{"id":9265,"date":"2021-06-04T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T04:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=9265"},"modified":"2020-06-01T18:01:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T22:01:37","slug":"asm-337","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2021\/06\/04\/asm-337\/","title":{"rendered":"ASM 337"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The bad guys are huge! Spidey doesn\u2019t stand a chance! Sorta reminds you of the cover to Uncanny X-Men #4. With cover inks by the great Walt Simonson, no less. Terry Austin\u2019s back for interiors on this one, which begins with poor Nathan\u2019s funeral. While him getting killed still totally sucks, seeing the old boarding house cast show up to the funeral is a nice touch. Or it should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This Nathan slander is offensive! The composition of May & Peter looking at each other in the close ups is fun, if totally unnecessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ock is back to shooting for the moon! No petty bank robbery this time. Not even just poisoning all of New York like in ASM 295<\/a> & 296<\/a>, we\u2019re poisoning the whole Earth, baby! And wouldn\u2019t you know it, using Peter\u2019s college experiment to do it. What a coincidence! Elsewhere, Pete & MJ are walking home from the funeral, with MJ trying to get him to say what he wants to eat, even suggesting a dead rat to prove he\u2019s not paying attention, and Peter is so upset he kind of acts like a jerk, yelling that he doesn\u2019t care what they do for dinner and to leave him alone. MJ is upset, but understands\u2026 but the mysterious figure watching from across the street notes that Peter seems abusive. What\u2019s that about, eh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Creators will tell you at length that Spider-Man can\u2019t be married because kids won\u2019t relate to them, but I gotta say, stuff like this showed lil\u2019 11-year old me that a relationship is hard work. That\u2019s a good lesson. Soon, at ESU, a scientist is examining the Burindite when Mysterio & Hobgoblin show up, and Hobby quickly makes enough of a ruckus to alert a passing Peter Parker, so Spider-Man soon comes through the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You think someone on campus noticed how Spider-Man was always around until Peter Parker left, and then suddenly always around again when Peter Parker came back? That could\u2019ve been a fun storyline. The villains escape, and if that\u2019s not enough, people in the crowd hear on a radio that \u201cThere\u2019s whole war going on at Governor\u2019s Island!\u201d so Spidey has more work to do. But we turn our attention to Flash & Felicia walking down the street, Flash talking about how amazing she is, Felicia thinking about how she\u2019s gonna use him to hurt Peter. But then four muggers come for them. Flash initially tries to give them Felicia\u2019s purse, sayin they don\u2019t want trouble, making her think he\u2019s a wimp, but when they make advances toward her, Flash the boxer starts mixing it up with four guys at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAll my life, I\u2019ve been on my own, except for living with my Mom the whole time, but no one\u2019s ever stood up for me, except when Spider-Man literally talked the cops into dropping all charges against me!\u201d But, whatever, there\u2019s a twist in that plot. Vultch & Sandy are there to steal an experimental amphibious assault vehicle. Spidey arrives on the scene thanks to a ride from a friendly boater, and when he sees Vulture, he wants revenge for Nathan. But Sandman has slithered into the vehicle, and tho he doesn\u2019t want to, he shoots out a net from it to stop Spider-Man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still don\u2019t get the cameos, still enjoying them anyway. There\u2019s a quick cut to Jonathan Caesar planning to kidnap Mary Jane to a private villa in the Caribbean, and then we\u2019re back with Spidey as he catches up to Electro, who\u2019s escaping with a briefcase and blows up a heating unit to create some chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The warning light! Not seen since ASM 296 or something like that. You\u2019d think it would\u2019ve come up more. With no webs, Spidey tries to just knock Electro out, and gets badly zapped for his efforts. Before he can regroup, Doc Ock\u2019s spaceship appears, and Electro escapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Has he really not put together that The Sinister Six has reformed yet? I guess he\u2019s been busy. Fighting almost all of them in 3 separate back-to-back incidents feels like it should be a tip off. I dunno. 2 issues to go in this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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