The Amazing Spider-Man #198 "Mysterio is Deadlier By the Dozen!" #199 "Now You See Me! Now You Die!" #200 "The Spider and the Burglar...A Sequel" Arc: "Return of the Burglar"

" MYSTERIO EL MÁS MORTAL POR DOCENA "

Continued from last issue....

Spider-Man has just been senselessly beaten by the Kingpin, who has left Spider-Man to his fate, having given up his life of crime for his wife Vanessa. The police find Spider-Man and bring him to a hospital, where a doctor treats him and makes sure that nobody unmasks the wall-crawler. 

While at the Restwell Retirement home, Dr. Reinhardt revels himself as the original Mysterio, and reveals to the Burglar that he faked his own death to operate in more subtle fraudulent ways, and that the his role as administrator of Restwell allowed him to swindle the elderly that he cared for out of their valuables. Hoping to get this treasure the Burglar has been trying to find, Mystery turns his illusion casting powers on the man, knocking him out and tying him up in the boiler room of the retirement home. 

While back at the hospital, Spider-Man revives and leaves in spite of the doctors orders to stay and get more treatment for his now-broken arm he speeds off for the Restwell Retirement Home, and soon finds himself victim to Mysterio's illusions which now appear more elaborate than ever. While at the Daily Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson has become even more irrational. When Marla Madison tries to talk sense into Jonah. Jameson then enters the board room where an investors meeting is happening. When the other shareholders of the Bugle question Jameson's recent decisions as editor, Jameson loses his temper and his fury causes a total nervous breakdown and he faints to the floor. 

Back at the Restwell Retirement Home, Spider-Man finally tackles Mysterio one-on-one, however he finds that his foe's new hypnosis based illusions and is easily knocked out by his long time foe. Reviving, Spider-Man has found that Mysterio has chained him to the bottom of the facilities wading pool. Mysterio then begins to fill the pool with water, gloating over how his old nemesis will helplessly drown. 

This story is continued next issue....

TITULO: Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 #198
FECHA: Noviembre / 1979
PORTADA: Keith Pollard (lapices), Bob McLeod (tinta)
 PERSONAJES:

Featured Characters: Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

Supporting Characters: Daily Bugle Staff: J. Jonah Jameson

Villains: Mysterio (Quentin Beck), Burglar

Other Characters: Marla Madison, Daniel Berkhart (Only in flashback), Dr. Winters (Only Appearance), Janice - Nurse (Only Appearance)

Locations: New York City: Restwell Nursing Home, Daily Bugle Building, Kingpin's Mansion, Newhope Memorial Hospital 

Items: Spider-Man's Web-Shooters

Vehicles: None

ESCRITOR: Marv Wolfman 

DIBUJO: Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney

TINTA: Jim Mooney 

COLOR: Glynis Wein

EDITORIAL: Marvel Comics

GENERO: Superheroes

PAGINAS: 18

FORMATO: .cbr

TAMAÑO: 4.5 mb

" ¡TRUCO DE MAGIA! ¡TRUCO DE MUERTO! "

Mysterio gloats as the water in the Restwell Nursing Home swimming pool rises over Spider-Man's head. Spider-Man, chained to the bottom of the pool, is apparently about to drown. Leaving him to his fate, Mysterio descends into the nursing home's basement, where he has the burglar tied to a furnace. The captive asserts that Mysterio will be unable to find the treasure in May Parker's house, for he has told Mysterio how much it is worth but not what it is. Mysterio replies that nothing potentially worth billions of dollars will long elude his grasp. Technically, Mysterio owns the house, and search it he shall. As Mysterio vanishes, the burglar impotently shouts that he will somehow get free and destroy Mysterio. Then the burglar sees an old mirror leaning against a wall just within reach. He inches his feet toward it and topples it, breaking it into several sharp fragments. Pulling a fragment toward him with his foot, he starts to saw at his bonds. As the water covers Spider-Man, he quickly spins himself a web-bubble to trap some air for breathing. Then a calamity occurs: his web-bubble springs a leak. As the bubble fills with water, he desperately tries to think of a way to escape. When the bubble floats free of his face, he spies the pool's drain plug, just out of reach. He shoots a web-line onto the plug, and after summoning all his strength, he pulls the plug out and the pool empties. Still chained but no longer in danger of drowning, Spider-Man passes out, exhausted from his struggle. He revives several minutes later, feeling somewhat stronger. Then he sees that his costume and the swimming pool are both dry. The "water" was another of Mysterio's illusions, powerful enough to make him believe he was about to drown. Without the psychological burden of thinking he is trapped under water, Spider-Man easily breaks his chains, and he heads back to his apartment for a night's rest. Twenty-four hours later, Peter Parker awakens rejuvenated. Even his broken arm is healed, and he shatters the cast that Dr. Winters placed on it. Famished, he starts to prepare a meal of fried eggs, but as he is cooking, Harry Osborn, Liz Allan, Flash Thompson, and Sha Shan arrive at the door. They walk into the living room, and Peter remembers that he is still wearing part of his Spider-Man costume, and his bathrobe is on the living-room chair. He uses a web-strand to snag the bathrobe without any of his friends seeing him, and he pulls it into the kitchen. Harry says that they have come to offer condolences about Peter's aunt and to apologize for their recent arguments with him. Peter notices apprehensively that some of his costume is draped over a chair in his bedroom, easily visible. Liz tells Peter that Betty Brant has broken up with Ned Leeds, and Peter explains his seemingly callous behavior in the cafeteria several days ago. Peter is disappointed that his effort to bring Betty and Ned together failed. Telling his friends that he is still shaken by recent events, Peter hastily ushers them out of the apartment, breathing a sigh of relief that they failed to notice the costume. A few minutes later, Spider-Man is on his way to his aunt's house in Forest Hills. When he enters, he finds the place as he left it: a total shambles. Wondering aloud about what Mysterio might have been searching for, he is answered by Mysterio himself, who suddenly makes the ceiling, to which Spider-Man is clinging, vanish. This unnerving illusion causes Spider-Man to lose his balance, but he quickly regains his composure. Mysterio uses many different illusions against Spider-Man as they battle: he makes Spider-Man appear to dissolve and then makes him appear as if he were a photographic negative. Spider-Man realizes that Mysterio's illusions owe as much to hypnosis as to mastery of special effects, and this realization helps him overcome them. Outside, as Spider-Man watches the criminal ascend on his cloud of mist, he deduces that Mysterlo is actually riding a mini-helicopter, and he manages to catch hold of it with his webbing. Irritated, Mysterio appears to dissolve away, but then he strikes Spider-Man from behind. Spider-Man did not sense him coming, says Mysterio, because he is able to jam Spider-Man's spider-sense. Spider-Man, angered, connects with a punch, but now he knows that he cannot even rely on his spider-sense to tell illusion from reality. Mysterio tosses a fire blast at Spider-Man, and only at the last instant does Spider-Man realize that this is not an illusion. Leaping away from the flame, Spider-Man slams into a chimney and momentarily stuns himself. As Spider-Man shakes his head to clear it, Mysterio heads toward the Restwell Nursing Home. Spider-Man follows Mysterio back to the nursing home. Surprisingly enough, he locates the criminal without encountering any more illusions. Mysterio explains that the object of his search at the Parker house seems no longer to be there, and he is not going to bother looking for it any more. Then he fires a dart gun at Spider-Man, and because Spider-Man thinks it is another illusion, he does not get out of the way. Unfortunately, the dart is all too real, and when it strikes Spider-Man, Mysterio says that it is filled with enough depressant to kill a herd of elephants. As Mysterio explains that he will work on other schemes instead of wasting time searching for a box that is no longer there, Spider-Man starts to feel groggy and sinks to the floor. Then Mysterio triumphantly announces that Spider-Man is dead.

TITULO: Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 #199
FECHA: Diciembre / 1979
PORTADA: Keith Pollard (lapices), Pablo Marcos (tinta)
 PERSONAJES:

Featured Characters: Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

Supporting Characters: Harry Osborn, Liz Allan, Flash Thompson

Villains: Mysterio (Quentin Beck), Burglar

Other Characters: Sha Shan

Locations: New York City: Restwell Nursing Home, Peter's Chelsea Apartment, Aunt May's House

Items: Spider-Man's Web-Shooters

Vehicles: None

ESCRITOR: Marv Wolfman 

DIBUJO: Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney

TINTA: Jim Mooney 

COLOR: George Roussos

EDITORIAL: Marvel Comics

GENERO: Superheroes

PAGINAS: 18

FORMATO: .cbr

TAMAÑO: 4.4 mb

"LA ARAÑA Y EL BURGLAR... UNA SECUELA "

Continued from last issue... Spider-Man has been injected with a large dose of anti-depressants and left to die by Mysterio. Spider-Man survives the injection however it has left him without his spider-powers. In spite of this, Spider-Man is determined to learn why Mysterio rigged his Aunt May's death and returns home, once more lamenting his lot in life since becoming the Amazing Spider-Man. Unknown to Spidey, the Burglar who shot his Uncle Ben manages to free himself in from the boiler room in the Restwell Retirement home and decides that maybe May Parker's nephew will know the secret of the hidden loot. 

Meanwhile, Peter has begun trying to track down who it was that rented and trashed his Aunt May's old home in Forrest Hills. After meeting with Anna Watson and the rental company that rented out his aunts home, Peter is shocked to learn that it was rented by the man who shot and killed his Uncle Ben. Returning to his apartment and changing back into Spider-Man, Peter vows to track the Burglar down and stop him once and for all, considering even killing the man responsible for his uncles death. 

Peter decides to do some more research on the man who killed Uncle Ben, when he finds a lead to follow by checking the Daily Globe's morgue files, he decides to check the video archives of a television station that ran news stories about the case. When Peter Parker is denied admittance because he has no appointment, he risks his life climbing a web-line into the building as Spider-Man despite the fact that he has no spider-powers. Inside, he finds the tape he is looking for and reviews it. On his way out he hears a commotion and sees a security guard chasing a man. Unlike the first time he found himself in such a situation, Peter stops the man being chased, and realizes that ironically enough the security guard he just helped was the same man who he refused to help all those years ago when he first became Spider-Man. 

After, Peter returns to his apartment to find that Burglar is there waiting for him, Peter instantly pounces on the man and the two are locked in a brutal fight. During the scuffle, the Burglar drops his gun, but recovers it in the struggle and strikes Peter on the head with it's butt, knocking him out. When Peter revives, he finds himself in the very warehouse that the Burglar holed up after he shot Uncle Ben. The Burglar then starts grilling Peter about hidden loot, and explains that Aunt May's house used to be owned by a prohibition era crime boss named Dutch Mallone. He explains that Mallone -- among other criminal enterprises -- had a successful bootlegging operation during the 30's until he was busted by Elliot Ness for tax evasion. It was being incarcerated with Mallone that the Burglar learned that he had a large sum of money stashed in the home that would eventually be bought and owned by Ben and May Parker. He explains that's why he went to the Parker home that faithful night. When Peter refuses to tell the Burglar anything because he killed Aunt May, the crook reveals that anything that happened to his dear aunt was all the doings of Mysterio. Getting a moment of inspiration, the Burglar decides to leave Peter to do one last thing and will come back to kill Parker later. 

The whole time trying to break free, Peter finally manages to bust loose and decides to go after the Burglar not as Peter Parker, but as Spider-Man. Secretly following the Burglar, Spider-Man is led right back to the Restwell Retirement home. When the Burglar goes into the basement, Spider-Man attempts to confront him there and is shot and left for dead. The Burglar returns to the warehouse shortly thereafter to shock Peter Parker by showing him his Aunt May alive and well. Apparently, Mysterio had faked her death to get Mallone's loot for himself and the Burglar would hope that threatening Parker's aunt in front of him would loosen the boys tongue. 

Realizing Peter isn't there, the Burglar is shocked when Spider-Man -- only winged by the bullets and is alive and well -- is waiting there for him. Spidey attacks the Burglar head on attacking him with an unbridled fury. When Spider-Man proves to be too much for the Burglar to handle, he tries to flee. However, Spider-Man continues to chase after him, using his spider-signal to intimidate and further strike fear into the Burglar. When Spider-Man finally has him cornered, the frightened Burglar suffers a heart attack and dies of fright. Spider-Man then sets off a fire alarm to get the authorities to show up and convinces Aunt May that he came to her rescue for her nephew Peter. 

Later, with Aunt May once more in the hospital, Peter goes to visit her and she tells her nephew that she no longer thinks of Spider-Man as a menace. She also ends up solving the mystery of what happened to Mallone's loot: When she and Ben had first moved into the home and did renovations they found a box inside one of the walls. Inside they found the remains of Mallone's money all right, however it had long since been destroyed by silver fish. Later, after the anti-depressants that Mysterio injected him with have been flushed out of his system, Peter changes into Spider-Man and finds that his powers have returned to full strength and decides that after this whole experience he will continue being Spider-Man.

TITULO: Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 #200

FECHA: Enero / 1980

PORTADA: John Romita (lapices, tinta)

PERSONAJES: Featured Characters: Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
Supporting Characters: Aunt May
Villains: Burglar (Final appearance; Dies)
Other Characters: Anna Watson, Dutch Mallone (First appearance) (Appears in flashback and main story), Security Guard (Unnamed) (Final appearance), Harold Grimsby - Realty Agent (Only Appearance), Ben Parker (Dies in flashback), Dr. Reinhardt (Only in flashback)
Locations: New York City: Restwell Nursing Home, Peter's Chelsea Apartment, Aunt May's House, Newhope Memorial Hospital
Items: Spider-Man's Web-Shooters, Spider-Man's Spider-Signal
Vehicles: None
None ESCRITOR: Marv Wolfman, Stan Lee

DIBUJO: Keith Pollard, Jim mooney 

TINTA: Jim Mooney

COLOR: Glynis Wein 

EDITORIAL: marvel comics 

GENERO: superheroes

PAGINAS: 37

FORMATO: .cbr

TAMAÑO: 8.9 mb

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