Posted - July 5, 2014 | Updated : August 26, 2015

Ever since I saw him in the first issue of Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Tarantula has been the villain I love to hate.

Codname: Tarantula. Super-power: Pointy shoes. I mean, really. Pointy shoes!?

In this issue Tarantula manages to hit Spidey once.

Then a second time.

This is bullshit! Spider-Man has spider reflexes! Spider-Man can dodge bullets. Two hits! No way. Absolutely no way.

I like it when Spider-Man runs into believable problems like running out of web fluid.

Peter acts so nonchalant about the Bugle's constant barrage of negative coverage. Here's how he really feels about it.

It's only a couple of panels but something big happens this issue.

Uh-oh.

Ross Andru is the artist and he comes up with a Spidey panel I haven't encountered before - the angle is directly atop the Webslinger.

Tarantula has brought a couple of henchmen, one of which gets entangled in his own bola in this beautiful set of panels from Ross Andru

In the end, Tarantula is overcome by the Spider.

Tarantula's barbs are drugged so Spidey collapses and who should arrive at the very last panel of this issue? Frank Castle.

Look at Tarantula's men behind the Punisher. Is Tarantula and his group in cahoots with the Punisher? Frank Castle throw in with the criminal element? It can't be. We're left guessing until next issue.

You know what? I'm being unfair about Tarantula. Batroc doesn't have any power but I like him. Daredevil has no power but I don't complain when he manages to hit Spider-Man. It's not Tarantula per se, it's those damned pointy shoes!

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