While imagining he is Spider-Man,
Gus Beezer wins the footrace in gym class. His victory goes to his head and
soon he is bragging to everyone about his super-powers, even when it gets him
sent to the principal’s office. At home he is annoying his family, except for
his father who has always wanted an athletic son. His irritated sister Emily
challenges him to a race, claiming she can beat him. Over the next five days,
Gus and Emily race because every day she has a new trick to distract him at the
starting line. Everyone makes fun of him and Emily rubs it in, with Gus
imagining he is Spider-Man defeating Emily as the Lizard…
The next day, Gus is sent to the
Daily Bugle building to spend Career Day with his cousin Peter Parker.
J. Jonah Jameson overhears Pete telling Gus he could be a superhero someday; JJJ
denounces heroes, especially Spider-Man and Pete must whisk Gus away and tie
him up to keep him from arguing with the boss. There follows an awkward lecture
on when to stand up to a bully and when not to, interrupted by Pete spotting
the Green Goblin and Vulture robbing a bank across the street. He pushes Gus,
still bound to a chair, into JJJ’s office to argue with the boss about Spidey,
while Pete changes into his Spider-Man togs to fight the bad guys. Later, Pete
gives Gus an autographed photo of Spidey and Gus totally geeks out….
The next day, Gus challenges Emily
to another race, only this time he pulls all of her previous tricks on her and
wins easily.
Give that special marvelite a timely gift
Story #2(No title given)
Writer:
Gail Simone. Penciler/Inker:
Chifuyu Sasaki. Colorist:
Naoko Kawano. Letterer:
Rus Wooton.
Synopsis
By ?Rating:
Gus shows us another
comic he’s written and drawn: “The Terror from Beyond the Fence.” Marvel Kid
and Marvel Dog return from an adventure to discover new people have moved into the
house next door. They have a cat which Zabu recognizes as evil. Later, Zabu
goes outside and is waylaid by the cat, wearing a cyborg suit; the cat clobbers
him and then lures Zabu into chasing it up a tree. Gus is told to put Zabu in
his cage—but Gus leaves it unlocked. That night, Marvel Dog goes out and
confronts the enemy cat, revealing itself to be KIT-E7, the fatal feline! The
two super-pets do battle, destroying the neighbors’ home in the process. As the
neighbors depart, only Zabu sees that they are all really evil cats in
disguise!