| Characters |
Spider-Man; GUESTS: Mister Fantastic; Human Torch; Black Cat; Mary Jane Watson; Thomas Fireheart [Puma]; Jenna Taylor; VILLAINS: Hobgoblin [Ned Leeds]; Rose; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Aunt May Parker; Robbie Robertson; Jack O' Lantern |
| Synopsis |
Peter is floored by MJ's revelation that she knows he is Spider-Man; As he tries to figure out what to say, the Black Cat shows up at his pad and MJ takes off; Exhausted by his emotional problems, Peter drifts off to sleep and his new costume takes him for a spin around the city; Unaware of his midnight web slinging, Peter has a nightmare about his black costume; When he awakens, he decides it is high time to take it over to the Baxter Building and have Mr. Fantastic check it out; Reed Richards discovers that Spider-Man's black costume is a living alien that is trying to bond with him symbiotically; Reed uses a sonic blaster to separate Spidey from his costume and traps it in a containment vessel; With no costume handy, Spidey swings home in an old FF uniform with a paper bag for a mask but he gets caught on a news camera when he takes time out to stop a crime; Tired and humiliated, Peter is still relieved when MJ drops by for a heart to heart; Hobgoblin has a little proposition for the Rose. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Tom DeFalco |
| Pencils |
Ron Frenz |
| Inks |
Joe Rubinstein |
| Colors |
Bob Sharen |
| Letters |
Joe Rosen |
| Reprinted |
in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #272; in Spider-Man: Birth of Venom (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn]; in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #49 |