Amazing Spider-Man, The - #30: The Claws of the Cat! (Marvel 11/1965)
Plot Summary
There is a cat burgalar in town, and his latest victem was none other than J. Jonah Jameson, who offers a 1000 dollar reward for his capture. This has a chance to blow up in his face when Spiderman shows up and tells him to get his check book ready. In the life of Peter Parker, He meets Liz Allen on the way to see Betty Brant, she has joined the work force. Flash Thompson sees the two of them talking and attacks Parker, who taps him and knocks him out. When he finally catches up to Betty Brant, she tells him that she met with Ned Leeds and he has asked her to marry him. Before she could tell Peter she really wants him he storms off in anger. Spiderman finally catches up to the cat burgalar but he manages to escape Spiderman and falls in to the hands of the police. J. Jonah Jameson was very happy.
Appearances
Spider-ManJ. Jonah Jameson
Flash Thompson
Aunt May
Betty Brant
Ned Leeds
Frederick Foswell
Liz Allen
Anna May Watson
Cat Burglar
Creators
Steve Ditko ( penciler, inker, other )Artie Simek ( letterer )
Stan Lee ( writer, editor )
Latest Reviews
Amazing Spider-Man, The #30: The Claws of the Cat!
I am not sure where Stan Lee got his ideas from, but I wionder why he would have thought that this particular story would have been interesting? I liked the stuff going on with the supporting cast. J. Jonah Jameson being nervous that he may need to make a public payment to Spiderman as a reward was kind of cool. The cat burgalar stuff though just fell flat. Way to whimsical even for a nineteen sixties comic book. Although the Betty Brant stuff was the emotional stuff, it unfortunately quickly fell into the realm of melodrama. Not a particularly strong issue.
