Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #123 (1987)
“With Friends Like These…”
Rating: 4/5
Writer: Peter David
Artist: Dwayne Turner
Foreigner hires Blaze to fight Spider-Man and Black Cat, with a bonus for killing them. Blaze then tries to extort money from Spidey and Black Cat by way of torturing some girl. They fight, the girl dies, Lieutenant Keating takes Blaze to jail. Keating then goes to Blaze’s holding cell, breaks his neck, rips the barred window off the wall, and tells the guards Spider-Man broke in and killed him. Black Cat’s apartment was also blown up, so she has to stay with Peter for a bit. This upsets MJ.