Mar 1969
Spider-Man Wanted!
By Stan Lee, John Romita Sr, Jim Mooney
The Kingpin gets thrown in the pokey but it isn't long before he breaks out. Spider-Man tries to figure out what to do now that he's a fugitive. Eventually he heads home for some rest but he doesn't get a good night's sleep.
The next day he is lured into a trap set by the Kingpin. The two start fighting on the street. Spider-Man seems to have the upper hand when two cars pull up. One is driven by a woman, presumably the Kingpin's wife. The Kingpin jumps in and escapes once again. J Jonah Jameson is in the other car. He verbally harasses Spider-Man who he still believes is in league with the Kingpin even after seeing the two fighting. Spidey loses his cool and gives JJJ a piece of his mind. Jonah seems overwhelmed by the verbal response, collapses, and from the looks of it has a heart attack.
There is a scene with the Robertsons, father and son. They learn that Dean Corliss of ESU agreed with the student protestors idea to turn the building into a dorm for low income students. He had to convince the trustees that it was the right thing to do.
Gwen and Peter share a moment once he arrives on campus the next day. She questions him about the disappearing act he pulled the other day. He isn't sure how to respond without revealing his secret identity. The status of their relationship seems very up in the air at this point.
On the surface I sped through this issue very quickly. It seemed to be all Spidey and Kingpin. When I went back and reread it I could see that there was a lot more going on here. I'm not as impressed as I was by the previous issue but this was more of an in betweener sort of chapter that sets things up for a pay off in a future issue, possibly the next issue.
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