(18 January 1975)
Marvel UK,
1973 Series
- Price
- 0.07 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Weekly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics International Ltd.
- Brand
- Marvel Magazine Group
And Then Came Electro!
Spider-Man / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- John Romita (plot); Stan Lee (script)
- Pencils
- John Romita (layouts); Jim Mooney (pencils); Marie Severin
- Inks
- Jim Mooney; Marie Severin
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Weary and dejected, a brooding youth sits motionless in the silence of his room...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson; Mrs. Watson (MJ's aunt Anna); J. Jonah Jameson; Electro [Max Dillon] (origin recap); Captain Stacy; Flash Thompson; Harry Osborne; Robbie Robertson; Marvin (talk show host)
- Synopsis
- Peter decides that it would be good for his public image to go on a TV talk show. Unfortunately he chooses a network where Max Dillon [Electro] works. In collusion with Jameson, Electro attacks Spider-Man live on stage. Spidey defeats him, but it is a Pyrrhic victory - Peter is as beat up as Max.
- Reprints
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from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #82 (March 1970) [Pages 1-10]
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If I Must Die, Let It Be with Honor!
Iron Man / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski] (introduction); Senator Byrd; Countess de la Spiroza
- Synopsis
- Communist camp commander Boris Bullski wants to take on Iron Man and releases some of his prisoners to construct an armor, making him Titanium Man. Senator Byrd wants Iron Man to take up the challenge. Tony, worried about his heart, upgrades his armor and flies to Alberia along with Pepper and Happy. At the hotel, the Countess de la Spiroza flirts with Tony, making Pepper jealous. Iron Man battles Titanium Man but stumbles into a secretly-prepared minefield and is caught up in the resulting explosion. Happy wonders why Tony hasn't come to watch the battle.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #69 (September 1965)
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- Keywords
- Alberia (a fictional European nation)
The Wrath of Odin!
Thor / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor [Donald Blake]; Circus of Crime [Ringmaster [Maynard Tiboldt]; Princess Python [Zelda DuBois]; Clown [Eliot Franklin]; Luigi Bambonno; Ernesto Gambonno; Human Cannonball [Jack Pulvar]]; Loki; Odin; Sif; Balder
- Synopsis
- Thor surrenders to the police, Loki posts his bail and attacks him when alone. Sif and Balder intervene.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #147 (December 1967) [Pages 1-8]
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Deadly Return of Electro!
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1.
And Then Came Electro!
Spider-Man -
2.
If I Must Die, Let It Be with Honor!
Iron Man -
3.
The Wrath of Odin!
Thor
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