Adrian Toomes, the original Vulture, returns, breaks Blackie Drago, the other Vulture, out of prison, and they get into a fight, and of course Spider-Man is caught in the middle.
POINTLESS TRIVIA
BEN: Villain appearance count:
- Doctor Octopus: 9
- Green Goblin: 7
- The Vulture: 6
- The Kingpin: 6
- Kraven the Hunter: 5
- Sandman: 4
- Mysterio: 4
- The Enforcers: 3
- The Rhino: 3
- The Lizard: 3
- Professor Smythe/Spider Slayer: 3
- The Chameleon: 2
- Electro: 2
- The Ringmaster: 2
- Scorpion: 2
- Molten Man: 2
BEN: The return of Adrian Toomes as the Vulture.
DUY: That did not take long at all. He supposedly died in #48, 15 issues ago. Is this one of the first blatant resurrections?BEN: "Gwen Stacy cries" consecutive issue count: 4.
WHAT'S AGED THE BEST?
BEN: Harry predicting the Flash and Peter friendship.
DUY: Why did anyone ever think Drago was a good idea?
BEN: They probably had a few readers complain that Toomes was way too old to be a physical threat, on account of Ditko drawing him to look as old as Aunt May. Toomes is a far better Vulture than Drago. It was smart to “resurrect” him.
WHAT'S AGED THE WORST?
DUY: Coming off the Spectacular magazine, this feels particularly phoned in artwise.
BEN: Romita must have been stretched thin at this point.
BEN: I mean look at him, he’s clearly a human dynamo.
BEN: I don’t know if he’s ever had trouble with his webbing in the rain before or since.
DUY: Are you telling me that Peter has never encountered rain in the previous 60+ issues?
BEN: Captain Stacy says Gwen is on a date and Peter doesn’t think a thing about it. Even I as a reader was thinking, “with who?”
DUY: And yeah, just how did dating work in the 60s? Gwen can just date and Peter's okay with it? I thought they were offical.
BEN: Why is his arm always injured against the Vulture?
DUY: Why is it that when "Spider-Man is injured" it's always his arm?
FAVORITE PANEL
DUY: And yeah, just how did dating work in the 60s? Gwen can just date and Peter's okay with it? I thought they were offical.
BEN: Why is his arm always injured against the Vulture?
DUY: Why is it that when "Spider-Man is injured" it's always his arm?
FAVORITE PANEL
BEN: A splash, but whatever.
DUY: This is such an underwhelming stretch of issues and all the art looks rushed. The Osborn stuff should be high-suspense, and it's not. It's hard to pick a favorite panel, so I'll just pick an Osborn one anyway.
WHO WON THE COMIC?
DUY: Who wins this story, Ben? Who??
DUY: That's it for Spider-Rama this week.
BEN: Thank you, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko—
DUY: —for telling us we aren't the only ones.
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