Marvelous Adventures of Gus Beezer: Spider-Man, The (2003 series) #1

Gus Beezer runs around pretending to be Spider-Man, suddenly encountering the Lizard! Who turns out to be his big sister Emily yelling at him for ruining her jump rope. She vows revenge. Gus annoys his family by constantly talking about the new Spider-Man movie that opens tomorrow but as he is going to bed his mother reminds him that they are going to the family reunion on the morrow and he will have to see the movie another day….

The next morning he awakens and heads into he bathroom only to discover that Emily put make-up on him while he slept. Gus protests all the way to the picnic, dozing off to dream that his relatives are all Spidey villains, and he awakens to find Emily has dumped perfume in his hair. The picnic is just as miserable as he expected but he suddenly meets his distant cousin Peter Parker who impresses him by having met Spider-Man; Pete presents Gus with a ball of Spidey’s webbing and he faints. That night, Gus uses the webbing to trap Emily in her bed….

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Synopsis

By Peter Silvestro
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After fantasizing about what he could do if he were a human spider, Gus shows us a comic he wrote and drew himself: Gus and Zabu are walking along when they are struck by lightning, trip over a microwave oven, and fall into a vat of chemicals. They are endowed with the power of flight and the ability to shoot lightning bolts out of their eyes. So Gus puts together a costume and he and Zabu becomes Marvel Kid and Marvel Dog. There is a sudden flash flood and the heroes destroy the rain clouds with their eye beams. They then discover Gus’ sister Emily stuck in a tree as the waters are rising. Marvel Kid first enters the house to save his comic book collection then they pluck Emily out of the tree and fly off. The waters are receding so Marvel Kid has Marvel Dog drop Emily in the water while he goes off to find a dry place to read his comics.

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Gus Beezer