The Amazing Spider-Man # 13 - The Menace of Mysterio
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A security guard sees Spider-Man commit a crime and word soon gets to J. Jonah Jameson. The front page of the Daily Bugle has a huge story about Spider-Man being a menace and that Jameson knew this all along. Peter Parker is confused by this as he obviously knows that didn't commit the crime. He wonders if he has become like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and has developed a split personality that is causing him to commit crimes. He goes as Spider-Man to see a psychiatrist. The doctor is thrilled at the possiblity to have Spider-Man as a patient but he leaves before revealing anything.
Peter then goes to the Daily Bugle to ask Jameson for a loan. He and Aunt May need money to make their mortgage payment. Jameson is in a great mood over his editorials being seen as the truth now but still won't give Peter the money he needs. He goes out as Spider-Man to try to take pictures but is chased away by a crowd who think he's a criminal.
The next day Jameson gets a note from a man calling himself Mysterio saying that he can take care of Spider-Man by himself. He then appears in Jameson's office fully dressed in costume to issue a challenge to Spider-Man to meet him on top of the Brooklyn Bridge. He vanishes as suddenly as he appeared, in a cloud of smoke.
When Peter sees the challenge in the Bugle, he meets Mysterio and fights him. Mysterio manages to defeat Spider-Man by surrounding him in a cloud of smoke and hits him from all around. Spider-Man has no choice but to dive into the East River to escape. He barely manages to get away from police helicopters that are nearby. Mysterio is called a hero but Flash Thompson still believes in his hero, Spider-Man.
Back at the Daily Bugle, Peter sees Mysterio meeting with J. Jonah Jameson. He places a spider-tracker on Mysterio's cloak and is able to track him to his headquarters later. Mysterio's headquarters is at a television studio. When it seems that he has defeated Spider-Man again, he reveals that he used special affects to immitate his powers to commit the crime.
When Mysterio is finished revealing how he framed him, Spider-Man shows that he had a tape recorder and recorded his "confession." Spider-Man faked being defeated in order to obtain it. Now that he is aware of his tricks, Spider-Man easily beats Mysterio. He takes him to the police. Peter is also able to sell picture of the battle to Jameson. The money from the pictures is enough to make the mortgage payment. To make things worse for Jameson, Spider-Man pays him a visit and leaves him webbed to the ceiling.
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Enter Mysterio, and a psychiatrist
Reviewed by ENGLENTINE on April 6, 2008. ENGLENTINE has written 583 reviews. His/her last review was for SUICIDE KINGS,” PART 3: DEAD MAN'S HAND . 17 out of 18 users recommend his reviews. |
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It almost happened, Stan Lee almost made a move that would surely have been original, and would have treated Spiderman in a way no other hero had ever been. He almost had him go to therapy. Unfortunately Spiderman runs out at the last minute. Sad, considering anyone who has ever read Peter Davids run on X-factor knows how interesting a Superhero in therapy can be. Of course now what I am talking about only takes up maybe four panels of the book. The majority is spent on the battle between Spiderman and Mysterio, whom I have always thought to be one of his weakest yet more interesting villains. Here I think he is used to good effect, shown what kind of a menace he can be. So long as he is prepared and can catch Spiderman off gaurd, he can cause real damage. Rightfully so though, as soon as Spiderman sees through the ruse, the game is over. This is one of my favorite issues of the older books.
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| Date Added: | June 6, 2008 |
