Cover: I really like the cover here. It's segmented by a spider symbol and has a cool phrase, “If this be my destiny”. By itself it earns a 4/5.
Page 1-2: This is an even better inner cover than before. Spider-man is being attacked by those weird purple gangsters from last issue. They're using some kind of gas weapon. We then flash back to the purple dudes repealing down into a “radioactive atomic” facility. I'm not surprised, since they already stole some uranium last issue. They steal some stuff and get out of there, using sleep gas to knock out a guard. These guys are pretty high-tech...they've got sleep gas, a helicopter, and magnetic shoes!
Spiderman, who is nearby, jumps at the helicopter and busts his way in.
Page 3:
Spider-man holds his breath (due to his spider strength he can hold his breath for a long time). Meanwhile the gang gets a call from their boss, the “master planner”. They coat the stolen stuff in a waterproof bag and throw it overboard with an electronic tracking device. Turns out these guys don't work for the Cat. There is then a shot of an underwater base, where another squad of purple dudes picks up the abandoned cargo. So it seems that there are multiple groups of these guys.
Page 4-5:
Spider-man is swarmed with gas, but before he gets knocked out he manages to crash the helicopter into the water. Don't worry, the helicopter crew is saved by those underwater diver guys. Spider-man tries to find those same guys, but he just leaves confused. The page ends with another shot of the underwater building and the boss rambling about his plan. It seriously looks like the speech bubbles are just coming from the building though.
Page 6-9:
Peter goes off to register at Empire State university, while aunt may continues to feel sick. The rest of the page is a montage of peter filling out forms and getting books. Flash is even there to push peter around some more! Once he gets home, aunt may faints into his arms. She is rushed to the hospital where she recovers slightly. The next day as peter worries, Flash meets up with two of his new classmates Harry Osborn and Gwen Stacy. Do those names sound familiar? They should!
Page 10-12:
Harry seems to act like a bit of a jerk, while Gwen already seems to like peter. Right after class, peter tries to call the hospital but has no change. Also on this page peter's hair becomes totally black and his thought bubbles cover his face, dang art flubs! Peter is so distracted by his aunt that he doesn't notice Gwen trying to talk to him. After she runs off, Harry pulls a prank on peter by igniting some of his chemicals. I'm pretty sure if his face burned off that it wouldn't be funny. Fun fact, Peters chemistry professor becomes the Jackel! At the moment he just tries to stop peter from doing any more dangerous experiments, but soon he's going to clone him! According to the wiki, he was even around at peter's high school...creepy.
Page 13-15:
Peter visits the hospital as soon as he can. After talking to his aunt, the doctor says she's not doing very well. At home, after looking at some bills, peter realizes he needs money to pay for college and the medical bills. So he goes out as spider-man to get some pictures. Peter can't find anything and fails to accomplish anything. His 'sleepless night' counter also goes up to 2. Meanwhile, at the daily bugle, Jonah orders foswell to investigate the stolen uranium. Also in the office, Ned talks to Betty about getting married. She still wants to talk it out with peter, since they are technically dating.
Page 16-17:
At the pier, Foswell (undercover as his alter-ego “patch”) learns of another shipment of chemicals.
Then at the school, peter rushes past Gwen again on his way to the hospital and she's pretty angry about it. After another hospital visit, Spider-man goes swinging around. Patch manages to signal spider-man and tells him the information.
Page 18-21:
The diver guys surface again! They use suction cups to climb unto the chemical ship, Spider-man swings into action and shrugs off the stupid gas guns. Spidy dodges the ships crane that is swung at him and webs down the boxes so that the gang can't escape with them. Eventually he gets caught in a fishing net, but spidy has spider-strength so it's easy to break out. The bad guys dive into the water and quickly escape, peter doesn't even have time to take a photo. After the police arrive, spider-man takes off a small gas mask that he put together to stop from being gassed.
Inside the “master planner's” base we figure out that he is doing research on radiation effects.
Speaking of research, the doctors looking over aunt may report that she don't have long to live!
This issue was alright, and it clears up some stuff from last issue. Peter worrying about his aunt is also interesting. I give it a 8/10.
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