Tag: Rose
Web of Spider-Man #29 (1987)
“Mask” Rating: 5/5 Writer: Jim Owsley Artist: Steve Geiger Ned Leeds dying and the whole Berlin thing happened in Spider-Man vs. Wolverine #1. In THIS issue, which takes place during issue 289 of Amazing Spider-Man, Wolverine finds Peter and tries to get him to not give up being Spider-Man and then they beat up a gang of muggers. Also, the new Hobgoblin terrorizes Rose and nearly kills Rose’s friend and colleague. Also, apparently Ned LeedsLearn More
The Amazing Spider-Man #289 (1987)
“The Hobgoblin Revealed!” Rating: 4/5 Writer: Peter David Artists: Alan Kupperberg & Tom Morgan Somebody asks Foreigner to kill Hobgoblin. He does. Next scene is the funeral of Ned Leeds. Peter blames himself for it. They were in Berlin at the time working on a story and Ned was murdered. Kingpin’s upset that Foreigner killed Hobgoblin without clearing it with him first. But the Hobgoblin is apparently still alive and kills some of Rose’s men.Learn More
The Amazing Spider-Man #287 (1987)
“Gang War, Part Four: …And There Shall Come a Reckoning” Rating: 4/5 Writer: Jim Owsley Artist: Erik Larsen Daredevil wants Spider-Man to stop getting involved in the gang war because he’s just making a bigger mess of things. Spider-Man is angry at Daredevil for trying to stop him from saving lives. Daredevil tries to sneak Kingpin back into the city. Peter catches wind of this by way of Ned Leeds, who got a tip aboutLearn More
The Amazing Spider-Man #286 (1987)
“Gang War, Part Three: Thy Father’s Son!” Rating: 5/5 Writer: Jim Owsley Artist: Alan Kupperberg Richard Fisk (Kingpin’s son) meets a girl in the park and reveals to her that he has infiltrated the criminal world as Rose to try and take it down from the inside. And he’s never technically committed any crimes. Also, the doctors taking care of his ill mother are purposefully keeping her ill. There’s another big meeting between Rose andLearn More
The Amazing Spider-Man #285 (1987)
“Gang War, Part Two: The Arranger Must Die!” Rating: 4/5 Writers: Tom DeFalco & Jim Owsley Artist: Alan Kupperberg Hammerhead decides to assassinate The Arranger. Meanwhile, Rose stays neutral in the whole gang war. The Punisher hears about the hit and goes to the meeting of the crime bosses in an attempt to kill all of them and end the war, as well as cripple the crime industry on the northeastern seaboard. Spider-Man stops him,Learn More