Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!
Writer: Bill Mantlo
Artist: Mike Zeck
Inker: Jim Mooney
Letters: I. Watanabe
Colors: Janice Cohen
Originally published: May 1980
The Frightful Four — the Wizard, Trapster, Sandman and Electro — lure Spider-Man into a trap at the Statue of Liberty. They beat him up. That’s about it, really. At the end, Spidey is their prisoner [...]

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Meteor Madness!
Guest writer: Tom DeFalco
Artist: Jim Mooney
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Ben Sean
Originally published: April 1980
Well, this sucked. Why bring back a mediocre villain like Meteor Man if you’re not even going to do anything interesting with him? Why bring Giant Man into the mix if you’re not going to do anything interesting with him? This was [...]

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The Terrible Turnabout!
Writer: Bill Mantlo
Artist: Frank Springer
Inker: Ricardo Villamonte
Colors: B. Sean
Letters: D. Albers
Originally published: March 1980
Now this is an issue! This Spider-Lizard business was fantastic! Sweet, sweet art by Sprinter and Villamonte brought Mantlo’s engaging story to the next level. Why can’t Mantlo write like this all the time? My only complaint — and it’s [...]

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Scourge of the Schizoid-Man!
Writer: Bill Mantlo
Artists: John Romita Jr., JIm Mooney
Letters: Albers
Colors: Sharen
Originally published: February 1980
A fairly mediocre outing, though much better than the last issue. Here Spidey fights that Chip kid, who has become The Schizoid Man. That part’s pretty dumb, unfortunately. The cool thing is that, back when Spidey helped beat the Lizard [...]

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Curse of the Living Vampire!
Writer: Bill Mantlo
Artists: Sal Buscema, Chic Stone
Letterer: D. Albers
Colorist: B. Sharen
Originally published: January 1980
Well, this was terrible. First of all, Morbius is such a shitty character, or at least shittily used. His whole story here was completely clichéd and boring. And the end? RIDICULOUS! Morbius drinks a bit of Spidey’s blood [...]

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