Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #2
Title: The Devil-Doctor's Triumph!
Chapter titles:
This scene is beautifully romantic. Shang Chi's first kiss. I wish my first
kiss had been framed in an atmosphere like this. Unfortunately, they're
interrupted by a team of Fu Manchu's assassins.
Paul Gulacy is imaginative for such a young artist. He shows Shang Chi weaving his way through a maze to escape. In his drugged state he doesn't recognise Sandy and kills her.
Giant-Size Dracula #3
Title(s): Slow Death on the Killing Ground!
Writer: Chris Claremont
Artist: Don Heck
Regulars: Quincy Harker
Avengers #130
Title: The reality Problem!
Writer: Steve Englehart
Artist: Sal Buscema
Avengers: Iron Man, Thor, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Swordsman (corpse), Hawkeye
Villain: Titanium Man, Radioactive Man, Crimson Dynamo, Slasher
Regulars: Mantis, Agatha Harkness
After the Swordsman's death in Giant-Size Avengers #2, Mantis requests
that she can bury him in Vietnam. The Avengers travel to Vietnam, with the
exception of the Scarlet Witch, who remains in America to be trained by
Agatha Harkness.
Captain America and the Falcon #180
Title: The Coming of the Nomad!
Writer: Steve Englehart
Artist: Sal Buscema
Villain: Viper, Krang, Madame Hydra (Viper), Princess Python, Cobra, Eel
Regulars: Sharon Carter
Steve Rogers doesn't want to be Captain America, but he still wants to be
a super-hero. He sews himself a new costume and tries to think of a new
name.
He wants a dark name. He thinks about being inspired by a bat, but that
would create big trouble with Brand Echh's lawyers. He should call himself
the Dark Knight.
No, he decides to call himself the Nomad. That's fitting. He's a man
without a country.
Do you remember the Serpent Squad from Captain America #163, made up of Viper, Eel and Cobra? Madame Hydra, who seemingly died in Captain America #113, frees Viper from prison in order to kill him. She wants to become the new Viper and lead the Serpent Squad. She hires Princess Python, last seen in Iron Man #50, and the new Serpent Squad is born.
Man-Thing #12
Title: Song-Cry of the Living Dead Man!
Writer: Steve Gerber
Artist: John Buscema
Regulars: Richard Rory
Man-Thing is being tortured by the emotions of Brian Lazarus, a man suffering from depression. Brian himself is being tortured by physical representations of his fear and insecurity. Man-Thing defeats them.
Master Of Kung Fu #23
Title: River of Death!
Writer: Doug Moench
Artist: Al Milgrom
Villain: Fu Manchu, Wilhelm Bucher
Regulars: Denis Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr
Denis Nayland Smith takes Shang Chi and Black Jack Tarr on a mission to South America. Fu Manchu has forged an alliance with a former Nazi officer called Wilhelm Bucher, who's supposedly in possession of a secret Nazi weapon. They're guided by a man called Raymond Strawn. They realise that Strawn is really Bucher in disguise. Fu Manchu is watching.
Amazing Spider-Man #139
Title: Day of the Grizzly!
Writer: Gerry Conway
Artist: Ross Andru
Villain: Jackal. Grizzly
Regulars: J. Jonah Jameson, Joe Robertson, Betty Brant, Liz Allan
Peter Parker finds a new apartment in 12th Street. The area looks awful, but what do you expect for $110 a month?
This is the first time I've heard the Human Torch encourage the Thing to yell his battle cry: It's clobbering time!
Werewolf by Night #24
Title: The Dark Side of Evil!
Writer: Doug Moench
Artist: Don Perlin
Villain: DePrayve (Winston Redditch)
Regulars: Buck Cowan, Lissa Russell
Jack Russell is evicted from his apartment for wrecking it three times. He moves in with Buck Cowan.
I apologise once more for the poor quality of the cover that I've reproduced above. This series isn't yet available in Marvel Unlimited, so I had to use a poor quality scan that I found online. This is a tragedy, because this comic is one of Marvel's best stories this month
Supernatural Thrillers #10
Title: A Choice of Lions!
Writer: Len Wein
Artist: Val Mayerik
Villain: Elementals (Hellfire, Hydron, Magnum, Zephyr), Living Pharaoh (flashback)
The Mummy remembers his childhood as N'Kantu before his people were enslaved by the Egyptians. He had to go into the jungle alone to slay a lion to prove his manhood.
Doctor Strange #5
Title: Cloak and Dagger
Ghost Rider #9
Title: The Hell-Bound Hero!
Writer: Tony Isabella
Artist: Jim Mooney
Villain: Satan, Inferno
Regulars: Roxanne Simpson, the Friend
Ghost Rider continues his fight against the demon Inferno, who has incited
the townspeople to attack him. He has to defend himself without harming any
innocents. It's a hard fight.
Roxanne agrees. Satan laughs. He tells her it was all a trick, because her
father was never in his control. In
Marvel Spotlight #7
Crash Simpson appeared as a servant of Satan, but that was all a lie. Crash
was presented as Curly Samuels in disguise, but it was actually the other way
round.
Eyes
Air
Deceit
Dementia
Writer: Doug Moench
Artist: Paul Gulacy
Villain: Fu Manchu
Regulars: Denis Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr
This is a 40-page story divided into four chapters with different titles.
It's nothing short of stunning. Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy are the perfect
team for this series. Doug's writing is spiritual, broken up by occasional
bursts of action, while Paul's art threads the story together in an almost
magical fashion.
Writer: Doug Moench
Artist: Paul Gulacy
Villain: Fu Manchu
Regulars: Denis Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr
Shang Chi is waiting for Denis Nayland Smith. He meets a woman called Sandy
Chen who teaches martial arts. She distracts him from his meeting, and a
romance develops.
Denis Nayland Smith arrives and sends Shang Chi on a mission to Peking
(Beijing) to meet a scientist who wants to share a secret with the West. Fu
Manchu's agents are on board his plane to China, and there are many
assassins waiting for him before and after his meeting with the scientist.
The deceit in the third chapter is Denis Nayland Smith's deceit. Sandy is
one of his agents, and he sent her to persuade Shang Chi to go on the
mission. That's cruel. Luckily for Shang Chi, Sandy has fallen in love with
him, so the deception becomes reality. She follows him to China in another
plane.
The scientist gives Shang Chi secret information, then kills himself to
prevent Fu Manchu getting anything from him. Fu Manchu captures Shang Chi
and drugs him, trying to make him reveal the secret.
Paul Gulacy is imaginative for such a young artist. He shows Shang Chi weaving his way through a maze to escape. In his drugged state he doesn't recognise Sandy and kills her.
Sandy was killed too soon. She could have become an important supporting
character.
Giant-Size Dracula #3
Title(s): Slow Death on the Killing Ground!
Is this the night the vampire dies?
Writer: Chris Claremont
Artist: Don Heck
Regulars: Quincy Harker
Kills: Six men, one woman (total 45)
Embraces: One woman (total 9)
Elianne is a fascinating character. Chris Claremont should have left her
alive to be used in a future story.
This is a 30-page story divided into two chapters with different titles.
In 1459 Elianne Turac's father was turned into a vampire by Count
Dracula. After being forced to kill her father she swore revenge. She
used the help of demons who gave her immortality, but also made her
blind.
In the present day she attacks Dracula, using a mixture of mysticism and
modern technology. Dracula defeats her and makes her a vampire, but
she's staked before she can do any damage.
Avengers #130
Title: The reality Problem!
Writer: Steve Englehart
Artist: Sal Buscema
Avengers: Iron Man, Thor, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Swordsman (corpse), Hawkeye
Villain: Titanium Man, Radioactive Man, Crimson Dynamo, Slasher
Regulars: Mantis, Agatha Harkness
Did American soldiers really call Vietnam the Land of the Green Latrine?
I'm sure Steve Englehart is pointing it out to fire a subtle insult at
Brand Echh's Green Lantern.
After burying the Swordsman, the Avengers meet Titanium Man, Radioactive
Man, Crimson Dynamo, calling themselves the Titanic Three. Titanium Man
and Crimson Dynamo were last seen in
Iron Man #22, while Radioactive Man last appeared in
Avengers #83. The Avengers want to fight them in battle, but Titanium Man points
out that in a peace deal America had handed the area over to the
Communists, and the Titanic Three are working for the Communists. This
means that the Titanic Three are the heroes, and the Avengers are the
villains.
A criminal called the Slasher has just stolen diamonds. He's afraid the
Avengers will capture him, so he joins the Titanic Three for protection.
A fight ensues. When the Titanic Three realise that he's a thief, they
remember their duties to their Communist masters and arrest him.
Captain America and the Falcon #180
Title: The Coming of the Nomad!
Writer: Steve Englehart
Artist: Sal Buscema
Villain: Viper, Krang, Madame Hydra (Viper), Princess Python, Cobra, Eel
Regulars: Sharon Carter
Do you remember the Serpent Squad from Captain America #163, made up of Viper, Eel and Cobra? Madame Hydra, who seemingly died in Captain America #113, frees Viper from prison in order to kill him. She wants to become the new Viper and lead the Serpent Squad. She hires Princess Python, last seen in Iron Man #50, and the new Serpent Squad is born.
Nomad interrupts when they're trying to kidnap a businessman, but he's
unable to stop them. Viper reveals that she's in partnership with Warlord
Krang, who we last saw in
Sub-Mariner #33.
The Incredible Hulk #182
Title: Between Hammer and Anvil!
Writer: Len Wein
Artist: Herb Trimpe
Villain: Wolverine, Hammer, Anvil
The Incredible Hulk #182
Title: Between Hammer and Anvil!
Writer: Len Wein
Artist: Herb Trimpe
Villain: Wolverine, Hammer, Anvil
Regulars: Major Talbot
The Canadian army tell Wolverine he's failed, and now they will attempt to capture the Hulk themselves. They knock him out with gas, but as soon as he wakes up he escapes. He finds an old man loving in the woods called Crackerjack Johnson. They eat a meal together and become friends. Over the next few days Crackerjack even teaches the Hulk how to write.
The Canadian army tell Wolverine he's failed, and now they will attempt to capture the Hulk themselves. They knock him out with gas, but as soon as he wakes up he escapes. He finds an old man loving in the woods called Crackerjack Johnson. They eat a meal together and become friends. Over the next few days Crackerjack even teaches the Hulk how to write.
Two criminals, Johnny Anvil and Hammer Jackson, have been working on a
chain gang. They've escaped, but they're still chained together. They meet
an alien who gives them a powerful rope in place of their chains. It
destroys whatever it comes into contact with. They return to their prison
to get revenge on the guards. At the same time Crackerjack travels to the
prison with the Hulk to visit his son.
Yes, you guessed it, Hammer Jackson is Crackerjack's son. Crackerjack
pleads with his son to be a good man, but he accidentally touches the rope
and dies. The Hulk snaps the rope, and the two men go mad. He leaves the
prison and buries his friend Crackerjack.
Man-Thing #12
Title: Song-Cry of the Living Dead Man!
Writer: Steve Gerber
Artist: John Buscema
Regulars: Richard Rory
Man-Thing is being tortured by the emotions of Brian Lazarus, a man suffering from depression. Brian himself is being tortured by physical representations of his fear and insecurity. Man-Thing defeats them.
Sybil Mills, who first appeared last issue, meets Brian and feels an
emotional bond with him. This briefly makes Brian happy, but then the
monsters return to attack him and Sybil. Man-Thing returns and realises
that Brian is the real enemy, so he tries to hit him. Sybil jumps in the
way. This act of self-sacrifice makes Brian so happy that the monsters
disappear.
This is a really weird story, but I like it.
Daredevil #116
Title: Two flew over the Owl's Nest!
Writer: Steve Gerber
Artist: Gene Colan
Villain: Owl
Regulars: Black Widow, Foggy Nelson, Candace Nelson
Daredevil returns to San Francisco to visit Black Widow. He enters her home and finds she no longer lives there. In the street Daredevil stops two robbers. One is arrested, while the other returns to his boss, the Owl. The Owl kills him as a punishment for failure.
Daredevil #116
Title: Two flew over the Owl's Nest!
Writer: Steve Gerber
Artist: Gene Colan
Villain: Owl
Regulars: Black Widow, Foggy Nelson, Candace Nelson
Daredevil returns to San Francisco to visit Black Widow. He enters her home and finds she no longer lives there. In the street Daredevil stops two robbers. One is arrested, while the other returns to his boss, the Owl. The Owl kills him as a punishment for failure.
Black Widow finds Daredevil. They talk. They kiss. The Owl attacks them.
Black Widow is grazed by a bullet, and Daredevil is knocked unconscious.
The Owl and his henchmen carry them away.
Bob Brown is an excellent artist, but I'm glad that Gene Colan has
returned. Somehow I always associate him with Daredevil.
Master Of Kung Fu #23
Title: River of Death!
Writer: Doug Moench
Artist: Al Milgrom
Villain: Fu Manchu, Wilhelm Bucher
Regulars: Denis Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr
Denis Nayland Smith takes Shang Chi and Black Jack Tarr on a mission to South America. Fu Manchu has forged an alliance with a former Nazi officer called Wilhelm Bucher, who's supposedly in possession of a secret Nazi weapon. They're guided by a man called Raymond Strawn. They realise that Strawn is really Bucher in disguise. Fu Manchu is watching.
Amazing Spider-Man #139
Title: Day of the Grizzly!
Writer: Gerry Conway
Artist: Ross Andru
Villain: Jackal. Grizzly
Regulars: J. Jonah Jameson, Joe Robertson, Betty Brant, Liz Allan
Peter Parker finds a new apartment in 12th Street. The area looks awful, but what do you expect for $110 a month?
While Peter is visiting the Daily Bugle, a costumed giant called the
Grizzly attacks J. Jonah Jameson. Peter changes into Spider-Man and saves
JJJ. In the fight he pretends to be knocked out, so that he can plant a
spider tracer on the Grizzly. He follows him as Peter Parker, and he finds
him in a rich town house alongside the Jackal, Spider-Man's mysterious
enemy who was last seen in
Amazing Spider-Man #130.
Fantastic Four #153
Title: Worlds in Collision!
Writer: Tony Isabella
Artist: Rich Buckler
Fantastic Four: Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Johnny Storm, Medusa
Villain: Mahkizmo
Regulars: Thundra
The Fantastic Four (three of them, anyway) break out of the cage where Mahkizmo is holding them. They don't get very far, because they're being weakened by a Domina-Ray (TM) that reduces their will to fight.
Fantastic Four #153
Title: Worlds in Collision!
Writer: Tony Isabella
Artist: Rich Buckler
Fantastic Four: Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Johnny Storm, Medusa
Villain: Mahkizmo
Regulars: Thundra
The Fantastic Four (three of them, anyway) break out of the cage where Mahkizmo is holding them. They don't get very far, because they're being weakened by a Domina-Ray (TM) that reduces their will to fight.
Medusa returns with a Femizon army. The Femizons are also weakened, but
Medusa is immune to the ray because of her Inhuman genetics. While she's
fighting the men off, the Human Torch destroys the Domina-Ray.
This is the first time I've heard the Human Torch encourage the Thing to yell his battle cry: It's clobbering time!
When the Thing and Thundra punch Mahkizmo at the same time he explodes,
and the power of the explosion causes the two parallel universes to
combine. That's too ridiculous for me to begin to say what's wrong with
it. The whirlwind of the two universes combining throws the Fantastic Four
back to their own universe, together with Thundra.
I'm glad this story is over. Will the next story be better?
Tony Isabella is a competent writer, so I hope so.
Thor #230
Title: The sky above, the pits below!
Writer: Gerry Conway
Artist: Rich Buckler
Villain: unnamed demon
Regulars: Sif, Krista, Hildegarde, Hercules
Thor #230
Title: The sky above, the pits below!
Writer: Gerry Conway
Artist: Rich Buckler
Villain: unnamed demon
Regulars: Sif, Krista, Hildegarde, Hercules
Guests: Iron Man, Jarvis
Thor carries the unconscious Hercules to the Avengers Mansion. Iron Man uses a Memory Inducer (TM) to find out what's happened to him, but Hercules wakes up and smashes the machine. He continues to demolish everything he sees until Krista touches him.
Thor carries the unconscious Hercules to the Avengers Mansion. Iron Man uses a Memory Inducer (TM) to find out what's happened to him, but Hercules wakes up and smashes the machine. He continues to demolish everything he sees until Krista touches him.
Hercules tells Thor that he was attacked by a figure of complete darkness
accompanied by demons. This has made him despair. Thor and Hercules go
below the Earth to face the monsters. Thor swings his hammer at empty air,
and the demon figure withdraws defeated. Huh? Is that the best Gerry
Conway can do? I could have written a better story.
In Asgard, Hildegarde discovers that Odin has vanished.
Tomb of Dracula #27
Title: Night-Fire!
Writer: Marv Wolfman
Artist: Gene Colan
Regulars: Frank Drake, Rachel Van Helsing, Taj Nittal, Quincy Harker, Sheila Whittier
Kills: None (total 38)
Embraces: None (total 9)
Dracula manages to escape from the trap set for him by his unseen opponent. I already know who the opponent is, but I shan't give it away.
Tomb of Dracula #27
Title: Night-Fire!
Writer: Marv Wolfman
Artist: Gene Colan
Regulars: Frank Drake, Rachel Van Helsing, Taj Nittal, Quincy Harker, Sheila Whittier
Kills: None (total 38)
Embraces: None (total 9)
Dracula manages to escape from the trap set for him by his unseen opponent. I already know who the opponent is, but I shan't give it away.
Sheila Whittier accompanies David Eshcol on his search to retrieve the
other two parts of the Chimera statue. He doesn't know that she's serving
Dracula. Dracula intercepts his car and persuades David to give him the
piece he already has. He displays its power. When David tries to take it
back, Dracula attempts to kill him, but he's stopped by the Star of
David.
Their fight is interrupted by someone threatening to kill Sheila if he isn't given the Chimera's tail.
Their fight is interrupted by someone threatening to kill Sheila if he isn't given the Chimera's tail.
Werewolf by Night #24
Title: The Dark Side of Evil!
Writer: Doug Moench
Artist: Don Perlin
Villain: DePrayve (Winston Redditch)
Regulars: Buck Cowan, Lissa Russell
Jack Russell is evicted from his apartment for wrecking it three times. He moves in with Buck Cowan.
Buck recommends a scientist called Winston Redditch, who claims to have
devised a way to suppress the evil and violent parts of the brain. Before
Jack can drive to meet him, Winston experiments on himself, and his serum
has the opposite effect, removing his good and gentle traits.
He turns into a monster called DePrayve, but (un)luckily it's the third
night of the full moon, so Jack Russell can fight him as the Werewolf.
DePrayve flees, and the Werewolf is captured by the police.
Meanwhile, Jack's sister Lissa is only a few months away from her 18th
birthday.
I apologise once more for the poor quality of the cover that I've reproduced above. This series isn't yet available in Marvel Unlimited, so I had to use a poor quality scan that I found online. This is a tragedy, because this comic is one of Marvel's best stories this month
Supernatural Thrillers #10
Title: A Choice of Lions!
Writer: Len Wein
Artist: Val Mayerik
Villain: Elementals (Hellfire, Hydron, Magnum, Zephyr), Living Pharaoh (flashback)
The Mummy remembers his childhood as N'Kantu before his people were enslaved by the Egyptians. He had to go into the jungle alone to slay a lion to prove his manhood.
The Mummy staggers across the desert to find the Red Scarab. He sees a
young Jewish girl, dressed as a soldier, facing an armoured tank. When the
tank's drivers, Egyptian soldiers, fire at her, he blocks the bullets with
his body. He walks steadily towards the tank, immune to their bullets,
while the girl uses his body as cover. At the last moment she throws a
grenade into the tank, completely destroying it.
Zephyr, one of the four Elementals, says she will go to Earth to help the
Mummy retrieve the Scarab.
This is an excellent story, the best in the series so far.
Doctor Strange #5
Title: Cloak and Dagger
Writer: Steve Englehart
Artist: Frank Brunner
Villain: Silver Dagger
Guests: Clea, Wong
Once more, the Englehart/Brunner team win the Comic of the Month award. In my opinion, they were the best creative team ever.
Artist: Frank Brunner
Villain: Silver Dagger
Guests: Clea, Wong
Once more, the Englehart/Brunner team win the Comic of the Month award. In my opinion, they were the best creative team ever.
Silver Dagger recounts his past life to Clea. He used to be a Cardinal in
the Vatican, the Pope's favourite to succeed him, but when the Pope died
the other Cardinals passed him by because of his fanaticism. After that he
saw his mission as to fight the Devil's work on Earth with the Devil's
weapons. He travelled the world learning the mystic arts, killing his
teachers after they had fully instructed him.
Doctor Strange escapes from the Eye of Agamotto. First he enters the body
of a wax dummy, then Clea's body, before finally taking back possession of
his own body. He defeats Silver Dagger by revealing to him that he's on
the wrong path.
Ghost Rider #9
Title: The Hell-Bound Hero!
Writer: Tony Isabella
Artist: Jim Mooney
Villain: Satan, Inferno
Regulars: Roxanne Simpson, the Friend
Meanwhile, Satan is negotiating with Roxanne Simpson. Only her purity
protects Johnny Blaze from Satan, so he offers a deal: if she renounces her
support for Johnny, he will stop torturing her father in Hell.
I like the representation of the Devil as Satan in the Ghost Rider stories
much more than Mephisto in the Silver Surfer stories, even though they're
supposed to be the same person. Satan is an intelligent trickster, while
Mephisto is much too whiney.
After Roxanne renounces Johnny Blaze, Satan takes away his powers. His
flaming bike disappears, he's no longer invulnerable to bullets, and he can
no longer summon hellfire. The only thing that remains is his flaming skull.
He steals a motorbike to escape – isn't that a sin in itself? –
and outruns Inferno, but then Satan himself appears to take Johnny's
soul.
Satan is stopped by a surprise figure, a deus ex machina.
The key word is deus. The mysterious stranger introduces himself as a
friend. Readers immediately recognised that the friend is Jesus. It
reminds me of the popular modern hymn, "What a friend we have in Jesus".
Over the next two years the friend appeared repeatedly in a
nudge-nudge-wink-wink manner; he never said who he was, but everyone knew.
After that, problems came with the new Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter,
but I'll write about that when I finally get to 1976 in my reviews.
Power Man #22
Title: The Broadway Mayhem of 1974
Writer: Tony Isabella
Artist: Ron Wilson
Villain: Stiletto, Discus
Regulars: Dave Griffith
Dave Griffith and Luke Cage inspect the damage done to the Gem cinema after the fight between the two Power Mans (sic) last issue. When Luke goes back to his apartment he's followed by Stiletto, the vigilante who wanted to return him to prison in Hero For Hire #16. This time Stiletto is accompanied by another vigilante called Discus. They're convinced that they're the good guys.
Tony Isabella spoke these words in an interview a few years later:
"As Gary Friedrich had laid down the rules, it was only the pureness
of Roxanne Simpson that kept Satan from claiming the soul of Johnny
Blaze. So, when I started writing the book, that was the forbidden
fruit I couldn't resist. What happens when Roxanne can no longer
protect Johnny? So I set up the scenario...and probably discovered I'd
written myself into a corner.
I was discussing the book with a group of writers, confident that, one way or another, I could get Johnny out of this jam. That's when the legendary Steve Gerber quipped, 'Why don't you have God save him?' I laughed and then went...Wait a minute...that's just crazy enough to work! I pitched it to editor Roy Thomas, laying out where I'd be going with the character after that, and he approved what would end up being a two-year-long story arc".
I was discussing the book with a group of writers, confident that, one way or another, I could get Johnny out of this jam. That's when the legendary Steve Gerber quipped, 'Why don't you have God save him?' I laughed and then went...Wait a minute...that's just crazy enough to work! I pitched it to editor Roy Thomas, laying out where I'd be going with the character after that, and he approved what would end up being a two-year-long story arc".
Power Man #22
Title: The Broadway Mayhem of 1974
Writer: Tony Isabella
Artist: Ron Wilson
Villain: Stiletto, Discus
Regulars: Dave Griffith
Dave Griffith and Luke Cage inspect the damage done to the Gem cinema after the fight between the two Power Mans (sic) last issue. When Luke goes back to his apartment he's followed by Stiletto, the vigilante who wanted to return him to prison in Hero For Hire #16. This time Stiletto is accompanied by another vigilante called Discus. They're convinced that they're the good guys.
After Luke Cage defeats them he's approached by Tyler Stuart, the former
warden of Seagate Prison. He tells Luke that Stiletto and Discus are his
sons.
Luke and Dave take a bus to Los Angeles to visit Claire Temple.
Marvel Spotlight #19
Title: Demon, demon, who's got the demon?
Writer: Steve Gerber
Artist: Gene Colan
Villain: Allatou
Regulars: Katherine Reynolds
Daimon Hellstrom continues to battle the demon Allatou who effortlessly leaps from one body to another. Dr. Reynolds witnesses the battle, unable to understand what's happening. Eventually Daimon uses his hellfire to fuse Allatou within the body of Melissa's father. Then he casts out the demon.
Adventure Into Fear #25
Title: And what of a vampire's blood?
Writer: Steve Gerber, Doug Moench
Artist: Frank Robbins
Villain: Caretakers, Daemond
Back on Earth, Morbius meets the girl called Tara, one of the Children of the Comet who've been genetically engineered by the Caretakers. Before he can argue with her about the motives of the Caretakers, Daemond attacks them. Tara conjures up her future form, a sexy, scantily clothed woman with a whip, and she helps Morbius defeat Daemond's servants.
Marvel Spotlight #19
Title: Demon, demon, who's got the demon?
Writer: Steve Gerber
Artist: Gene Colan
Villain: Allatou
Regulars: Katherine Reynolds
Daimon Hellstrom continues to battle the demon Allatou who effortlessly leaps from one body to another. Dr. Reynolds witnesses the battle, unable to understand what's happening. Eventually Daimon uses his hellfire to fuse Allatou within the body of Melissa's father. Then he casts out the demon.
Adventure Into Fear #25
Title: And what of a vampire's blood?
Writer: Steve Gerber, Doug Moench
Artist: Frank Robbins
Villain: Caretakers, Daemond
Back on Earth, Morbius meets the girl called Tara, one of the Children of the Comet who've been genetically engineered by the Caretakers. Before he can argue with her about the motives of the Caretakers, Daemond attacks them. Tara conjures up her future form, a sexy, scantily clothed woman with a whip, and she helps Morbius defeat Daemond's servants.
The next attack comes from Martine, Morbius' former girlfriend. Tara
knocks her out, and Morbius catches her. He wants to rescue her, but he
can't resist the urge to drink her blood. Tara stops him before he goes
too far. Then Daemond attacks again, killing Tara. Her death makes him
even more powerful.
Non-Canon comics published this month:
Savage Sword of Conan #3 (Roy Thomas, John Buscema)
Deadly Hands Of Kung Fu #7 (Doug Moench, Mike Vosburg)
Vampire Tales #8 (Don McGregor, Mike Vosburg)
Monsters Unleashed #9 (Tony Isabella, Arvell Jones)
Non-Canon comics published this month:
Savage Sword of Conan #3 (Roy Thomas, John Buscema)
Deadly Hands Of Kung Fu #7 (Doug Moench, Mike Vosburg)
Vampire Tales #8 (Don McGregor, Mike Vosburg)
Monsters Unleashed #9 (Tony Isabella, Arvell Jones)
Planet of the Apes #3 (Gerry Conway, Mike Ploog)
Giant-Size Conan the Barbarian #2 (Roy Thomas, Gil Kane)
Defenders #18 (Len Wein, Sal Buscema)
Marvel Team-Up #28 (Gerry Conway, Jim Mooney)
Astonishing Tales #27 (Rich Buckler, Rich Buckler)
Strange Tales #177 (Mike Friedrich, Tony DeZumiga)
Conan the Barbarian #45 (Roy Thomas, John Buscema)
War is Hell #10 (Chris Claremont, Dick Ayers)
Spidey Super-Stories #3 (Jean Thomas, Winslow Mortimer)
Giant-Size Conan the Barbarian #2 (Roy Thomas, Gil Kane)
Defenders #18 (Len Wein, Sal Buscema)
Marvel Team-Up #28 (Gerry Conway, Jim Mooney)
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