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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #240-241
Anyone know if it was Roger who wrote the headlines? Marvel doesn’t do cute stuff like this anymore. I miss it.
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #246 and 248
While telling the Hobgoblin story, Roger Stern sneaks in two books about identity. Here, Black Cat fantasizes about who Spider-Man is under the mask. Bill Mantlo soon plays with this when he has...
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #252
The last Roger Stern issue–and he’s only on plot. I made over a hundred bucks off this issue when I bought two and it became super-valuable overnight. This was when the time of comic book collecting...
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Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #85 (1983)
In which Cat and Spider take their relationship to the next level. Cat levels up (i.e., gets her “luck” superpowers), which she bought off the Kingpin. Cat and Spider-Man’s relationship continues to...
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PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #61
Spidey addresses the whole “kids imitate comics” thing. This shit still goes on today, too. I’m pretty sure Hitler never read a comic or played Grand Theft Auto. Roger Stern is phasing out of this...
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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #242-243 (1983)
Mary Jane returns. Kinky! Peter almost gets involved with Lance Bannon (his competitor photographer at the Daily Bugle) and his swinging girlfriend Amy Powell, until a familiar hottie from the past...
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #243-245 (1983)
The full story of the Hobgoblin rolled out across many issues, and the beginning arc was interrupted by some (albeit great) filler issues. In this one, everyone’s hurt. Hobgoblin has taped-up ribs,...
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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #246 (1983)
In the middle of a deep and complicated Hobgoblin epic, Roger Stern sneaks in a “What If?” story. And it’s good! Technically, the story is about the dreams of various castmembers (including Black...
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AVENGERS #235-237: Spider-Man Auditions for the Team! (1983)
Back in the 1980s, Spider-Man flirted with the idea of becoming an Avenger, but he never did. In these issues, he tries to “audition” for the group. The discipline, though, wasn’t his thing. Spidey...
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Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #44-45
Look at Marie Severin drawing a facepunch. It hurts just to look at it. The first comic book I ever read was Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1, and I was about nine years old. One of the...
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