COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Amazing Spider-Man 614 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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0978787010
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Owner:
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AlphaPrimeIan
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Synopsis "Power To The People!, Part 3"As millions of disgruntled New Yorkers turn on their electrical appliances at Electro's behest, the television news reports the unprecedented demands that are being made of the city's power grid. In the middle of the broadcast Electro himself appears in the studio. He grabs a camera and reiterates his call for action against an unfair government – once again naming Dexter Bennett as his scapegoat of choice.Meanwhile a group of firefighters pull Spider-Man from the burning remains of the Thinker's warehouse hideout. They are about to get busy putting out the flames when they receive another emergency call: head to the DB! as soon as possible. But Spidey doesn't go swinging to the rescue - not immediately, anyway. He's had an idea how to shut down Electro permanently, if he can make use of the Thinker's lab before the warehouse burns down around his ears.At the DB! Dexter Bennett is trying to evacuate his staff, but it's too late. The doors are electrified and everyone is sealed in. The building is surrounded by the police, but they are unsure how to proceed. Fortunately, Spider-Man is not far behind. He confronts Jonah, and asks that the mayor put his little Anti-Spidey Squad under Spider-Man's command. But what's his plan?Meanwhile, Electro is making his presence felt inside the building. He destroys the offices with bursts of electricity as he hunts through the desks for a cowering Dexter Bennett. Drinking in as much power as he can, Electro eventually corners the terrified published. But swinging swiftly to the rescue is Spider-Man, who bursts through a window and engages the villain. Bennett takes the opportunity to scamper away.As Spidey and Electro battle, the Anti-Spidey Squad are in the basement destroying the generator and cutting the lines that connect the DB! with the city's electrical grid. With the power cut off, Electro can draw no more energy from the surroundings. Electro is furious, but he's far from impotent. He has a pretty healthy charge of power, which he now directs squarely at Spider-Man.Outside, Jonah watches in horror as much of the top floor of the old Daily Bugle building explodes outward. He can't abide to see "his building" destroyed like this. He grabs a flashlight from a near-by cop and races for the front door, barging his way past DB! employees who are now pushing their way to freedom.Inside, Spidey taunts Dillon. He knows that if Electro keeps blasting him, he will eventually run out of juice. And while he's still in this building, he is trapped with no way to replenish himself. Electro leaps into an electrical socket, and then pops out of a light fitting behind Spidey. Spidey gets shakily to his feet, webbing his hands to protect himself, he punches Electro straight through a load-bearing column.The building is starting to come apart at the seams. Jonah runs into Dexter Bennett in the lobby, and berates him for cowardice and not caring about the Bugle. As they argue, Spidey manages to web up Electro in a new formula of webbing that doesn't conduct electricity. But Electro is too strong and bursts through the webbing. The force of his exertion destroys the floor he is standing on.Bennett takes the opportunity to lie to Jonah. He tells him that Electro has been defeated, and that the Bugle can be Jonah's again. Hoping that Jonah will die when the Bugle crashes down, Bennett turns and runs for the exit. He is a split second too late.An upper floor upon which Electro and Spidey still battle comes crashing down, pinning Bennett under several tons of masonry. Electro is finally beaten, but the cost is Dexter Bennett, who is pinned at the waist and moaning feebly. By the time Spidey digs him free, Jonah has returned. With our hero's spider-sense going bananas, Spidey scoops Bennett into his arms, and he and Jonah run for the street.The following day, the headline of Front Line tells the grim truth. Peter and Betty Brant are standing at the site of the Bugle's destruction. Betty is numb. The destruction of the paper is even more horrific than Bennett being confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. The pair reminisce about the time they spent in that building, and how important it was to both of them. Betty leaves to grieve, and Peter reflects that the destruction of the Bugle is a turning point in his life: "a dividing line between everything that ever happened, and everything that ever will."He also reflects on the carnage that Electro has wrought, and his surprise that Electro of all people was capable of such a thing. What happens if the rest of his villains become this effective? Just as well he doesn't know that the Chameleon and Sashia Kravinov have just sprung Electro from jail. Whatever can they be planning?Released: December 9, 2009
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