The Third Spider-Man Newspaper arc

Hey Webspoters,
So let's see where we left off at the end of the last Spidey newspaper arc which was the second and this one being penned about must be number three?, Righto you are there and in the end of the faithful tale where Peter's alter ego Spidey fought this guy , better know as Doc Ock! You will recall they were fighting over a very special museum Chinese exhibit known as the Dragon Idol of Kiangkow when if it wasn't returned it would have started WW III....well Spidey did get it back in one piece, yet he almost had it fall into the water under the Queensboro bridge in the end of that arc. So where do we pick up next right..... with a very neat first for sure, that is right I had happen to have my first grander at these newspaper stories with this very arc. Like everything else Spider-Man related, I fell madly in love with it all over with this take on the web head, in May of "77" I still remember the famous strip seen here, I'm not sure if I knew who the other characters were at that time of when I saw this in Columbus Herald, I think that was the name of the local paper in Columbus Georgia at the time ( anyone from Columbus can and please do correct me if I am wrong here). All I knew was that the guy with the split face looked cool and it had something to do with that Snake looking character.... In this story was the only time for the most part where Stan came up with a scary foe for ol web head that wasn't part of any known part of Marvel related created characters. It also was the first newspaper arc to feature more of Parker's regular comic book cast (outside of Mary Jane and Aunt May who are the two main ones outside of the cast from the Daily Bulge), they were his collage pals Harry Osborn, and Flash Thompson. Whilst walking through the park with Mary Jane and her sweet talking him into it, Parker agrees to snapping pictures of her to help her get more notice as a model, as he is doing this the Snake like character known as the Rattler is trying to procure something from Curits Chemicals. The Rattler consumes the something he stole and stealthy starts following Peter and MJ around after they run into Flash and Harry till he finds all of them ,at Parker's pad. Flash being Mr. high and mighty tries attacking the Rattler as he bust into the place only to be along with everyone else including Parker affected by Rattler's power, the Rattler then gets what he came for in the first place Peter's film role! Why would he want that your guessing, huh?, Peter suits up as you know who and goes after Ratty. Only to be more inflicted by his strange power, and get his role of film back. After seeing the rest of the gang off at his place Peter develops all the roll and uses a enlarger he sees a shadowed figure sneaking into a place called REPTILE WORLD. Whomever the Rattler truly is seems to be trying to cure himself of his affection, whatever it maybe? Peter goes to REPTILE WORLD to see if he can ask the owner if he knows of the Rattler. The next we know Parker is tied up as the Rattler prisoner in the shop. It seems the Rattler was a man who devenomized snakes named Bingham who one day wasn't so careful with one snake in piratical which nearly killed him unless....yet he knew of a serum that may kill him or let him live. The Rattler gives Parker a slithering mess of friends to deal with while he is determine to remain a reptile forever. In the end Spidey destroys Rattler hopes by breaking the vile the serum is in and Bingham dies as a man not a monster...., which leaves Parker to wonder about his own powers is he forever cursed or not.....