David Michelinie's Start As Spider-Man's Writer!
Web of Spider-Man #8 was Michelinie's first foray into the world of being a regular Spider-Man writer, even though he didn't officially start writing the series until #14. It is a very simple story, and has plenty of nods to Superman along the way. It's a very entertaining small town story, featuring Peter Parker as a visiting city slicker.
Michelinie, for my money, wrote the best non Stan Lee version of Spider-Man. He just gets the character and the way a Spidey comic should be paced, and the tone of it, and the quirky humor.
The artwork for this was done by Geoff Isherwood on pencils and Vince Colletta on inks, and it works great because of the old OLD school style of the story. It's the kind of art that would fit comfortably into a more golden age of comic books. It creates the perfect mood and style for the story.
A great cliffhanger!