Appearing in "Zoids"
Featured Characters:
Synopsis for "Zoids"
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Appearing in "Introducing... Puma!"
Amazing Spider-Man #256
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Frankie Silvera (First appearance)
- Ralph Mac (First appearance)
- Puma (Thomas Fireheart) (First appearance)
- The Rose
Other Characters:
- Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) (Mentioned)
- Daily Bugle (Referenced)
- Prince (First appearance)
- Babyface (First appearance)
- Mr. Johnston
- Mr. Varley
- Fireheart Enterprises (First appearance)
- Jenna Taylor (First appearance)
- Congressman Crespi
- Thomas Fireheart's uncle (Referenced)
- Aunt May (Vision or hallucination)
- Hobgoblin (Referenced)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Sol
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- New Mexico
- Heartsdale (First appearance)
- Fireheart Enterprises Headquarters (First appearance)
- Heartsdale (First appearance)
- New York
- United States of America
- North America
- Earth
- Battleworld (Referenced)
Items:
Synopsis for "Introducing... Puma!"
Amazing Spider-Man #256
Soon, Spider-Man returns to his apartment in Chelsea and wills his costume to uncover his face and hands so he can develop his photos. Peter is exhausted but still develops the photos, remarking how great Felicia's photos are and thinks that he should start taking some photography lessons. As he stores some of his photos in his closet, he accidentally dumps his file box on the floor. As he rushes to pick them up, he finds his original Spider-Man costume, which he has nearly forgotten since getting his new costume from Battleworld. He reminisces about how much his old costume was a symbol and decides that his new costume is reflective of the changes he has gone through. Peter then wills his news costume onto a nearby chair and retires for the evening. However, as Peter Parker falls asleep, the costume slinks across the floor and attaches itself to his master again. Sometime later, two homeless men are arguing over who gets to sleep in a massive refrigerator box, they are frightened into sharing it when they spot Spider-Man swinging across the city.
The next morning, the Rose is informed about the warehouse raid by his minions Varley and Jonhston. The Rose is disappointed about Spider-Man's interference and tells his minions that the meddling wall-crawler must be eliminated, and he knows just who to hire to get the job. At that moment, in Hartsdale, New Mexico, at the offices of Fireheart Enterprises, Congressman Crespi is told that Thomas Fireheart is unavailable by his secretary Jenna Taylor. At the same time, she notices that her boss is getting a call on his private line and sends it to voice mail. On the other end of the line, the Rose leaves a simple message for Fireheart: He needs him. Hearing this message, Jenna transfers it to a helicopter in the middle of the desert. There, the feral warrior known as the Puma fights a bunch of mountain lions. After defeating the creatures, the Puma goes to the helicopter and goes to check his message. With his training session over, the Puma goes into a meditative state until he reverts back to his human identity, Thomas Fireheart. He finds the transformations are getting easier, and makes a note to tell them with his uncle during their next tribal meeting. Changing into a business suit, Thomas then heads back to the office.
Later, at the office of the Daily Bugle in New York, Peter Parker turns over his photos to Joe Robertson. Joe is impressed with the improvement of the quality and sends him out to Betty Leeds to get a voucher for his photos. Betty notices that not only has Peter been tired of late, but also edgy. He tells her that he is just upset that his Aunt May is not talking to him after he told her that he dropped out of grad school. Their conversation is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Mary Jane Watson. She has come to have dinner with Betty to celebrate the fact that she got steady modeling work in New York City. She invites Peter to join them, but he tells Mary Jane that he has things to do. Mary Jane notices that there is something wrong with Peter, and Betty agrees to tell Mary Jane about them over dinner. While this is transpiring, Thomas Fireheart arrives in New York and has a meeting with the Rose at his penthouse. Fireheart accepts the Rose's job to eliminate Spider-Man, looking forward to testing his powers against one of New York City's famous superheroes. The Rose's henchmen leave Thomas in a room to prepare for his mission. When they go back to check on him, they find the room empty and the window wide open.
Thomas Fireheart has transformed into the Puma has begun his mission. As he traverses across the rooftops he thinks about how his uncle would have a fit if he knew their tribal champion used his abilities as an assassin-for-hire. Going to the location of Spider-Man's recent appearance, the Puma gets the costumed heroe's scent. This is all the Puma needs in order to track someone. He goes into a state of meditation so he can track Spider-Man's scent across the city. He is able to zero in on the hero and follows after him. He secretly spies upon the wall-crawler, who is slinging across the city, trying to find trace of the Hobgoblin's battlewagon. Spider-Man is too focused on his worries over his Aunt May. The Puma takes this moment to test Spider-Man's reflexive abilities by throwing a rooftop ventilation pipe at the hero. Spider-Man just barely dodges the projectile thanks to his spider-sense. The wall-crawler quickly grabs onto the side of a building. However, the momentum of his fall prevents his wall-clining abilitiy from getting a strong hold and his slide down the wall wrenches his shoulder out of his socket. Realizing he is under attack, Spider-Man quickly forces his shoulder back into its socket. While the wall-crawler is writhing in pain, the Puma leaps down to eliminate his target.Appearing in "Upheaval!"
Sectaurs #1
Featured Characters:
- Dargon
- Pinsor
- Zak
- Mantor
- Stellara
- Dragonflyer
- Battle Beetle
- Bitaur
- Raplor
- Rhine-Ox
Supporting Characters:
- Belana
Antagonists:
- Spidrax
- Skulk
- Waspax
- Skito
- Spider-Flyer
- Stranglebug
- Trancula
- Wingid
- Toxcid
Other Characters:
- Markor the Mighty
- Scorpia
- Galken
Locations:
- Symbion
- The Shining Realm
- Prosperon
- Lightkeep
- Hyve
- The Dark Domain
- Citadel of Shadows
Items:
- Skall Daggers
- Venguns
- Trinoculars
- Skall Battle Axe
- Skall Swords
- Skall Shields
- Mantor's Crossbow
- Venom Whip
- Slazor
- Dart Wing
- Skall Saber
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Upheaval!"
Sectaurs #1
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