and he accidentally gives Ben the idea to fo find Mysterio\u2019s transmitter.
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\n\nJohnny & Al tag back in to finish the issue from here.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(I like that dragon joke) FINALLY. FINALLY Spider-Man doesn\u2019t just buy in to the friggin illusion for a change. Unfortunately for him, while the dragon isn\u2019t real, Mysterio is, and he shoots Spidey through the illusion with some kind of blast. Spidey dodges past him to the tower, and manages to rip open a plate to try to shut it off. Mysterio helpfully tells him he\u2019s charging up all he\u2019s got left for one final blast, so obviously Spider-Man tricks him into shooting the tower for him.
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Literally every fight Ben has had so far has involved him whining something like \u201cI WANTED to be Spider-Man again?\u201d or \u201cI came back for THIS?\u201d You know how to leave town if you ain\u2019t up to it, Store Brand Spider-Man. Come back next time for the beginning of a 4-part story featuring by far the stupidest villain of the period.
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