Descrizione
CAPITAN AMERICA EDITORIALE CORNO
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1975
attorniati come sempre da Nick Fury e dagli altri ficcanaso dello S.H.I.E.L.D. (l’ente pubblico federale che siccome è lui che paga si sente pertanto in diritto di controllarli anche quando vanno al cesso), per Cap e Falcon i guai alla fine non mancano mai, ma con qualche piccolo broglio ed aiutino, oltre che alla consueta dose di culo, la spuntano sempre loro, pure a questo giro con lo statuario Gargoyle che al termine ci resta un’altra volta di stucco
in appendice : X-MEN in cui – con questa cinquantesima storia – al servizio della saga subentra per il breve ma indimenticabile arco di appena due episodi il prodigioso Jim Steranko con il suo formidabile e caratteristico stile tipicamente pop-psicheledico qui appena un po’ purgato dalle rifiniture di Tartaglione, inoltre anche un nuovo mini-capitolo sul tormentone delle origini dei membri del gruppo, in cui prosegue la bestiale narrazione delle lunghe e complicate vicende di Hank McCoy
CONDIZIONI : QUASI OTTIME, LIEVE MARCA DI PIEGA DIAGONALE IN COPERTINA, L’ ALBO NON E’ DI BUSTA
LEGENDA STATO DI CONSERVAZIONE
condizioni ECCELLENTI (o anche EDICOLA e/o MAGAZZINO) = si intende un oggetto nuovo e perfetto oppure usato senza difetti e praticamente ancora come nuovo, tenendone per quest’ultimo caso in conto ovviamente la datazione ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 8,5 e 9,8 (non assegniamo punteggi superiori a 9,8 perchè trattasi di tipi ideali a ns avviso più teorici e scolastici che reali e concreti, ogni manufatto umano in natura ha una percentuale insita e congenita seppur infinitesimale di imperfezione)
condizioni OTTIME = oggetto nuovo (o talora anche usato ma maneggiato e conservato con molta cura) in cui non si riscontra alcun difetto rilevante e degno di nota, tutt’al più qualche minimo segno di lettura o di uso ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 7 e 8,5
condizioni BUONISSIME = oggetto usato (ed in taluni casi anche fondo di magazzino soggetto a piccole usure del tempo) con lievi imperfezioni e difetti poco vistosi, generalmente molto marginali ed appena percepibili ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 5,5 e 7
condizioni MOLTO BUONE = oggetto usato con imperfezioni vistose e difetti abbastanza spiccati, pur se non completamente invalidanti (generalmente specificati nel dettaglio alla voce CONDIZIONI nella parte inferiore della descrizione di ogni singolo oggetto); corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 4 e 5,5
condizioni PIU’ CHE BUONE / MEDIOCRI = oggetto usato con imperfezioni e difetti evidenti, smaccati, madornali ed invalidanti, assolutamente non collezionabile tuttavia idoneo per la semplice lettura o documentazione ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale inferiore a 4
per eventuali ulteriori dettagli aggiuntivi e specifici si prega di fare sempre riferimento alla voce CONDIZIONI nella parte inferiore della descrizione di ogni singolo oggetto
GRANDISSIMA DISPONIBILITA’ DI TUTTI I SUPEREROI CORNO E NON
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“And in the End” / E ALLA FINE…
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Leila Taylor
- Reverend Garcia
- Commissioner Feingold (Unnamed)
Locations:
Items:
- Captain America’s Shield
- Captain America’s Uniform
- Ultra Ray Repulsor Cannon
- Element X
Synopsis
The Grey Gargoyle has just broken into the Roost a secret S.H.I.E.L.D.
facility located within a mountain that contains Element X, the
substance the Grey Gargoyle needs to make his stone touch permanent.
He
plans to steal Element X and simply use it to extort the world into
bowing down to him. He dispatches the guards and encases Element X in
stone allowing him to move freely without it getting volatile.
While that’s going down Captain America and the Falcon are tending to Sharon Carter and Nick Fury who have just emerged from their stone prison. The group is also visited by Redwing
who has since reverted back to himself as well. The two crime fighters
rush to the Roost to stop the Grey Gargoyle by entering through the roof
of the facility.
The pair sees that he has already obtained Element X
and dive into battle. Captain America signals Nick and Sharon who have
since made their way to the roof and are witnessing the battle below.
Meanwhile the commissioner of the NYPD speaks with Reverend Garcia who’s recovering in the hospital. The two are soon also visited by Leila Taylor
who blames the rookie policeman Steve Rogers for Garcia being in the
hospital and has a general distrust of white people. Garcia explains
that Steve Rogers has been nothing but help to the community but Leila
isn’t buying it.
Back to the battle as Redwing is able to grab the stone canister
after Captain America and the Falcon knock it loose. The Falcon and
Redwing then head towards a waiting rocket inside the mountain where
they lure the Gargoyle inside it.
They’re successful as the Gargoyle is
focused on the Falcon and the canister that’s when he’s blind sided by Captain America’s Shield
which allows for the Falcon enough time to escape off the rocket and
for Captain America to close it behind them. In his eagerness to escape
the Grey Gargoyle actually aids them by turning the now closed door to
stone further solidifying his imprisonment. As the heroes run for the
shelter Sharon and Nick, who are in the rocket control room, launch the
rocket. Shooting the Grey Gargoyle and Element X into space.
Notes
- The Grey Gargoyle will next be seen in Marvel Team-Up #13 (in Italy in URC #142) where he again encounters Captain America.
| November, 1968 |
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“– Hail, Queen of Mutants!” / LA CITTA’ DEI MUTANTI
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Mesmero
- Demi-Men
- Magneto (Android) (First appearance)
Locations:
- United States of America
- California
- Southwestern US desert
- Mesmero’s ‘Mutant City’
Items:
Vehicles:
- Mesmero’s missile-car
Synopsis
“City of Mutants”, the staging ground for his mutant militia.
Iceman is imprisoned while Mesmero’s scientists work to awaken Lorna’s
latent mutant powers.
San Francisco mansion to find opposition from his Demi-Men who easily
defeat the group with a special gas apparently created by Magneto
himself. With the X-Men downed, the squad leader of the Demi-Men orders
them taken to the Mutant City.
There, Mesmero’s machines awaken Lorna’s latent mutant abilities,
which manifest as control over magnetism. Calling her the daughter of
Magneto, Mesmero dubs her M-2 and orders the just arriving X-Men to bow
to her supremacy.
Refusing, the X-Men prepare to attack and Iceman
manages to free himself by freezing his bonds to the point that they
shatter from the intense cold.
With Lorna under his control, Mesmero
orders her to use her powers against the X-Men and she complies,
unleashing a powerful magnetic blast… However, it’s unleashed against
Mesmero’s men and not the X-Men. The strain knocks her out, and she is
saved from a fall by Angel.
The X-Men then rushes in for the attack, but before they can
strike Mesmero, they are blocked by some barrier. Then out of the
shadows, to everyone’s shock and surprise, Magneto reveals himself to be
alive and well.
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“This Boy — This Bombshell!” / Le origini degli X-Men – IL RAGAZZINO BOMBA !
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Conquistador (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Chico, Conquistador’s Lieutenant
Other Characters:
- Unnamed coach and football players
- Three unnamed thieves
- Unnamed policemen
Locations:
- United States
- Illinois
- New York
- Annandale-on-Hudson (First appearance)
- Bard College (First appearance)
- Annandale-on-Hudson (First appearance)
- Illinois
Synopsis
The young Hank McCoy is raised by his parents Norton and Edna McCoy,
who find that raising a mutant child with superior strength and agility
is difficult, but they still raise a well-rounded boy. Reaching his high
school years, the academic Hank is pressured by the football captain to
kick a ball, trying to show his team that a lowly freshman can play
better football than them. To everyone’s surprise, Hank’s mutant nature
makes him adept at playing football and he’s soon invited to join the
team. Hank does and becomes a football sensation.
During one of his games, the box office is robbed by a gang of
crooks who try to steal the money from ticket sales. Witnessing the
robbery, Hank uses his mutant abilities to knock out all the crooks, his
daring actions are televised on national television, attracting the
attention of a costumed villain known as the Conquistador, who seeks to
exploit Hank for his own criminal ends.
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“Evil Is a Baaaaad Scene!” / IL MALE E’ BRUTTO A VEDERSI !
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
Locations:
Synopsis
