¡ EN LAS GARRAS DE KINGPIN !
Kingpin sends the hood named “Blinker” to pick up Jonah. He then
orders the former boss named “Big Turk” to “put the squeeze” on some
service stations. When Big Turk implies that this is hardly “the big
time,” the Kingpin tells him “this is just a test” to see how he
operates. (I’m not sure why Stan is bothering with this. Couldn’t he
just have given Big Turk something “big time” to do and cut out this
whole conversation? Maybe Stan couldn’t think of anything suitably
“big” for Big Turk to do so he covered his lapse by giving Big Turk
something small time to do, acknowledged it as small time, and gave a
reason why the Kingpin would give him something small time to do. Sounds
silly, I know, but, trust me, writers go through such lapses and make
such decisions to cover themselves all the time... Or maybe Stan is
showing how perceptive the Kingpin is, seeing as Big Turk can’t even
handle the small job, which foreshadows Big Turk’s ultimate fall. But
I’m getting way ahead of myself.) Anyway, Big Turk heads out with two of
his boys to tackle the service stations. One of his gang says,
“Anyway, we don’t haveta worry about Spider-Man no more!” (“Spider-Man
no more!” That was last issue’s title! Very clever, Stan!)
The thug is wrong, of course. Spidey is back in action. And, wouldn’t
you know it? He happens to be web-slinging by when Big Turk and his
guys hit a service station. Turk has their take in a briefcase that is
yanked out of his hand by webbing. Spidey perches on a wall above the
hoods (a nice perspective drawing by Johnny) and starts webbing up their
guns. In the next panel, however, Spidey is now standing on top of a
wall, low enough for the bad guys to consider rushing him. Spidey
strikes out first, punching one guy in the chin with his right hand
while shoving another guy in the face with the flat of his left hand.
After bopping Big Turk, Spidey nails three guys using both arms and
his right foot. “I sure hope you chaps didn’t eat heavy meals lately!”
he says. Big Turk bails out with a guy named Shorty. “There’s always
more where they came from,” Big Turk says of the guys they leave behind,
“Besides, we gotta tell the Kingpin what we’re up against!” As Big Turk
and Shorty peel out, the three hoods that Spidey walloped have turned
the tables on him. One grabs his right hand, another tugs on his right
arm, the third holds his left arm while trying to get him in a headlock.
Spidey breaks free in the next panel, socking two of them with one big
swing. There are three goons already lying on the ground, making a
total of five in the panel. Add Big Turk and Shorty to the mix and it
looks like Spidey was fighting seven guys altogether but there are never
more than five shown in any panel. (Unless the whole seven are shown on
page 5 panel 2 when Big Turk and Shorty take it on the lam… but the
remaining bunch tackling Spidey look like a big blob… at least in my
copy.) Spidey grabs two of his defeated foes and demands to know, “Who
and what is the Kingpin?” but the police arrive so he decides to cut
out. (Plus, it looks like the guys he’s interrogating are unconscious.)
He climbs a wall to where he placed his automatic camera but,
retrieving it, he recalls that he “told Jameson where to get off” in Amazing Spider-Man #50. “Now I’ve gotta swallow my pride and convince him I was…ulp…only kidding!” he says.
Back at his headquarters, the Kingpin slides back some drapes,
revealing a one-way mirror in which he can observe Frederick Foswell
whom he has placed in another room. Flint asks, “Why don’tcha just
polish him off now?” but the Kingpin has plans for Foswell and instructs
Flint to bring him in. Still high on himself, Fred tells the Kingpin
“I thought you’d realize you needed me” because “nobody’s ever been able
to take over all the mobs before except me.” Starting to feel really
smug, Foswell reaches into his jacket pocket. The Kingpin warns him that
“the obliterator beam within my walking stick can atomize you before
you can make another move.” Foswell assures him, “I’m not cheap hood
reaching for a gun!” Instead he is reaching for a cigarette. Once he
has it out, he orders Flint to give him a light. Flint balks until the
Kingpin orders him to comply. “We’ll get along just fine, Foswell!” says
the Kingpin, “I like your style!”
Just then Big Turk and Shorty break in, still riled up over
encountering Spidey. “What were ya tryin’ to pull, ya fink!” says Big
Turk, then compounds things by calling the Kingpin, “Fatso.” Shorty gets
in on the action, saying, “Let’s get ‘im, Big Turk! Nobody can make
fools of us the way that lyin’ fink tried to do!” Flint starts to go for
his gun and Foswell recedes into the shadows. The Kingpin tells Flint
to hold off and stands, planning to handle things himself. Big Turk
takes advantage of the situation and clocks Flint, promising to “bounce
[Kingpin] all over the place like a hunka blubber.” Shorty tells Big
Turk to watch out for Kingpin’s cane but the mob boss promises to humble
Big Turk “with my bare hands.”
TOMADO DE http://www.spiderfan.org
FECHA: 10 de Agosto de 1967
ESCRITOR: Stan Lee
DIBUJO: John Romita Sr.
TINTAS: Mickey Demeo
COLOR: John Romita Sr.
PORTADA: John Romita Sr.
EDITORIAL: Marvel Comics
PÁGINAS: 21
FORMATO: .cbr
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