Amazing Spider-Man 229

Amazing Spider-Man 229

Jun 1982

Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut!

by Roger Stern, John Romita Jr., Jim Mooney, Joe Rosen, Glynis Wein, Tom DeFalco

Black Tom Cassidy and the Juggernaut target Madame Web. She gets a premonition that something is coming for her and reaches out to Spider-Man for help. Spider-Man tries his best to prevent the Juggernaut from reaching her. 

A brief portion of this story takes place at the Daily Bugle. The Juggernaut is a little too single minded (stay on target!) to swing by the offices of the Daily Bugle but Peter spends some time there, shooting the breeze with Glory Grant and running in to Betty Brant. He has to high tail it out of there when he gets a call from Madame Web.

Mars 2

Mars 2

Feb 1984

Mars Attacks!

by Mark Wheatley, Marc Hempel, Mike Gold

20 pages

Morgana and Teezy meet Fawn a furry, fast moving humanoid with long ears and a tail. Fawn steals from them but then they join forces with Fawn when all three of them are attacked by creatures that Fawn calls lawnmowers. 

It rains a lot and they have to seek higher ground. It rains very infrequently on Mars. A growth cycle starts soon after the rain stops. Whole trees grow in minutes. Morgana and her companions are forced to flee but they eventually get to safety.

Secret Origins (1986) 13 (1)

Secret Origins (1986) 13

Apr 1987

The Secret Origin of Nightwing

by Dan Mishkin, Erik Larsen, Mike DeCarlo, John Costanza, Carl Gafford, Robert Greenberger

20 pages

Nightwing tells Jericho about how he lost his parents, met Batman, and became Robin. In the second part of the story he talks about his later adventures with the Teen Titans and the New Teen Titans. 

Thoughts

The framing device of this story takes place during the story told in New Teen Titans (1984) 16-19, according to an editor’s note on page two.

Fantastic Four 219

Fantastic Four 219

Jun 1980

Leviathans

by Doug Moench, Bill Sienkiewicz, Joe Sinnott, Jim Novak, George Roussos, Jim Salicrup

Atlantis is attacked by Captain Barracuda and his henchmen who steal Namor’s horn. They use it to unleash chaos in the Big Apple. Namor comes to town looking for his horn and winds up teaming up with the Fantastic Four. Together they stop Barracuda, Barracuda’s henchmen, and the horde of sea creatures he summoned using Namor’s horn.

Mars 1

Mars 1

Jan 1984

Rebirth

by Mark Wheatley, Marc Hempel, Mike Gold

Morgana Trace loses her father and is crippled at the age of thirteen when an angry man opens fire at a press conference. Morgana recovers from her wounds to the degree that she can. She gets her PhD and continues her father’s research. Her pioneering computer/mind link research causes some controversy.

Morgana moves to the Moon and starts working with robot designer Cal Drifkin. She uses her research into computer/mind link to develop a way for people to transfer their consciousness into robotic bodies. Morgana and Cal are part of a team 6-person team that moves to Mars to try and bring the red planet back to life.

Shade, the Changing Man (1977) 4

Shade, the Changing Man (1977) 4

Jan 1978

To Rescue My Destroyer

by Steve Ditko, Michael Fleischer, Jerry Serpe, Bill Morse, Jack C. Harris

Shade finds out that Colonel Kross has taken charge of the manhunt and that Mellu Loron is assisting Kross. Mellu tracks down Gola Zae, a scientist with a criminal record and ties to Captain Majan. Sude moves forward with his plan to liberate his henchmen who were captured and are still prisoners.

Shade catches up to Mellu just after she has confronted Gola Zae. The scientist’s flunky blindsides N-Agent Loron and knocks her out. Gola Zae is in the process of sending Mellu to the Area of Madness within the Zero-Zone when Shade arrives. He grabs the criminal scientist and transports them also to the Area of Madness.

Ka-Zar the Savage (1981) 29

Ka-Zar the Savage (1981) 29

Dec 1983

A Match Made in Hell!

by Mike Carlin, Ron Frenz, Armando Gil, George Rousseau, Janice Chiang, Danny Fingeroth

Dherk is captured by Belasco and Leanne and turned against his friends. Ka-Zar and Shanna both express doubts about getting married but ultimately decide to take the plunge. The ceremony takes place in front of the assembled people of Aerie Shalan but it gets interrupted by Belasco, Leanne, and the army she has raised.

Time²: The Epiphany (First Graphic Novel 8)

Time²: The Epiphany (First Graphic Novel 8)

1986

The Epiphany

by Howard Chaykin, Ken Bruzenak, Steve Oliff

Cosmo Jacobi dies by what at first glance seems to be suicide. Maxim Glory, Jacobi’s friend, returns to town for the first time in years to deal with the aftermath of his friend’s death. Shalimar, Jacobi’s widow, seems oddly unmoved by what happened. There’s a cab driver who attacks numerous fembots with a screwdriver. The police close the Jacobi case fairly quickly but reporter Pansy Matthias seeks to discover the truth. She and Glory used to be lovers but it’s been years since she’s seen him. Pansy still harbors some resentment towards Maxim for the way he dropped out of her life as suddenly as he did, five years before.