The Power of Electro! Script: Marv Wolfman Co-plotters: Marv Wolfman, Jim Starlin Layouts: Jim Starlin Finishes: Bob McLeod Letters: A. Kawecki Colors: Michele W. Originally published: December 1978 Cool art in this one. It seemed really short for some reason, but maybe it just had a quick pace. It was a decent story about some [...]

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Carrion, My Wayward Son! Writer: Bill Mantlo Artist: Jim Mooney Inks: Frank Springer Letters: Elaine Heinl Colors: P. Goldberg Originally published: December 1978 Carrion is awesome and scary! He’s like a zombie Green Goblin! Unfortunately the awesome Carrion introduction is balanced out by dumb-shit White Tiger. This issue could have been cool, but there are [...]

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If Not For Love… Author: Chris Claremont Artists: H. Chaykin, J. Aclin, J. Ortiz Letterer: Joe Rosen Colorist: Carl Gafford Originally published: December 1978 Super boring story that barely features Spidey. Here’s the thing with Dr. Strange stories — because they involve magic, anything can happen, and not in a good way. Every Dr. Strange [...]

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The Smoke of that Great Burning! Plot: Chris Claremont Script: Ralph Macchio Pencils: John Byrne Inks: Al Gordon Letters: Tom Orzechowski Colors: Michele Wolfman Originally published: November 1978 I don’t know what happened to my review of this issue, but it somehow got deleted. It’s a shame, because I really liked this issue and wrote [...]

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Live From New York, It’s Saturday Night! Author: Chris Claremont Penciler: Bob Hall Inker: Marie Severin Letterer: Annette Kawecki Colorist: Marie Severin Originally published: October 1978 This was gimmicky bullspit. Pete and MJ go see a taping of Saturday Night Live. When John Belushi receives a mysterious ring in the mail, though, things go down [...]

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