COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Amazing Spider-Man 630 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0167654007
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Owner:
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AlphaPrimeIan
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Synopsis: “Shed, Part 1”
In downtown New York, Spider-Man and the Black Cat make short work of an armoured car heist. In the aftermath, talk turns to their 'relationship'. Spidey is obviously guilty about his feelings for Carlie, but can't bring himself to tell the Cat this. Perceptive Felicia knows the score. "We're not a couple," she says. "If something better comes along, don't let us get in your way." Spidey watches as she swings away. If Felicia would just let him in, maybe he would feel less guilty.
Meanwhile, Curt Connors is having a supervised meeting with his estranged child, Billy. It doesn't go well. Despite Curt's reassurances that he has got his life back on track, Billy won't speak to him. His father frightens him - which considering the fact that he fairly recently turned his son into Lizard Jnr, isn't entirely surprising. A disconsolate Curt is led away by the social worker.
At the Coffee Bean Peter places a call to his Aunt May. He has girl trouble and he needs advice. Anti-May isn't the slightest bit interested, but does take the opportunity to belittle Peter to the workmen currently rebuilding her house. Fortunately, Harry Osborn has seen the glum faraway look in Peter's eyes. It's a look he knows only too well, and he's here to offer his advice.
They talk about Harry living with MJ (which is weird) and Peter confesses to Harry that he's been "having fun" with a girl, and although he knows it's not going anywhere he thinks that it's keeping him from a deeper relationship with Carlie. Harry snatches Peter's phone and texts Carlie asking her out on a date. He can see that Carlie and Peter are perfect for one another: why can't Peter see it?
At the Phelcorp Lab, Curt's assistant, Marissa, is cuddling one of their lizard test subjects. Curt points out that lizards don't feel love, and it's just seeking out her body heat. Marissa knows this of course, but she likes to kid herself. Isn't Marissa adorable? The lizard in Curt wouldn't mind seeking out her body heat.
The conversation is interrupted by the arrival of Brian King. He confronts Connors in a scene reminiscent of last issue's prologue, but this time Connors is much more dominant, much more threatening. He won't have King coming in here. "This is the lizard's territory" he says. King says that he's not staying long. He didn't come for the lizards: he came for Marissa. He wants to take the attractive young woman out on a date.
These events are watched from afar by the captive Madame Web. She predicts that Curt's secret ardour for Marissa will inflame the Lizard, that Spider-Man will battle him again and that the "cries of the son will tame the beast". Sasha Kravninov doesn't like the sound of that at all. It sounds too much like a happy ending to her. She sends Ana off to nudge the players in a different direction.
At the fifth precinct, Peter greets Carlie with a spot of lunch. He's waited in line for an hour at a popular fast-food eatery, and Carlie is immediately suspicious that he has an ulterior motive. Peter pleads ignorance: lunch is sometimes just lunch. But he'll probably tell all his friends it was a date. Carlie is surprisingly okay with that.
The following day, Connors arrives early at the lab. Marissa is already there. She spent the night with Brian King, and Connors can smell him all over her. He is distracted, he is angry and he's started growling. In his mind, the voice of the Lizard is getting louder and louder. The last thing he needs in this state is an encounter with Brain King himself. But guess who is waiting in Connors's office; in his territory?
King poached Connors's female. The reptilian response would be to kill him for it. That's what Connors wants to do. He can feel the Lizard coming. Madly he fumbles through his desk, hunting for the drug that suppresses the beast. King misreads the situation, and things that Connors is actively trying to turn into the monster. Stopping Curt is the last thing that King ever does.
The Lizard returns with slashing claws and razor sharp teeth. King doesn't stand a chance. And when he has eaten King, the Lizard prepares to turn his attention elsewhere.
Released: May 5,2010
Writer: Zeb Wells
Cover Artist: Joe Quinones
Cover Ratio: 1:15
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