The Tarantula, now sporting an arachnid-like body and four extra arms, attacks Spider-Man and Will O’ The Wisp. The fight spills outside. Wisp and Tarantula crash through a retaining wall into Jamaica Bay. Pete returns home to discover his film is fogged and unusable. The Justice Dept briefs JJJ, Ned, Robbie, and Marla about Brand and its parent company Roxxon Oil. Justice agent Royton asks JJJ to kill his story as they gather more evidence and he reluctantly agrees. Spidey overhears everything and goes to Melvin’s place. Wisp arrives, intending to get revenge by electrocuting his former boss. Spidey stops him but theTarantula shows up and seizes the now-unconscious Melvin.
Brand-related stories: Avengers vs. Orca (Av #149, ’76), Hawkeye vs. Manticore (GR #27, ’77), Iron Man vs. Brand parent company Roxxon (IM #121, ’79), Thing vs. Deathlok & the Grapplers (MTIO #54, ’79), Nth Man absorbs Project Pegasus (MTIO #58, ’79), Serpent Squad attacks an oil rig (MTIO #65, ’80), the Thing and Quasar vs. the Roxxon-controlled Metrobank (MTIO #73, ’81), Iron Man vs. Sunturion (IM#143, ’81), Killer Shrike attacks Marla Madison (PPSSM #57, ’81). Jackson Arvad, Brand head of electro-magnetic research is bullied into recklessness by Melvin, causing an accident that turns Arvad into Wisp. Melvin keeps him prisoner but he escapes (before ASM #167, ’77).
Will O’ The Wisp’s real name revealed here.
