The Deadly Foes Of Spider-Man

The ”Deadly Foes of Spider-Man” are Boomerang, Beetle, Speed Demon, Rhino, and Hydro-Man. Also in the mix is Leila Davis, former wife of the Ringer. The Kingpin is in there too, and so is Spidey. Now everybody is ready to battle pretty much everybody else.PlotTime for the final conflict. Or, near-to the final. Beetle, Speed Demon, and Hydro-Man battle Rhino, Boomerang, and Leila Davis. According to the blurb... ”each side wants the other dead.” The fight takes place in the midst of midtown rush-hour traffic, and the battle ultimately goes to Leila’s forces. As the cops approach the scene, Leila finally gets her chance to face Abner Jenkins, the Beetle. Her plan is to slip one of the Ringer’s rings over his neck, and watch him choke to death, but the tide of battle turns, and she misses her chance... for now.Meanwhile, the Kingpin (uncharacteristically) gloats at the chaos, and Spider-Man (characteristically) decides he needs to do something to help. The wall-crawler joins the fray, and arriving just in time to stop Leila from blowing the (now flightless) Beetle’s brains out with a revolver. In fact, he then saves the Beetle again, by breaking a constricting neck-ring, amidst various other acts of interference with the now-divided Syndicate’s plan for mayhem.In the midst of this widespread confusion, a rather perculiar happening... happens. A figure in police uniform walks confidently into the police station, enters a secure vault, and helps himself to some data disks. Something is clearly going on, and instinct points to the Kingpin’s steady hand.As Spider-Man hands the Beetle (tightly wrapped in constricting but non-lethal rings) and Leila over to the police, all the others have slipped away. Including, strangely, the Rhino, who isn’t exactly the type to vanish into the crowd. All is revealed when the Rhino is shown to have been in cahoots with the Kingpin. Kingpin used the cover caused by the various super-hero fights he ”arranged” to mask his theft of various data...

1991-08-07

Marvel Comics

071486017097

4

1991

United States

$1.00

Modern Age

English

Magazine

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Spider-Man: The Deadly Foes of Spider-Man

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