The Lizard and his reptile army invade New York City, and Spider-Man has to defend the city with a broken arm!
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 Rhino: 3
- The Lizard: 3
- The Chameleon: 2
- Electro: 2
- The Ringmaster: 2
- Scorpion: 2
- Molten Man: 2
BEN: The first date between Harry Osborn and Mary Jane Watson?
DUY: Speaking of, how and when did Harry and MJ get each other's number? Did she just stake out ESU until she saw someone she knows?
BEN: She went to Oscorp and the front desk gave her.
WHAT'S AGED THE BEST?
BEN: Since we as the reader know the full picture, it always seems like it would be easy to guess Peter is Spider-Man, but without that full view we get, there is no reason for any character inside the comic to suspect that Spider-Man is even a regular person at all.
DUY: You would need to first observe that Peter is never around whenever Spider-Man is, then you'd have to observe that Spider-Man is about the same size as Peter. And in Flash's case, having seen Peter unmasked as Spider-Man once before and then not believing it, he really has no additional reason to do so.
BEN: So even with a busted arm, Flash and Harry make fun of him for copying Spider-Man, because that’s what real people would do.
DUY: It's actually pretty realistic.
BEN: Speaking of realistic, reptile armies age like a fine wine.
WHAT'S AGED THE WORST?
BEN: They were clearly building up to Peter quitting in #50, which was good that one time. Unfortunately, it’s been copied 100 times since.
DUY: Lizard having a semi-human brain and not knowing he's Curt Connors is a bit too Hulk-y for me. I prefer him knowing he's Connors and then losing control, and then the next step is just full-on Lizard.
NITPICKS
BEN: Spider-Man beats the Lizard and then makes the antidote to cure him. Why not make the antidote first and have it ready?
DUY: Aunt May is so annoying. She's in this comic for two panels, and she's so annoying.
BEN: She’s as annoying as she is necessary.
FAVORITE PANEL
DUY: The panel with Peter swinging away while there is no dialogue among the Connors family, for the reader to fill out themselves, is equal parts charming and lazy.
BEN: A peek at my brain:
WHO WON THE COMIC?
DUY: You can't go wrong with Spider-Man whenever he's fighting injured.
BEN: You can go wrong, because the winner is Gwen.
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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