Jackal, Jackal…Who’s Got the Jackal? (The Amazing Spider-Man #148) (1975)

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Author: Gerry Conway

Artist: Ross Andru

Embellishers: M. Esposito & D. Hunt



We join our hero in mid-fall.



The Jackal, Tarantula, and Gwen Stacy’s hypnotized clone escape with a portable jet pack, while an unconscious Spidey is left dangling for the police. (Though how he manages to withstand punches from supervillains is beyond me if he gets knocked out by a simple swing into a brick foundation.)



Naturally, he escapes…



An exhausted Peter Parker doesn’t respond well to an angry MJ, who confronts him in the spirit of “if you want to keep a man, you’ve got to fight for him.”



Ned drops by later, and he and Peter have an important realization.



Following up on Serba’s address, Spider-Man gets a surprise. 



What “famed spider sense?” I don’t know that it’s exactly a secret, but I’ve never had the impression that this power is widely known. Nor that the distinction between friends and enemies has ever been relevant. It’s always been about the presence of danger.



The reveal of Professor Warren as the Jackal was a major misstep. His apparent obsession with Gwen has some definite creep value, but the thought that a middle-aged college professor can don a uniform and go toe-to-toe with Spider-Man is just silly.

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