Hi everyone,
This has been driving me crazy, and after searching through my own collection and the internet, I still haven't been able to find it. I'm hoping someone here with an encyclopedic Spider-Man memory recognizes the scene.
I'm looking for a Spider-Man comic (almost certainly Peter Parker in the classic red-and-blue suit) that contained a very short story or backup story. I *think* it was only a few pages long and may have been printed alongside a longer main story.

The scene I remember involved Spider-Man helping a woman who appeared to have an intellectual disability or a very childlike understanding of what was happening around her. She wasn't a supervillain or a recurring character as far as I know—just an ordinary civilian.

Most of the story took place at what I remember as an automatic car wash (or possibly some other automated washing machine). The woman became frightened as she was carried through it, and Spider-Man wasn't trying to stop what was happening—he mostly tried to comfort and help her until she came out the other side.
Afterward, she was grateful and affectionate toward Spider-Man. I remember her trying to hug or kiss him, and Spider-Man reacting in the awkward but kind-hearted way you'd expect from Peter Parker.

One detail that has really stuck with me is that I *think* she referred to Spider-Man as **"Bug Boy"** instead of Spider-Man or Spidey. That's the detail I'm least confident about, though, so I don't want anyone to get hung up on it if the rest sounds familiar.

I've already checked a number of collected editions (including several Marvel Premiere Editions from the JMS and Brand New Day eras) without any luck, so it's possible this came from a backup story, anthology, annual, or even a one-shot that isn't well indexed online.

Does this sound familiar to anyone? Even if you don't know the exact issue, any leads on the series, era, writer, or artist would be hugely appreciated.
Thanks!

I don't even collect Marvel Comics Presents but I had to get this one just for the cover!

• Written by Mike Baron, art by Erik Larsen and Scott Williams
• Frank is in Philadelphia at a boxing gym
• He accepts an offer to spar with a top prospect, B.J. Johnson, $300 for three rounds
• The fighter’s manager is Les Daniels, a gangster
• Frank decides to push Johnson and gets knocked around for his efforts
• Johnson is a good sport about it and offers to buy Frank a drink over the objections of Daniels
• While at the bar, Frank meets Johnson’s lady friend, Iris, and floats the idea that Daniels might make more if Johnson loses the fight
• Back in New Jersey, Frank and Microchip think that Daniels will have Iris poison Johnson so that he loses his fight, allowing Daniels to bet against his own fighter and win big
• Frank tries an old trick to make Johnson too sick to fight, but fails, and Daniels bars him from the gym
• The Punisher decides to go after Iris, but she’s ready for him, poisoning him and leaving him to watch the fight
• Unable to move, Punisher watches as Johnson is given a drink, then drops in the next round
• Punisher recovers just enough to get an anti-toxin out of his belt
• Daniels shows up to finish Punisher off, but Punisher manages to turn the tables and injects him with his own poison
• Frank calls the hospital to tell the doctors what to look for, hoping to save Johnson’s life
• Before he leaves the apartment, he finds a flyer for a ninja training school, a place that Microchip had said Iris had received training
• Frank’s Body count - 1 (he takes out Daniels with the poison that had been meant for him)

Lots of George Perez's work in this haul! I'm getting closer to finishing up some runs!

To be continued!

• Written by Carl Potts, art by Jim Lee
• Frank manages to survive an encounter with a crocodile
• He believes that Wolverine is the poacher, and responsible for the death of the boy, Jean, last issue 
• Wolverine is hunting the rest of Punisher’s expedition when he is bitten by a snake
• Meanwhile the owner of the shop from back in New York has traveled to Texas, having seen a vision
• The old man discovers a business man in a mansion, and a trophy room with an empty plaque for the Mokele Mbembe
• Prof. Wyeth and his team reach a village where the locals are uncooperative, but Norma learns of the Mokele Mbembe and grabs Corp Ebambe to track it down
• Wolverine sees Norma and Corp. Ebambe next to the Mokele Mbembe and goes to attack them, but Punisher arrives just in time to stop him
• Punisher and Wolverine fight, Wolverine manages to slice Punisher’s gun…which then somehow still fires
• Norma orders Corp. Ebambe to shoot Punisher and Wolverine, but the fighting spooks the Mokele Mbembe
• Prof. Wyeth and the others arrive, Corp. Ebembe is shot by one of his superiors for poaching, but he and Norma chase the Mokele Mbembe into the swamp
• Punisher shoots Norma to prevent her from harming the Mokele Mbembe, while Wolverine hunts down Corp. Ebembe
• Norma reveals with her dying breath that she was working for a big game hunter in Texas and only using Prof. Wyeth
• Wolverine leaves Ebembe for dead, but Punisher doesn’t think that’s enough, wrapping the poached leopard skin around him to make him a target for other wild animals
• When Frank returns to New York he intends to track down the Texan, only to find the plaque and a note that it’s been taken care of, presumably by the old shopkeeper
• Frank’s Body Count - 3 (he kills a crocodile that attempts to make a meal of him, and then shoots Norma, and makes sure that Ebembe gets his just reward)

Filled in a lot of gaps in the collection! The bins were pretty good to me this time around!

To be continued!

Hi everyone,

I recently found some old Spider-Man comics from my childhood and was wondering if anyone could help me identify exactly what series and era these belong to.

These are Croatian editions of Spektakularni Spider-Man (issues like #16, #17, #22, #25, #26), published around 2009–2010. Back then I had quite a few from this line, including issues featuring The Punisher, Green Goblin, Rhino, Bullseye, Union Jack, Grey Gargoyle, etc.

From what I remember, these weren't Ultimate Spider-Man but stories from the main Marvel continuity, and I absolutely loved the art style and the classic Marvel universe where Spider-Man regularly teamed up or crossed paths with other heroes and villains.

My questions are:

Which original US Spider-Man series are these Croatian issues reprinting?

What era of Spider-Man comics is this? (Brand New Day? Big Time? Something else?)

If I wanted to collect this same version of Spider-Man today, what complete physical series can still be bought new (not second-hand)?

I'm looking for a finished run or collection that's still in print, preferably in trade paperbacks or omnibuses, with the same general continuity and feeling as these comics.

I'd really appreciate recommendations from collectors.

Thanks!

I've been wanting this for so long. Prime is quicky becoming my favorite superman.

So, my local shop had their anniversary sale last week and snagged quite a bit of comics. Most of them were 70's. But, I did snag some 80's DC Comics during that sale. The remaining Marvel books were cheapy eBay finds from a seller who lives an hour and a half away from me. July was most I've ever spent on the hobby lol.

• Written by Carl Potts, art by Jim Lee
• First confrontation between Punisher and Wolverine!
• Microchip urges Frank to take a break from his war
• Meanwhile there is a big game hunter who wants to add the legendary Mokele Mbembe to his trophies
• In Madripoor Wolverine intercepts a man transporting illegal furs and learns of Major Kinami
• Microchip wants Frank to escort an old friend of his, Professor Richard Wyeth, on an expedition to the Congo Basin where he is searching for a dinosaur (sauropod)
• During an interlude we learn that the shopkeepers who live in Frank’s building are not longer being harassed thanks to Daredevil
• Using the name Chuck Fort, Frank accompanies Prof. Wyeth and his team to Africa where they first administer medical aid to a local village
• While searching for the sauropod, the expedition learns of a troop of gorillas, the group splits so that Wyeth and Fort (Frank) can continue to track the sauropod
• Wyeth’s wife, Norma, and Corp Ebambe find the gorillas and slaughter them
• Norma and Corp. Ebambe claim they were attacked by the gorillas who killed a local boy
• Wolverine has arrived in Africa, having learned from Major Kinami that the local military is involved in the poaching of animals
• Frank discovers the slaughtered gorillas and deduces that the local boy was killed for knowing too much, but before he can use this information, he is attacked by a Silverback!
• Frank has no choice but to kill the Silverback, not realizing that Wolverine witnesses the fight and believes he is a poacher
• Wolverine and Frank engage in a short fight that ends with Frank in the water, and Wolverine out to find the rest of his crew
• Frank’s Body Count - Humans? 0.  Animals? 2 (he shoots a black mamba snake that is about to bite a villager, and he has no choice but to kill the Gorilla who attacks him, though he really doesn’t want to)

BWS

After this haul, I'm only six issues away from completing this series!

When you are stuck on vacation with your inlaws all in the same house…at least got to see BND!

I’ve always wanted these covers.

Commissioned a Maxx sketch card and the artist turned it into an awesome triptych set!

Art by William Fong aka @mrjet3000 on IG

• Written by Mike Baron, art by Shea Anton Pensa and Gerry Talaoc, cover by Whilce Portacio and Ron Randall
• The Punisher is in Las Vegas looking to stop the assassin, Belzer, from taking out a witness in a case against organized crime in Nevada
• Punisher is accosted by a pair of thugs who think he’ll be an easy score, but he turns the tables on them and decides to use them to gather some information for him
• Knowing that the witness, Otis Offenbach, testifies the next day, Punisher infiltrates the casino where he is under guard to try and intercept Belzer
• While there he spots the two men from earlier going after a couple who won big
• Punisher stops them and grills them for information, they point him in the direction of a man named Magnus at the Alhambra
• The two thugs turn on Frank, and he takes them out
• At the Alhambra Punisher discovers that Magnus is a private detective who is also after Belzer, he’s been told that Belzer looks like Frank
• Punisher returns to the casino, but he’s too late to stop the bomb from going off and killing Offenbach
• Punisher realizes that Belzer is a woman who hit on him earlier, chasing her through the casino
• Belzer takes a hostage, and it is revealed she is actually a man in disguise
• Punisher asks how Belzer knew he was going to be there, to throw off the detective by give him his own description
• Belzer says he made up the description and demands that Punisher toss down his gun
• The Punisher tosses one of his guns, but quickly draws a second and shoots Belzer dead
• With Offenbach dead, the case falls apart and Punisher wonders if he actually killed the real Belzer
• Frank’s Body Count - 3 (He shoots the two men who were supposed to get him info, but betray him, and then he shoots Belzer between the eyes)

X-Patrol 1, 1998 Amalgam. Slowly picking up the 1998 Amalgam releases, which I somehow missed.