Spider-Man Comics Magazine #9
"In the Blaze of Battle!" delivers a gripping 1988 tale from Stan Lee and the dynamic art team of John Buscema and Jim Mooney, with lettering by Sam Rosen. When Peter Parker stumbles upon Gwen seemingly on a date with Flash, his personal turmoil collides with a new threat: Hobie Brown, disillusioned by his boss’s rejection, reinvents himself as the masked Prowler with a plan to steal from a newspaper and return the money—only to find Peter in the middle of the act. The cover by John Romita Sr. captures the tension, as Peter faces J. Jonah Jameson’s wrath with the empty safe behind him.
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Peter tries to see Gwen only to find that she is (apparently) on a date with Flash. Hobie approaches his boss with ideas for new safety devices for his job as window-washer, only to be rebuffed. He implements them in private, adds a cloak and a mask, and thus creates The Prowler. Hobie plans to rob a newspaper as the Prowler then return the money as Hobie, making himself a hero. Naturally Peter (as Peter) discovers the Prowler in the act and J Jonah discovers Peter in front of an empty safe.
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