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Tweak says, "This is going to cost you $100"

Doop (xdoop) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-22 17:24:00

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char: ben parker, char: may parker, char: nathan lubensky, char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: al milgrom, creator: bill mantlo, creator: kerry gammill, creator: sal buscema, publisher: marvel comics, title: spectacular spider-man

Aunt May, in "Memory Lane"

This is from Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #4. It's written by Bill Mantlo and illustrated by Kerry Gammill and Sal Buscema. The cover is by Al Milgrom.

Just a head's up: the "if he can't have her-- no one will!" stuff is totally misleading.

Nathan Lubensky, May's fiancé, calls Peter for help.

However, Peter and Nathan both eventually fall asleep looking out for May.

Peter wakes up and sees May take a taxi to Coney Island.

Later...

After May returns home (with Nathan worrying that she may be going senile), Peter tries finding out more about the letters.

Peter remembers the photo and realizes May is returning to her childhood home.

Peter sees some thugs start to follow May in after they notice her purse, and decides to go in and deal with them.

Peter attacks the thugs before they can get to May.

The issue ends with May returning home to Nathan.

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jlroberson
2009-08-23 02:51 pm UTC (link)

Only if you're black and have a conk. Which involves straightening. Which means once it's straightened, anyone can theoretically get it, so in fact that makes no sense. Cotten above seemed to manage, and there's lots of white people with kinky hair. Many Jewish guys, for instance. I'd mention Matt Stone as just one easy example, at least before he cut it off.

And need I mention that one reason black guys in the 30s and 40s got it, at least according to Malcolm X(who famously once sported one, when he was a hoodlum), was to seem closer to white? If your skin was light, you might be able to pass for Latino, some thought. And from many photos I've seen on graduations from the 20s and 30s, it was a pretty popular look at one time anyway. What was strange about Osborn was that it was a dated look by then. The fact Nixon had it was an indication.

That's the trouble with sweeping racial generalizations. It only takes one example to screw it up.

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