Comics Corner: Web Of Spider-Man 10

   

Title: Web Of Spider-Man
Issue Number: 10
Release Date: January 1986

Highlights

• First appearance of Wolfgang Von Lundt, Bert, and the henchmen, Keith and Jonas
• Reference is made to Web Of Spider-Man 6, Marvel Team-Up 120, and Avengers 288
• We get a brief flashback of Dominic Fortune, before fast forwarding to the present, where he's being chased by a bunch of thugs
• Spider-Man shows up as the fight breaks out, and after mopping up the crooks, whisks Fortune off to the hospital
• Peter goes to the hospital the next day to get photos of Fortune, and learns that his son isn't happy with him, wanting him to move in with them, and lead a quiet life
• Peter suggests Aunt May's home, but Fortune declines
• Fortune says he wants to spend the rest of his life living adventurously, and searching for a woman named Sabbath
• Von Lundt seeks out Shocker to hire him to kill Fortune - Finally, a classic villain returns to the Spider-Man series
• Fortune enlists the help of Peter to find Sabbath, and using the Bugle's archives, picks up her trail in Europe
• Shocker ambushes Fortune at the airport, but fortunately, Peter was there trying to convince him not to go, and springs into action as Spider-Man
• Shocker has upgraded his costume, no longer needing his wrist gauntlets to shoot lightning from his hands
• As Shocker turns his attention fully to Spider-Man, Von Lundt's men arrive on the scene, intent on finishing Fortune
• When Shocker is caught, he confidently thinks that Von Lundt will keep him out of jail, or join him in a cell if the contract they signed comes to light
• Von Lundt has the entire building where Shocker lived blown up to cover all tracks

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• Editor's Day Off: Dominic Fortune says, "The other half of my time was spent spent exercising my bad attitude."
• Oh my gosh - There's literally a contract

Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)

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Comics Corner: Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars 10

    

Title: Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars
Issue Number: 10
Release Date: February 1985

Highlights

• Just as Galactus prepares to consume the raw energy that was once his home, the power is ripped away from him
• All the energy zooms towards the villains old base, and is projected directly into Doctor Doom through his lenses built out of Klaw's body parts
• Doom quickly realizes that he can, and is, altering the world around him at the mere whim of a thought, and fights to control his mind
• Doom can feel every cell and molecule around him, can see through all objects, and sense every thought of those around him
• The heroes all board the damaged ship of the X-Men, and Magneto uses his powers to lift it from the ground, and fly them towards the villain's base
• Aboard the ship, Captain America pays Magneto an offhanded compliment, starting an argument that soon Wolverine inserts himself into
• Wolverine chastises Captain America for always fighting for humans, while mutants are deemed the enemy, and left to fend for themselves
• Doom ponders what he should do now that he is all powerful, and wonders what exactly the Beyonder could give him now that he already has everything
• Doom decides that the heroes are no longer worthy of his attention, and instead desires to destroy the Beyonder
• Reference is made to Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars 1
• Doom alters his armor to be useful against the Beyonder, and transports himself away
• The heroes find that Doom has changed Captain Marvel to her light form, and trapped her in that spirit
• Doom confronts the Beyonder, who panics at his arrival
• The confrontation causes the very surface of Battleworld to shake frantically from earthquakes
• Reed hones in on Galactus's location, and attempts to pull his unconscious body to them, informing everyone they'll need Galactus to defeat Doom
• Colossus tells Human Torch that Zsaji is hurt, but Torch simply replies that with Reed hurt he has no time for her
• The energy battle beyond Doom and the Beyonder rages, and Doom suddenly falters, being pushed back, and having his leg severed in the process
• Doom uses his remaining power to reach out to the heroes, lying to them that he is winning the fight, and only needs their strength to assist in the final blow, promising all power beyond their dreams if they but take his hand
• Magneto approaches to touch Doom, and is tackled by Hawkeye, Wasp, and Iron Man
• A defeated, and literally torn apart Doctor Doom is probed by the Beyonder, who glimpses into the man's history
• The Beyonder probes physically at Doom, removing his armor, and disecting half of his body as Doom reaches out in agony
• With the base crumbling, Captain America and Wolverine race to the dungeon to free the captive villains
• Meanwhile, Magneto heads to the sick bay to get everyone out of there
• I ball of light approaches the heroes, and forms into Doom, who proclaims that the Beyonder is dead
• Doom tells the heroes that with the Beyonder gone, there is no villain remaining, and no reason to fight

Low Points

• None

Oddities

• None

Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)

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Comics Corner: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 10

   

Title: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Issue Number: 10
Release Date: September 1977

Highlights

• The protests at ESU continue
• Reference is made to Deadly Hands Of Kung Fu 18
• Professor Vasquez admits he impersonated White Tiger and stole the Erskine Manuscripts

Low Points

• Not a very believable ending - Vasquez confesses, and his crime is brushed under the rug so that he and President Dwyer can work together to ensure night school can stay open

Oddities

• Blackbyrd falls through a skylight just by pressing against it
• The tried and true Marvel way - Fight first, ask questions later

Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)

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Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 10

    

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual
Issue Number: 10
Release Date: November 1976

Highlights

• First appearance of Human Fly, AKA Rick Deacon
• Reference is made to Deadly Hands Of Kung Fu 22, and The Amazing Spider-Man 20
• First announcement for the upcoming new monthly Spider-Man series, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man

Low Points

• We skip over The Amazing Spider-Man Annual 6 - 9, which are all reprints of prior comic books

Oddities

• None

Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)

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Comics Corner: Marvel Team-Up 10

      

Title: Marvel Team-Up
Issue Number: 10
Release Date: June 1973

Highlights

• The Tomorrow Wars continue
  
• Mainly story driven, but still manages some decent action
  

Low Points

• None
  

Oddities

• Johnny Strom's Fantastic Four suite is red and yellow
  

Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)

 

 

 

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Comics Corner: The Tomb Of Dracula 10

Title: The Tomb Of Dracula

Issue Number:10

Release Date:July 1973

Highlights

• First appearance of Blade, Martin Scampt, Charlie o'Casey, Gabriel Trulaine and Moniker
• Dracula tries to take over a ship and gets a beat down for it by the passengers - Take that, you stupid vampire!
• Dracula dives at Blade, who dodges, sending Dracula over the edge of the ship - What a clod!

Low Points

• Overall, not a very interesting story

Oddities

• Though he's never seen him, Dracula comes face to face with Blade and knows who he is

Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)

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Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 10

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man

Issue Number: 10

Release Date: March 1964

Highlights

• First appearance of The Enforcers - Big Man, Ox, Fancy Dan and Montana
• The mysterious secret of Betty Brant continues to build and she leaves town
• Readers discover that J. Jonah Jameson hates Spider-Man because he's jealous of him

Low Points

• Plays out like a poorly written Scooby-Doo episode
• It's obvious who Big Man's secret identity is from the start, because his alter ego is the only new character in the story
• The Enforcers are definitely nothing more than villains of the week

Oddities

• The Enforcer's first objective is to simply outsmart Spider-Man in public, but not defeat him or get him out of the way for good - Basically, they just want to make him look bad

Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)

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