Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 8

Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 #8
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Cover artist not yet listed
Cover Date	August, 1999
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Bob Harras

1. "The Perfect World Part 2: The Man Behind the Curtain!"
Writer(s)	Howard Mackie
Penciler(s)	John Byrne
Inker(s)	Scott Hanna
Letterer(s)	Richard Starkings Liz Agraphiotis
Editor(s)	Ralph Macchio

 You help me?! Is that what you think? You think I need the help of wimp like you? Not on your life, Parker! I don't need you! I don't need any of you! And-- --I don't need Spider-Man! I'm Flash Thompson! And it was me who saved all of your butts...don't you ever forget that! And that's no illusion -- that's hard, cold reality! 

—Flash angrily

Appearing in "The Perfect World Part 2: The Man Behind the Curtain!"

Featured Characters:

•  Flash (Eugene Thompson) 
•  Spider-Man (Peter Parker)  (Also in a false flashback)

Supporting Characters:

•  Mary Jane Watson 
•  "Gwen Stacy" / Jill Stacy  (As Gwen Stacy in illusion)

Antagonists:

•  Spider-Man / Mysterio ("Quentin Beck")  (Identity revealed)
• Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (Illusion)
• Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) (Illusion)
• Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (Illusion) (Also in false flashback)
• Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinov) (Illusion)
• Beetle (Abe Jenkins) (Illusion)
• Tombstone (Lonnie Lincoln) (Illusion)
• Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov) (Illusion)
• Carrion (Malcolm McBride) (Illusion)
• Shocker (Herman Schultz) (Illusion)
• Sandman (Flint Marko) (Illusion)
• Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich) (Illusion)
• Hammerhead (Joseph) (Illusion)
• Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) (Illusion)
• Ringmaster (Maynard Tiboldt) (Illusion)
• Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (Illusion)
• Tarantula (Anton Miguel Rodriguez) (Illusion)
• Rocket Racer (Robert Farrell) (Illusion)
• Scorpion (Mac Gargan) (Illusion)
• Silvermane (Silvio Manfredi) (Illusion)
• Hydro-Man (Morris Bench) (Illusion)
• Electro (Max Dillon) (Illusion)
• Venom (Eddie Brock) (Illusion)
• Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley) (Illusion)

Other Characters:

• NYPD (Illusion)
• Uncle Ben (Mentioned)
• Galactus (Mentioned)
• Mysterio (Quentin Beck) (Mentioned) (Deceased)
• Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (Mentioned)
•  Aunt May 
•  J. Jonah Jameson 
•  Marla Madison-Jameson 
•  Joe Robertson 
•  Paul Stacy 

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and illusion)
• Cyborgs (Illusion)
• Symbiotes (Illusion)

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and illusion)
  • United States of America (Main story and illusion)
    • New York (Main story and illusion)
      • New York City (Main story and illusion)
        • Manhattan (Main story and illusion)
          • Civic Center (Illusion)
            • New York City Hall (Illusion)
          • Midtown (Illusion)
            • Saint Patrick's Cathedral (Illusion)
        • Mysterio's hideout

Items:

• Spider-Man's Suit (Illusion)
• Web-Shooters (Illusion)
• Doctor Octopus' Tentacles (Illusion) (Also in false flashback)
• Beetle Armor MK I (Illusion)
• Shocker's Vibro-Shock Gauntlets (Illusion)
• Rhino Armor (Illusion)
• Goblin Armor (Illusion)
• Pumpkin Bomb (Illusion)
• Vulture's Wings (Illusion)
• Scorpion's Suit (Illusion)
• Venom Symbiote (Illusion)

Vehicles:

• Goblin Glider (Illusion)

Synopsis for "The Perfect World Part 2: The Man Behind the Curtain!"

• Synopsis not yet written

See Also

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• 1 reprint(s) of Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 8

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