(15 February 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
The Kingpin Strikes Back!
Spider-Man / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- John Romita (layouts); John Buscema (pencils)
- Inks
- Jim Mooney
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- 170-Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a good thing I didn't capture the Schemer when last we fought... there wasn't any reward for him then!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Schemer; Gwen Stacy; Captain George Stacy; Kingpin; Vanessa Fisk
- Synopsis
- Peter could use the $5,000 reward, so Spidey sets out to capture The Schemer. He eventually finds him in his fancy car but keeps falling off it. Schemer arrives at the Kingpin's mansion and confronts him; Vanessa intervenes. Spider-Man has followed Schemer, breaks in, and has a brief tiff with Kingpin before both realize that Schemer - and Vanessa - have vanished.
- Reprints
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from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #84 (May 1970) [Pages 1-9]
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My Life for Yours!
Iron Man / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee; Roy Thomas; Flo Steinberg (plot assist)
- Pencils
- Gene Colan (credited as Adam Austin)
- Inks
- Jack Abel (credited as Gary Michaels)
- Letters
- Artie Simek; Ben Oda
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Black Knight [Nathan Garrett]; Senator Harrington Byrd; Pepper Potts
- Synopsis
- Tony, in his Iron Man armor, goes to the hospital to see an ailing Happy, but he has been abducted by the Black Knight. A weakened Iron Man battles the Black Knight in and around a castle on the outskirts of Washington. Both are injured in a fall. Iron Man radios for help and Happy is rescued by the emergency services. As they take Happy away they fail to see Iron Man collapsed on the floor and in distress. Meanwhile, Senator Boyd continues to issue threats against Stark for not revealing the secret of Iron Man's armor.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #73 (January 1966)
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When Falls a Hero!
Thor / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor [Donald Blake]; Wrecker [Dirk Garthwaite]; Sif; Balder; Loki; Odin
- Synopsis
- Thor, still at half strength, is defeated by the Wrecker.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #149 (February 1968) [Pages 1-7]
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The Kingpin Strikes Back!
Spider-Man -
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My Life for Yours!
Iron Man -
3.
When Falls a Hero!
Thor
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