Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Dr. Octopus; J. Jonah Jameson; Mary Jane Parker; The Wild Pack; Marla Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Betty Brant; Nick Katzenberg; Ben Urich
Synopsis
Dr. Octopus is holding the new Daily Bugle building hostage for 20 million dollars. Spider-Man and the Wild Pack drive him off. Doc Ock then kidnaps Marla Jameson and tries to ransom her for the money. Spidey foils him and the Wild Pack shows up again just in time for Ock to get away.
Silver Surfer; Galactus; Nova [Frankie Raye]; Firelord (cameo flashback); Thanos (cameo, next issue teaser)
Synopsis
Nova seeks out another world for Galactus to consume but wrestles with her conscience as the Surfer recently showed her a world full of primitives which turned out to be the planet earth in the past.