I was talking about this in another thread with someone who was lamenting how many times Peter had been beaten up in Spencer’s run, and now he’s expected to get thrashed again during ‘Beyond.’ It seems like a long time since Peter getting beaten within an inch of his life was the exception rather than the rule. I was trying to remember the first epic beatdown Peter endured. Probably the most memorable one is Morlun during JMS’s first arc on ASM, but before that he was beaten by Black Tarantula, Venom and the Ben Reilly Spider-Man was pulped by Norman Osborn at the end of the Clone Saga. The earliest beatdown I remember is Doctor Doom giving him a concussion in ASM #349-350, but I’m sure he was beaten badly by Venom in one of his first appearances too and I remember he was given a cybernetic makeover to recover from some injuries in ‘Revenge of the Sinister Six’. So I’m wondering if anyone can track an earlier severe beatdown than these early 90s occurrences? And when I say “beatdown” I’m thinking of something more extreme than just him retreating in defeat like he did in some early Lee/Ditko issues like when he first fought Doc Ock in ASM#3.