Amazing Spider-Man, The (1963 series) #152

Having been trapped in the sewer last issue by the Shocker, Spider-Man struggles to keep his head above water as the tunnel fills up! Realizing he can’t shift the debris, he decides to try and swim for the next manhole shaft. He makes it there but before he can climb up, he gets caught in a deluge and swept through the sewer, eventually tumbling out into the east river. Realizing Mary Jane won’t be too happy with his disappearing act, Spidey decides to head home and change before heading back to the party. Speaking of, the party is finally wrapping up and J. Jonah Jameson is ushering the last of the guests out just as Peter makes his return. Jameson tells him that Mary Jane left awhile ago and not in a happy mood, before ushering him out too so he can get some sleep! Meanwhile, a mysterious, haggard figure rummages through the trash in an alley for something to drink, unable to believe he got to this point. After finding the smallest drop, he shambles out of the alley before reacting in shock to something unseen, running off while telling the object of his fear to leave him alone!

The next day, Peter makes his way down the cafeteria lunch line, at a loss of what to pick from all of the “stellar” options. Mary Jane then bumps into him, and Peter abandons his plight to try and talk to her after she’s been avoiding him all day! He’s forced to grab his plate as Mary Jane refuses to talk to him, still upset over Peter having abandoned her at the party the previous night. Flash then calls Peter over to sit with him and Harry, and tells him the news that Harry agreed to be his new roommate! After noticing how much Harry is enjoying his food, Peter offers his plate as well, having suddenly lost his appetite after noticing what he was given. Some time later, the mayor airs a tape sent to him by the Shocker, demanding one million dollars in cash or else he’ll blackout the whole city! The mayor publicly states his refusal to submit to blackmail, and the watching Spidey applauds his tenacity.

Realizing that Shocker will need to attack the city’s power plants in order to make good on his threat, Spidey starts checking out each plant one by one. He eventually comes to one in Queens, and notices that the guard stationed there has been propped up against the wall to make it look like everything’s okay. He heads inside and makes his way through the plant, eventually coming upon Shocker. Shocker pins Spidey to the wall with his vibro-blast until he’s distracted by two guards. As Shocker handles the guards Spidey makes his way up to a catwalk and snags Shocker by the feet with his webs, stringing him up from the catwalk upside down! Spidey then gets attacked by the guards himself and is forced to contend with them, giving Shocker the chance to free himself. Spidey and Shocker tangle some more, until Shocker begins to power up a full-power blast! Spidey then webs Shocker’s thumbs to his gauntlet triggers, causing him to be unable to turn off his blast! Now unable to control the recoil, Shocker’s own blasts send him ricocheting all over the room, as he eventually knocks himself out against a wall! With Shocker defeated, Spider-Man leaves him for the cops, who admit that maybe they owe Spidey another one!