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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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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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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Darkness, Darkness…
Writer: Steven Grant
Penciller: Mike Zeck
Inker: Mike Esposito
Letterer: Jim Novak
Colorist: Jan Cohen
Originally published: June 1980
This issue has an awesome cover by Al Milgrom.
The Shroud story is continued, with Spidey fighting and then teaming up with the Shroud to defeat this hypnotic woman, Dansen Macabre. Dansen is part of a Shiva cult, and hates the Shroud [...]

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Rags to Riches!
Writer: Steven Grant
Pencilers: Tom Sutton, Carmine Infantino
Inker: Jim Mooney
Letterer: Rick Parker
Colorist: Ben Sean
Originally published: May 1980
This Team-Up issue ties into all the recent Spider-Woman stuff, specifically her encounters with Spider-Man, Werewolf by Night, the Enforcer and (I suspect) the Shroud.
It’s the last day of Pete’s LA trip, and as he’s trying to relax [...]

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