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 [...]
Entries Tagged as '1.5'
Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 1 038
November 13th, 2008 · No Comments · 1.5, 1980, Bill Mantlo, Bob Sharen, Chic Stone, Diana Albers, Electro, Lizard (Curt Connors), Marcy Kane, Morbius, Sal Buscema, Schizoid Man (Chip Martin), Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1), Spider-Man, Spider-Man / Spider-Lizard (Peter Parker)
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The Spider-Woman Vol. 1 012
November 5th, 2008 · No Comments · 1.5, 1979, Al Gordon, Bob Sharen, Brother Grimm / Jake (Nathan Dolly), Brother Grimm / William (Nathan Dolly), Carmine Infantino, John Costanza, Madame Doll (Priscilla Dolly), Magnus the Sorcerer, Mark Gruenwald, Mr. Doll (Nathan Dolly), Spider-Man, Spider-Woman (Vol. 1), Spider-Woman / Arachne (Jessica Drew)
The Last Tale of the Brothers Grimm
Author: Mark Gruenwald
Designer: Carmine Infantino
Choreographer: Al Gordon
Lighting: Bob Sharen
Sound: John Costanza
Originally published: March 1979
In this issue the story of the Brothers Grimm is finally wrapped up. Thankfully, the issue as not nearly as offensive as past issues (though still a little). Unfortunately, it’s still pretty terrible.
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The Spider-Woman Vol. 1 011
November 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · 1.5, 1979, Al Gordon, Ben Sean, Brother Grimm / Jake (Nathan Dolly), Brother Grimm / William (Nathan Dolly), Carmine Infantino, John Costanza, Madame Doll (Priscilla Dolly), Magnus the Sorcerer, Mark Gruenwald, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman (Vol. 1), Spider-Woman / Arachne (Jessica Drew)
And Dolly Makes Three
Writer: Mark Gruenwald
Illustrators: Carmine Infantino, Al Gordon
Letterer: J. Costanza
Colorist: Ben Sean
Originally published: February 1979
More of the same from this mag. Here, Spider-Woman is forced to wipe some white “goop” from her face and, later, is chained to a wall. “Can’t I go a week without getting tied up by somebody?” she wonders. [...]
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Code of Honor 002
August 6th, 2008 · No Comments · 1.5, 1997, Angel, Ant-Man / Giant-Man / Yellowjacket / Goliath (Hank Pym), Black King (Sebastian Shaw), Black Widow, Brad Parker, Chris Eliopoulos, Chuck Dixon, Cloak, Code of Honor, Dagger, Daredevil, Dr. Strange, Elektra, Iron Man, John Marasigan, Luke Cage / Power Man, Marvel Girl / Phoenix / Dark Phoenix (Jean Gray), Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde), Punisher, Scarlet Witch, Silver Surfer, Spider-Man, Spider-Man / Spider-Lizard (Peter Parker), Storm, Terese Nielsen, Thor, Tristan Shane, Vengeance (Michael Badilino), Vincent Evans, Vision
Verdicts
Writer: Chuck Dixon
Painters: Terese Nielsen, Vincent Evans
Letters: Chris Eliopoulos
Design: John Marasigan
Front cover: Brad Parker
Back cover: Tristan Shane
Originally published: March 1997
Ok, Marvels was pretty good. But all these other shitty painted books about real people are crap. Seriously, NO GOOD.
Update: this should come about one Marvel-year later than I have it.
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Howard the Duck Magazine 002 (Story 2)
August 6th, 2008 · No Comments · 1.5, 1979, Bill Mantlo, Coffee, Dave Simons, Eyeclops, Gene Colan, Howard the Duck, Howard the Duck Magazine, Jim Novak, Killer-Clock, Moon-Rocket, Nora Maclin, OJ, Pro-Rata, Sizzler, Spider-Man, Spider-Man / Spider-Lizard (Peter Parker), Toast, Val Mayerik, Winda Wester
The Crash of ‘79!
Story: Bill Mantlo
Art: Gene Colan, Dave Simons
Design director: Nora Maclin
Letterer: Jim Novak
Cover: Val Mayerik
Originally published: December 1979
WTF, this mag has full-on nudity! That’s kind of shocking! Howard and Bev face off against Pro-Rata again, and Spidey shows up in a flashback. There are some people that “get” Howard the Duck, but I [...]
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