Amazing Spider-Man #521

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Originally published: August 2005

Cover artist: Mike Deodato Jr.

Writer: J. Michael Straczynski

This desirable cover was released as a textless variant. The issue follows on from Amazing Spider-Man #520, with Spider-Man’s alter ego Peter Parker discovering the real plan behind Hydra’s attack: they are plotting to poison the water supply with anthrax, typhus and botulism, which could kill millions within days! Meanwhile, Mary Jane’s first play is a success and after an encounter with a sleazy tabloid photographer, a rather surprising headline appears in the next morning’s newspaper: ‘Married model in love nest tryst with Tony Stark’...