What is your favorite Mysterio story?

[Pav]

The Media Blizzard Mysterio was always a personal favorite, just because I thought the redesign was a fun change.

But probably my favorite incarnation of Mysterio was -- believe it or not -- during the Byrne/Mackie era. None of the stories themselves were great; I just liked the portrayal of Mysterio being extremely creepy and impossible to read.

I think him floating with dead legs is really what did it.

-Pav, who hated everything else about that era...

[Cmbmool]

The 90s animated series, the 2000 video game, his appearance in Spider-man 2 video game and that time he made Spider-man think he was small.

[BruceWayneJr.]

Amazing Spider-Man 618-620 Mysterioso

[Silvermoth]

I adored the version in the Spider-Man 2 game where he has a circus tent and weird garbled versions of Spider-Man

[HypnoHustler]

Amazing Spider-Man 618-620 Mysterioso

That’s another good one!

So is the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (vol 1) arc by PAD and the late, great Mike Wieringo (or maybe it was Todd Nauck) with all three Mysterios in the school Peter was teaching at, including Beck who was undead at the time. It took place around Back in Black.

[Huntsman Spider]

That’s another good one!

So is the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (vol 1) arc by PAD and the late, great Mike Wieringo (or maybe it was Todd Nauck) with all three Mysterios in the school Peter was teaching at, including Beck who was undead at the time. It took place around Back in Black.

Having read that one recently, it was more around the time of Civil War after he'd revealed his identity to the public at Iron Man's behest.

[DanMad1977]

The one in Tangled Web

[exile001]

The Media Blizzard Mysterio was always a personal favorite, just because I thought the redesign was a fun change.

But probably my favorite incarnation of Mysterio was -- believe it or not -- during the Byrne/Mackie era. None of the stories themselves were great; I just liked the portrayal of Mysterio being extremely creepy and impossible to read.

I think him floating with dead legs is really what did it.

-Pav, who hated everything else about that era...

Yeah, I completely agree with you here. I think the Media Blizzard look was the one he took over to Daredevil the first time they met.

It's a shame that The Mysterio Manifesto, which was intended to resolve the returned Mysterio (along with the other Mysterios and Mad Jack), didn't quite hit the mark.

[Shadowcat]

I’m trying to not name off stories already listed, so I’ll go with Return of the Sinister Six.

[616MarvelYear is LeapYear]

Amazing Spider-Man #141 Feb 1975
"The Man's Name Appears to Be...Mysterio!"
The Amazing Spider-Man decides to take the Spider-Mobile for a spin!

But after evading New York's Finest, he accidentally crashes into the Hudson River!
Scratch one Spider-Mobile! The mist and fog tricked the web-slinger!
The next day when the wall-crawler sees apparitions on his deadly foes
including the Green Goblin, Dr. Octopus and the Molten Man;
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he realizes that the Master of Illusion has returned!

Can Spider-Man stop the madness...before he goes mad himself?

Script by Gerry Conway. Pencils by Ross Andru. Inks by Frank Giacoia and Dave Hunt (backgrounds).

[Alan2099]

Web of Spider-man #90. (It had a Hologram cover.)

Mysterio uses Spider-man's old agent from his wrestling and TV days to try and trick Spider-man into believing that he's actually just been an actor this whole time. This is also the issue famous for the giant Galactus Venom robot.

[Rosebunse]

Honestly, the Mary Jane book with Mysterio is just too damn fun right now.

[616MarvelYear is LeapYear]

Amazing Spider-Man #24 May 1965
"Spider-Man Goes Mad"
Peter's day doesn't start off well as he breaks up a burglary, but can't sell
pictures since Frederick Foswell spotted Spider-Man but not Peter Parker.
While trying to hide from J. Jonah Jameson at The Daily Bugle, he spots a letter from Ned Leeds to Betty Brant.
When Peter comments on it, as much as he tries,
he comes off as jealous and webslings around the city to keep his mind off of it.
Suddenly, Jameson decides to have Bugle staff interview normal people and tell them
why they hate Spider-Man even if the Bugle staff never publish the good things.
When Flash catches wind of this, he scares all the staff off. Meanwhile,
Liz Allan allows Peter to be her tutor for science, much to Flash's dislike.

As Jameson celebrates his biased poll, he gets a visit from Dr. Ludwig Rinehart who tells Jameson that due to
a split personality between that of a man and a spider, it's only a matter of time before Spider-Man breaks down.
When Peter hears this, he worries he might be going crazy and not know it.
He makes his way down to the Bugle to tell Dr. Rinehart that he's wrong,
but his spider-sense tells him that a jealous Flash is following him.
Peter finally loses Flash covertly by throwing his "spider beam"
to a roof while rounding a corner that Flash hasn't rounded yet.
He gets distracted by the beam and loses interest in Peter.

Peter then turns into Spider-Man and makes his way to Jameson's office but,
out of nowhere, Doctor Octopus comes to attack him but disappears just as quick.
This repeats again with Sandman as well as The Vulture and Spider-Man starts doubting his sanity.
He worries that he might start attacking innocent people believing they're criminals so he heads home for rest.
When he sees himself in the mirror, he decides not to wait and visits Dr. Rinehart immediately.
As he enters the doctor's house, the entire room is upside down including the furniture, bookshelves, and even the doctor.

As he runs to another room, it's also upside down and as Dr. Rinehart
starts to consult him, Pete is taken to a room where everything is normal.
As the consulting begins, more images of his enemies appear and vanish.
At The Daily Bugle, however, Foswell comes to Jameson with news and Jameson tells
the press room to kill the story on Rinehart as Jameson goes out to find him.
Jameson enters in with an angry Flash just as Spider-Man
is ready to confess who he is and confronts Dr. Rinehart of being a fraud.
As the fraud is revealed, Flash tackles Jameson and Spider-Man runs after
Dr. Rinehart realizing that the house had been staged with furniture nailed to the ceiling.

The mask is pulled off and the doctor is none other than Mysterio.

Script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko.

[Chubistian]

I love the debut of Mysterio in the Ditko years and his later scheme as Dr Ludwig Rinehart. I'm also a big fan of ASM #66-67, the story that lead to ASM #200, Devil Guardian and Mysterioso

[The Whovian]

Kevin Smith's Guardian Devil.

I hate that story. Just terrible