| Characters |
Spider-Man; GUESTS: Black Cat; Jenna Taylor; Mary Jane Watson; VILLAINS: The Rose; Puma [Thomas Fireheart]; Kingpin; Arranger; CAMEO: Hobgoblin [Ned Leeds] |
| Synopsis |
The Puma is about to eviscerate the fallen Spider-Man but the Black Cat swings in to the rescue and is able to beat the assassin with her new bad luck powers; Spidey and the Cat make it back to his apartment where he tries to nurse his injured left arm but the Puma is still on their trail; The Black Cat finds Peter's civilian life depressing and takes off but MJ shows up to hang out just before the Puma attacks again; Peter pushes MJ out the door and slips into his alien costume as the Puma strikes; They take the fight outside and MJ bursts in to find Peter gone; Spidey and the Puma engage in a brutal battle but the assassin breaks off the attack when he witnesses Spider-Man take time out to save civilians; The Kingpin discovers that the Rose has put out an unauthorized contract on Spidey's life and warns his underling to call it off; Fireheart returns home; Hobgoblin contacts Rose; Peter returns to his apartment to find MJ is still there and, as he is fumbling with an explanation, she tells him that she already knows he is Spider-Man. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Tom DeFalco |
| Pencils |
Ron Frenz |
| Inks |
Joe Rubinstein |
| Colors |
Christie Scheele |
| Letters |
Joe Rosen |
| Reprinted |
in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #271; in Spider-Man: Birth of Venom (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn]; in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #48 |