It's the first appearance of the Rhino!
POINTLESS TRIVIA
BEN: Villain appearance count:
- Green Goblin: 7
- Doctor Octopus: 5
- Sandman: 4
- The Vulture: 3
- Mysterio: 3
- The Enforcers: 3
- Kraven the Hunter: 3
- The Chameleon: 2
- Electro: 2
- The Ringmaster: 2
- Scorpion: 2
- Molten Man: 2
- Rhino: 1
DUY: —dating all the way back to Amazing Spider-Man #1, no less. Also, animal-themed villains: 5 at this point, with Doc Ock, Vulture, Chameleon, Scorpion, and Rhino. 6 if you count Kraven the Hunter as "animal-themed."
BEN: The official end of Peter and Betty, and the first appearance of Peter Parker's motorcycle.
DUY: What do you think of the Rhino? I feel like he's at most a serviceable villain if Spider-Man needs a brute, but not an unbeatable brute like the Juggernaut. I know they've tried in recent years to give him more personality, but I don't know if I'll ever see him as anything other than third-tier.
BEN: Third tier is right. He's not the best and he's not Joe Smith.
DUY: What do you think of the Rhino? I feel like he's at most a serviceable villain if Spider-Man needs a brute, but not an unbeatable brute like the Juggernaut. I know they've tried in recent years to give him more personality, but I don't know if I'll ever see him as anything other than third-tier.
BEN: Third tier is right. He's not the best and he's not Joe Smith.
WHAT'S AGED THE BEST?
DUY: Peter and Betty breaking up for good, and Peter admitting that it was just because Betty was his first girlfriend. That's how it works, but I didn't expect that level of self-awareness. Also, Anna Watson saying "If Peter Parker were MY nephew, I'd try to make him more independent." I'm glad the comic is putting in another elderly character that calls out how annoying and smothering Aunt May is.
DUY: I don't know what motorcycles are supposed to look like in the 60s, but that's a moped.
BEN: I might be willing to give it dirt bike status, which is what some kids got to play around with when I was younger.
DUY: Also, wear a helmet.
NITPICKS
DUY: John Jameson's narration of the rescue from the first issue has a thought balloon from Spider-Man.
DUY: And why does Spider-Man need a bike?
BEN: I was actually thinking that too. Dude, you can swing across the whole city in 15 minutes. Maybe he gets tired?
DUY: Maybe he just finds it really cool, but it's out of character for him to pay money for that.
BEN: You're not his mom. Leave him alone.
DUY: He's worried that Aunt May will have a heart attack if she finds out he's Spider-Man, but driving a motorcycle is fine?!?
BEN: It's barely a motorcycle. As Peter B. Parker would say, conserve your energy.
DUY: Maybe he just finds it really cool, but it's out of character for him to pay money for that.
BEN: You're not his mom. Leave him alone.
DUY: He's worried that Aunt May will have a heart attack if she finds out he's Spider-Man, but driving a motorcycle is fine?!?
BEN: It's barely a motorcycle. As Peter B. Parker would say, conserve your energy.
FAVORITE PANEL
DUY: Mine is a Jameson, as usual:
BEN: Mine has Betty and Peter seeing each other for the first time in a while:
WHO WON THE COMIC?
BEN: Gwen Stacy!
BEN: It seemed like maybe the original plan was to always have him moving on to a new love interest, but that went away quick if so.
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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