Web of Spider-Man (vol. 1) #97 (Feb. 1993):
“Opening Volley”
by Terry Kavanagh, Derek Yaniger, Alex Saviuk, Josef Rubinstein

Web of Spider-Man (vol. 1) #97

Title: “Opening Volley”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 1993

Publisher:
Written by: Terry Kavanagh
Art by: Derek Yaniger, Alex Saviuk, Josef Rubinstein

16 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (lead character)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Mary Jane Watson	Christian (denomination unknown)	[was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,827
Aunt May	Protestant	[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,368
Robbie Robertson		black		739
The Foreigner		NYPD; The 1400 Club (founder) [head of 1400 Club; masqueraded as police captain]		40
Betty Brant	Students of Love (temporary)	[former girlfriend of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		612
Kevin Trench		black		29
drug dealers (details)  Story begins with five pages of Blood Rose killing lots of Fisk's old drug-running men.		[occupation]	, etc.	2
Blood Rose (Richard Fisk)		HYDRA [led own organization; Kingpin's son]		73
Richard Fisk (Alfredo Morelli)		[impersonated Richard Fisk]		18
Richard Parker simulcrum	N.A.	[artificial copy of Spider-Man's father]		41
Mary Parker simulcrum	N.A.	[artificial copy of Spider-Man's mother]		39
Cyber-Hunters (cameo)		[armored]		2
Mary Parker (robot copy of)	Catholic	[Spider-Man's deceased mother]		10
Richard Parker (robot copy of)	Protestant	[Spider-Man's deceased father]		8
The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) (mentioned)  Blood Rose begins an all-out assault on the remnants of the Kingpin's criminal empire.	Catholic (lapsed)	HYDRA		619

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. An alternative form of this story's title is: “Opening Volley (My Enemy's Enemy ..., Part 1)”. Webpage for Web of Spider-Man #97 (Feb. 1993) created 27 September 2010. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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