- Script
- Mark Gruenwald (credited) (story); Steven Grant (credited) (story); Bill Mantlo (credited) (story, script)
- Pencils
- Herb Trimpe (credited)
- Inks
- Bruce Patterson (credited)
- Colors
- George Roussos (credited)
- Letters
- Jim Novak (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Digger! Our captive is sounding an alarm!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Outcasts: Boulder (villain); Digger (villain); Landslide (villain); Water Witch (villain)
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
- Reprints
The Outcasts' first appearance is in this story.
- Script
- Mark Gruenwald (credited) (story); Steven Grant (credited) (story); Bill Mantlo (credited) (story, script)
- Pencils
- Herb Trimpe (credited)
- Inks
- Bruce Patterson (credited)
- Colors
- George Roussos (credited)
- Letters
- Jim Novak (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- --exhibiting perfect form as he picks up speed, contender number 5--
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Outcasts: Boulder (villain); Digger (villain); Landslide (villain); Water Witch (villain)
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Queen Kala (villain); Mole Man [Harvey Elder] (villain); Matt Murdock (cameo); Reed Richards (cameo); Natasha Romanoff (cameo); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Tony Stark (cameo); Johnny Storm (cameo); Sue Storm (cameo); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Moloids (villain), Lava Men (villain)
Several New York based characters (see Characters) are seen in the 2-page crowd shot. Word balloons indicate Herb Trimpe and his wife Linda are also in the crowd.
- Pencils
- Bill Sienkiewicz (credited) (signed as Seinkiewicz) (covers)
- Inks
- Bruce Patterson (credited) (signed as Patterson) (covers)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mole Man [Harvey Elder]; Moloids
back cover
Credits indicate Bill Sienkiewicz and Bruce Patterson did both the front and back covers, but signatures on the covers show differently.