Spider-Man Comics Weekly #76

(27 July 1974)

Test of Strength! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Don Heck (credited); John Romita (credited) (layouts)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

? (grey tones)

Letters

Artie Simek; Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A few moments ago -- the wall-crawling Spider-Man leaps from the balcony of Avengers mansion,

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Hank Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Frederick Foswell; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; J. Jonah Jameson; May Parker; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

Synopsis

The Avengers decide to ask Spider-Man to join the team but first he has to complete a test to prove himself. The test is to capture the Hulk.

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #3 (November 1966)

Indexer Notes

Second part of story with a new splash page made up of the final panel of page 12 of the original story reformatted to show just the Spider-Man and Avengers characters with the background removed. New title at top with two recap captions and credits added at the bottom.

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Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Hands of the Mandarin! (Table of Contents: 3)

Iron Man / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Don Heck (credited)

Inks

Don Heck (credited)

Colors

? (grey tones)

Letters

Ray Holloway (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I pity you, Iron Man!!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin (villain, introduction); "Pepper" Potts; "Happy" Hogan; Bill; General Ho Lee

Synopsis

The Pentagon sends Iron Man into red China to get information on the Mandarin, an evil scientist feared even by the Communist regime. Iron Man struggles to overcome the Mandarin's powerful rings and martial arts, but he escapes his castle.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #50 (February 1964)

Keywords

China

Indexer Notes

In this story Pepper gets a makeover and is consequently redrawn as a more attractive woman.

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Matchbox toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Web and the Hammer / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Spider-Man

Indexer Notes

Includes one panel taken from a Spider-Man story.

Bottom right hand quarter of page is a stamp collecting sets advert.

Patch and the Monsters (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Trebor Blobs / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

To Become An Immortal! (Table of Contents: 7)

Thor / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited)

Colors

? (grey tones)

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The time is come, beloved!

Feature Logo

The Mighty Thor!

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor; Jane Foster; Heimdall; Dr. Keith Kincaid; Odin; Sif; The Unknown (antagonist); Rock Trolls (antagonist); Nurse Parkwell (first appearance)

Synopsis

Jane fails Odin's test for immortality and is sent back to Earth with no memory of Thor or Asgard. Thor encounters the goddess Sif, Heimdall's sister, after many years.

Reprints

• from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #136 (January 1967)

Indexer Notes

First appearances of the land of Gundershelm and the Glade of Crystals.

First part of story.

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Dinky Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)