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Title: Marvel Team-Up
Issue Number: 55
Release Date: March 1977

Highlights

First appearance of Gardener
Reference is made to Warlock Reprint 4
Spider-Man taunts the god, Stranger, with his incessant jokes and puns while hitting him with webbing

Low Points

Oddities

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

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Title: The Invincible Iron Man

Issue Number: 55

Release Date: February 1973

Highlights

First appearance of Thanos, Blood Brothers, Kronos, Starfox, Drax the Destroyer, ISAAC and Mentor
Origin of Thanos and Drax the Destroyer
Drax the Destroyer is broken out of Thanos' prison

Low Points

The story is too neat and clean - No real drama or tension. Iron Man shows up, wins, the end

Oddities

Iron Man refers to Drax the Destroyer as, "Old buddy," even though they literally just met for the first time

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

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Title: The Amazing Spider-Man

Issue Number: 55

Release Date: December 1967

Highlights

Spider-Man is angry and on a rampage for Doc Ock
Doc Ock returns
Reference is made to The Amazing Spider-Man issues 31 through 33
Reference is made to Tony Stark
John Jameson tells his dad, J. Jonah Jameson, to mind his own business and lay off of Spider-Man
Harry Osborn shouts down J. Jonah Jameson over the phone for calling his apartment at 3:00 AM
Reference is made to S.H.I.E.L.D.
Reference is made to Tales Of Suspense 96, but the issue is not part of the story
Doc Ock uses the Nullifier on Spider-Man and our hero loses his memory as a result
Doc Ock tricks Spider-Man into believing he's a villain working for him

Low Points

Oddities

With no memory, Doc Ock tells Spider-Man that he's an arch enemy working for him, to which Spider-Man responds, "I can't remember, but I must believe you! I've no other choice!" - Why don't you?

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

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