While attending Hawkins High, Steve was initially the typical popular boy that; gained attention from everyone near him, though this caused him to fall out of favor with the lesser-known kids at school who labeled him as a "douchebag". When Steve fell off the dolly, his temperature was checked by Dustin who started to examine him, causing Steve to get into a struggle with him. When the Mind Flayer's proxy body comes out of the mall by climbing onto to the roof, Steve is horrified at the sight of the abomination before he and Robin leave with Nancy, Jonathan, Lucas, and Will to escape from the creature. Taking place just six days before the start of season 1, the Halloween one-shot is a one of several fun, special Stranger Things comics and it’s perfect for an annual re-read that centers onWill, Mike, Lucas and Dustin gathering in Castle Byers to eat candy and scare each other with a spooky story.

The next day, Steve, who was still crushed by Nancy's hurtful confession, did not take Nancy to school, making her miss her first period class.When Steve picks up another group of girls, he takes off his hat, saying "screw company policy," and goes to flirt with the girl. Upon arriving, a broom was used by the teenagers to fully open the gate and the younger kids tied bed sheets together to create a rope before placing a mattress to support the fall of their older allies. In the summer of 1985, when asked by Robin if he still had feelings for Nancy, Steve replied he didn't but considered her a friend. On January 30, Variety published another excerpt from the novel which revealed Eleven's mother's first encounter with Dr.

But there's one aspect of her identity that she knows for sure doesn't fit in with her carefully controlled image--something she's only just now realizing: Robin likes girls. This caused Nancy to use the bathroom so she can silently cry about the news, leaving Steve at the table with Barb's parents. Steve guides everyone out of the elevator before he manages to escape where the door crushes the container, revealing green substance to be radioactive material when dissolves into the floor, much Steve's shock as he managed to avoid it. At a Halloween party, Nancy became intoxicated, leading her to reveal that she did not have feelings for him.

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When the power suddenly went out, Steve tried to fix the problem by flicking the light switch, much to Robin's annoyance. When Dustin suddenly announced he was right about Skull Rock, Steve started getting annoyed until Dustin revealed his compass had been going haywire since they walked to Skull Rock. On the way to his house, Dustin explained Dart to Steve, who initially believed that what Dustin found was some sort of lizard. While Steve went to get more fudge for Erica, Dustin and Robin debrief Erica on the plan to have her sneak into the mall's secret room while assuring there won't be any booby traps and the Russian guards won't be guarding the room by the time, she breaks in. She inferred that Steve had come by last night and, though she tried to tell him that “it wasn’t like that,” was unable to explain what she and Jonathan had done in her room.

When Dustin crashed the car into some barrels near the elevator, the collision caused Steve and Robin to get their heads banged against the car. By the time the mall closes, Robin completes translating the first part of the message and Steve, with her and Dustin, reads the communication which says "The week is long, the silver cat feeds when blue meets yellow in the west. It details an Antarctic expedition gone horribly wrong — which may sound familiar if you’ve read At the Mountains of Madness by H. Steve and his friends then see more Demobats arrive and guard the gate before witnessing lots more bats approaching, forcing them to retreat into the Upside Down's forest. Despite having a charming personality, he eventually fell into the wrong crowd of the snarkier popular kids, although his compassion lay underneath his superficiality.