The title of this issue is "The Lizard Lives!" and we're gonna leave the synopsis at that.
POINTLESS TRIVIA
- Doctor Octopus: 9
- The Kingpin: 9
- Green Goblin: 8
- The Vulture: 7
- Mysterio: 6
- Kraven the Hunter: 5
- Sandman: 4
- The Enforcers: 3
- The Rhino: 3
- The Lizard: 4
- Professor Smythe/Spider Slayer: 3
- The Chameleon: 2
- Electro: 2
- The Ringmaster: 2
- Scorpion: 2
- Molten Man: 2
- Shocker: 2
- Man Mountain Marko: 3
- Silvermane: 3
BEN: Or Mooney was keeping the look consistent.
WHAT'S AGED THE BEST?
DUY: Robbie and George Stacy being friends and trying to figure out Spider-Man is an interesting subplot I've always liked..
BEN: I’ve always loved Robbie as the subtle supporter of Spider-Man.
WHAT'S AGED THE WORST?
DUY: Gwen Stacy goes awfully quick from thinking Peter is cheating on her to devoting a lifetime to waiting for him, especially since she's aware he has a huge secret he's not telling her.
BEN: So, somewhere in this time period we’re supposed to believe this devoted woman, this woman, has a secret affair with Norman Osborn purely on the basis that he looked sad one day. That comic is literally the single worst comic book story ever written
DUY: That happens juuust a bit later.
BEN: Also, why doesn’t he just tell her he’s a news photographer?
DUY: Because he's a neurotic idiot.
BEN: Everything said here has aged the worst:
NITPICKS
DUY: Why does Stan Lee not know how to write women? He was married at this point, right?
BEN: His generation didn’t talk to their wives? Yet, he’s still better than JMS, who swears he’s known women to make bad sexual decisions on the level of Gwen losing her virginity to Norman Osborn on a whim.
DUY: Oh, so much better.
FAVORITE PANEL
BEN: The Lizard should use his tail more:
DUY: This is a well-inked face, and it reminds me of how bad the inks were on this book not too long ago:
BEN: His hand is ginormous.
WHO WON THE COMIC?
DUY: Marvel Shared Universe Rules win here. In any other genre, the Human Torch suddenly showing up at the end would be a no-no, but here it's a thing that just happens, and was completely new and fresh for fans back then.
BEN: Peter gets mad that his pretty awful plan gets ruined by the Torch, instead of being glad he has help.
BEN: No, of course it's Gwen.
THE LIZARD
BEN: I’ve never really liked the Lizard all that much and I don’t know why. It must be that, like the Hulk, they’re both only half a character at any one time. And the Connors and Banner half are supposed to be the ones we care about but they’re so mild-mannered they become boring.
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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