Marvel Novel Series 08 - The Amazing Spider-Man - Crime Campaign by Paul Kupperberg

Author:Paul Kupperberg
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 0671820907
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 1979-08-15T07:00:00+00:00

Twelve

Spider-Man sailed through the Rainbow Grill’s glass wall almost as if it were not there. His hand shot out, feeling desperately for the side of the building, just inches out of his reach. He fell with a shower of glass slivers raining around him, his body twisting awkwardly through the air.

Frantically, he pressed the concealed buttons in his palms, but instead of a controlled strand of life-saving webbing, all he got was the fluid leaking into his hands from the shattered cartridges on his wrists.

He plunged headlong toward the street below, faster and faster with each second, the ground rushing up to meet him. Spider-Man twisted his body in the air, maneuvering himself now. There was no panic left in him, no thought, as instincts honed to a fine edge through years of battling for survival took over. Below him, slightly off to his right, a flagpole jutted from the fifth floor of the building, and it was that which he aimed for. Like a parachutist in free fall, he used his arms and legs to control his direction, bending his body in an effort to slow his speed.

The flagpole rushed up to meet him, and at the last possible second he straightened, his left hand reaching out to grasp the pole as he streaked by. His fingers closed around it and, with a spine-wrenching jerk, he stopped his headlong plummet to death. But this respite was only temporary, as Spider-Man felt his left arm yank loose from its socket with the sudden force. Before he could bring his right hand up to reinforce his hold, his numbed fingers gave way.

His left arm dangling uselessly at his side, he dropped again. But this time, less than thirty feet below him, was the overhang of the RCA Building’s front entrance on Fiftieth Street. He landed on his feet on the canopy’s edge, his legs flexing at the last moment to absorb the impact of landing. He tottered at the edge for several seconds, unable to use his dislocated left arm to regain his balance. He fell the final dozen feet to the sidewalk, but even before he landed in a crumpled heap, unconsciousness claimed the youth called Spider-Man.

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