The Amazing Spider-Man #257

(October 1984)

Beware the Claws of Puma! (Table of Contents)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom DeFalco

Pencils:

Ron Frenz

Inks:

Joe Rubinstein

Colors:

Christie Scheele

Letters:

Joe Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Edderkoppen (Semic, 1984 series) #6/1987 ([juni] 1987)
• in L' Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #48 (15 Maggio 1990)
• in Obras Maestras (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #5 - Spiderman: La Saga del Traje Alienígena (Julio 1992)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #271 (March 1993)
• in Spider-Man: Birth of Venom (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] ([March] 2007)