Super Spider-Man
#270
(12 April 1978)
Marvel UK,
1976 Series
- Price
- 0.10 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- weekly
- On-sale Date
- 1978
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics International Ltd.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group
- Barcode
- ?
[Deadly Shines the Light!]
Spider-Man / comic story / ? pages
- Script
- Archie Goodwin (plot); Bill Mantlo (script)
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Mike Esposito (finished art); Bob Budiansky (sourced) (page 1)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito; John Tartaglione (sourced) (page 1)
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's the latest screwball group in New York?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man; Brother Power [Achmed Korba] (Intro; Villain); Sister Sun [Sha Shan] (Intro); Flash Thompson; O'Donnell (policeman); Pulaski (policeman); Professor Hutton
- Synopsis
- Spider-Man and Flash Thompson discover that Sha Shan is being forced to help her husband run a cult.
- Reprints
-
from The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #12 (November 1977) - Instalment from the original issue and has a five panel résumé with its own title on the first page.
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[Enter: Dr. Doom!]
Captain America / comic story / ? pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Gene Colan; Bob Budiansky (sourced) (page 1)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Having defeated Baron Strucker, an exultant Captain America is joyously reunited with his former partner, Bucky Barnes!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky Barnes Robot (origin, dies); SHIELD [Sharon Carter; Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Jasper Sitwell (cameo)]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Redwing; Modok (villain); AIM (villains); Dr. Doom (flashback, villain); Batroc (cameo flashback, villain); Porcupine (cameo flashback, villain); Whirlwind (cameo flashback, villain); Baron Strucker Robot (cameo, villain); Walter Cronkite (cameo); Professor Paul Fosgrave (cameo flashback); Grizzly [Agent R-1] (cameo flashback, villain); Agent R-2 (cameo flashback, villain); Mart Baker (cameo flashback)
- Synopsis
- Captain America and the public at large believe Bucky Barnes has returned. It is revealed that Modok had Dr. Doom create a robot duplicate of Bucky. Modok makes Bucky attack Captain America. But the robot is unable to kill Cap leading Modok to destroy it.
- Reprints
- from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #132 (December 1970)
- An instalment from the original issue and has a three (landscape) panel résumé with its own title on the first page.
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[An Avenger Must Die!]
The Avengers / comic story / ? pages
- Script
- Steve Englehart ((plot); Roy Thomas (script)
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (layouts/breakdowns); Joe Staton (finished art); Bob Budiansky (sourced) (page 1)
- Inks
- Joe Staton; Mike Esposito (sourced) (page 1)
- Letters
- John Costanza
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The story so far: Kang the Conqueror had drawn into his time warp six of the most powerful villains--
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Vision; Thor [Donald Blake]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hawkeye; Mantis]; Kang the Conqueror; Immortus; Rama-Tut; The Legion of the Unliving [Frankenstein's Monster; Wonder Man; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Baron Zemo [Dr. Heinrich Zemo]; Midnight Man [Anton Mogart]; The Ghost]; Swordsman [Cotati]
- Reprints
- from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #132 (February 1975)
- An instalment from the original issue and has a five panel résumé with its own title on the first page. Possibly nine pages.
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All Swords Against Them!
Thor / comic story / ? pages
- Script
- Gerry Conway
- Pencils
- John Buscema (layouts); Sal Buscema (finished art)
- Inks
- Sal Buscema
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- 1625Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The story so far: On their return from the dark nebula, a sense-shattering sight freezes the lords of Asgard where they stand...
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Odin; Sif; Balder; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Heimdall; Hildegarde; Silas Grant; Tana Nile; Grand Commissioner of Rigel; Krista (Introduction); Igron the Invincible; Loki (flashback); Ulik (flashback)
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #217 (November 1973)
- Instalment from the original issue and has a three panel résumé on the first page.
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Table of Contents
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1.
[Deadly Shines the Light!]
Spider-Man -
2.
[Enter: Dr. Doom!]
Captain America -
3.
[An Avenger Must Die!]
The Avengers -
4.
All Swords Against Them!
Thor
This issue was modified by, among others
- Doug Brain
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Stephen Mitchell
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