Pretty Poison
Writer: Roger Stern
Penciller: Mike Zeck
Inker: Steve Mitchell
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Bob Sharen
Originally published: June 1980
Sweet cover! Brutal issue, though. Spider-Man saves the fashion world! I certainly hope Madam Belladonna never makes a reappearance.
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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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One For Those Long Gone!
Scripts: Marv Wolfman
Illustrators: Keith Pollard, Jim Mooney
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Ben Sean
Originally published: March 1980
Not a super interesting episode, but Pollard and Mooney’s art was top-notch. The last few books I’ve read have looked really great.

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Homecoming!
Story: Gruenwald, Macchio
Pencils / inks: Wilson, Day
Colors: George Roussos
Letters: John Costanza
Originally published: November 1980
This story sucked kinda. It was about one of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Vance Astro, trying to convince his younger self to not take the same path he did. While I generally like time-travel stuff, this was just boring. The Thing’s [...]

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The Arms of Doctor Octopus
Script: Marv Wolfman
Pencils: John Byrne
Inks: Terry Austin
Letters: Costanza
Colors: Wein
Originally published: 1979
This was an awesome issue. Really great story. Seriously cool art in here, too. Kudos to everyone involved.
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