Editing Ultimate Spider-Man 8

[[Image:USM8.jpg|right|230px|thumb|Cover to Ultimate Spider-Man 8. Art by Mark Bagley]]

=='''"Working Stiff"'''==


Writer:	Brian Michael Bendis

Pencils: Mark Bagley

Inker: Art Thibert

Editor: Ralph Macchio

Publication Date: June 2001

 
•	[[Spider-Man|Peter]] fights Herman Schultz (The [[Shocker]]) who is in the process of robbing an armored car.  He easily dispatches Herman then is mistaken for another robber by the armored car personnel, who offer him the car’s contents.  Peter bounds away and leaves the scene, telling the personnel to call the cops.

•	Peter overhears a conversation between [[Flash Thompson|Flash]], [[Kong MacFarlane|Kong]], [[Liz Allan|Liz]] and some other of his classmates saying that the [[Daily Bugle]] is offering money for pictures of Spider-Man. Peter subsequently snaps some photos of himself in costume.

•	Peter arranges a meeting with Joe Robertson at the Bugle to sell his photographs.  He interrupts a conversation between [[Daily Bugle|Robbie Robertson]], [[Daily Bugle|J. Jonah Jameson]], and [[Daily Bugle|Ben Urich]] to show them his photos.  JJJ dismisses most of the photos as “crap” but buys one of them for fifty dollars.

•	While Peter is at the Bugle, [[Daily Bugle|Betty Brant]] has an explosive outburst over trying to maintain the Bugle’s webpage.  Peter offers some advice on the script of the page and corrects it. [[Daily Bugle|JJJ]] observes this and offers Peter a job at the Daily Bugle to maintain the company’s web site. Peter calls [[May Parker|Aunt May]] to confirm that this is ok, and allows her to speak to JJJ.

•	Peter has a nightmare concerning the events of his uncle’s death.  This inspires him to research his uncle’s killer by means of the driver’s license he removed from the burglar’s wallet in [[Ultimate Spider-Man 5]]. He performs this search at the Daily Bugle, using the Bugle’s archives as a reference tool. During this research, he finds that the burglar is connected to an organized crime lord named [[Kingpin|Wilson Fisk]], aka the [[Kingpin]].  He asks [[Daily Bugle|Robbie Robertson]] about Fisk and is informed that the Bugle attempted to go after Fisk once, and in response, Fisk bought stock in the company.


'''Notes:'''

-       ''First appearance of Ultimate [[Shocker]] and [[Daily Bugle|Betty Brant]].

-	''Neither Herman Schultz’s name nor alias is mentioned in this issue, though Peter joking refers to him as “The Vibrator”.''

-	''The conversation that Peter interrupts at the Bugle is regarding a creature living in the sewer.  This most likely refers to [[Curt Connors]] (The Lizard).''

-	''The scene where JJJ dismisses Peter’s photos as “Crap, crap, crap…” was included in the feature film of Spider-Man (2002).''

-	''Peter identifies himself as being “Sixteen. Well Sort of.”''

-	''The burglar’s name and address are kept illegible  when showing the driver’s license.''



----

Back to '''[[Ultimate Spider-Man 7]]'''

Forward to '''[[Ultimate Spider-Man 9]]'''