Spider-Man: With Great Power... 1-5
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:59 am
This is my first analysis (I think), so please be gentle. I'm happy to answer any questions you might have.
SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER... #1
March 2008
No Title
1 page of reprint material (not counted below) + 22 pages
Characters:
Parkers - Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Uncle Ben, Aunt May
Wrestlers - Crusher Hogan, the Bronx Mangler, the En Fuego Triplets, various unnamed (including possibly the Rumble Sisters)
Wrestling staff - Monty Caabash, various unnamed (including possibly Maxie Shiffman)
Reporters - Gino, various unnamed
Students: Flash Thompson, Liz Allan, various unnamed students
Other: unnamed science exhibit lecturer, unnamed wrestling fans
SMWGP 1 (1). Spider-Man is fighting Crusher Hogan in the ring. Spidey is fully outfitted in his standard red-and-blues.
SMWGP 1 (2-4). Presumably immediately after the fight. Spidey chit chats with fans and reporters before heading into the locker room. Once inside, three men briefly talk to him about his upcoming TV appearance. None of these three appear elsewhere in the comic, so it's unclear who exactly they are and how they fit into the business. One of them has a moustache and wears a hat and could be Maxie Shiffman. Spidey basically ignores these three guys, though, and ends up in conversation with wrestling league owner Monty Caabash. Crusher Hogan, the En Fuego Triplets, the Bronx Mangler and other unnamed wrestlers (including possibly the Rumble Sisters) get chewed out by Monty, before Monty congratulates Spidey and tries to get him to wear a promotional hat on the previously mentioned TV spot. Spidey tells Monty to be nicer to the other wrestlers, but then shoots them down himself when they ask him to hang out.
SMWGP 1 (5). Spidey swings around the city, disrupting some pigeons.
SMWGP 1 (6-7:2). Flashback to before Pete had powers. Flash Thompson gives Pete a wedgie and otherwise humiliates him in the school hallway. Liz is there.
SMWGP 1 (7:3-8). Flashback, probably the evening following that wedgie. Aunt May and Uncle Ben console Pete, and Ben gives Pete an old clunker of a car.
SMWGP 1 (9). Flashback. The science exhibit at which a radioactive spider bites Pete. Contains some new dialogue.
SMWGP 1 (10-11:3). Flashback. Pete uses his new-found powers to run circles around Flash Thompson. New material I believe.
SMWGP 1 (11:4-12). Flashback. The fight with Crusher Hogan. Contains some new material.
SMWGP 1 (13). Flashback. After the fight, Pete collects his money from Monty Caabash and Monty approaches him about a TV deal. This is the most problematic page in the issue, IMO.
SMWGP 1 (14-16). Flashback. Some time after the fight, long enough for Pete to buy a new car. It's night, and Pete drives to Liz Allan's house and parks
outside. Flash Thompson shows up. Liz has words with Flash, Flash has words with Pete, and a plan is made for Pete and Flash to drag-race.
SMWGP 1 (17-20:2). Flashback. Pete and Flash race, Pete wins/drives Flash off the road.
SMWGP 1 (20:3-21:2). Flashback. Presumably immediately after he beats Flash, Pete has to swerve to avoid a raccoon. He hits a guard rail with the car.
SMWGP 1 (21:3-22). Flashback. Pete arrives at home with the banged up car, briefly talks to Uncle Ben, and heads to his room. We learn that Pete
was injured in the accident and had to go to the hospital and get stitches.
SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER... #2
April 2008
A Star is Born! (Title given in previous issue)
1 page of reprint material (not counted below) + 23 pages
Characters:
Parkers - Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Aunt May, Uncle Ben
Wrestlers - Crusher Hogan, Bronx Wrangler, Frank "Chopper" Palone, various unnamed (including possibly one Rumble Sister)
Wrestling staff - Monty Caabash, Wendle (manager), Tiffany Lebeck
Students: Liz Allan, Flash Thompson, various unnamed
Mob thugs: (Mr.) Angel, Marco, various unnamed
Other: unnamed wrestling fans
SMWGP 2 (1-3:1). Spider-Man is training with Crusher Hogan. Spidey is just wearing some crummy clothes. His mask is loose-fitting and has open eye- and mouth-holes. A manager named Wendle has been watching the training.
SMWGP 2 (3:2-7:3). Spidey and Wendle meet up with Monty Caabash and discuss Spidey's rules for fighting. These include never showing his face, keeping his identity secret, always being paid in cash, and going by the name Spider-Man. Spidey is then introduced to Tiffany Lebeck, who works for Caabash and is supposed to help Spidey with his costume. She suggests "full body coverage".
SMWGP 2 (7:4-8). Pete sneaks into his house after Tiffany offers to let him stay with her. OP he turns her down. Pete makes noise coming in and wakes May and Ben.
SMWGP 2 (9). At school, Pete is exhausted and sleeps through a chemistry test. Liz confronts him about it and notices that Pete is bleeding. Pete passes out.
SMWGP 2 (10-11:1). Pete awakes at a hospital. Aunt May and Uncle Ben confront him about his erratic behaviour.
SMWGP 2 (11:2-12). Spidey arrives for a match and meets up with Tiffany and Wendle. They chat. Spidey's now wearing a full-body red-and-blue suit, but his mask still has open eye-holes.
SMWGP 2 (13:1). Spidey fights/beats Frank "Chopper" Palone
SMWGP 2 (13:2-15:4). Some mobsters, including a Mr. Angel, confront Monty about money they've invested in his league. They want Spidey on TV to boost chances of success.
Note: I'm not sure how to number this. 14/15 is a two-pager, with four panels set over a large splash. The splash is a montage of Spidey winning fights and of newspaper headlines similar to AAF15.
SMWGP 2 (15:5-16). Spidey and Tiffany on top of a skyscraper talking about Spidey's TV appearance the next day.
SMWGP 2 (17). Spidey swinging home.
SMWGP 2 (18). "40 minutes later", Spidey creates/finishes his web formula and shooters.
SMWGP 2 (19-22:1). At the televised Madison Square Gardens event, Spidey is just barely on time for his fight with the Bronx Wrangler. Monty and Wendle are worried. Spidey finally shows up, wearing his normal red-and-blue costume, with covered eyes. He and the Wrangler fight, and Spidey webs him up.
SMWGP 2 (22:2-23:2). Pete comes home and reconciles with May and Ben.
SMWGP 2 (23:3-23:4). At school, Pete and Liz Allan chat while Flash looks on.
SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER... #3
May 2008
The Big, Wide World! (Title given in previous issue)
1 page of reprint material (not counted below) + 22 pages
Characters:
Parkers - Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Uncle Ben, Aunt May
Wrestling staff - Tiffany Lebeck, various unnamed
Bugle staff - J. Jonah Jameson, Benny, various unnamed
Fantastic Four - Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Johnny Storm (Human Torch)
Students - Liz Allan, Flash Thompson, various unnamed
Other - the Burglar, unnamed wrestlers, a "floozy" whose name might start with "R" or "G", an unnamed mobster, Jack (TV host), someone named Margie, unnamed club-goers, giant monster, Giganto
SMWGP 3 (1-3). At a Bugle meeting, JJJ gets angry about Spider-Man and assigns a reporter named Benny to get dirt on Spidey. An unnamed employee mentions that The Fantastic Four "just saved the city from the Mole Man".
SMWGP 3 (4-5). Dusk. Spidey and a girl whose name he can't remember sit on a rooftop and eat chinese food while they watch the FF battle a huge monster (from FF 1? I'm not an FF guy). Spidey and the girl make out.
SMWGP 3 (6-7). Night. Spidey arrives at Tiffany's apartment, late, and she calls him out for being with the floozy. They "need to be at the TV studio in less than an hour." Spidey mentions that that afternoon Monty wanted him to wear a hat, but Spidey put him in his place (referring to the beginning of issue 1). Tiffany invites Spidey to a party at a club called Mayhem, after the taping.
SMWGP 3 (8-9). Spidey appears on a talk show hosted by a guy named Jack. Meanwhile, the Burglar is snooping about and robs one of the mobsters and some other people of $20k.
SMWGP 3 (10:1). Spidey poses for photographers, chats with reporters after the show.
SMWGP 3 (10:2-11:2). Spidey does not stop the Burglar from getting away with the cash. No new info here, I think, except maybe one or two lines of dialogue.
SMWGP 3 (11:3-13:2). Spidey, Tiffany and Monty at Mayhem. Monty and Tiffany have some words, Spidey names Tiffany as his official manager and agent.
SMWGP 3 (13:3-15:2). Day. Aunt May and Uncle Ben receive a letter from Pete's school saying that he's been a bad student lately.
SMWGP 3 (15:3-17:3). At school, Pete makes plans with Liz to study after school. Flash tries to pressure Pete out of ever talking to Liz again.
SMWGP 3 (17:4). At the library after school, Pete meets Liz and convinces her to leave and go to...
SMWGP 3 (18:1 - 18:2). Mayhem (the club), Pete and Liz party it up.
SMWGP 3 (18:3-19:3). The Bugle. JJJ and Benny discuss an angle for their Spider-Man story.
SMWGP 3 (19:4-22). At 6:18 AM, Pete and Liz are leaving Mayhem. They run into Uncle Ben, who followed Pete after school. Ben is about to scold the hell out of Pete, when Giganto (I think) attacks.
SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER... #4
August 2008
Smoke and Mirrors! (Title given in previous issue)
1 page of reprint material (not counted below) + 22 pages
Characters:
Parkers - Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Uncle Ben
Bugle staff - J. Jonah Jameson
Fantastic Four - Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Johnny Storm (Human Torch), Susan Storm (Invisible Girl), Ben Grimm (The Thing)
Students - Liz Allan, various unnamed
Mob thugs: (Mr.) Angel, Marco, various unnamed
Other - Tiffany Lebeck, Giganto, unnamed homeless man, unnamed club-goers, unnamed bystanders
SMWGP 4 (1-13). Giganto's attack. Pete, Ben and Liz try to escape while the FF try to drive the monster out of town. Pete and the Thing try to save an unnamed homeless man, but he ends up dying.
SMWGP 4 (14-15:4). In the car after the attack, Pete and Ben talk. Pete is upset that the homeless man died. Ben tells him that with great power comes great responsibility.
SMWGP 4 (15:5-16:1). At school, Pete feels all alone.
SMWGP 4 (16:2). Pete (at home?) feeling sorry for himself.
SMWGP 4 (16:3-17:2). Spidey at Mayhem, dancing with Tiffany and preparing to get drunk.
SMWGP 4 (17:3-20). Spidey at Tiffany's, drunk and sick. Spidey passes out and Tiffany looks under his mask. There are knocks at the door.
SMWGP 4 (21-22). Spidey awakens to find Angel and some mobsters at Tiffany's. JJJ is on TV blasting Spider-Man for being a coward. Angel demands that Spidey become a hero, to try and win over the public and boost his investment.
SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER... #5
September 2008
With Great Power... (Title given in previous issue)
1 page of reprint material (not counted below) + 22 pages
Characters:
Parkers - Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Uncle Ben, Aunt May
Wrestling staff - Tiffany Lebeck, Wendle, Monty Caabash
Bugle staff - J. Jonah Jameson, unnamed employee
Mob thugs: (Mr.) Angel, Marco
Other - unnamed bank robbers, bystanders and cops; Morgenstern (suicidal jumper)
SMWGP 5 (1-3). Spider-Man trying, unsuccessfully, to stop a jumper from jumping. Spidey ends up saving him with webbing.
SMWGP 5 (4-5:1). Spidey at Tiffany's, freaking out and not able to cope with his new role as hero. Tiffany tells him about an upcoming bank robbery that Angel has orchestrated and that Spidey is to stop.
SMWGP 5 (5:2-8). After the bank robbery, Spidey stops the crooks from getting away. In the process, the getaway van almost slams into a group of bystanders. Spidey just barely saves them.
SMWGP 5 (9-10:3). Angel, Monty, Tiffany, Wendle, Marco discuss JJJ's ongoing crusade against Spidey and decide that Jameson needs to be silenced. Angel beats up on Tiffany.
SMWGP 5 (10:4-12). Night. Spidey arrives at Tiffany's. She is drunk, and tells him about the plan to kill Jameson that very night. Spidey takes his mask off, but Tiffany acknowledges she's far too drunk to even remember the meeting in the morning.
SMWGP 5 (13). Night. Spidey swinging around, presumably to the Bugle.
SMWGP 5 (14-18:3). Night. Angel and Marco show up at the Bugle to silence JJJ. Spidey shows up in the nick of time and stops them. Jameson passes out in the scuffle.
SMWGP 5 (18:4-19:1). Day. While Jameson was passed out, Spidey rewrote his column into a pro-Spidey article. Reading it the next day, Jameson is pissed.
SMWGP 5 (19:2). Day. Spidey swings around NYC while people read the article.
SMWGP 5 (19:3). Dusk. Spidey finds that Tiffany's apartment is empty and that she has skipped town.
SMWGP 5 (20-22). Night. Pete arrives home to find cop cars in a scene reminiscent of the Uncle Ben death revelation. It turns out the cops are there, though, because Pete hasn't been home in a week and Ben and May are worried. As they hug and reunite, a TV in the background announces that the Burglar is on the loose, armed and dangerous.
Notes:
- There are a number of things that have been revamped, including character designs, costumes, and some dialogue. I don't really consider this problematic, and I've ignored it.
- The biggest problem by far is how Caabash fits in with Maxie Shiffman (and wrestling boss Bobby from TW 14). Here's how I see it (and note that I haven't read any of the more modern stories featuring Maxie):
Maxie and Monty Caabash are clearly supposed to be different characters. Maxie introduces himself in AAF 15 as a TV producer. Caabash owns the wrestling league. They probably work hand-in-hand for awhile, with Caabash focusing more on the wrestling stuff and Maxie focusing more on the TV stuff. They have some similar dialogue in at least one case, but I don't see that as a problem. As for Bobby from TW 14, I would consider him more in the business of managing wrestlers, not the league as a whole. His character is much closer to Caabash's, but I think there's enough room for them to be separate entities. Thoughts?
- I noticed that some issues are listed as KEY #-FB (ww:xx - yy:zz) and others as KEY # (ww:xx - yy:zz)-FB. I'm not sure which is correct.
- I didn't bother with FF placement suggestions, because I just don't know enough about their chronologies and don't have access to the relevant materials.
Placement suggestions:
SPIDER-MAN/PETER BENJAMIN PARKER
...
{AAF 15 (1 - 2:3)}
SMWGP 1 (6 - 8)-FB
PPTSS 60/2 (2:6)
AAF 15 (2:4 - 2:5)
PPTSS 60/2 (3:5 - 3:10)
AAF 15 (2:8)
PPTSS 60/2 (4:1 - 4:2)
AAF 15 (3:1)
ASM 94 (2:4)-FB
SMWGP 1 (9:1 - 9:3)-FB
Note, this gives the following lecture:
Good afternoon and welcome to the General Techtronics 'experiment in radioactivity!' I'm sure you're all concerned about the growing levels of radiation in our society! Well, we at G.T.L. share your concern. And that's why we're working to safely control radiation. And now, I'll demonstrate just how safe our equipment is! (PPTSS 60/2)
And now for a demonstration of how we can control radioactive rays here in the laboratory... (AAF 15)
Now, if you'll all give me your close attention-- (ASM 94)
With a steady stream of electrons we can control the rate of decay of the radioactive material...In this manner we will one day be able to render nuclear material safe. We may run our households, even our cars... (SMWGP 1)
AAF 15 (3:2 - 3:5)
PPTSS 60/2 (4:6 - 4:7)
AAF 15 (3:6)
ASM 94 (3:1 - 3:3)-FB
SM:PL (6:2 - 6:3)
AAF 15 (3:7 - 4:1)
PPTSS 60/2 (6:1)
AAF 15 (4:2 - 4:5)
M/CP 120/4-FB
AAF 15 (4:6)
PPTSS 60/2 (6:7 - 7:1)
AAF 15 (4:7 - 5:1)
TW 14
AAF 15 (5:2 - 5:4)
SMWGP 1 (12:2 - 12:4)-FB
AAF 15 (5:5 - 5:7)
SMWGP 1 (13)-FB
AAF 15 (6:1)
PPTSS 60/2 (8:4 - 8:5) - switched spots with ASM 94 (3:6). I think there was an error before.
ASM 94 (3:6)-FB
SMWGP 1-FB (10 - 11:3)
SMWGP 1-FB (14 - 22)
SMWGP 2 (1 - 17)
PPTSS 60/2 (8:6 - 9:1)
AAF 15 (6:2 - 6:3)
SMWGP 2 (18:3 - 18:4)
PPTSS 60/2 (9:2)
AAF 15 (6:4)
ASM 94 (3:8)-FB
PPTSS 60/2 (9:3 - 9:8)
AAF 15 (6:5 - 6:8)
SMWGP 2 (19 - 23:2)
ASM 94 (4:2 - 4:3)-FB
SMWGP 2 (23:3 - 23:4)
SMWGP 1 (1 - 5)
SMWGP 3 (1 - 7)
PPTSS 60/2 (10:1 - 10:2)-BTS
SMWGP 3 (8 - 9)
AAF 15 (7:1 - 7:4)
PPTSS 60/2 (10:4 - 10:5) - switched with WOSM 90-FB (3:6 - 3:7). I think there was an error before.
WOSM 90-FB (3:6 - 3:7)
AAF 15 (8:1) ~ SMWGP 3 (10:1) - includes new material
AAF 15 (8:2)
ASM2 38-FB
SMWGP 3 (10:4)
AAF 15 (8:3) - BTS - added BTS
PPTSS 60/2 (11:3) - BTS - added BTS
AAF 15 (8:4 - 8:6)
WOSM 90-FB (4:1 - 4: 3)
SMWGP 3 (11:3 - 22)
SMWGP 4
SMWGP 5
AAF 15 (8:7 - 8:8)
...
CAABASH, MONTY
SMWGP 1-FB
SMWGP 1
SMWGP 2
SMWGP 5
HOGAN, JOEY "CRUSHER"
...
TW 14 (21:6 - 22:1)
AAF 15 (5:2 - 5:4)
SMWGP 1 (12:2 - 12:4)-FB
AAF 15 (5:5 - 5:6)
ASM 271
JAMESON, J. JONAH
...
UTSM 12-FB
SMWGP 3
SMWGP 4
SMWGP 5
AAF 18
...
LEBECK, TIFFANY
SMWGP 2
SMWGP 3
SMWGP 4
SMWGP 5
OSBORN, LIZ ALLAN
...
AAF 17-FB
{AAF 15 (1)}
SMWGP 1 (7)-FB
AAF 15 (2)
SMWGP 1 (14 - 16)-FB
SM:PL
SMWGP 2
SMWGP 3
SMWGP 4
AAF 16
...
PARKER, BEN
...
ASM@ 1-FB
SMWGP 1 (7 - 8)-FB
{AAF 15 (2)}
SMWGP 1-FB (22)
SMWGP 2 (8)
SMWGP 2 (10 - 11:1)
AAF 15 (6)
SMWGP 2 (22:2 - 23:2)
SMWGP 3
SMWGP 4
SMWGP 5
AAF 15 (8)
PPSM2 33-FB
...
PARKER, MAY REILLY
...
ASM 370/2-FB
SMWGP 1-FB
{AAF 15 (2)}
SMWGP 2 (8)
SMWGP 2 (10 - 11:1)
AAF 15 (6)
SMWGP 2 (22:2 - 23:2)
SMWGP 3
SMWGP 5
AAF 15 (8)
PPTSS 60/2
...
SHIFFMAN, MAXIE
AAF 15 (6-7)
WOSM 90-FB
SMWGP 1
AAF 15 (8)-BTS ~ WOSM 90-FB - added page #
AAF 16
...
THOMPSON, EUGENE "FLASH"
...
AAF 17-FB
{AAF 15 (1)}
SMWGP 1 (6)-FB
AAF 15 (2)
SM:PL
SMWGP 1 (10 - 11)-FB
SMWGP 1 (14 - 20)-FB
SMWGP 2
SMWGP 3
AAF 16
...
SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER... #1
March 2008
No Title
1 page of reprint material (not counted below) + 22 pages
Characters:
Parkers - Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Uncle Ben, Aunt May
Wrestlers - Crusher Hogan, the Bronx Mangler, the En Fuego Triplets, various unnamed (including possibly the Rumble Sisters)
Wrestling staff - Monty Caabash, various unnamed (including possibly Maxie Shiffman)
Reporters - Gino, various unnamed
Students: Flash Thompson, Liz Allan, various unnamed students
Other: unnamed science exhibit lecturer, unnamed wrestling fans
SMWGP 1 (1). Spider-Man is fighting Crusher Hogan in the ring. Spidey is fully outfitted in his standard red-and-blues.
SMWGP 1 (2-4). Presumably immediately after the fight. Spidey chit chats with fans and reporters before heading into the locker room. Once inside, three men briefly talk to him about his upcoming TV appearance. None of these three appear elsewhere in the comic, so it's unclear who exactly they are and how they fit into the business. One of them has a moustache and wears a hat and could be Maxie Shiffman. Spidey basically ignores these three guys, though, and ends up in conversation with wrestling league owner Monty Caabash. Crusher Hogan, the En Fuego Triplets, the Bronx Mangler and other unnamed wrestlers (including possibly the Rumble Sisters) get chewed out by Monty, before Monty congratulates Spidey and tries to get him to wear a promotional hat on the previously mentioned TV spot. Spidey tells Monty to be nicer to the other wrestlers, but then shoots them down himself when they ask him to hang out.
SMWGP 1 (5). Spidey swings around the city, disrupting some pigeons.
SMWGP 1 (6-7:2). Flashback to before Pete had powers. Flash Thompson gives Pete a wedgie and otherwise humiliates him in the school hallway. Liz is there.
SMWGP 1 (7:3-8). Flashback, probably the evening following that wedgie. Aunt May and Uncle Ben console Pete, and Ben gives Pete an old clunker of a car.
SMWGP 1 (9). Flashback. The science exhibit at which a radioactive spider bites Pete. Contains some new dialogue.
SMWGP 1 (10-11:3). Flashback. Pete uses his new-found powers to run circles around Flash Thompson. New material I believe.
SMWGP 1 (11:4-12). Flashback. The fight with Crusher Hogan. Contains some new material.
SMWGP 1 (13). Flashback. After the fight, Pete collects his money from Monty Caabash and Monty approaches him about a TV deal. This is the most problematic page in the issue, IMO.
SMWGP 1 (14-16). Flashback. Some time after the fight, long enough for Pete to buy a new car. It's night, and Pete drives to Liz Allan's house and parks
outside. Flash Thompson shows up. Liz has words with Flash, Flash has words with Pete, and a plan is made for Pete and Flash to drag-race.
SMWGP 1 (17-20:2). Flashback. Pete and Flash race, Pete wins/drives Flash off the road.
SMWGP 1 (20:3-21:2). Flashback. Presumably immediately after he beats Flash, Pete has to swerve to avoid a raccoon. He hits a guard rail with the car.
SMWGP 1 (21:3-22). Flashback. Pete arrives at home with the banged up car, briefly talks to Uncle Ben, and heads to his room. We learn that Pete
was injured in the accident and had to go to the hospital and get stitches.
SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER... #2
April 2008
A Star is Born! (Title given in previous issue)
1 page of reprint material (not counted below) + 23 pages
Characters:
Parkers - Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Aunt May, Uncle Ben
Wrestlers - Crusher Hogan, Bronx Wrangler, Frank "Chopper" Palone, various unnamed (including possibly one Rumble Sister)
Wrestling staff - Monty Caabash, Wendle (manager), Tiffany Lebeck
Students: Liz Allan, Flash Thompson, various unnamed
Mob thugs: (Mr.) Angel, Marco, various unnamed
Other: unnamed wrestling fans
SMWGP 2 (1-3:1). Spider-Man is training with Crusher Hogan. Spidey is just wearing some crummy clothes. His mask is loose-fitting and has open eye- and mouth-holes. A manager named Wendle has been watching the training.
SMWGP 2 (3:2-7:3). Spidey and Wendle meet up with Monty Caabash and discuss Spidey's rules for fighting. These include never showing his face, keeping his identity secret, always being paid in cash, and going by the name Spider-Man. Spidey is then introduced to Tiffany Lebeck, who works for Caabash and is supposed to help Spidey with his costume. She suggests "full body coverage".
SMWGP 2 (7:4-8). Pete sneaks into his house after Tiffany offers to let him stay with her. OP he turns her down. Pete makes noise coming in and wakes May and Ben.
SMWGP 2 (9). At school, Pete is exhausted and sleeps through a chemistry test. Liz confronts him about it and notices that Pete is bleeding. Pete passes out.
SMWGP 2 (10-11:1). Pete awakes at a hospital. Aunt May and Uncle Ben confront him about his erratic behaviour.
SMWGP 2 (11:2-12). Spidey arrives for a match and meets up with Tiffany and Wendle. They chat. Spidey's now wearing a full-body red-and-blue suit, but his mask still has open eye-holes.
SMWGP 2 (13:1). Spidey fights/beats Frank "Chopper" Palone
SMWGP 2 (13:2-15:4). Some mobsters, including a Mr. Angel, confront Monty about money they've invested in his league. They want Spidey on TV to boost chances of success.
Note: I'm not sure how to number this. 14/15 is a two-pager, with four panels set over a large splash. The splash is a montage of Spidey winning fights and of newspaper headlines similar to AAF15.
SMWGP 2 (15:5-16). Spidey and Tiffany on top of a skyscraper talking about Spidey's TV appearance the next day.
SMWGP 2 (17). Spidey swinging home.
SMWGP 2 (18). "40 minutes later", Spidey creates/finishes his web formula and shooters.
SMWGP 2 (19-22:1). At the televised Madison Square Gardens event, Spidey is just barely on time for his fight with the Bronx Wrangler. Monty and Wendle are worried. Spidey finally shows up, wearing his normal red-and-blue costume, with covered eyes. He and the Wrangler fight, and Spidey webs him up.
SMWGP 2 (22:2-23:2). Pete comes home and reconciles with May and Ben.
SMWGP 2 (23:3-23:4). At school, Pete and Liz Allan chat while Flash looks on.
SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER... #3
May 2008
The Big, Wide World! (Title given in previous issue)
1 page of reprint material (not counted below) + 22 pages
Characters:
Parkers - Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Uncle Ben, Aunt May
Wrestling staff - Tiffany Lebeck, various unnamed
Bugle staff - J. Jonah Jameson, Benny, various unnamed
Fantastic Four - Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Johnny Storm (Human Torch)
Students - Liz Allan, Flash Thompson, various unnamed
Other - the Burglar, unnamed wrestlers, a "floozy" whose name might start with "R" or "G", an unnamed mobster, Jack (TV host), someone named Margie, unnamed club-goers, giant monster, Giganto
SMWGP 3 (1-3). At a Bugle meeting, JJJ gets angry about Spider-Man and assigns a reporter named Benny to get dirt on Spidey. An unnamed employee mentions that The Fantastic Four "just saved the city from the Mole Man".
SMWGP 3 (4-5). Dusk. Spidey and a girl whose name he can't remember sit on a rooftop and eat chinese food while they watch the FF battle a huge monster (from FF 1? I'm not an FF guy). Spidey and the girl make out.
SMWGP 3 (6-7). Night. Spidey arrives at Tiffany's apartment, late, and she calls him out for being with the floozy. They "need to be at the TV studio in less than an hour." Spidey mentions that that afternoon Monty wanted him to wear a hat, but Spidey put him in his place (referring to the beginning of issue 1). Tiffany invites Spidey to a party at a club called Mayhem, after the taping.
SMWGP 3 (8-9). Spidey appears on a talk show hosted by a guy named Jack. Meanwhile, the Burglar is snooping about and robs one of the mobsters and some other people of $20k.
SMWGP 3 (10:1). Spidey poses for photographers, chats with reporters after the show.
SMWGP 3 (10:2-11:2). Spidey does not stop the Burglar from getting away with the cash. No new info here, I think, except maybe one or two lines of dialogue.
SMWGP 3 (11:3-13:2). Spidey, Tiffany and Monty at Mayhem. Monty and Tiffany have some words, Spidey names Tiffany as his official manager and agent.
SMWGP 3 (13:3-15:2). Day. Aunt May and Uncle Ben receive a letter from Pete's school saying that he's been a bad student lately.
SMWGP 3 (15:3-17:3). At school, Pete makes plans with Liz to study after school. Flash tries to pressure Pete out of ever talking to Liz again.
SMWGP 3 (17:4). At the library after school, Pete meets Liz and convinces her to leave and go to...
SMWGP 3 (18:1 - 18:2). Mayhem (the club), Pete and Liz party it up.
SMWGP 3 (18:3-19:3). The Bugle. JJJ and Benny discuss an angle for their Spider-Man story.
SMWGP 3 (19:4-22). At 6:18 AM, Pete and Liz are leaving Mayhem. They run into Uncle Ben, who followed Pete after school. Ben is about to scold the hell out of Pete, when Giganto (I think) attacks.
SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER... #4
August 2008
Smoke and Mirrors! (Title given in previous issue)
1 page of reprint material (not counted below) + 22 pages
Characters:
Parkers - Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Uncle Ben
Bugle staff - J. Jonah Jameson
Fantastic Four - Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Johnny Storm (Human Torch), Susan Storm (Invisible Girl), Ben Grimm (The Thing)
Students - Liz Allan, various unnamed
Mob thugs: (Mr.) Angel, Marco, various unnamed
Other - Tiffany Lebeck, Giganto, unnamed homeless man, unnamed club-goers, unnamed bystanders
SMWGP 4 (1-13). Giganto's attack. Pete, Ben and Liz try to escape while the FF try to drive the monster out of town. Pete and the Thing try to save an unnamed homeless man, but he ends up dying.
SMWGP 4 (14-15:4). In the car after the attack, Pete and Ben talk. Pete is upset that the homeless man died. Ben tells him that with great power comes great responsibility.
SMWGP 4 (15:5-16:1). At school, Pete feels all alone.
SMWGP 4 (16:2). Pete (at home?) feeling sorry for himself.
SMWGP 4 (16:3-17:2). Spidey at Mayhem, dancing with Tiffany and preparing to get drunk.
SMWGP 4 (17:3-20). Spidey at Tiffany's, drunk and sick. Spidey passes out and Tiffany looks under his mask. There are knocks at the door.
SMWGP 4 (21-22). Spidey awakens to find Angel and some mobsters at Tiffany's. JJJ is on TV blasting Spider-Man for being a coward. Angel demands that Spidey become a hero, to try and win over the public and boost his investment.
SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER... #5
September 2008
With Great Power... (Title given in previous issue)
1 page of reprint material (not counted below) + 22 pages
Characters:
Parkers - Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Uncle Ben, Aunt May
Wrestling staff - Tiffany Lebeck, Wendle, Monty Caabash
Bugle staff - J. Jonah Jameson, unnamed employee
Mob thugs: (Mr.) Angel, Marco
Other - unnamed bank robbers, bystanders and cops; Morgenstern (suicidal jumper)
SMWGP 5 (1-3). Spider-Man trying, unsuccessfully, to stop a jumper from jumping. Spidey ends up saving him with webbing.
SMWGP 5 (4-5:1). Spidey at Tiffany's, freaking out and not able to cope with his new role as hero. Tiffany tells him about an upcoming bank robbery that Angel has orchestrated and that Spidey is to stop.
SMWGP 5 (5:2-8). After the bank robbery, Spidey stops the crooks from getting away. In the process, the getaway van almost slams into a group of bystanders. Spidey just barely saves them.
SMWGP 5 (9-10:3). Angel, Monty, Tiffany, Wendle, Marco discuss JJJ's ongoing crusade against Spidey and decide that Jameson needs to be silenced. Angel beats up on Tiffany.
SMWGP 5 (10:4-12). Night. Spidey arrives at Tiffany's. She is drunk, and tells him about the plan to kill Jameson that very night. Spidey takes his mask off, but Tiffany acknowledges she's far too drunk to even remember the meeting in the morning.
SMWGP 5 (13). Night. Spidey swinging around, presumably to the Bugle.
SMWGP 5 (14-18:3). Night. Angel and Marco show up at the Bugle to silence JJJ. Spidey shows up in the nick of time and stops them. Jameson passes out in the scuffle.
SMWGP 5 (18:4-19:1). Day. While Jameson was passed out, Spidey rewrote his column into a pro-Spidey article. Reading it the next day, Jameson is pissed.
SMWGP 5 (19:2). Day. Spidey swings around NYC while people read the article.
SMWGP 5 (19:3). Dusk. Spidey finds that Tiffany's apartment is empty and that she has skipped town.
SMWGP 5 (20-22). Night. Pete arrives home to find cop cars in a scene reminiscent of the Uncle Ben death revelation. It turns out the cops are there, though, because Pete hasn't been home in a week and Ben and May are worried. As they hug and reunite, a TV in the background announces that the Burglar is on the loose, armed and dangerous.
Notes:
- There are a number of things that have been revamped, including character designs, costumes, and some dialogue. I don't really consider this problematic, and I've ignored it.
- The biggest problem by far is how Caabash fits in with Maxie Shiffman (and wrestling boss Bobby from TW 14). Here's how I see it (and note that I haven't read any of the more modern stories featuring Maxie):
Maxie and Monty Caabash are clearly supposed to be different characters. Maxie introduces himself in AAF 15 as a TV producer. Caabash owns the wrestling league. They probably work hand-in-hand for awhile, with Caabash focusing more on the wrestling stuff and Maxie focusing more on the TV stuff. They have some similar dialogue in at least one case, but I don't see that as a problem. As for Bobby from TW 14, I would consider him more in the business of managing wrestlers, not the league as a whole. His character is much closer to Caabash's, but I think there's enough room for them to be separate entities. Thoughts?
- I noticed that some issues are listed as KEY #-FB (ww:xx - yy:zz) and others as KEY # (ww:xx - yy:zz)-FB. I'm not sure which is correct.
- I didn't bother with FF placement suggestions, because I just don't know enough about their chronologies and don't have access to the relevant materials.
Placement suggestions:
SPIDER-MAN/PETER BENJAMIN PARKER
...
{AAF 15 (1 - 2:3)}
SMWGP 1 (6 - 8)-FB
PPTSS 60/2 (2:6)
AAF 15 (2:4 - 2:5)
PPTSS 60/2 (3:5 - 3:10)
AAF 15 (2:8)
PPTSS 60/2 (4:1 - 4:2)
AAF 15 (3:1)
ASM 94 (2:4)-FB
SMWGP 1 (9:1 - 9:3)-FB
Note, this gives the following lecture:
Good afternoon and welcome to the General Techtronics 'experiment in radioactivity!' I'm sure you're all concerned about the growing levels of radiation in our society! Well, we at G.T.L. share your concern. And that's why we're working to safely control radiation. And now, I'll demonstrate just how safe our equipment is! (PPTSS 60/2)
And now for a demonstration of how we can control radioactive rays here in the laboratory... (AAF 15)
Now, if you'll all give me your close attention-- (ASM 94)
With a steady stream of electrons we can control the rate of decay of the radioactive material...In this manner we will one day be able to render nuclear material safe. We may run our households, even our cars... (SMWGP 1)
AAF 15 (3:2 - 3:5)
PPTSS 60/2 (4:6 - 4:7)
AAF 15 (3:6)
ASM 94 (3:1 - 3:3)-FB
SM:PL (6:2 - 6:3)
AAF 15 (3:7 - 4:1)
PPTSS 60/2 (6:1)
AAF 15 (4:2 - 4:5)
M/CP 120/4-FB
AAF 15 (4:6)
PPTSS 60/2 (6:7 - 7:1)
AAF 15 (4:7 - 5:1)
TW 14
AAF 15 (5:2 - 5:4)
SMWGP 1 (12:2 - 12:4)-FB
AAF 15 (5:5 - 5:7)
SMWGP 1 (13)-FB
AAF 15 (6:1)
PPTSS 60/2 (8:4 - 8:5) - switched spots with ASM 94 (3:6). I think there was an error before.
ASM 94 (3:6)-FB
SMWGP 1-FB (10 - 11:3)
SMWGP 1-FB (14 - 22)
SMWGP 2 (1 - 17)
PPTSS 60/2 (8:6 - 9:1)
AAF 15 (6:2 - 6:3)
SMWGP 2 (18:3 - 18:4)
PPTSS 60/2 (9:2)
AAF 15 (6:4)
ASM 94 (3:8)-FB
PPTSS 60/2 (9:3 - 9:8)
AAF 15 (6:5 - 6:8)
SMWGP 2 (19 - 23:2)
ASM 94 (4:2 - 4:3)-FB
SMWGP 2 (23:3 - 23:4)
SMWGP 1 (1 - 5)
SMWGP 3 (1 - 7)
PPTSS 60/2 (10:1 - 10:2)-BTS
SMWGP 3 (8 - 9)
AAF 15 (7:1 - 7:4)
PPTSS 60/2 (10:4 - 10:5) - switched with WOSM 90-FB (3:6 - 3:7). I think there was an error before.
WOSM 90-FB (3:6 - 3:7)
AAF 15 (8:1) ~ SMWGP 3 (10:1) - includes new material
AAF 15 (8:2)
ASM2 38-FB
SMWGP 3 (10:4)
AAF 15 (8:3) - BTS - added BTS
PPTSS 60/2 (11:3) - BTS - added BTS
AAF 15 (8:4 - 8:6)
WOSM 90-FB (4:1 - 4: 3)
SMWGP 3 (11:3 - 22)
SMWGP 4
SMWGP 5
AAF 15 (8:7 - 8:8)
...
CAABASH, MONTY
SMWGP 1-FB
SMWGP 1
SMWGP 2
SMWGP 5
HOGAN, JOEY "CRUSHER"
...
TW 14 (21:6 - 22:1)
AAF 15 (5:2 - 5:4)
SMWGP 1 (12:2 - 12:4)-FB
AAF 15 (5:5 - 5:6)
ASM 271
JAMESON, J. JONAH
...
UTSM 12-FB
SMWGP 3
SMWGP 4
SMWGP 5
AAF 18
...
LEBECK, TIFFANY
SMWGP 2
SMWGP 3
SMWGP 4
SMWGP 5
OSBORN, LIZ ALLAN
...
AAF 17-FB
{AAF 15 (1)}
SMWGP 1 (7)-FB
AAF 15 (2)
SMWGP 1 (14 - 16)-FB
SM:PL
SMWGP 2
SMWGP 3
SMWGP 4
AAF 16
...
PARKER, BEN
...
ASM@ 1-FB
SMWGP 1 (7 - 8)-FB
{AAF 15 (2)}
SMWGP 1-FB (22)
SMWGP 2 (8)
SMWGP 2 (10 - 11:1)
AAF 15 (6)
SMWGP 2 (22:2 - 23:2)
SMWGP 3
SMWGP 4
SMWGP 5
AAF 15 (8)
PPSM2 33-FB
...
PARKER, MAY REILLY
...
ASM 370/2-FB
SMWGP 1-FB
{AAF 15 (2)}
SMWGP 2 (8)
SMWGP 2 (10 - 11:1)
AAF 15 (6)
SMWGP 2 (22:2 - 23:2)
SMWGP 3
SMWGP 5
AAF 15 (8)
PPTSS 60/2
...
SHIFFMAN, MAXIE
AAF 15 (6-7)
WOSM 90-FB
SMWGP 1
AAF 15 (8)-BTS ~ WOSM 90-FB - added page #
AAF 16
...
THOMPSON, EUGENE "FLASH"
...
AAF 17-FB
{AAF 15 (1)}
SMWGP 1 (6)-FB
AAF 15 (2)
SM:PL
SMWGP 1 (10 - 11)-FB
SMWGP 1 (14 - 20)-FB
SMWGP 2
SMWGP 3
AAF 16
...