(Spectacular Spider-Man I#48) - Peter Parker was delighted to hear that Lubensky was taking his aunt May motoring.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#49 - BTS) - Nathan and May's friendship blossomed into a love affair and he proposed to her. May informed Peter that she was getting engaged and invited her stunned nephew to an impromptu celebration.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#50) - Lubensky and May took Peter and his girlfriend Debra Whitman to a bistro near their nursing home. At the table, he charmed both Peter and Debra, telling stories of his days in vaudeville. Their celebration was cut short when Mysterio sent his gang of fake aliens to abduct May Parker, hoping she would tell them the location of mobster Dutch Malone's money (Malone once lived in the Parker home). Nathan helped Peter fight off the attackers, punching one and then switching off the lights so Parker could really let go. However, when one of the aliens pointed a gun at May, Peter surrendered and offered to show them where Malone's loot was. Lubensky tried to console May as they took her nephew away.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#51 (fb) - BTS) - Lubensky took May and Debra back to Restwell where they called the police to report Peter's abduction. May grew distressed when it became obvious the officers didn't believe a word they said.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#51) - Lubensky made sure the emotionally overwrought May was resting comfortably before checking in on Debra who also admitted to be shaken up. Nathan stayed at May's side while Debra went for a walk which ended in her getting abducted as well.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#216) - Lubensky and May Parker went to watch the New York marathon. During a brief chat with J. Jonah Jameson who was there to take pictures, they spotted Spider-Man swinging by.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#56 - BTS) - While Lubensky was at Bellevue for his weekly physical therapy session, the Jack O'Lantern and his henchmen took over the clinic, holding everyone inside hostage for 10 million dollars and a plane ride out of New York. May called Peter to tell him Nathan was involved.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#56) - When the kidnappers were getting ready to shoot some of the hostages because their demands weren't met, Lubensky was not afraid. He even offered to be their first victim, telling the gunman he'd see him in Hades. Just then, Spider-Man showed up to knock out the captors. When he wanted to escort the people to safety, Lubensky chewed him out: his priority should be to go after Jack O'Lantern, reminding him it was his responsibility to stop threats like that.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#56 - BTS) - When he had defeated the Jack O'Lantern, Peter rushed to aunt May who was obviously unaware he was Spider-Man. She was distraught that it had taken him so long to come by after she called him about Nathan's predicament.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#57) - Nathan interrupted May's call with Peter to remind her Family feud was on. A little later, they were both watching an episode of Dallas.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#220/2 - BTS) - Because of a doctor's appointment, Nathan missed the Restwell nursing home dance.
(Amazing Spider-Man
I#224) - Relaxing in a jacuzzi after his physical therapy session at
Bellevue, Lubensky struck up a conversation with Adrian Toomes. Unaware
he was dealing with the Vulture, Nathan went out of his way to motivate
the demoralized, depressed elderly man even as he told off the male
nurse Johnson for treating him like a cripple. (Amazing Spider-Man I#224 - BTS) - As a result of Lubensky's pep talk, Adrian Toomes managed to escape by using some stray equipment to build a pair of makeshift wings. He later decided to pay Nathan a visit at Restwell, quietly taking up residence at the nursing home to hide out.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#224) - Nathan was delighted to have his new friend Abe join him in a few rounds of poker in the Restwell rec room. When Peter Parker came in to get Nathan for May, he recognized Toomes which ultimately led to a confrontation between Vulture and Spider-Man. Desperate to gain the upper hand, Toomes grabbed the nearest hostage he could find. When he realized it was Lubensky, he let go out of respect for the man. Vulture flew off, leaving May to take care of her fiance.
(Marvel Team Up I#114) - After a Sunday lunch with May and Peter Parker, Nathan could do nothing to prevent a group of vigilantes called the Young Watchers from snatching May's purse.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#66) - Nathan heard news of Electro storming New York city, prompting the slightly confused May Parker to call her nephew telling him to dress for stormy weather.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#67) -
Nathan witnessed a particularly upsetting telephone conversation between
May and a stressed out Peter who was still worn down from facing
Electro. (Spectacular Spider-Man I#68) - Nathan accompanied May and Peter on their annual visit to Ben Parker's grave in Queens. May had a surprising bit of news for Peter: she and Nathan were planning to leave Restwell and return to her old home in Queens to turn it into a 'halfway house' for senior citizens. She asked Peter for a loan to get started, which was something he felt he couldn't refuse.
(Marvel Team-Up I#119 (fb) ) - News of Georgie Benny's recent death broke Nathan's spirit. He shocked May with the confession that he had lost the will to live. When he was gone one morning she feared the worst.
(Marvel Team-Up I#119 - BTS) - Peter was told of Nathan and May's predicament by their fellow Restwell resident Mr. Abromowitz. They were unaware Lubensky had talked José, the young son of Restwell's director, to push his wheelchair so he could visit his old stomping grounds in New York's theater district. Peter went out looking for Nathan as Spider-Man.
(Marvel Team-Up I#119) - In the theater district, Lubensky became emotional when he saw the now abandoned Majestic theater where he and Georgie performed back in the 1920s. They were soon threatened by a nearby gang. José fled to get help, but Lubensky was dragged inside the Majestic and used as a plaything for the gang members. Ultimately, he was saved by May Parker who was told by José what was going on and Spider-Man who intimidated the goons from a distance causing them to flee. The incident awakened Lubensky's zest for life.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#69) - Nathan Lubensky spotted Spider-Man leaving May's abandoned, boarded up home they wanted to turn into a boarding house. Lubensky didn't give the vigilante's presence too much thought, his mind was occupied with finding a way to get enough money to open the halfway house.
(Marvel Team-Up I#120 (fb) - BTS) - With renovations to May's place completed, she and Nathan were ready to open their halfway house and even got some residents of Restwell to join them there.
(Marvel Team-Up I#120) - Nathan and May hosted a farewell party at Restwell, entertaining the crowd by singing a duet By the light of the silvery moon. Nathan charmed some of the female residents and caused Peter Parker mild embarrassment when he insisted he took a picture with the women who all proceeded to kiss him. The festivities were briefly interrupted when May got in an argument with fellow resident Mr. Fortunoff who did not feel like celebrating. Nathan stood ready to defend May's honor, but Fortunoff went to his room only to run out minutes later as the vigilante Dominic Fortune because he spotted the supervillain Turner D. Century nearby. Nathan enthusiastically cheered Fortunoff on as he chased after Century on his flying bicycle, much to May's chagrin.
(Marvel Team-Up I#124) - Lubensky and May supervised moving day. With help from Peter and his friends Roger Hochberg, Steve Hopkins, Philip Chang and Mia Carrera they managed to get new residents Arthur Chekov, Mr. and Mrs. Victor and Rose Palermo and the Lund sisters Martha and Sophie set up. To thank them for their help, Arthur Chekov took everyone to Flavors of Bombay for Indian food. On the way there, Peter spotted a fight between Beast and Professor Power. He quickly made an excuse to exit the car and help out.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#237) - Nathan decided to give Peter Parker a little pep talk when he noticed he was in a pensive mood. When Peter admitted he had a lot on his mind, Lubensky told him to get rid of it by going out and taking care of business: "Trouble with the world today is that people spend too much time thinking and not enough time doing!". Feeling emboldened, Peter followed Nathan's advice.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#238) - Nathan accompanied May and Peter to the notary office to sign the necessary paper work to set her up as a special-status landlady. Afterwards, they decided to get a chocolate egg cream to celebrate, only to almost get hit by a runaway car. Peter was furious with the driver and gave chase, leaving Nathan to calm down his fiancee. May and Nathan went home where she fielded a call from her old friend Anna Watson who was with her niece Mary Jane in Florida.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#78) - Fearing he might not survive an upcoming confrontation with Doctor Octopus, Peter Parker made sure his affairs were in order. He gave half of a lucrative check from the Daily Bugle to May so she could cover the expenses of her boarding house. Saying goodbye to his aunt and Nathan, he told Lubensky he was a good man and asked to take care of May for him.
(Marvel Team-Up I#127) - Nathan Lubensky and the other residents of May Parker's boarding house celebrated Christmas together, with Lubensky breaking out his guitar to lead everyone in a jubilant, slightly tipsy rendition of Jingle Bells.
(Amazing Spider-Man
I#240) - Nathan Lubensky proudly showed Peter the new cable TV hookup
they'd arranged for their boarding house, only to be shocked by a news
report that the Vulture was back in town. Before Nathan could finish
reminding Peter how he was responsible for the villain's return to
prominence, Parker had slipped out the back to deal with the winged
villain as Spider-Man.(Amazing Spider-Man I#247) - When Anna and Mary Jane Watson came to visit May, it was Nathan who kept Mary Jane occupied long enough for Anna and May to arrange a reunion between her and Peter.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#90) - When Spider-Man and a fair number of Earth's heroes vanished, Black Cat began a search for the hero that ultimately led her to May Parker's boarding house. The costumed cat burglar was spotted, but told Nathan and the others that she was on her way to a costume party and had entered the wrong house. Lubensky let her go with a stern warning.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#252) - Calling his aunt after returning from a week-long stay on the Beyonder's Battleworld, Peter was relieved to find May wasn't overly worried about his absence thanks to Nathan's calming presence.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#253) - After a quiet Sunday dinner, Lubensky got mad at Peter when he upset May with the news he had taken a formal leave of absence from college. When Peter left, May was sobbing in Nathan's arms over the fact her nephew had dropped out.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#91) - Nathan answered the phone when Peter called, but May was still too upset to talk to her nephew and refused when he tried to hand over the receiver. Lubensky had to tell Parker his aunt was out, though it was clear to Peter what was going on.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#254) - When Peter called again, Nathan tried to convince May to talk to him but she couldn't. She refused to forgive him for throwing away his future. Nathan attempted to reconcile May and Peter by discreetly contacting Peter at the Daily Bugle to join him and May for a dinner at Gino's restaurant. When Nathan kept checking his pocket watch, May knew what was going on, but things went south when Peter didn't show up at all (he was delayed fighting Jack O'Lantern). By the time he arrived at Gino's, he only found a furious Nathan there who told him May had left in tears and that he now too believed Peter didn't care about her.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#255) - Peter tried to call May and Nathan the next day to explain, but Lubensky was still too angry to listen. He hung up on Parker who couldn't even blame the man for being mad.
(Spectacular Spider-Man Annual I#4) - Nathan grew concerned for May's well-being when she steadily grew more absentminded and irritable once she started to receive a number of letters. Fearing she was going senile, Nathan told Peter of the situation. He decided to follow his aunt and eventually discovered the letters were from Johnny Jerome, an old flame who became a career criminal.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#95) - May and Nathan had a discussion about the fact the boarding house wasn't turning a profit. May was not sure what to do. Increasing the rent wasn't an option, the whole goal of the boarding house was to give their friends a cheap alternative to the old folks home.
(Web of Spider-Man I#2) - Nathan tried to talk some sense into May who insisted she didn't want any help handling the various financial difficulties they faced: mortgage, taxes, a new boiler and a roof in dire need of repair. May even insisted Nathan didn't tell Peter of their money troubles. In part because she was still angry with him for dropping out, but also because she knew he was sensitive and she didn't want to add to his worries.
(Web of Spider-Man I#3)
- Nathan helped May with decorating her own birthday cake while arguing
over their ongoing money troubles. Catching a radio report on the
Vulture's latest escape, Nathan wondered if he shouldn't join up with
Toomes and make some money. All the while, he was fiddling with the
piping bag until he hit himself in the face with frosting, much to May's
surprise and delight. A little later, during May's birthday party,
Nathan watched as May discovered a surprise present from her estranged
nephew.(Amazing Spider-Man I#265) - When Nathan noticed May was spending more and more time in the attic looking at old family photo albums, he convinced her she should end her feud with Peter. Sensing the wisdom of his words, May tried to give her nephew a call, but the line was busy. Little did they know Peter was already trying to reach her. Some time later, Nathan answered the door to let Peter in. Nephew and aunt had a quiet reconciliation.
(Web of Spider-Man I#5) - Ignoring May's wishes, Nathan called Peter to tell him the boarding house was having trouble making ends meet. Nathan made it clear he wasn't asking Peter for a handout, he simply figured that in the long run him not knowing about the financial difficulties would be worse than the other way.
(Web of Spider-Man I#6) - Arthur Chekov offered May his bronze replica of the Empire State Building to help cover the boarding house costs. Nathan agreed to hold on to it even if the statuette was the proverbial drop in the bucket. Lubensky then told May he'd already informed Peter of their money troubles. A surprisingly resigned May only commented that she wish Nathan hadn't since Peter is worry-prone as it is.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#269) - Nathan decided to give Peter a stern talking to when he dropped in for breakfast unannounced one morning. Lubensky felt Peter wasn't treating May properly: she deserved better than a nephew who keeps breezing in and out of her life whenever it's convenient to him. Lubensky didn't want to hear any of Peter's protests: actions speak louder than words. He subtly hinted that she wanted him to go back to school before rolling off to go buy the morning newspaper.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#269 - BTS) - Lubensky was spotted by the underling of a mobster he owed money to.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#271) - The
mobster called Lubensky at May's boarding house, intimidating him and
reminding Nathan of his outstanding debts. He insisted Nathan met him
the following day at 'the usual place'.(Amazing Spider-Man I#271 - BTS) - When Nathan wouldn't tell May what was going on, she quietly called Peter to go and keep an eye on him. He grudgingly agreed and followed Nathan's cab for a bit as Spider-Man, but he decided to swing away when he heard nearby gunshots.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#271) - Nathan met with the mobster and his associates in a dark alley where he tried to explain that he couldn't raise all the money he owed him. The gangster wasn't convinced: maybe Lubensky simply lacked motivation. To encourage him, he had his associates work the old man over.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#271 - BTS) - The badly beaten Nathan was found and rushed to the hospital.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#272) - May and Peter visited Nathan in the hospital. He refused to tell them what happened even as doctors concluded that though his injuries were severe, his attackers seemingly went out of their way to prevent causing permanent injury.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#273) - Still in hospital, Nathan was visited by Peter, May and their fellow boarding house tenants: the Palermos, the Lund sisters and Anton Chekov.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#274) - Nathan told Peter, May, Anna and Mary Jane Watson that he would be released from hospital soon. Trying to flirt, he added that he might not want to come home, because he enjoyed the visits from all these beautiful women too much.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#275) - May and Peter brought Nathan home from the hospital where he was surprised with a little welcome home party. He tried to protest, feeling they shouldn't have spent the money, but he was quickly told by May to sit back and enjoy himself... or else.
(Spectacular Spider-Man
I#113) - Nathan and the other residents of May's boarding house were
held hostage when the four thugs shot by their housemate Ernie Popchik
came looking for revenge. Their leader, John, mocked Nathan for being in
a wheelchair, implying that Ernie Popchik was the only real man in the
house. (Spectacular Spider-Man I#113 - BTS) - Alerted to the hostage situation, Spider-Man quietly snuck in even as the police surrounded May's house.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#113) - Spider-Man managed to defuse the hostage situation, but even after the hero had webbed up John's gun, Nathan decided to get involved. He yanked open the window blinds, giving the police snipers a clear shot at John. In the aftermath, after having seen the bloodlust in Nathan's eyes, May wasn't sure how she felt about her fiance anymore.
(Web of Spider-Man I#24 (fb) - BTS) - May decided she couldn't live with Lubensky any more and asked him to move out. However, they soon found he couldn't afford to move.
(Web of Spider-Man I#14 (fb) - BTS) - Nathan returned to the hospital for more tests, even though Medicare was refusing to pay for his already considerable medical expenses.
(Web of Spider-Man I#14) - Nathan wasn't impressed when Peter came storming into his hospital room to say hi minutes after visiting hours at ended.
(Web of Spider-Man I#14 - BTS) - May told Peter and Mary Jane of Nathan's massive medical bill, but insisted she didn't want to accept any money from either one of them. Nevertheless, Peter was determined to make some extra money.
(Web of Spider-Man I#15 - BTS) - Peter sold the golden notepad in his possession for 3000 dollars, discreetly taking care of Nathan's outstanding hospital bill.
(Web of Spider-Man I#15) - Peter played dumb when May and Nathan were surprised and a bit suspicious when they learned his medical expenses had been covered by an anonymous benefactor.
(Web of Spider-Man I#24 - BTS) - Unaware of Nathan's gambling problem, Peter took Lubensky, May and the other senior citizens to Atlantic City for the weekend.
(Web of Spider-Man I#24) - May grew concerned when Nathan spent all of his time playing poker, gambling away what little money he had left. However, she could not persuade him to leave the table for the entire weekend.
(Spider-Man versus Wolverine I#1) - Peter Parker came by May's boarding house to have dinner with her, Nathan Lubensky and the other residents.
(Web of Spider-Man I#39 (fb) ) - Nathan finally moved out of May's boarding house to a small apartment elsewhere in Queens. They kept in touch and May even invited him to dinner.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#300) - When the newly married Peter and Mary Jane came over to May's for dinner as well, Nathan teased the couple, claiming Peter had been ignoring May even more than before he got hitched. May would hear nothing of it: the children have lives of their own to lead.
(Web of Spider-Man I#39) - Nathan's neighborhood was plagued by a series of break-ins, all committed by a down on his luck Looter. Norton G. Fester was now an alcoholic vagrant that Lubensky frequently encountered at the newsstand. The Looter eventually broke into Nathan's place, stealing the diamond engagement ring he had bought for May Parker.
(Web of Spider-Man I#39 - BTS) - May learned of the break-in at Nathan's and asked Peter to check on him.
(Web of Spider-Man I#39) - The heartbroken Nathan was visited by Peter who helped him clean up the place. Nathan felt he needed to apologize to Peter for giving him a hard time about not looking after May enough, he admitted he was projecting his own insecurities on to him. With help from Peter, in and out of his Spider-Man suit, Lubensky he not only got the ring back, he also prevented the Looter from robbing May and his boarding house friends. In the aftermath, Nathan and May rekindled their romance and he moved back into her boarding house.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#308) - Nathan Lubensky and Anton Chekov accompanied May to Ardmore's Bookstore in Forest Hills where Peter was signing Webs, his coffee table book of Spider-Man pictures. Ever grumpy, Lubenksy cracked wise: if the boy knows how to write, why doesn't he ever write home?
(Web of Spider-Man I#47) - Over breakfast, Nathan commented that house guest Kristy Watson really should eat more, even saying she was wasting away.
(Web of Spider-Man I#50) - Claiming he had misplaced his social security check, Nathan asked Mary Jane if he could borrow some money. The affluent supermodel agreed without giving it a second thought.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#315 - BTS) - To cover his gambling debts, Nathan secretly started taking money from May's wallet.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#315) - When
May and most of the other residents went to a poetry reading in the
park, Nathan stayed at the boarding house. He had no idea Peter saw him
putting May's wallet back in her purse.(Spectacular Spider-Man I#153 (fb) - BTS) - Nathan and the other residents discovered Kristy unconscious in the bathroom, her mouth caked with blood. Nathan swiftly called the paramedics who concluded the teenage girl had suffered a mild heart attack.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#153) - Nathan, May and their fellow tenants watched the paramedics wheel the still unconscious Kristy to the ambulance. May explained to the newly arrived Mary Jane what had happened.
(Web of Spider-Man I#54) - When Peter Parker returned home, Nathan and May told him what happened to Kristy. Already severely weakened after the Chameleon, posing as J. Jonah Jameson, infected him with a virus, Peter collapsed moments after hearing the news.
(Spectacular Spider-Man Annual I#9/4) - Nathan Lubensky attended Mary Jane's surprise birthday party with all her friends at May's boarding house.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#323) - Nathan, May and Mary Jane watched a news interview with Spider-Man from Symkaria in which he subtly messaged Mary Jane that he was fine. Lubensky muttered to himself that Spider-Man sure had gall involving himself in international affairs now.
(Web of Spider-Man I#56 (fb) - BTS) - Lubensky and May received dire medical news. Test results showed he didn't have long to live. Nathan wanted to keep it quiet, but May told Peter when he accidentally overheard her talking with a doctor about the results.
(Web of Spider-Man I#56) - Peter wanted to keep Nathan company when he was all alone at the boarding house. Lubensky politely refused his offer to play a board game, saying he was too preoccupied thinking about May, wishing she hadn't gone out tonight. As he wheeled away, Nathan reminded Peter that people should spend every available moment with loved ones before it's too late.
(Amazing Spider-Man
I#326) - Fighting back her tears, May confided in Peter that she was
shutting down her boarding house so that Nathan could spend his final
months in relative peace. Lubensky sat in his wheelchair in the
backyard, quietly taking in the final autumn he'd ever see.(Web of Spider-Man I#60) - When Peter came to visit May and Nathan, he put on a brave face, claiming that he hadn't felt this fine in years even though he was dying. To prove his point, he insisted on raking the leaves in the yard so May and Peter could have a talk.
(Web of Spider-Man I#60 - BTS) - May told Peter the truth: Nathan was weaker than he let on, but assured him they'd both come to accept the inevitable.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#330) - Nathan's health took a turn for the worse. He had to be taken to the hospital. May went there with their neighbors the Burtons.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#332 - BTS) - Nathan was released from the hospital. Now weaker than ever, in part due to the medication, he began to take more and more naps.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#332) - After nodding off in front of the television, Nathan slept through May's encounter with Eddie Brock who came by the house looking for Peter Parker.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#333) - Nathan was once again sound asleep when Venom and Peter Parker had a tense confrontation at May's house.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#336 (fb) - BTS) - Feeling his end was fast approaching, Nathan devised a way to leave May with a nest egg to make her life a bit easier. Ever the gambler, he decided to cash in his life insurance and use the money to wager on the assassination of the corrupt billionaire Raymond Trask at the hands of Chance and the Vulture.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#334) - May was concerned when Nathan announced he was going out for some fresh air and that he'd be back for dinner. She implored Peter to keep an eye on him.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#334 - BTS) - With Peter looking on from a distance, Nathan spent quite a while at the local bank.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#334) - Nathan left the bank with a bag full of money, which caught the attention of a local gang. They tried to rob him in the park, but he fought them off with help from Spider-Man and an elderly woman who came to his aid. All the excitement caused Nathan to have a heart episode, when the woman scrambled to get him his medication, Spider-Man noticed the inexplicable fortune the eternally destitute Nathan had somehow withdrawn.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#335) - With Nathan passed out in his bed, May called Peter to tell him Lubensky's heart was weakening steadily. It only seemed a matter of time. When she hung up, Nathan woke up from a dream and admitted that he was scared. No longer feeling the need to remain strong, May began to sob and said she was terrified at the thought of living without him. Nathan comforted her, assuring May that he'd see to it that she'd get by fine.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#336) - When
Peter confronted him with the fact he know about the money, Nathan was
surprised. He only revealed it was his life insurance, insisting Peter
did not get involved. Later, after an emotional conversation with May
where he admitted that waiting was the hardest part about dying, he
called to check on his wager. He was dismayed to find the odds of Trask
dying were still even, but didn't withdraw the bet. (Amazing Spider-Man I#336 - BTS) - Knowing that the assassination attempt would take place during the launch of Trask's new super yacht, Nathan insisted to be present so he could witness the outcome of his wager. May accompanied him to New York harbor and Peter was there as well to cover the event for the Daily Bugle.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#336) - Both Vulture and Chance appeared as soon as Trask started his presentation. Spider-Man intervened on his behalf. He managed to get Chance to retreat but forced Vulture to take a hostage. Initially, he picked May Parker out of the crowd but when Nathan valiantly tried to defend his love, he was grabbed instead. Vulture took to the skies with the dying man who suffered a fatal heart attack from the excitement. Vulture dropped him, but he was caught by Spider-Man allowing May to say good-bye to her dying partner. In his final moments, Nathan apologized for betting everything and leaving her with nothing. She assured him he'd given her everything.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#337 - BTS) - Nathan Lubensky was buried in Queens. Kirsty Watson and all of May's old boarding house tenants were present to pay their respects, even though Victor Palermo couldn't help but think Lubensky was nothing but an old grouch.
(Amazing Spider-Man IV#23 (fb) - BTS) - At some point prior to his death, the Jackal acquired Nathan's genetic material for future cloning (see comments).