{"id":5192,"date":"2020-06-18T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T04:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=5192"},"modified":"2019-07-07T14:25:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T18:25:10","slug":"tac-221","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2020\/06\/18\/tac-221\/","title":{"rendered":"TAC 221"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everybody\u2019s dyin\u2019 this month! Ben didn\u2019t die last week, so Peter is CERTAIN to die here, right? Right. You will recall Peter\u2019s spirit was heading toward the light at Aunt May\u2019s urging last time. Guess who\u2019s there?
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It\u2019s a happy reunion until Ghost Peter starts convulsing. Back in the real world, we see Doc Ock trying to shock him back to life. Ock thinks that the virus is in full remission, but Peter\u2019s suffered heart failure, and now only he can save himself. In the spirit world or whatever, Peter starts spiraling down toward Earth when he\u2019s stopped by his best buddy, Harry Osborn, still somewhat recently deceased at this time. He says his family lacks the will to hold him here, that they aren\u2019t sure he belongs.
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Well, that came out way creepier with Seinkiewicz on board. Meanwhile, on Earth, it\u2019s makeout time:
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Otto\u2019s kissin\u2019 everybody! Stunner heads out to her assigned duty, Kaine watching as always, saying tragedy is coming for her, while back in the lab, Peter wakes up and is understandably not sure what\u2019s supposed to happen now, something Ock is really enjoying.
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And then the cops show up! Otto sent Stunner to call them, and man, did they get here fast. Otto says he intends to go quietly and offers them a beverage, even. Excellent host. As he\u2019s lead away, he says he wants Spider-Man to recover, so he\u2019ll be at peak performance for their next encounter. More than a little ridiculous.
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Absurd. There is some fun to be had in Ock saving Spider-Man’s life after all these years, sure, but it just doesn’t jibe with his character. Spidey swings off, thinking he should be worried about Ock attacking MJ or Aunt May, but \u201chonestly, I can\u2019t see him crossing that line.\u201d Well, you should read Parallel Lives, then, I guess, and maybe Tom DeFalco should, too. Spidey thinks about how it\u2019s great to be alive and they\u2019re having a baby and this calls for a celebration. Back at the crib\u2026 Mary Jane is cleaning the house in a tube top and Daisy Dukes. Ok! Gotta get your kicks somehow, Sal, I guess. She\u2019s worrying about the future when Peter arrives.
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How nice for them to enjoy this temporary happiness. Elsewhere, Stunner is prepping to break Doc Ock out of jail before he even gets there, but then Kaine lobs a gas grenade at her, taking her out for the evening. In the van, Ock is telling all the SWAT guys their weapons mean nothing to him and his escape is inevitable, and that would be normal in any other story, but it\u2019s 1994, so Kaine rips through the top of the van.
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\u201cI\u2019m possibly the greatest villain in the history of Spider-Man comics!\u201d \u201cWell, I\u2019m a dumb scrub meant to capitalize on the current appetite for grim-dark killing machines!\u201d 
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You see where it\u2019s going.
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Yeah. Jobbing out Grim Hunter to Kaine was one thing, but this? This is sacrilege. Danny Fingroth seemed so proud of this in that Collector\u2019s Preview, where they straight up told you Kaine would kill Ock in this issue. As if removing Spider-Man\u2019s best villain from the toybox was somehow a great idea. And, of course, he didn\u2019t stay dead. Why would he? But, honestly, he\u2019s never really been the same since. From mediocre stories upon his return to suddenly dressing like a vampire for some reason to eventually \u201cdying\u201d for ages and ages, every appearance billed as his final scheme before death, and yet he just kept coming back in increasingly absurd stories, to becoming \u201cThe Superior Spider-Man,\u201d an apparently very popular concept I think is incredibly stupid. Doc Ock may have come back from the dead, but he never really recovered. Some legacy, Danny. Nothing to be proud of.
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