So way back in 1974, Marvel did an issue of
Amazing Spider-Man featuring a the wall-crawler driving a tricked out dune buggy. As the story goes, two execs from an advertising agency, Carter and Lombardo, wanted Spidey to promote a new engine built by a fictional car company called Corona Motors. Well, superheroing doesn't pay the bills (unless you're an Avenger) and so he accepts, only finding out later that the car was not included. Fortunately, this was in Johnny Storm's area of expertise and for whatever reason built a dune buggy.
Did I mention that Spider-Man not only lacked a driver's license, but did not even know how to drive. Eventually, after a short adventure and some dick moves by Mysterio, the Spider-Mobile ended up in the Hudson. The two ad-men meanwhile put a notice in the Daily Bugle announcing that they would hire Phoenix Wright or Matlock or someone to sue Spidey if he didn't hand over the car they hired him to promote. Well, at some point the Tinkerer had salvaged the Spider-Mobile, repaired and tricked it out and set it loose against Spider-Man.
Did I mention that Spider-Man totally got his ass kicked and captured by a dune buggy? Because that's exactly was happened. Amazing really, a guy who can lift fifteen tons, has a precognitive early warning system and has tackled the likes of Venom, Carnage, Green and Hobgoblins and more, and yet, he is beaten by a dune buggy. He ultimately overcame the Tinkerer and the Hoopty from Hell and handed the latter over to Carter and Lombardo in his own special way.
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