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Comic Description:
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Amazing Spider-Man 603 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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0966976026
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Owner:
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AlphaPrimeIan
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
RED-HEADED STRANGER, PART 3Synopsis: "Deconstructing Peter"The Chameleon is taking a phone call from Glory Grant, who tells him that he passed his background check and can now come into the command centre for the photo op. She says that Peter's old friend, and Gulf War veteran, Flash Thompson will also be in attendance. The Chameleon flicks through Peter's high school yearbook, and reads Flash's insults. It seems that this Peter Parker is a man of incongruities.Just after twelve, the Chameleon has an appointment to meet MJ in a diner. She turns up a little late, startled to see that 'Peter' is on time. What follows is a delightfully subversive scene in which an increasingly confused Mary Jane tries to get Peter to help the homeless Harry Osborn, while the Chameleon plays with her, making educated deductions and conclusions about Peter's life. Showing MJ a picture of Gwen, and then wistfully implying that MJ never measured up to her, reveals the Chameleon's vindictive nature. It's a masterstroke from Van Lente, that is enhanced by its juxtaposition to the next scene.One of MJ's many stalkers appears, banging on the window, begging her to read a script he has written. What now? Ignore him? Slip out of the back door? No. The Chameleon will handle this. Excusing himself from the table, 'Peter' takes a walk outside. He grabs the stalker, forces him into an alley, puts a gun in his mouth and pistol-whips him into unconsciousness. "Not a bad guy really," he tells MJ moments later. "I think he'll listen to reason." He then promises MJ that he will take care of Harry. There's something oddly sinister about that choice of words.Meanwhile the Chameleon has been far from idle. After dropping a tracking device in the toilets at Jameson's "Shadow Command Centre", he has been able to retrace his steps and pinpoint the location of the base. Satisfied, the Chameleon grabs a phone and contacts his employer… Colonel Kasab, leader a bunch of pro-Taliban renegades, located in Quetta, in Pakistan The pair verbally joust about payment and the nature of their 'deal'. The colonel makes the mistake of thinking he has the upper hand, that the Chameleon doesn't know who he is or where he is. Of course, not only does the Chameleon know all these things, he's been to the colonel's home, made a latex mask of his face and hidden it behind a picture hanging on the wall. That's the sort of thing that really helps to get your point across.The Chameleon, still disguised as Peter, heads to Aunt May's house in Queens to find it bursting with May's Bostonian relations. "Good lord. Does Parker know anyone who isn't a stunning beautiful woman?" After looking around he heads over to the nearby cemetery. There he stands at the graves of Richard, Mary and Ben Parker. He read about Ben's death in old copies of the Bugle, and he recalls what MJ said earlier in this issue: about the living friends of Peter having to compete with the dead. He has made up his mind.The Chameleon points out that a person's life is defined by the impact he has on others. When he takes over someone else, he can afford to brave, to take all the difficult decisions that they will not. After all, he'll just be someone else tomorrow. His baiting has left Flash depressed and drinking again; his words and his actions have reminded MJ what she saw in Peter in the first place; and he has convinced Michelle that she and Peter have a future together. The only piece missing from the puzzle is Harry Osborn. What can the Chameleon do for him?The Chameleon only knows the superficial Peter. The Peter who rejects commitment at every turn, and pushes away those closest to him. The Peter who, the Chameleon believes, would continue to hold a grudge against Flash years after High School, and who would have resented living in the shadow of Harry Osborn. What can the Chameleon do to rectify this situation? He heads to the Coffee Bean out of hours, to 'put right' the relationship between Harry and Peter. He has his hand on a gun, when takes young Mister Osborn by surprise.Bang.No, not a gunshot - or at least not only a gunshot. The banging is coming from beneath the Chameleon's lair. Someone is punching his way out from underneath the chair that unceremoniously dumped him into acid more than an issue ago. Battered, burned by acid and his clothes in tatters, Peter Parker - the real Peter Parker - collapses to the floor. Well, it seems he wasn't dead after all. But is he in a state to take back his life? And is he in time for Harry?Released: August 19, 2009Writer: Fred Van LenteCover Artist: Stephane RouxEst. Print Run: 70,976
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