Web of Spider-Man #74 (1985 Series)

ART ATTACK! PART 2 - ART AND SOUL

Kristy Watson has dragged Peter Parker out to see the hottest performance artist in Manhattan, the young man known only as Spark. Peter finds the entire performance ridiculous. It's then that Spark's monologue is interrupted by a woman named Bora appears on the stage and begins whipping up a freezing wind that threatens to freeze Spark alive. Suddenly, a light bulb appears out of thin air and floats above Spark. When Spark reaches for the bulb he is electrocuted, leaving a charred husk on the stage. This shocks the audience who begins to panic. After Bora warns the audience of the dangers of knowledge, the lights suddenly go out. When they come back on and Spark is on the stage alone, no worse for wear. However, save for Kristy Watson, the audience is not impressed with the performance. Insulted, Spark shouts at the audience, and storms off the stage. With the show over, Peter tells Kristy that they should go and get some refreshments.  Backstage, Spark is still upset at the lukewarm reception he got from the audience. Going over the various sketches of his performance, he rants and raves to Bora about how people cannot appreciate his art. That's when they are interrupted by the villain known as the Painter, their leader. Covered in cockroaches that are chittering in a strange language, the Painter suggests that the problem Spark is facing is looking at things from the wrong