Strange #238

(5 octobre 1989)

L'étincelle de vie ! (Table of Contents: 1)

Division Alpha [Alpha Flight] / comic story / 22 ? pages (report information)

Script

Bill Mantlo

Pencils

Jim Lee

Inks

Tony DeZuñiga

Colors

Bob Sharen

Letters

?

Genre

super-héros (superhero)

Characters

Alpha Flight [Vindicator [Heather Hudson]; Box [Madison Jeffries]; Sasquatch [Wanda Langkowski]]; Beta Flight [Purple Girl; Manikin; Goblyn [Laura Dean]]; CAMEO: Dreamqueen; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Gary Cody; Bedlam; James MacDonald Hudson [Guardian]; Tundra

Synopsis

Alpha Flight lands their Box spaceship on a dead planet so that Jeffries can add more mass to the ship in order to allow them to get home. Their arrival sparks a crystalline form of life to develop which tries to trap the ship but Purple Girl is able to get the new life form to let them go.

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #57 (April 1988)

Pièce à conviction (Table of Contents: 2)

L'Homme Araignée [Spider-Man] / comic story / 22 ? pages (report information)

Script

David Michelinie

Pencils

Todd McFarlane

Inks

Mark McKenna (pages 2, 3, 13, 22, 27, 30); Ken Lopez (page 4); Rodney Ramos (pages 6, 9, 11); Joe Rubinstein (pages 8, 14, 17, 18); Pat Redding (pages 15, 16, 24, 29); Chris Ivy (page 20); Hector Collazo (page 25)

Colors

Gregory Wright

Letters

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Genre

super-héros (superhero)

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson Parker; Black Fox (villain); The Prowler (villain); Johnny Carson (cameo); Ed McMahon (cameo)

Synopsis

Prowler needs to get a microchip hidden on the Trask Chalice, but Black Fox has stolen it. Spidey comes to Hobie's aid.

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #305 (Late September 1988)

Indexer Notes

Cover story

Stark Wars : épilogue : ennemis intimes (Table of Contents: 3)

Iron Man / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Barry Windsor-Smith (plot); David Michelinie (plot, script)

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith

Inks

Bob Layton

Colors

Barry Windsor-Smith

Letters

?

Genre

super-héros (superhero)

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]

Reprints

• from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #232 (July 1988) [-1 page]

Le prix de la victoire (Table of Contents: 4)

Les Vengeurs [The Avengers] / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern

Pencils

John Buscema (breakdowns)

Inks

Tom Palmer (finishes)

Colors

Christie Scheele

Letters

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Genre

super-héros (superhero)

Characters

Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules (cameo); Wasp]; Thor [Sigurd Jarlson]; Ant-Man [Scott Lang]; Doctor Druid; Bucky Barnes (flashback); Captain America's mother (in a photo); Edwin Jarvis; Masters of Evil [Baron Zemo [Helmut Zemo]; Blackout (dies); Bulldozer; Goliath [Erik Josten]; Moonstone [Dr. Karla Sofen]; Piledriver; Thunderball; Wrecker; Yellowjacket [Rita DeMara]] (villains)

Synopsis

With the help of Thor, Doctor Druid, and Ant-Man, the Avengers defeat the Masters of Evil. Blackout dies from a massive cerebral hemorrhage attempting to resist Baron Zemo's mental control.

Reprints

• from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #277 (March 1987) [-2 pages]