{"id":8974,"date":"2021-04-30T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T04:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=8974"},"modified":"2020-08-21T01:47:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T05:47:59","slug":"web-062","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2021\/04\/30\/web-062\/","title":{"rendered":"WEB 062"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As this issue, by the usual suspects, begins, Spider-Man is back in a sewer, searching for someone. No one should be in sewers this often. The bit is it seems like he\u2019s hunting a villain, but it is also obviously a bit, and then\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I genuinely love New Yorkers who believed everything JJJ said about Spider-Man in The Bugle switching to just believing everything Thomas Fireheart says about Spider-Man in The Bugle. He thinks about this as he swings by a Bugle billboard (that shows him posing with some nuns!?!?!). Something sets off his Spider Sense, but the only people around are a guy buying a hot dog from a vendor, so he chalks it up to nerves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Spider Sense. Warns him. Of. Danger. Where is the danger? Can a man not enjoy a hot dog, legally purchased? Spider-Man\u2019s brain is persecuting Mark Raxton! The Molten Man is heading to meet his sister, and doesn\u2019t want to be late. I\u2019m sure Peter won\u2019t see him, jump to conclusions, and start a fight. Back at the building The Parkers and The Osborns live in, MJ is showing Kristy some of her modeling photos, which Kristy finds very funny due to the outfits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peter changes clothes in the elevator and heads in to be told Raxton is coming. Kristy asks why Liz can\u2019t just call the cops if somebody\u2019s bothering her, and then Gerry Conway gives Molten Man I believe his first real backstory pre-supervillainy, even though it\u2019s only 2 panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peter suggests the girls go intercept Harry & Little Normie, due to arrive any minute, while Peter waits for Raxton in their place. Liza is very grateful. He makes sure the girls are taking Harry away somewhere and then\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wut. But wait, it gets weirder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WUT! He\u2019s gonna get them all evicted! As expected, Spider-Man starts a fight with Molten Man without talking first. In fact, Mark seems concerned that Spider-Man has done something to his sister, and becomes pretty upset. This is peak 1970s Spider-Man. So it\u2019s time for them to smash their way around Harry & Liz\u2019s home for awhile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Raxton is able to daze Spider-Man and stuff him in the fridge. Really. Then he throws the fridge down the elevator shaft. I gotta say, you\u2019re not gonna patch things up with your sister by throwing her fridge down the elevator. Raxton rides the elevator down after our hero, gloating all the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spider-Man can\u2019t really web or hit Molten Man, so he solves his problem by throwing him into the electrical equipment in the elevator, shocking him unconscious. And then\u2026 and then this? What?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What happened? Did Spider-Man, having subdued the guy he thought was trying to threaten his friends, just leave? Not call the cops or anything? What\u2026 What? That doesn\u2019t make any sense, and that ending is absurd! Oh man, this really did read like a 70s comic. Much more than any 80s material I\u2019ve seen from Conway to date. Wow. But hey, good for Mark. And as we\u2019ve seen in future issues, he really has turned over a new leaf. It\u2019s nice when bad guys get a chance at redemption. You can\u2019t redeem any ol\u2019 villain, of course, but a guy like Molten Man, who\u2019s story is more tragic than villainous, works well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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