THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #159

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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #159
Volume 1 · 1963-2012
Published
August 1976
Cover price
$0.25 USD
Edition
Era
Bronze
UPC
CEFRITH Contact
Key issue
No

Creators

Writer
Len Wein
Penciler
Ross Andru
Inker
John Romita Sr., Mike Esposito
Letterer
Danny Crespi, Joe Rosen
Cover artist
John Romita Sr., Ross Andru
Editor
Len Wein

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Synopsis

Arm-In-Arm-In-Arm-In-Arm-In-Arm-In-Arm With Doctor Octopus Continued from last issue... Believing that he had been haunted by the ghost of Hammerhead, Dr. Octopus had built a machine to try and destroy his haunter. However, in reality, Hammerhead has existed in a different dimensional plane of reality, and in using the device on him has freed him and brought him back to the real world. This leads to a three way fight between Spider-Man, Dr. Octopus and Hammerhead. When a SWAT team arrives to take back the lab which Dr. Octopus took over in order to try and destroy Hammerhead, their involvement makes things worse. Hammerhead uses the extra distraction to take Aunt May at gunpoint and escape. Dr. Octopus then convinces Spider-Man to put aside their differences temporarily to save May; Spider-Man reluctantly agrees. Elsewhere, the Tinkerer has recovered Spider-Man's Spider-Mobile and is repairing and modifying it to be a instrument of revenge to use against the wall-crawler. Meanwhile, Spider-Man is led by Dr. Octopus to Hammerhead's hideout. (This is witnessed by J. Jonah Jameson, who is dealing with another replacement secretary.) The two unlikely companions arrive at Hammerhead's lair and fight off the mobster's men, and rescue Aunt May. When Hammerhead tries to escape in his helicopter, Dr. Octopus tosses garbage cans at it causing it to crash. Convinced that Hammerhead is finally dead, Dr. Octopus demands that Spider-Man hand over Aunt May. However, Dr. Octopus flees from the scene when he hears what he wrongly believes are police sirens. Upon realizing that the sirens are coming from fire-fighting vehicles, Spider-Man leaves May there for them to find before leaving the scene.