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Spider-Man Wizard Masterpiece Edition             Hardcover
The 10 Greatest Spider-Man Stories Ever! Plus: Never Before Seen Bonus Material!
Cover by: Mike Mayhew

You asked for it and by a special arrangement with Marvel Comics, Wizard delivers their hand-picked Top 10 Spider-Man Comics (5 Complete Stories) of all time in one special hardcover volume. Return to the magic of timeless tales from Amazing Spider-Man with stories like “Nothing Stops the Juggernaut” (issues #229-#230), “Hyde in Plain Sight” (issues #231-#232), and “The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man” (issue #248). Other stories include “The Death of Jean DeWolff” from Spectacular Spider-Man #107-#110. Also, behind-the-scenes commentary from Stan Lee along with a new introduction by Ultimate Spider-Man writer Brian Michael Bendis!

Spider-Man Wizard Masterpiece Edition contains:

The Amazing Spider-Man #229 (1963)
Writer: Roger Stern
Artist: John Romita Jr
Inker: Jim Mooney
Colorist: Glynis Wein
Letterer: Joe Rosen
Editor: Tom DeFalco

Madame Web sees visions that she will be attacked by a large figure, which just happens to be the Juggernaut. She contacts Spider-Man and asks him to defend her against the unstoppable Juggernaut. Black Tom Cassidy wants Madame Web to join him and Juggernaut in order to be able to predict the X-Men’s movements, giving them the ability to defeat them in future battles. In the mood for real action, Juggernaut leaves Cassidy’s yacht and crosses under the harbor waters until he reaches Battery Park. He gets the surface there and makes his way straight to Madame Web’s apartment. In the meantime, Madame Web once again calls Peter Parker in his apartment and asks him for help. However, since she does not know any details, he heads for work at the Daily Bugle. There, he talks with Glory Grant, and together they meet a returning Betty Brant. Then Madame Web phones him once more and warns Peter about Juggernaut arriving to Battery Park. Peter runs to there and tries to stop Juggernaut, but he is unsuccessful. Right afterwards, he tries to reach the Avengers or the Fantastic Four but both teams are not at home. Madame Web tells him Juggernaut’s power is related to the Cyttorak Ruby, so Spìdey goes to Dr. Strange’s mansion. Unfortunately, Wong tells him his master is also out. So, Spider-Man is left with only the police to try and stop the Juggernaut. All of them fail as Juggernaut arrives at Madame Web’s apartment and takes her out of her chair. This makes her nearly die, and Spidey tells this to Juggernaut. Cain decides to leave Madame Web on the floor and quits. Cain Marko (Earth-616) from Amazing Spider Spider-Man revives Madame Web, and an ambulance brings her to the hospital. Having decided to not allow Juggernaut to escape after having almost killed Madame Web, he sets off to catch him.
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The Amazing Spider-Man #230 (1963)
Writer: Roger Stern
Artist: John Romita Jr
Inker: Jim Mooney
Colorist: Glynis Wein
Letterer: Joe Rosen
Editor: Tom DeFalco

While attempting to stop the Juggernaut from kidnapping Madam Web, Spider-Man failed to stop the elderly clairvoyant needing hospitalization following the encounter. Because of this failure, the wall-crawler vows to stop the Juggernaut before he can escape. Following his foe is a simple enough task given the Juggernaut has smashed his way through everything in his way. Leaping to a nearby construction site, Spider-Man uses his webbing to sling shot a girder at the Juggernaut. However, his foe catches it and crushes it before it can strike. The Juggernaut then runs into the construction site and collapses the building that Spider-Man is standing on. The wall-crawler jumps to safety and attempts to strike the Juggernaut with a wrecking ball. Like with the other attacks, Juggernaut easily swats this away. The wrecking ball strikes another building slated for demolition, causing it to collapse. Spider-Man just barely manages to duck in some massive piping to avoid getting buried under tons of debris. When Spider-Man finally digs himself out, he is told by the construction workers that the Juggernaut shrugged off the building collapse and simply walked away. Meanwhile, at the Daily Bugle, Joe Robertson and his co-workers listen to police reports about the Juggernaut’s rampage through the city. Joe tells the other reporters to stand by for re-writes as he is taking this situation to publisher J. Jonah Jameson. Elsewhere in the office, Betty Brant settles into her new job as Joe Robertson’s new secretary. She is brought coffee by Glory Grant, and the two secretaries talk about the differences between working with Robertson and Jameson. Suddenly, Lance Bannon comes bursting into the office with his girlfriend, Amy Powell, in tow. She is upset with him and threatens to leave him. Lance reminds her that they are in an open relationship and tells her she can go if she wants. Amy storms off, but vows to herself that she will get even with Lance. That’s when Jonah and Joe emerge from his office, spotting Lance, Jonah tells him to get to the Hudson in order to take photos of the Juggernaut. At that moment, from his yacht, Black Tom is keeping a look out for the Juggernaut. When he sees his partner approaching, he is upset to see that the Juggernaut has failed to capture Madam Web. Spider-Man has finally caught up with the Juggernaut but discovers that his web-shooters are empty. Stopping atop a Roxxon fuel truck, he also finds that all the cartridges on his belt are empty as well. When the driver threatens Spider-Man with a tire iron, the wall-crawler easily disarms the man and twists the tire iron like a pretzel, scaring the man away. The wall-crawler then commandeers the fuel truck and sends it on a collision course with the Juggernaut. His unstoppable foe merely stands his ground and survives the massive explosion caused when the truck strikes him. The Juggernaut, furious that Spider-Man has been annoying him this entire time, extinguishes the flames surrounding him and goes after the wall-crawler. Spider-Man then jumps onto the Juggernaut’s back and uses his arms to cover the eye holes in his helmet. The Juggernaut furiously pounds on the web-slinger, but he still holds on tight. Enduring the pain of the Juggernaut’s blows, Spider-Man tricks him into wandering out into onto the wet concrete of a new building foundation. As Spider-Man had planned, the Juggernaut begins sinking in the concrete. Leaping to safety, Spider-Man watches as his foe goes under and hopes that this will be enough to keep him at bay. Much to his surprise, Spider-Man discovers that his camera was running the entire time, and hopes he got some good shots of his battle with the Juggernaut. Peter rushes to the Daily Bugle with the developed shots, and although the photos are grainy, Joe Robertson buys them as nobody was able to get photos of the Juggernaut’s battle with Spider-Man. Peter then rushes to the hospital to check on Madam Web and discovers that the temporary removal from her life support system caused her to lose her memory and she no longer remembers who Peter Parker is. Talking to the doctors, they tell Peter that it will be months before they learn if the damage is permanent. Meanwhile, back on the Hudson, Black Tom watches the police surround the foundation where the Juggernaut went down. He gleefully waits for his partner to burrow his way out of the concrete. After some time, the Juggernaut still hasn’t freed himself, leaving Black Tom to wonder if his friend has finally been stopped for good.
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The Amazing Spider-Man #231 (1963)
Writer: Roger Stern
Artist: John Romita Jr
Inker: Jim Mooney
Colorist: Bob Sharen
Letterer: Joe Rosen
Editor: Tom DeFalco

The Cobra has broken into a properties room at a police precinct. However, his arrival is heard by two officers who check out the source of the sound. Finding nothing, they lock up the room once more. The Cobra comes down from the roof then begins collecting evidence that was taken during the bust of a jewel theft ring. After taking a handful of the stolen loot, the villain makes his escape by contorting his body so he can slip into the drainpipe in the floor. Using the sewers, the Cobra travels back to his apartment where he gloats over his string of evidence thefts. Removing his costume, the Cobra then places his newly acquired jewels in a secret safe hidden beneath his apartment’s fireplace. The Cobra remarks how he has had not had this level of success when he was partnered with Mister Hyde. Thinking of his old partner in crime gives the Cobra the shivers. He recounts how he heard that Hyde accidentally flash-froze himself during a battle against Captain America. Glad he is no longer working with the brutish Hyde, the Cobra toasts himself to living the good life. Meanwhile, at his Chelsea apartment, Peter Parker puts the finishing touches on a new Spider-Man costume. This has become a necessity because his other costume has been damaged. After the costume is finished, Peter puts it on to see how it fits. He is impressed with his workmanship, particularly adding the underarm webbing that has been absent from his costume for such a long time. However, his mind quickly turns to the pile of bills that need to be paid. Peter decides not to let this get him down and goes out web-swinging for the fun of it. Little does Spider-Man know that a shadowy figure has appeared at the site where his recent battle with the Juggernaut had ended. This mysterious character vows to get revenge and storms off into the night. At that moment, at the Daily Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson is meeting with his girlfriend Marla Madison. Marla questions if they are doing the right thing, but Jonah insists that being in the newspaper business is about taking risks. They are joined by reporter Ned Leeds, and the pair recount Marla’s recent job offer with the Brand Corporation and that led to her being kidnapped by the costumed villain known as Killer Shrike. Marla knows that she was needed for some nefarious plot, but due to some hypnotic effect, her memories of her capture are clouded. Marla turned down the job offer immediately after and whenever she asked about the Brand Corporation to colleagues in the scientific community, they were afraid to talk. Leeds isn’t surprised, as the Brand Corporation is a subsidiary of Roxxon Oil. He tells Marla and Jonah that he has an underworld connection who has some dirt on the Brand Corporation. Marla insists accompanying Ned to meet this contact, despite protests from Jameson. Before leaving, Ned stops by to tell his wife, Betty Brant, what he is up to. After he assures her that there is no danger with this assignment he leaves. However, Ned leaves behind his notebook by accident. When Betty sees that her husband is meeting with his contact in a bad part of town, she begins to worry about it. Betty calls the teacher’s assistant office at Empire State University, looking for Peter Parker. The phone is answered by Debora Whitman and she tells Betty that Peter is no longer a teaching assistant, but transfers the call to one of the labs where Peter is working on an assignment. As Debbie transfers the call, she worries that this could be trouble, especially if what she suspects about Peter Parker is true. In the lab, Peter answers the phone and listens to Betty’s concerns. He assures her that Ned can take care of himself and ends the call. When the experiment that Peter and Roger Hochberg are a success, Peter excuses himself so he can keep an eye on Ned to make sure he doesn’t run into any danger. Meanwhile, Ned and Marla arrive at a dive bar called Maxies where they meet with his contact “Nose” Norton. After paying Norton his fee, Ned and Marla follow him outside so he can get some “fresh air” and tell them what he knows. As they make their way out the Cobra, in disguise, arrives at the bar looking for Nose himself. When Norton is pointed out to him by the bartender, the Cobra recognizes Ned as a reporter and fears that Nose is selling him out. Outside, Ned begins to become impatient with Nose and demands the information about the Brand Corporation. As this heated exchange is going on, the mysterious figure is approaching Maxies. Not far away, Spider-Man is also heading in that direction when his spider-sense begins to go off, warning him of danger. Suddenly, the Cobra leaps off the building and grapples with Nose Norton. However, before the Cobra can silence the stoolie, Spider-Man arrives to stop him. The Cobra tosses two venom bombs at Ned and Marla, but the wall-crawler catches them in mid-air and tosses them onto a rooftop where they explode harmlessly. Spider-Man then tries to trap the Cobra by webbing up the exit from the alley. When the Cobra attempts to fire poisoned darts at Nose Norton, Ned leaps in the way and takes the darts himself. As Spider-Man rushes to Ned’s aid, he discovers that the reporter avoided harm because his pocket recorder saved him from the darts. By this point, the Cobra has grabbed Nose Norton and dragged him into the bar. Spider-Man quickly follows them and the Cobra attempts to flee. Spider-Man manages to catch the Cobra with a web before he can slip away and knocks him out. With Ned and Marla safe, Spider-Man heads off to deliver the Cobra to the police. However, before he can get to them, someone throws a chunk of a building at the wall-crawler and his prisoner. Spider-Man narrowly avoids the debris and lands on a nearby roof. There he is confronted by Mr. Hyde, who demands that Spider-Man hand over the Cobra if he wants to live.
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The Amazing Spider-Man #232 (1963)
Writer: Roger Stern
Artist: John Romita Jr
Inker: Jim Mooney
Colorist: Bob Sharen
Letterer: Diana Albers
Editor: Tom DeFalco

While attempting to bring the Cobra to the authorities, Spider-Man is interrupted by the villain’s former partner, Mister Hyde. Hyde demands that the wall-crawler turn over the Cobra or be killed as well. Refusing to do so, Spider-Man tries to get away with the Cobra, but Mister Hyde rips a heating duct off the roof they are on and tosses it at them. When that fails, Mister Hyde tries to rope them up with a live electrical wire but misses. Spider-Man fears that, due to an injured ankle, he won’t be able to keep away from their attacker for very long. Meanwhile, Ned Leeds and Marla Madison are waiting at the police station for Spider-Man to arrive. Marla suspects that because Spider-Man is an outlaw, he had lied to them about bringing the Cobra to the police. Just then they are joined by the Daily Bugles photographer, Lance Bannon. As they are getting Lance up to speed, they suddenly hear a loud boom from outside and rush out with the police to see what the cause is. Outside they see that the side of a building had landed on the back end of a taxicab, narrowly avoiding the driver. They turn their attention upwards and spot Spider-Man and the Cobra trying to flee Mister Hyde, who continues to toss chunks of building at them. When the debris misses the hero and his prisoner, the people on the street scatter to avoid the falling debris. Spider-Man quickly comes up with a plan and tosses the Cobra at Mr. Hyde. Sure enough, the villain catches his former partner only to discover that his hand is now stuck in a wad of Spider-Man’s webbing. Still, Mr. Hyde punches the top of a chimney, sending it flying toward the wall-crawler. Spider-Man quickly uses his webbing to whip it back at his attacker, but Hyde easily smashes it with his fist. On an adjacent rooftop, Ned Leeds and Lance Bannon watch the battle as it carries on. When Ned worries about their safety, Lance refuses to go, wanting to take photos of the battle. Meanwhile, Spider-Man tries in vain to knock out Mr. Hyde, but the villain crushes a water tower sending we web-slinger back on the defensive. The water from the smashed tower spreads to the building where Lance and Ned are, washing Bannon off the rooftop. He is saved from a fatal fall thanks to the quick actions of Spider-Man. On the ground, Lance complains about how the wall-crawler was unable to save his camera as well. In response to this indignation, Spider-Man webs Lance’s mouth shut and goes back into battle. However, by this time Mr. Hyde has escaped from sight, and with five o’clock coming, Spider-Man needs to leave, hoping that the two villains can keep until he can continue his hunt for them. In a nearby alley, Mr. Hyde strongarms the Cobra into revealing the location of his penthouse, and all of his stolen loot. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has returned to Empire State University where he changes back into Peter Parker. There he begins cleaning out his teaching assistance desk after giving up the job. As he does so, he feels a sense of loss, thinking of all the good times he had in this job. On his way out, he is stopped by Marcy Kane, who tries to get Peter to come with her to the lab. However, Peter insists that he is busy and quickly slips away. Marcy returns to the lab where she, Peter Hopkins, Philip Chang, Roger Hochberg, and Debra Whitman were planning to throw a surprise party for him. When Debora hears that Peter managed to slip away, it causes her to worry as she suspects that Peter might also be Spider-Man. At that moment, Mr. Hyde has reverted to his human form of Calvin Zabo and tosses his jacket over the Cobra’s costume. He then gets them past the doorman at Cobra’s apartment complex. Once inside the elevator, Zabo ingests the formula that transforms him into Mr. Hyde. Once in the penthouse, Mr. Hyde takes a vial of acid out of his alter-ego’s medicine bag and uses it to burn off the webbing that keeps him attached to the Cobra and then shackles his former partner. Mr. Hyde vows to get revenge against the Cobra for leaving him to rot in prison after he was defeated by Captain America. However, before he can harm the Cobra, Spider-Man comes crashing in through the window. The wall-crawler had managed to track them down thanks to a spider-tracer he planted on the Cobra when he gave him up to Hyde. This time, Spider-Man uses his quips to play on Hyde’s short temper. This allows him to get a number of good blows and a shot of webbing in Hyde’s face for good measure. Driven to a fury, Hyde becomes sloppy and is tossed through the walls of the penthouse and sent crashing to the street below. Going down to confront his foe again, Spider-Man is surprised when Hyde gets up after the heavy fall but is relieved when his enemy collapses to the ground again. Meanwhile, the Cobra has managed to break free from his bonds, just as the police arrive on the scene. He attempts to get away, but before he can slip out the window he is cornered by Spider-Man. With all the fight taken out of him, the Cobra returns to the cops and begs to be arrested so nobody can hurt him anymore. Spider-Man is glad, because due to his injuries he’s not sure if he could handle another fight and web-slings home to go and soak his foot.
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The Amazing Spider-Man #248 (1963 Series)
Writer: Roger Stern
Artist: John Romita Jr
Inker: Brett Breeding
Colorist: Bob Sharon
Letterer: Diana Albers
Editor: Bob DeNatale

Thunderball has recovered the crowbar wielded by his former boss, the Wrecker from a prison armored car. With the crowbar and his own wrecking ball, Thunderball’s strength has now doubled. The only person now standing in his way is Spider-Man, who is more concerned with getting Thunderball’s former minions to safety. As Thunderball leaves the scene, Spider-Man gets to a phone and calls the authorities for help. Not far away, Thunderball marvels over his increased strength and considers himself a one-man wrecking crew. While he is distracted, Spider-Man gets the drop on him and manages to snatch away the Wrecker’s crowbar. Although Spider-Man has taken the weapon away from Thunderball, its power is still transferring to him. Thanks to his enhanced speed and agility, Spider-Man is able to keep on the defensive, but the wall-crawler lures Thunderball out to an electrical transformer. There, he tosses the crowbar back to his foe. As Thunderball grabs the crowbar just as Spider-Man webs up a wire to the crowbar, sending thousands of volts of electricity into the villain. This doesn’t stun Thunderball overly much and he tosses his wrecking ball at the web-slinger. Spider-Man dodges it and attaches another wire to that weapon as well. When Thunderball grabs it, it completes a circuit between him and the transformer. Although Thunderball continues to shrug this off, he is unaware that he is causing the transformer to overload. Spider-Man runs to cover, ushering the arriving police officers to safety. Suddenly, the transformer explodes with enough force to knock out Thunderball. With the battle over, Spider-Man is swarmed by reporters who are less interested in the wall-crawler’s battle with Thunderball, and more interested in his comments on creating the largest traffic jam on the nearby expressway. Unsurprised by the lack of gratitude, Spider-Man leaps into the back of a pick-up truck heading back to the city so he can get back home.
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The Amazing Spider-Man #248 (1963 Series)
Writer: David Micheline
Artist: Todd McFarlane
Colorist: Bob Sharon
Letterer: Rick Parker
Editor: Jim Sailcrup

At the Vault prison in Colorado, a guard notices someone passed out in the sonic cell that has been holding Venom prisoner since his capture. However, when he drops the sound wall, the guard realizes, much to his horror, that it was really Venom in disguise. Willing his symbiote to resume its normal form, Venom suffocates the guard. Still, Eddie Brock feels bad for killing an innocent person, however, in his warped sense of justice, it is a necessary evil to get revenge against Spider-Man. Meanwhile, the object of Venom’s obsession is in the middle of a battle with Hydroman after the villain attempted to rob the payroll at a construction site. Spider-Man attempts to trick Hydroman into spraying an exposed electrical box, but the villain second-guesses him. However, Spider-Man manages to burst bags of cement powder on his foe, causing him to lose cohesion. Unfortunately, Hydroman manages to escape by turning into liquid form and leaking into a drain. With the battle over, Spider-Man recovers his camera, hoping the pictures give him some much-needed money now that they have been evicted from their condo and Mary Jane’s investment is tied up in a legal battle. Heading back to Queens, Spider-Man laments over the fact that he and his wife had to move back into his old room at Aunt May’s house. The wall-crawler slips into a window into the basement where he has set up a dark room to develop photos and to cover for his comings and goings as Spider-Man. Changing back to his civilian identity, Peter Parker goes upstairs and learns from Mary Jane that the coast is clear. She asks him if he wants to accompany her to Manhattan as she has a photo shoot to do. Peter has photos to bring to the Bugle and agrees to accompany her. On their way out, Peter bumps into Aunt May’s boarders Arthur Chekov and the Palermos who are going to see poetry in the park. The only person not attending is Nathan Lubenski who grumpily dismisses the idea of listening to “nursery rhymes”. He goes into the kitchen to say goodbye to Aunt May and Mary Jane’s cousin Kristy. On his way out the door, Peter passes by Aunt May’s room and spies Nathan going through Aunt May’s wallet. While back at the Vault, Venom has broken into the security room and forces the guard to facilitate his escape. While back in New York City, Spider-Man is returning to Queens after selling his photos to the Daily Bugle. On the way, he spots Nathan Lubensky having a fit in front of a bank machine as he has maxed out the withdrawal limit from Aunt May’s account for the day and he still needs more money. Changing back to his civilian guise, Peter confronts Nathan and demands to know why he has Aunt May’s bank card, revealing that Nathan was going through her purse. Caught red-handed, Nathan admits that his gambling addiction has gotten the better of him. He reveals this was the reason why he was hospitalized some time ago. He explains that the people he owes money to now want a large sum repayment as a good faith measure. Peter promises to keep Nathan’s secret but asks for Aunt May’s card back. Worrying that Aunt May will check her balance, Peter deposits the money he made from the Daily Bugle into her account. When Peter returns to Aunt May’s house, he is surprised to see Mary Jane back already. She tells him that when she arrived at her shoot, the client decided that she wasn’t quite what he was looking for. Peter then pulls Mary Jane aside to tell her what happened today. Meanwhile, Aunt May and Kristy catch Nathan in the kitchen, and May scolds him for sneak a snack. Nathan bashfully exits the kitchen, and that’s when May notices flour on the counter, leaving both her and Kristy to wonder what’s going on. That evening, Nathan goes to meet the loan sharks at a nearby basketball court, unaware that he is being followed by Spider-Man. When he tells them that he doesn’t have the full amount they have asked for, they decide to rough him up some more. However, this time, Nathan is prepared for them and slashes one of the goons with a kitchen knife he swiped from May’s kitchen and sprays a can of bug spray in the face of another. One of the men pulls a gun, but Lubenski blinds him by throwing a bag of flour in his face. However, before the mobsteres can turn around his advantage, Spider-Man swoops in and quickly trounces the loan sharks and leave them webbed up to a basketball hoop. As Spider-Man leaves, the mobsters vow to get revenge against Lubenski. However, Peter Parker soon arrives on the scene and tells them that he took photos of them while trying to get action photos of Spider-Man for the Daily Bugle. When Peter threatens to take the photos to the District Attorney, they relent. As both Peter and Nathan heads back to May’s house, Peter gets Nathan to promise to quit gambling as it could lead to someone, he cares about getting hurt. The next day, Nathan goes out for the morning paper, and once he is away from the others, Nathan buys a bunch of lottery tickets is immediately ashamed of himself. While in St. Louis, Eddie Brock has been picked up by a young family while hitchhiking. They have agreed to drive him to New York and are fascinated with his story about traveling across America and sleeping in caves. When the husband asks Eddie if he is afraid of snakes, Brock smiles and tells them what he really hates are spiders.
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The Amazing Spider-Man #316 (1963 Series)
Writer: Roger Stern
Artist: John Romita Jr
Inker: Brett Breeding
Colorist: Bob Sharon
Letterer: Diana Albers
Editor: Bob DeNatale

Venom has arrived in New York City to get revenge against Spider-Man. Hiding out in the sewers, he comes across a homeless man and catches him. Venom warns the homeless man about talking and demonstrates what will happen by using his webbing to suffocate a sewer rat. Venom then finds his way to a long-abandoned fallout shelter built during the 1950s that he learned about during his career as a newspaper reporter at the Daily Globe. Venom has come to set this place up as his base of operations while he hunts down and destroys Spider-Man. In order to prepare for this final confrontation, Eddie Brock begins lifting weights to ensure that he is at his peak strength when the time comes. Meanwhile, Spider-Man is out snapping crime photos for the Daily Bugle. Watching a police officer chasing a crook into a junk yard. When the wall-crawler spots the crook waiting to ambush the police officer, he uses his webbing to send a pile of junk onto the crook, knocking him out. The cop thanks him for the help, but Spider-Man gets him to keep quiet about it. This is because J. Jonah Jameson has been acting strange lately, refusing photos of Spider-Man unless they are teaken by Nick Katzenberg, a sleazy tabloid photographer. He is also concerned about the legal battle his Mary Jane has with Jonathan Caeser so she can get her investment back from their old condo at Bellford Towers.] This is added pressure as Peter has returned to school. Spider-Man soon arrives at the Daily Bugle, whereas Peter Parker he goes down to sell his photos to Jameson. Later, Peter calls his wife Mary Jane and learns that her recent modeling gig has been cancelled. She tells him that she is going to use her free time to go looking for a new apartment. As he ends the call, Peter can’t help but notice that Mary Jane seems down after all the problems in their life caused by Jonathan Caeser. As he leaves the Bugle, Peter’s spider-sense is tripped by Glory Grant’s new boyfriend, leaving him to wonder why. Meanwhile, the Black Cat arrives at Bedford Towers in the hopes of rekindling her romance with Spider-Man, only to discover that he moved away from here as well. Breaking into the condo to search for clues, the Black Cat is attacked by Venom who demands to know where Spider-Man is. He easily beats the Cat into submission, breaking her nose in the process. When she tells him that she doesn’t know where Parker is, Venom believes her. As he leaves, he remarks how Peter’s wife didn’t know where he was before, and he still managed to track the hero down. At that moment, down at the front door to the building, Mary Jane arrives to pick up some final paperwork regarding their eviction. When she sees Venom leaving her old condo, Mary Jane makes a hasty retreat before she is recognized. When Peter Parker returns home, his Aunt May tells her nephew that Mary Jane is upset by something and that he should talk to her. When Peter goes up to his old room to check on his wife, she tells him how Venom is back. Upset by this, Peter attempts to call the Vault to get some answers about this, but they give him the runaround much to his frustration. Mary Jane worries that Venom will follow them here, but Peter assures her that he will find Venom first. As Spider-Man, Peter scours the city in the hopes of sniffing out Venom and bring him to justice. Giving up for the night, he returns to the spot where he stashed his street clothes and is ambushed by Venom. Their fight takes them into a meat packing plant where he the two battle it out. When Venom dumps a vat of blood and offal on him, Spider-Man is grossed out and put into a panic. He quickly sends some slaughterhouse machinery crashing down on him and escapes, hoping he can plan on a better way of dealing with his foe. Unfortunately for Spider-Man, he dropped the web packet containing his clothing. Venom rips it open and goes searching through Peter’s clothing. There he finds a number of changes of address notices that give Venom his enemies current place of residence.
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The Amazing Spider-Man #317 (1963 Series)
Writer: Roger Stern
Artist: John Romita Jr
Inker: Brett Breeding
Colorist: Bob Sharon
Letterer: Diana Albers
Editor: Bob DeNatale

After hearing that Venom has escaped from the Vault, Peter Parker is trying to act naturally around his Aunt May, reminding himself that Eddie Brock doesn’t know where he is currently living. He and Aunt May are on their way out the door to go shopping. However, when they open the door, Peter is horrified to see Eddie Brock waiting outside for him. As Brock introduces himself to Aunt May, Peter tries to pry Eddie’s from around May’s shoulders. Brock then asks May if he can talk to Peter as they have a business to discuss. May tells Peter that they can go shopping later and goes back into her home. As Peter and Eddie walk down the street, Peter asks him how he found out he was staying at Aunt May’s place. Brock shows that he the change of address notice that Peter unintentionally left behind during their previous battle. Parker still doesn’t understand why Brock didn’t instigate a battle on the spot. Eddie explains that he doesn’t want to harm any innocents and he doesn’t desire to publicly reveal Spider-Man’s double identity so he can have the revenge on the wall-crawler all to himself. When Peter asks Eddie what he wants, Brock tells him that he wants them to meet at the Seacrest Estate on the tip of Montauk, Long Island. The beach will be deserted this time of the year and he wants to battle Spider-Man to the finish, once and for all. Brock then departs, leaving Peter to consider his situation. Peter recalls how Venom nearly defeated him last time, he changes into Spider-Man and swings off to get some help. On his way into Manhattan, Spider-Man rescues a construction worker who falls off the top of a building that is being constructed. Soon, the wall-crawler arrives at Four Freedoms Plaza where he meets with the Thing. Spider-Man reminds Ben of the symbiote he brought back from Battleworld and how it bonded with Eddie Brock to become Venom and asks for the Fantastic Four’s help should he need it. The Thing tells Spider-Man that he can count on the Fantastic Four should he call for help. When Peter Parker returns to Forest Hills, he is horrified to see Eddie Brock helping his Aunt May hang laundry in the back yard. Peter pulls Brock away and tells him to stop harassing his family, as his issue is with him and him alone. Eddie agrees, revealing that he knows that Peter went to the Fantastic Four for help. Brock reminds him that they are to battle each other alone and warns Peter not to cross him or he will harm those closest to him. Brock then willsh is symbiote to assume the form of a police officer and walks away. Peter decides to go and tell his wife about what is going on. He finds his wife going over Peter’s old family photos. When he tells her about the situation with Venom, she is against him going after Brock alone, even at the risk of his secret identity being revealed. However, Peter can’t bring himself to do it as it would not only cause untold problems to his life, but the revelation may also have an adverse effect on Aunt May’s health. Mary Jane understands but hopes that Peter can get some kind of help. Peter fears he won’t be able to do so without how Venom finding out. Later that day, Spider-Man pays a visit to Dr. Charles Jefferson at the South Brooklyn Psychiatric Facility.] He tells Jefferson that he needs to talk of a matter of life and death, his own. The next morning, Peter Parker arrives at the beach at Montauk ahead of his meeting with Venom. He is confident that he can use the advice given to him by Doctor Jefferson will help him defeat Venom in battle. He slips into a nearby boat house to change into Spider-Man. As soon as Spider-Man is in costume, Venom attacks. Venom has the advantage, able to have his symbiote dive into the sand and attack Spider-Man from below. Breaking free from Venom, the wall-crawler rushes back to the boat house and ignites some gasoline in the hopes of exploiting the symbiote’s weakness to fire. However, Venom dives into the water below to avoid the flame. Since the symbiote negates his spider-sense, Spider-Man tries to tag Venom with a spider-tracer, but the symbiote detects it and destroys the tracking device. Spider-Man tries to flee from the scene, but Venom grabs the hero and attempts to drown him in the ocean. Breaking free, Spider-Man tries his dangerous gambit. Stripping off his costume, Peter Parker offers to allow the symbiote to bond with him. Much to Eddie’s surprise, his symbiote begins to flow off of him to rebound with its original host. However, the pain caused by trying to sever its bond from Eddie Brock and attach itself to Spider-Man causes both enough pains to knock everyone out. When Peter comes to, it’s as the symbiote is sloughing off his own body. With both the alien costume and Eddie Brock are still unconscious, Peter goes to find a phone to call the Fantastic Four to pick Brock up so he can go home and tell Mary Jane that the danger is over.
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The Spectacular Spider-Man #107 (1976 Series)
Writer: Peter David
Artist: Rick Buckler
Inker: Brett Breeding
Colorist: Bob Sharon
Letterer: Phil Felix
Editor: Jim Owsley

Fatally shot, Jean Dewolff’s life flashes before her eyes. She remembers how her father, Philip, left her mother six months after she was born. After the divorce, Jean was left in the care of her mother, while her brother was in the care of her father. Her mother swore off relationships with people in law enforcement until she met and later married patrolman Carl Weatherby. Although Jean grew to love and idolize her stepfather, her mother always worried when the day would come when she would get word that her newlywed husband was killed in the line of duty. Jean’s mother didn’t like the idea that her daughter had an interest in being a police officer herself. However, Jean soon enlisted and eventually graduated from police academy, much to the disappointment of her mother. Wanting Carl’s approval, Jean pushed herself eventually rising to the ranks of Captain. Unsmiling during all her achievements, Jean knew that Carl was proud of her, and was likely holding out until she made police commissioner. As things begin to go black, she hears pounding at the door of her apartment. As two police officers force themselves into her apartment, they find the gore-spattered body of Jean DeWolff. Finding Jean’s dead body, the officers call the situation in. The next day, Peter Parker is out snapping photos for the Daily Bugle when he runs into Ernie Popchik, one of the new tenants to move into his Aunt May’s boarding house. Greeting Mr. Popchik, he learns that the old man is in the city to cash his social security check and then do some shopping. As Peter parts company, his spider-sense begins to go off as Ernie is pulled into a nearby alley. Peter rushes to his aid but is too late to stop a gang of punks from robbing Ernie and making a run for it. When a crowd forms, Peter tells them to call an ambulance while he goes for help. As he runs through the alley, Peter begins stripping off his street clothes, revealing the black-and-white costume of Spider-Man. The wall-crawler catches up to the crooks and manages to nab them all. As they robbed an elderly man, Spider-Man treats them rougher than usual. That’s when the police arrive on the scene and take the thieves into custody. One of the officers tells Spider-Man that Ernie Popchik seems okay, but he is being taken to the hospital for observation. It’s then that the officer asks the wall-crawler if he’s heard about Jean DeWolff’s murder. This comes as a shock to Spider-Man, who asks if they know who it did, but at this time the police don’t know. Meanwhile, at a church, a bespectacled man has come to see the priest in order to make a confession. At the same time, J. Jonah Jameson and Joe Robertson are going over the Jean DeWolff story. Jonah is sickened by the actions of the killer, telling Joe that even though he didn’t like her, nobody deserves to die the way she did. When Joe asks him if he feels the same way about Spider-Man, Jonah admits that although people like Hitler, cop killers, and assassins deserve to die, Spider-Man isn’t fit in those categories. They are interrupted by the arrival of Reverend Tolliver, who is setting up a new parish in New York City and would like a mention in the Bugle. Jameson remembers a story about some slayings in Atlanta that Tolliver was involved with. This leads to a brief exchange about race between Jameson and Tolliver, for which the priest apologizes. That evening, Spider-Man pays a visit to the police station to talk to the officer in charge of investigating the DeWolff murder. He learns that it is Sargent Stan Carter, who had just left for the evening. Spider-Man manages to catch up with Carter, and he invites Spider-Man into his car. Spider-Man tells Carter that he wants to know more about what happened. He learns about DeWolff’s grisly death and that there are a large number of suspects, including Spider-Man. When the wall-crawler asks if Carter thinks he did it. Carter is certain that Spider-Man wasn’t involved and tells how Jean DeWolff thought very highly of Spider-Man. In the early morning, Daredevil has finished his patrol of the city and heads criminal courts where he is due to represent a client at trial as lawyer Matt Murdock. Murdock is representing the thieves who attempted to rob Ernie Popchik the other day. Among the members of the public watching the arrangement is Peter Parker, his Aunt May, and the tenants of her boarding house. When they are released on their own recognizance and without bail, Popchik is upset that the thieves are just going to be released. Peter chastizes Murdock for making this happening, unaware that he was revealing that he is secretly Spider-Man as Murdock recognizes his unique heartbeat. His Aunt May scolds Peter for giving grief to the blind lawyer, and Peter apologizes and leaves. After the courtroom clears out, Murdock confides in Judge Horace Rosenthal how his oath to uphold the law makes him feel awful when he has to represent people like his clients that day. Horace tells Matt that he should try being a public defender for a few years as it will strengthen his resolve. He then suggests they have lunch together and excuses him to go to the washroom first. This allows Matt to learn who is hiding out in the Judge’s office. Walking around in the dark, he senses a masked man wielding a shotgun. Matt calls out, asking who is in the room with him. That’s when the masked man walks out and introduces himself as the Sin Eater. Murdock pleads the Sin Eater not to hurt him as he is blind. However, when he admits that he is a lawyer, the Sin Eater opens fire. Murdock barely manages to leap to cover under Horace’s desk in time. Converting his walking cane into his Billy club and tosses it across the room, striking Sin Eater in the back of the head. That’s when Judge Rosenthal enters the room. Before Matt Murdock can tell him to get down, the Sin Eater whirls around and pulls the trigger.
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The Spectacular Spider-Man #108 (1976 Series)
Writer: Peter David
Artist: Rick Buckler
Inker: Brett Breeding, Josef Rubinstein, Kyle Baker & Pat Redding
Colorist: George Roussos
Letterer: Phil Felix
Editor: Jim Owsley

Years ago, when Matt Murdock was still studying law, there was a guest lecture by Judge Horace Rosenthal. After the lecture, Matt approaches Rosenthal and thanks him for the lesson. However, Matt points out that there was an error in the judgment of one of the case studies he provided. Horace points out that Murdock should have said so during the lecture, not after. He tells Matt that to be a lawyer you need guts and you need to be true to yourself. This was the first time Judge Horace Rosenthal met Matt Murdock. Judge Rosenthal has been fatally shot in his office by the Sin Eater in front of Matt Murdock. The Sin Eater managed to escape in the confusion and his shotgun blasts draw a crowd. Vowing to avenge the death of his colleague, Matt storms out of the courthouse determined to find Horace’s killer as Daredevil. Not far away, Peter Parker, his Aunt May and Ernie Popchik are still upset about how the men who attacked Ernie were released on their own recognizance. Ernie can’t understand it and wonders if the judge has something against war veterans. Despite Peter’s assurances that isn’t the case, Ernie thinks that pretty soon the streets won’t be safe. Suddenly, people on the street are in a panic because the Sin Eater is fleeing down the street. The Sin Eaters assurances that he will harm nobody fall on deaf ears. As the crowds flee in a panic, Peter is separated by his Aunt May. In the confusion, Peter changes into Spider-Man to try and stop the Sin Eater. When he orders the masked man to put down the shotgun, the Sin Eater opens fire anyway. Instinctively, Spider-Man leaps out of the way. Suddenly he hears screams and realizes that the people behind him were struck by the Sin Eater’s bullets. This horrifies Spider-Man, especially because his aunt is somewhere in the crowd. When the Sin Eater reloads his gun, Spider-Man webs the barrels shut. As the two trade blows, Spider-Man notices that the Sin Eater has a gavel and police badge clipped to his belt and realizes that this is the man who murdered Jean DeWolff. Admitting this, Sin Eater plans on making Spider-Man his next victim. The wall-crawler’s anger gets the better of him allowing the Sin Eater to pummel the hero with his gun. During the battle, Spider-Man is distracted when he sees Aunt May face down on the ground and he fears the worst. This gives Sin Eater a chance to flee when the wall-crawler tries to stop him, he realizes that his web-shooters were damaged in the brawl. When he tries to tag Sin Eater with a spider-tracer, the killer notices and brushes it off. With the Sin Eater having escaped, Spider-Man changes back into Peter Parker to check and rushes to Aunt May’s aid. She is okay, but Peter gets scolded by Ernie by not being by her side the whole time. Not long after, Daredevil arrives on the scene to discover that he is too late to stop the shooting spree. There are too many erratic heartbeats for Daredevil to zero in on the Sin Eater’s heartbeat. As Daredevil chastises himself for being too slow, the Sin Eater makes his escape in a passing city bus. The Next day, Spider-Man pays a visit to Stan Carter who just learned from ballistics that the gun that killed Judge Rosenthal was the same one that was used to murder Jean DeWolff. Spider-Man explains that he wants to help, especially after he failed to stop the Sin Eater. Now that their killer has a name, Carter explains that a Sin Eater is something that comes out of a folklore. Spider-Man is surprised to see a photo of Nick Fury on Stan’s desk and learns that he is a former agent of SHIELD. When Spider-Man asks to check out Jean’s apartment, Stan declines it, knowing that it will make the other officers more critical of him. When the wall-crawler asks what Stan’s partner thinks about all this, he learns that Carter’s partner was killed in the line of duty six months previously and that Stan brought their killers to justice. However, Stan implies that he will turn a blind eye if Spider-Man wants to check out the apartment anyway. Later, at a church, the bespectacled man who came to confess his sins returns to Reverend Finn to confess again. He tells the priest that he still hears voices telling him to do terrible things. Meanwhile, Spider-Man arrives at Jean DeWolff’s apartment and begins looking around, hoping that his spider-sense will pick up on something that the police might have missed. The masked hero finds nothing until he searches Jean’s drawers. There he finds newspaper clippings that are all about him. When he sees one of the articles had the Black Cat clipped out of it, Spider-Man realizes that Jean had feelings for him. This hurts Spider-Man who removes his mask. He thinks how Jean DeWolff was always stern with him and regrets that she never made her feelings known and considers what sort of future they could have had together had she said something. Later, two burials are being conducted at once, one for Jean DeWolff and the other for Judge Rosenthal. At the DeWolff funeral, Jean’s mother blames her stepfather for the death of Jean, as he encouraged her to become a police officer. Attending the Rosenthal burial is Matt Murdock. As the attendees of both services begin to filter out, Matt detects the Sin Eater’s unique heartbeat. Unfortunately, there are too many people around for him to pinpoint who exactly who it is. Also among the attendees is Reverend Tolliver who criticizes the lack of attention that murdered African Americans get from the police. Stan Carter makes an off-color joke, wondering if the Sin Eater could do requests. It is received poorly. Meanwhile, Matt Murdock decides that he can’t keep the knowledge that the killer is among them a secret and tries to warn everyone, but by the time he speaks up, everyone is gone. Peter Parker takes a ride home with J. Jonah Jameson. He somberly vows to himself that Spider-Man will catch the Sin Eater in the next forty-eight hours. Back at the church, the Sin Eater goes into Reverend Finn’s confessional for advice. He tells the priest that he has lost his resolve in his mission to right wrongs, fearing that nobody will understand. Unaware of who he is talking to, Finn tells him to follow his convictions and to do what he thinks is right. Hearing this, the Sin Eater loads his shotgun and opens fire on Reverend Finn.
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The Spectacular Spider-Man #109 (1976 Series)
Writer: Peter David
Artist: Rick Buckler
Inker: Brett Breeding
Colorist: Nelson Yomtov
Letterer: Phil Felix
Editor: Christopher Priest

With the news of the murder of Reverend Bernard Finn at the hand of the Sin Eater, the news media asks the question, who will be the next victim? Among the dead include Captain Jean DeWolff, Judge Horace Rosenthal, as well as Hugo Kelsey, one of the innocent bystanders who was shot during Spider-Man’s clash with Sin Eater. Hearing this, Peter Parker blames himself for leaping out of the way of Sin Eater’s shotgun blast. He is talking on the phone to Detective Stan Carter on the phone as “Spider-Man” about the latest developments in the case. Carter is unimpressed when he sees Reverend Toliver is interviewed about the Sin Eater’s activities. Also watching the news is Marla Jameson, wife of J. Jonah Jameson. She decides to call Betty Leeds to ask her to come and stay with her while Jonah is out of town as she doesn’t feel safe being alone while the Sin Eater is on the loose. Also watching the news report is Reverent Toliver, who pats himself on the back for the speech he gave during his interview. Likewise is Emil Gregg, the man who frequently made confession with Reverend Finn. He hangs his head in his hands as the reporter expresses the authorities are concerned about possible copycat killers. Lastly, Matt Murdock listens as the reporter goes onto a story about a string of burglaries on the East Side. At that moment, on the East Side, a young girl is woken up by a knock at the window. She is surprised to see Santa Claus standing there. She asks Santa why he is visiting her home before Christmas. The man dressed like Santa tells the girl that he will explain everything once she lets him in. Later that evening, the Kingpin is dictating a letter to C.B. Kalish who has been inquiring his next assassin. He is unimpressed that, as Madame Fate, Kalish assaulted some of his men and declines her off, and warns her not to interfere in his efforts again. Aware that Spider-Man is lurking on the ceiling, the Kingpin fires his cane-ray at the hero, but he leaps to safety. The Kingpin knows what Spider-Man has come for, and tells him the same thing he told Daredevil minutes earlier, he knows nothing about the killer. He tells the wall-crawler that he doesn’t care about the deaths of DeWolff and Rosenthal, he takes issue with the Sin Eater killing a priest. Explaining that killing religious figures polarizes a city and makes it harder to control. The Kingpin then tells Spider-Man that he can leave out the front door, and to not knock out any more of his guards, suggesting he takes lessons in subtlety from Daredevil. Meanwhile, Matt Murdock is going to seedy bars in his civilian identity to find out if anyone knows anything about the Sin Eater. However, the rough clientele tries to rough him up. However, Murdock easily trounces them. When they stand down, they tell him that they know nothing about Sin Eater. As Murdock leaves, the bartender is relieved that nobody broke the window. No sooner has he said this does Spider-Man come crashing through the window demanding information about Sin Eater. He begins beating the thugs in the bar, but finds nothing either. Spider-Man scours the city to for leads but finds none. After leaving Carter a voice mail about his progress, he tries another tactic. He then goes to the home of a drug dealer named Gerald Jablonski and takes him from his home. He takes Gerald to a shady bar where he tries to get him to talk. Nervous about other crooks seeing him talking to the wall-crawler. Although he admits to being the middleman in his drug dealings, he knows nothing about the Sin Eater. The next day, Peter Parker goes to the Daily Bugle to see if they turned up anything regarding the Sin Eater. No sooner as he has arrived, a man who appears to be the Sin Eater comes barging into the newsroom and demands to see J. Jonah Jameson. He takes his wife Marla as a hostage. Quick thinking, Peter tosses some office equipment at the gunman, knocking him out. They unmask the man, revealing him to be Emil Gregg. Peter thinks that he has captured the real Sin Eater. Later, as Spider-Man, Peter sits in on the interrogation of Gregg who makes a full confession. However, Daredevil enters the room and after listening to Emil making a confession, he asks to speak privately with Spider-Man. Outside of the interrogation room, Daredevil tells Spider-Man that Gregg is lying. Spider-Man asks how he knows, but Daredevil isn’t sure if he should tell Spider-Man about his ability to detect heartbeats and tell when people are lying. However, he convinces Spider-Man to join him in checking out Emil’s apartment. There, they search the apartment to try and find out if Gregg is the Sin Eater or not. Daredevil takes the opportunity to chastise the wall-crawler for coercing Jablonski into confessing his drug dealings. Searching the room, they find a locked door that has recently been picked. They discover it leads into the apartment next door. Searching this second apartment, Spider-Man finds bills that are addressed to Stan Carter. At first, the wall-crawler is shocked to discover that the killer lived next door to the detective on the case. However, Daredevil discovers a secret storage room that contains spare Sin Eater costumes, a shotgun, as well as a tape recorder. The evidence points to Stan Carter being the Sin Eater, and that Emil Gregg — although mentally disturbed — was confusing the records as voices in his head. When they consider who the Sin Eater will be going after next, Spider-Man realizes that it is going to be J. Jonah Jameson. However, Jonah is out of town, and while Marla works late, Betty Leeds is staying with her. Spider-Man frantically calls Joe Robertson to get Jameson’s phone number. He then calls Betty to warn her about the Sin Eater. However, he is too late to warn her as the Sin Eater has already broken in. As Spider-Man tries to warn Betty to get out of the apartment, the Sin Eater opens fire, blasting a hole through the long back chair that Betty is sitting in.
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The Spectacular Spider-Man #110 (1976 Series)
Writer: Peter David
Artist: Rick Buckler
Inker: Brett Breeding
Colorist: Nelson Yomtov
Letterer: Phil Felix
Editor: Christopher Priest

With the news of the murder of Reverend Bernard Finn at the hand of the Sin Eater, the news media asks the question, who will be the next victim? Among the dead include Captain Jean DeWolff, Judge Horace Rosenthal, as well as Hugo Kelsey, one of the innocent bystanders who was shot during Spider-Man’s clash with Sin Eater. Hearing this, Peter Parker blames himself for leaping out of the way of Sin Eater’s shotgun blast. He is talking on the phone to Detective Stan Carter on the phone as “Spider-Man” about the latest developments in the case. Carter is unimpressed when he sees Reverend Toliver is interviewed about the Sin Eater’s activities. Also watching the news is Marla Jameson, wife of J. Jonah Jameson. She decides to call Betty Leeds to ask her to come and stay with her while Jonah is out of town as she doesn’t feel safe being alone while the Sin Eater is on the loose. Also watching the news report is Reverent Toliver, who pats himself on the back for the speech he gave during his interview. Likewise, is Emil Gregg, the man who frequently made confession with Reverend Finn. He hangs his head in his hands as the reporter expresses the authorities are concerned about possible copycat killers. Lastly, Matt Murdock listens as the reporter goes onto a story about a string of burglaries on the East Side. At that moment, on the East Side, a young girl is woken up by a knock at the window. She is surprised to see Santa Claus standing there. She asks Santa why he is visiting her home before Christmas. The man dressed like Santa tells the girl that he will explain everything once she lets him in. Later that evening, the Kingpin is dictating a letter to C.B. Kalish who has been inquiring his next assassin. He is unimpressed that, as Madame Fate, Kalish assaulted some of his men and declines her off and warns her not to interfere in his efforts again. Aware that Spider-Man is lurking on the ceiling, the Kingpin fires his cane-ray at the hero, but he leaps to safety. The Kingpin knows what Spider-Man has come for and tells him the same thing he told Daredevil minutes earlier, he knows nothing about the killer. He tells the wall-crawler that he doesn’t care about the deaths of DeWolff and Rosenthal, he takes issue with the Sin Eater killing a priest. Explaining that killing religious figures polarizes a city and makes it harder to control. The Kingpin then tells Spider-Man that he can leave out the front door, and to not knock out any more of his guards, suggesting he takes lessons in subtlety from Daredevil. Meanwhile, Matt Murdock is going to seedy bars in his civilian identity to find out if anyone knows anything about the Sin Eater. However, the rough clientele tries to rough him up. However, Murdock easily trounces them. When they stand down, they tell him that they know nothing about Sin Eater. As Murdock leaves, the bartender is relieved that nobody broke the window. No sooner has he said this does Spider-Man come crashing through the window demanding information about Sin Eater. He begins beating the thugs in the bar but finds nothing either. Spider-Man scours the city to for leads but finds none. After leaving Carter a voice mail about his progress, he tries another tactic. He then goes to the home of a drug dealer named Gerald Jablonski and takes him from his home. He takes Gerald to a shady bar where he tries to get him to talk. Nervous about other crooks seeing him talking to the wall-crawler. Although he admits to being the middleman in his drug dealings, he knows nothing about the Sin Eater. The next day, Peter Parker goes to the Daily Bugle to see if they turned up anything regarding the Sin Eater. No sooner as he has arrived, a man who appears to be the Sin Eater comes barging into the newsroom and demands to see J. Jonah Jameson. He takes his wife Marla as a hostage. Quick thinking, Peter tosses some office equipment at the gunman, knocking him out. They unmask the man, revealing him to be Emil Gregg. Peter thinks that he has captured the real Sin Eater. Later, as Spider-Man, Peter sits in on the interrogation of Gregg who makes a full confession. However, Daredevil enters the room and after listening to Emil making a confession, he asks to speak privately with Spider-Man. Outside of the interrogation room, Daredevil tells Spider-Man that Gregg is lying. Spider-Man asks how he knows, but Daredevil isn’t sure if he should tell Spider-Man about his ability to detect heartbeats and tell when people are lying. However, he convinces Spider-Man to join him in checking out Emil’s apartment. There, they search the apartment to try and find out if Gregg is the Sin Eater or not. Daredevil takes the opportunity to chastise the wall-crawler for coercing Jablonski into confessing his drug dealings. Searching the room, they find a locked door that has recently been picked. They discover it leads into the apartment next door. Searching this second apartment, Spider-Man finds bills that are addressed to Stan Carter. At first, the wall-crawler is shocked to discover that the killer lived next door to the detective on the case. However, Daredevil discovers a secret storage room that contains spare Sin Eater costumes, a shotgun, as well as a tape recorder. The evidence points to Stan Carter being the Sin Eater, and that Emil Gregg — although mentally disturbed — was confusing the records as voices in his head. When they consider who the Sin Eater will be going after next, Spider-Man realizes that it is going to be J. Jonah Jameson. However, Jonah is out of town, and while Marla works late, Betty Leeds is staying with her. Spider-Man frantically calls Joe Robertson to get Jameson’s phone number. He then calls Betty to warn her about the Sin Eater. However, he is too late to warn her as the Sin Eater has already broken in. As Spider-Man tries to warn Betty to get out of the apartment, the Sin Eater opens fire, blasting a hole through the long back chair that Betty is sitting in.
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First Printing
Publication Date: 2004
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Format: FC, 272 pages, HC, 10.5″ x 7.25″
ISBN-10: 0974325368
ISBN-13: 9780974325361

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