Tag: Bill Mantlo
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #079 (1983)
“Spider-Man vs. Doctor Octopus: The Final Battle!” Rating: 5/5 Writer: Bill Mantlo Artist: Al Milgrom While Spider-Man fights Doc Ock outside the hospital, Jean DeWolff and her army of police officers get Black Cat into an ambulance to get her safely out of Doc Ock’s reach. Spider-Man and Doc Ock promptly destroy a lot of the hospital during their fight. Then make their way down the highway after the ambulance. Spider-Man then finally defeats DocLearn More
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #078 (1983)
“The Long Goodbye!” Rating: 4/5 Writer: Bill Mantlo Artist: Al Milgrom Spider-Man takes some time to say goodbye (of sorts) to all the people he cares about before he has to battle Doctor Octopus. He returns to the hospital and Doc Ock shows up for their showdown.
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #077 (1983)
“Relapse Times Two!” Rating: 4/5 Writer: Bill Mantlo Artist: Al Milgrom Doctor Octopus breaks into Black Cat’s hospital room and tells Spider-Man that in 24 hours he will return and painfully kill them both. He then cuts Black Cat’s life support and leaves. As the doctors try to stabilize Black Cat again, Spider-Man swings away to prepare for the battle of a lifetime. A Daredevil villain called Gladiator now owns a costume shop and someLearn More
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #076 (1983)
“At Death’s Door!” Rating: 5/5 Writer: Bill Mantlo Artist: Al Milgrom All the goons start coming after Spider-Man. Spider-Man goes to deal with them. Black Cat sees one of Doc Ock’s disembodied mechanical arms going after the activator for the bomb. She picks up the activator and smashes it. Octopus gets mad and he commands his disembodied arms to restrain her against a wall. A bunch of his goons then fire a bunch of bulletsLearn More
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #075 (1983)
“Ferae Naturae (Wild Beasts)” Rating: 5/5 Writer: Bill Mantlo Artist: Al Milgrom Spider-Man officially decides to “go steady” with The Black Cat. Then, back at The Black Cat’s hotel room, Doctor Octopus breaks in and kidnaps Black Cat. Spider-Man finds out from Kingpin that the device Doc Ock wants that Owl has is a neutron bomb. Octopus plans to destroy all of New York. No money. He just wants to destroy it and prove he’sLearn More