Spidey Smashes Thru!
Writer: Stan Lee
Pencils: J. Romita
Inking: F. Giacoia
Lettering: Artie Simek
Originally published: April 1972
Alright, let’s finish this shit up. I’m getting pretty tired of this fucking Spider Slayer story.
The issue opens with Spider-Man entangled in the Spider Slayer’s webbing. Smythe has also sapped away Spider-Man’s powers using some ethyl chloride gas. Smythe takes Spidey to [...]

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Squash! Goes the Spider!
Story: Stan Lee
Art: John Romita
Inks: Frank Giacoia
Lettering: Sam Rosen
Originally published: March 1972
Ok, we’re now done with the interlude in the middle of Amazing 105, and the events of this issue directly follow the end of that one. This issue also sees the welcome return of John Romita, even if it is only [...]

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The Incredible Shrinking Doom!
Writer: Mike Friedrich
Artist: Herb Trimpe
Letterer: John Costanza
Introduction written by: Roy Thomas
Originally published: July 1972
Hank Pym, now pretty much retired from super-heroing, is a professor at ESU. Peter Parker is helping him and his stupid dog with some experiment with American Indian drugs when some thug shows up and says that he and [...]

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Morbius the Living Vampire!
Writer: Mike Friedrich
Artist: Paul Gulacy
Inker: J. Abel
Letterer: Tom Orzechowski
Colorsist: George Roussos
Originally published: February 1974
Yet more Morbius, who is still in LA and still being fairly boring. He meets a rabbi and a reverend, who try to help him with biochemistry and God. Then, it turns out the reverend is actually some kind [...]

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Morbius
Story: Steve Gerber
Art: Pablo Marcos
Originally published: August 1973
Neat, a little black and white vampire mag from Marvel, with a story starring none other than Morbius.
This issue tells a story of Morbius in LA, after he’s escaped the X-Men. It’s pretty dumb.
Spider-Man’s appearance occurs in a flashback to Amazing Spider-Man 102.
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