Having passed out fighting the Vulture, Spider-Man is taken to prison, where a riot ensues once they take George Stacy hostage!
POINTLESS TRIVIA
BEN: “Gwen Stacy cries” consecutive issue count: 6.
DUY: Jim Mooney takes over as Romita's inker.
WHAT'S AGED THE BEST?
DUY: So I don't know if it's the context of the last few issues being bad, but I loved this issue. The whole idea of Spider-Man breaking out of jail and pulling a big con on the other criminals is clever. The art is a huge improvement. The cover looks really good and might have made me buy it off the rack if I'd seen it then. Jonah is Jonah.
BEN: It’s nice to see both Captain Stacy and Robbie sticking up for Spider-Man, two of his biggest supporters. Mooney on inks has improved the quality of the art. Romita has clearly been doing rough layouts.
DUY: So it was definitely Heck that was bringing it down for me significantly. The story was already not that captivating prior, but in addition to everything, I didn't even like looking at the art. Jim Mooney has come on a couple of times now and it's much better and makes it easier to look at.
BEN: Poor Don Heck, we’ve been very unkind, but also fair.
WHAT'S AGED THE WORST?
DUY: Mary Jane Watson, maybe if your friend is going through hell, you reach out instead of making fun of him.
BEN: She’s being as ugly on the inside as she is the outside. (Direct your hate mail to Duy).
NITPICKS
BEN: With all the time Spider_man has been unconscious in the prison, I’m fairly certain someone would have peeked under the mask at some point.
DUY: May Parker says "You've never kept things from me before!", but Peter has. Like all the time.
BEN: That's a parent thing though, believing that.
DUY: Point.
FAVORITE PANEL
DUY: Point.
FAVORITE PANEL
BEN: Mine:
DUY: It's not often that I say that a classic comic made a great color choice and sets a mood effectively through color, but this one did it. And it has Jonah.
WHO WON THE COMIC?
DUY: As with last issue, the real winner is us, as readers, for getting this book back to the level of "good."
DUY: I'll take it.
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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