Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 57

Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #57
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Art by: Frank Miller
Release Date	May 19, 1981
Cover Date	August, 1981
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Jim Shooter

1. "These Wings Enslaved!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Roger Stern
Penciler(s)	Jim Shooter
Inker(s)	Jim Mooney
Colorist(s)	Ben Sean
Letterer(s)	Jean Simek
Editor(s)	Dennis O'Neil

Appearing in "These Wings Enslaved!"

Featured Characters:

• ⏴ Spider-Man (Peter Parker) ⏵

Supporting Characters:

• ⏴ Will O' the Wisp ⏵
• ⏴ J. Jonah Jameson ⏵
• ⏴ Marla Madison ⏵

Antagonists:

• Brand Corporation
  • ⏴ Killer Shrike ⏵
  • ⏴ James Melvin ⏵
• Roxxon Oil (Mentioned)

Other Characters:

• ⏴ Aunt May ⏵
• ⏴ Nathan Lubensky ⏵
• ⏴ Roderick Kingsley ⏵
• Marjorie Duprey (First appearance)
• Daphne (First appearance)
• Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) (Referenced)

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Earth
  • North America
    • United States of America
      • New York State
        • New York City
          • Manhattan
          • Queens
            • Restwell Nursing Home
      • New Jersey
        • West Caldwell
          • Brand Corp. Factory

Items:

• Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters

Synopsis for "These Wings Enslaved!"

Put on an assignment for a fancy dinner with his boss J. Jonah Jameson, Peter Parker is followed by the remains of Will O' the Wisp. At the party, is James Melvin, the man Wisp blames for his current state. Wisp, in a plot to restore his original body, possesses the battle suit of Melvin's bodyguard, Killer Shrike and kidnaps scientist (and Jameson's date Marla Madison) to achieve his goal.

Peter manages to slip away and chase after Shrike and Madison as Spider-Man. He tracks them to a Brand Corporation building where Will uses Shrike to convince Madison to operate the machine which originally turned him into Will O' the Wisp. As Spider-Man holds off the Brand Corporation security, Madison manages to successfully reincorporate Will O' the Wisp's body into a solid form.

Will O' the Wisp then uses his powers to destroy the device and set the factory ablaze, vowing to get revenge on the Brand corporation before fleeing. Afterwords Spider-Man departs as well, and Madison is reunited with Jameson who vows to write an expose on the Brand Corporation. Melvin warns Jameson from doing so as the Brand Corporation is controlled by the more powerful Roxxon Oil conglomerate.

Notes

Continuity Notes

• Spider-Man recounts his previous encounters with both Will O' the Wisp (Amazing Spider-Man #167) and Killer Shrike (Marvel Team-Up #90).

Trivia

• When Spider-man web-slings, we see several advertisements of Marvel publications, including one saying "Read Moon Knight" on page 2, and another saying "Read Adventure, science fiction, fantasy: Epic" (probably; Will-O'-The-Wisp covers part of the text) on page 5.

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