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Marvel Team-Up Vol. 1 Annual 003

March 27th, 2010 · No Comments · 1980, 3.5, Al Milgrom, Bruce D. Patterson, Dave Humphrys, Frank Springer, Herb Trimpe, Hulk, Iron Fist, Joe Rubinstein, John Costanza, Ken Klaczak, Luke Cage / Power Man, Machine Man / Robot X-51 (Aaron Stack), Marvel Team-Up (Vol. 1) Annual, Mike Esposito / Mickey Demeo, Nightshade, Roger Stern, Spider-Man, Spider-Man / Spider-Lizard (Peter Parker), Torpedo

Monster in the Meadow / Payoff / Heroes for Hire / The Men and the Machine / Confrontations
Writer: Roger Stern
Pencils: Herb Trimpe
Inks: Mike Esposito, Bruce Patterson, Frank Springer, Al Milgrom, Dave Humphrys, Josef Rubinstein
Letters: John Costanza
Colors: Ken Klaczak
Originally published: 1980
As tends to be the case with annuals, this is a big honking issue. Unfortunately, Spider-Man [...]

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Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 1 043

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments · 1.0, 1980, Bob Sharen, Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley), John Costanza, Madam Belladonna / Belladonna (Narda Ravanna), Mike Zeck, Roger Stern, Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1), Spider-Man, Spider-Man / Spider-Lizard (Peter Parker), Steve Mitchell

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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Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 1 041

November 15th, 2008 · No Comments · 1980, 2.0, Ben Sean, Jim Mooney, John Costanza, Looter / Meteor Man, Nighthawk, Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1), Spider-Man, Spider-Man / Spider-Lizard (Peter Parker), Tom DeFalco

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 Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 202

November 15th, 2008 · No Comments · 1980, 3.0, Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1), Ben Sean, Jim Mooney, John Costanza, Keith Pollard, Marv Wolfman, Punisher, Spider-Man, Spider-Man / Spider-Lizard (Peter Parker)

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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Marvel Two-In-One 069

November 13th, 2008 · No Comments · 1980, 2.5, Aquarian / Wundarr, Captain America, Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell), Charlie-27, Daredevil, Franklin Richards, Gene Day, George Roussos, Human Torch (Johnny Storm), Invisible Girl, Iron Man, John Costanza, Justice (Vance Astrovik), Major Victory (Vance Astro), Mark Gruenwald, Martinex, Marvel Two-in-One, Mr. Fantastic, Nikki (Nicholette Gold), Ralph Macchio, Ron Wilson, Spider-Man, Spider-Man / Spider-Lizard (Peter Parker), Starhawk (Stakar), Storm, Thing, Vision, Yondu

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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