Deadly is the Cobra

Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-man #46 by Roger Stern and Mike Zeck

This is a great issue by Stern and Zeck and re-reading it now I just wish that Mike Zeck could have stayed on the title a bit longer.

Anyway, besides the strong art, it is Stern's excellent story which really makes this issue. I love it when he spends time developing the character of the villains, probably because they can be more interesting than the heroes. (DOOM for example!). (Sorry but "DOOM" has to be in caps.)

The Cobra is really a second string villain but the little touches that Stern takes the trouble to convey, such as telling Hyde that he can't help him escape as well from Rykers, go a long way to make him a more believable sort of character.

The fight with Spidey was also great as the Cobra tries all sorts of clever ways to try and defeat the web-slinger. This made the fight scenes far more interesting than normal.

A nice touch at the end was that the Cobra escaped from the police after Spidey had handed him over just as the Police Officer was complaining that Spidey had been interfering. Ha!

Good Frank Miller cover too. Rating 8/10.