Before Jack make an appearance in Peter Parker, issue #55 featured Spidey against Nitro.Now Nitro is now famous for causing the explosion which started the Civil War and he does show a particular disregard to the consequences of his actions throughout this story by Roger Stern, Luke McDonnell and Jim Mooney so the signs were there.
It's not a great issue by any means and McDonnells art is patchy but I did like the way Spidey defeats Nitro. Another ingenious solution by Stern!
Rating 6/10
Issue #56 by Roger Stern, Jim Shooter and Jim Mooney, on the other hand, was really good. Lots of the regular cast made an appearance, the story was well plotted, Jack made for a suitable maniacal villain and I like the fact that he realised that he couldn't defeat Spidey and so tried to get away.
In a similar manner to issue #54 this again reminded me of the Lee & Ditko days with a great deal going on in 22 pages and Shooters layouts helped to contribute to this. The final scene where Aunt May is disappointed in Pete for not coming home when she asked was also very reminiscent of the old days - oh the curse of Spider-man!
Finally, a real nice cover by big Frank to boot.
Rating 8/10.
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