COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Amazing Spider-Man 305 Signature
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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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1603366002
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Owner:
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The Captain
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
September, 1988
"Westward Woe!"
David Michelinie - Writer
Todd McFarlane - Penciler
Joe Rubinstein, Jim Sanders, Mark McKenna, Ken Lopez, Rodney Ramos, Pat Redding, Chris Ivy, & Hector Collazo - Inkers
Todd McFarlane - Cover Artist
Gregory Wright - Colurist
Rick Parker - Letterer
Jim Salicrup - Editor
Tom DeFalco - Editor in Chief
Synopsis:
The Black Fox is attempting to steal the Valencia Chalice from a Los Angeles gala. Having evaded capture from Spider-Man, the Black Fox thought he was going to make a clean getaway when he was stopped by the Prowler, who has come for the chalice himself. Where is Spider-Man in all this? He was on a book tour as Peter Parker to promote the release of his new book "Webs". While chasing the Black Fox as Spider-Man, he ended up running into the main ballroom of the gala and has been held back by autograph-hungry guests.[Continuity 1] Spider-Man suffers it long enough but eventually pulls himself away so he can go after the Black Fox. He drops in on the Prowler and the Black Fox just as the thief was agreeing to give the chalice over to the Prowler. The Prowler orders Spider-Man to stay out of the situation. As the two trade blows, the Black Fox tries to make his escape by tossing a smoke bomb allowing him to escape with the chalice. Spider-Man demands to know why the Prowler is trying to steal the artifact as well and learns that Transcorp put him up to this, and if he doesn't recover the chalice, his wife Mindy will end up in jail. He asks Spider-Man for his help, and Spider-Man decides to let the Prowler go as he has always been straight with him. He agrees to meet with the Prowler later at the Algonquin Hotel before departing himself.
Notes:
- Signed by: Todd McFarlane on 06/12/2018
- Among the guests is actress Glen Close.
- This late-night television show is identified as the Johnny Carson show. There are depictions of Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon. The intended guest actor Charles Nelson Reilly had canceled.
- This ship is identified as the Queen Elizabeth, this should also be considered a topical reference, particularly since the ship was retired in 2008.
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