Invasion of the Dragon Men
Written and produced by: Arthur Korb
Originally published: 1974
This is a comic book and record set, that you can listen to while you read. I read it through once, without the audio, then did the combined thing.
I read this at the wrong time, since we are told “it is a warm summer [...]

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Day of the Grizzly!
Author: Gerry Conway
Artist: Ross Andru
Embellishers: F. Giacoia, D. Hunt
Letterer: Artie Simek
Colorist: Jan Brunner
Originally published: December 1974
The Grizzly is a bit of a lame character, but I’m happy at the re-emergence of the Jackal. His design is great, IMO, and I really love his poses. Even though he only shows up in the [...]

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The City Stealers!
Author: Gerry Conway
Artist: Jim Mooney
Inker: Vince Colletta
Letterer: Artie Simek
Colorist: Bill Mantlo
Originally published: December 1974
I was looking forward to Gerry Conway guest-writing Team-Up because, despite my problems with him, he’s been far more consistently good lately than Len Wein in the Team-Up issues. This, however, totally blows. It literally makes no sense, and absolutely [...]

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Madness Means…The Mindworm!
Author: Gerry Conway
Artist: Ross Andru
Inkers: Frank Giacoia, D. Hunt
Letterer: Annette Kawecki
Colorist: Petra Goldberg
Originally published: November 1974
This was a pretty cool story, with a very classic sci-fi feel to it. I really like the Mindworm character, and his design was great. My biggest problem is that the Mindworm was able to figure out that [...]

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Death-Trap Times Three!
Author: Gerry Conway
Artist: Ross Andru
Inkers: F. Giacoia, D. Hunt
Letterer: Artie Simek
Colorist: P. Goldberg
Originally published: October 1974
Wow, yet another great issue. Harry is such a dick! He kidnaps Flash, Aunt May, and Mary Jane and puts them in three different locations around the city. Each apparently has a bomb above their heads, but only [...]

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