De spectaculaire Spider-Man #2

(1979)

In het hol van de Gekke Denker! (Table of Contents: 1)

Het Ding; Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry Conway (credited)

Pencils

Gil Kane (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

1121Z

Genre

superhelden (superhero)

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Alicia Masters [also as Alicia Reiss in flashback]; Jacob Reiss (flashback; death); Mrs. Reiss (flashback); Mad Thinker (villain); Puppet Master [Phillip Masters] (villain); android

Synopsis

The Puppet Master admits to Spider-Man and the Thing that he caused the accident that blinded his stepdaughter Alicia Masters (Thing's girlfriend). This accident was also the source of the Puppet Master's ability to create and control puppets from radioactive clay. Hoping to cure Alicia, they all head for the old hidden lab, but the Puppet Master has already turned the lab over to the Mad Thinker, and the heroes are trapped. The lab is eventually destroyed in an explosion, the villains assumed dead.

Reprints

• from Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #6 (January 1973) [Re-colored.]

Keywords

origin; Pennsylvania

Indexer Notes

This story retells the origins of both the Puppet Master and Alicia Masters.

De adder aan onze borst! (Table of Contents: 2)

De sagen van Asgaard / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy (fantasy-supernatural); superhelden (superhero)

Characters

Thor; Loki (villain; origin part 3); Ghan (villain; introduction)

Synopsis

Loki aids the giant, Ghan, in escaping from the Asgardians. Ghan owes Loki a debt of gratitude. Loki plans to ask him to repay the favor when he makes his bid to claim the throne of Asgard.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #115 (April 1965)

De engel der wrake moordt om middernacht (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry Conway (credited)

Pencils

Jim Mooney (credited)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

?

Genre

superhelden (superhero)

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Cat [Greer Nelson]; Mayor Samuels (flashback, death); Ms. Cartright; Karl Lubbings (first appearance, flashback; death); Mr. Watkins; Man-Killer [Katrina Van Horn] (first appearance, villain, origin in flashback); Drake (villain); nameless militant feminist group sponsored by A.I.M.

Synopsis

The Cat asks for Spider-Man's help in tracking down the Man-Killer, a former athlete who was turned into a cyborg after a serious accident. Man-Killer is acting on behalf of a militant feminist group and recently started killing people opposed to women's liberation. The Cat and Spider-Man avert an attack on a power plant and are able to stop Man-Killer by telling her that her group is secretly sponsored by Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.), a crime organization dominated by men.

Reprints

• from Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #8 (April 1973) [Re-colored.]

Keywords

feminism; Olympics; terrorism; women's liberation movement

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Spider-Man / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Romita (signed as ROMITA)

Inks

John Romita (signed as ROMITA)

Genre

superhelden (superhero)