Amazing Spider-Man 11 -- Return of the OCK -- Betty Brant's Deadbeat Brother -- Warlords?

The historic Polo Grounds are torn down in New York City while Shea Stadium is constructed to house the Mets, New York's answer to the departure of the Giants to San Francisco and the Dodgers to Los Angeles.  With all the construction going on, Spider-Man finds the perfect time to get out of dodge and head south along the turnpike to Philadelphia as Comics in the Classroom goes on the road for the latest installment of The Arach-Knight.

Before we move into the lesson, one of the students comes up with the idea to make Kraven the Hunter, our chosen villain, an African Warlord.  Give his reboot more flavor and most importantly, more of a Ras al Ghul comparison.  Kraven will also be connected to The Chameleon and Richard Parker.  Peter can come into contact with Kraven during his time in Africa with the Peace Corps.  The secretary makes the necessary addition to our notes.

A year after their brawl for it all, Dr Octopus is being released from prison on good behavior.  While Spider-Man prepares for another brawl by building a new miniature spider shaped transistor, Doc Ock has been waiting patiently in his reinforced cell, slowly but surely mastering his extra limbs.

Spider-Man makes sure to be on hand during the Doc's release.  Much to his surprise he sees the Doc being picked up from prison by.................Betty Brant.  A shocked Spidey tosses his transistor on top of the car and tracks them all the way to the home of the cheese steak and perennial second place teams, Philadelphia.

Turns out Betty is caught up in a prison escape plot orchestrated by her brother Bennett, who is a lawyer down on his luck after a mountain of gambling debt lands him in deep with Philly gangster Blackie Gaxton, who has offered to erase his debt if he can get Dr Octopus to break him out of prison.  Betty's unfortunate circumstances may work well in our master script and give our love interest a bigger connection to our story.

With 100 grand on the line, Doc Ock busts Blackie out of prison and they head for a getaway boat in the harbor.  Meanwhile, Peter has an emotional reunion with Betty on the streets of Philly, where he vows to tell her his secret identity once he has taken out Doc Ock.

Once Doc Ock has his hands on the money, he goes insane comic book villain style and decides Blackie and his crew are expendable.  Spider-Man attacks and the melee is on.  Doc Ock is knocked into Blackie's goons and while Spidey tangles with an armed and shooting Blackie, a wayward bullet fires towards Betty and Bennett jumps in front of her to save her life, sacrificing his in the process.  While Betty screams in rage and frustration, Spidey goes after Blackie.

Doc Ock and Spidey take turns thrashing all of Blackie's men, showing off their strength and skill until it is only the two of them left standing.  They brawl all over the rusty tugboat while Blackie's remaining conscious goons try to grab the 100 grand and Betty as a hostage.  As a police ship arrives, the boat crashes and send Spidey and Doc Ock hurtling into the water.  While the police arrest Blackie and his crew, Doc Ock escapes under water and Spidey changes back into Peter Parker.

While Betty doesn't blame Spider-Man for her brother's death, she can't bear to see him or be reminded of the tragedy.  Once again, Peter Parker's life is thrown a curveball by his alter ego, as he will have to continue to keep his secret identity away from the woman he currently loves.

So we have an idea to connect Betty to our story and we have made Kraven, our main villain into an African warlord.  Not bad for another day's work in another fun installment of Comics in the Classroom

Vocab Word Web

1- Marvelous

2- Diabolical

3- Pondering

4- Notorious

5- Terse

6- Dexterity

7- Peculiar

8- Capricious

9- Dingy

10- Haste

11- Stowaway

12- Convince

13- Prolong

14- Momentum

15- Pension

16- Ineffectual

17- Artificial

18- Appendages

19- Investigate

20- Headstrong