Last issue, Man-Wolf “died” in a fight with Spider-Man, so of course Jonah Jameson (father of Man-Wolf) blames Spidey (it was an obvious accident, though) and swears to get revenge.
That mans yet another Spider-Slayer robot.
This time, Spencer Smythe designs one that looks like a spider because, why not? Then, brilliantly, he ties the two characters together.
During all the drama, JJJ is betrayed by Smythe (of course) and Spider-Man has to save Jonah’s life (again). Which forces JJJ to have a conscience.
By the end, Jonah feels humiliated and cries.
This story bleeds right into #192-193, which features Human Fly, who debuted in 1976’s Spider-Man’s annual and hasn’t been seen since.
Fly is silly and Spidey knows it.
Even if Fly doesn’t have the self-awareness to laugh at himself.
Fly had set Spidey up to look like a thief but, once again, he clears his name in the end.
Issue #193 also begins a slow build that will culminate in #200.
The return of the burglar who killed Uncle Ben. This will arguably be Marv Wolfman’s best Spider-Man story. But holy hell is it contrived.