Descrizione
CAPITAN AMERICA EDITORIALE CORNO
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1973
IN QUESTO NUMERO 2 EPISODI COMPLETI DI CAP
contiene inoltre : X – MEN alle prese dapprima con il solito consorzio di mascalzoni mutanti capeggiato da Magneto (con il rinforzo dell’adiposo fenomeno da baraccone Blob) e poi pure con l’ intangibile Unus
CONDIZIONI : OTTIME, 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
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“The Secret!” / SCONTRO FRONTALE
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Agent-60 (Kuro Chin) (Death)
Location:
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- Officers’ section, building 19, room 7
Villains:
- Yashonka guards
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- Yashonka human-operated giant robot
- Beeper dogs
- General Li Chou
Items:
- Solar gun
- Experimental armored air-car
- Z-Ray
Synopsis
On a mission to rendezvous with Agent-60, a double agent working in a secret lab of a Communist country, Captain America has come to find and destroy the plans for the Z-Ray.
Tipping off security, Captain America has to convince Agent-60, who is afraid to get caught, to be brave.
During the combat, Agent-60 sacrifices his life trying defend Captain America, and Cap manages to destroy the Communists Z-Ray weapon before they can use it against the US.
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“Wanted: Captain America!” / RICERCATO : CAPITAN AMERICA !
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Featured Characters:
Villains:
- Peerless Planner
- Planner’s minions
Other Characters:
Items:
- Proton gun
- Captain America’s shield
Vehicles:
- Sub-car
Synopsis
A crook named the Peerless Planner begins a series of heists in a Captain America costume.
The villain is trying not only to turn public opinion against Cap, but also pressure him to accepting a frontal challenge.
The Planner hopes that he can defeat Captain America and steal his shield, believing in which has a large number of extraordinary secret devices built into it.
Sure enough, after committing enough heists, Captain America comes out of hiding and tracks down the Planner, chasing him to his base, beating his thugs, and the Planner himself.
After revealing that he removed the special devices from his shield a long time ago, Captain America knocks out the Planner and turns him over to the police, clearing his name.
Notes
- For the Captain America story, this is the second time a crook makes trouble just for the purpose of taking Cap’s shield under the assumption that Cap is using the transistors Iron Man put in his shield, only to find out after he’s beaten that they were removed a long time ago (the first time, a couple of months maximum, but in this story, a good 3-4 years!). The first was in Tales of Suspense #62 with the Deacon (in Italy in CAPC # 2).
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“The Return of the Blob” / IL RITORNO DI BLOB (2a parte)
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Zelda (First appearance)
- Bernard the Poet (First appearance)
Villains:
Other Characters:
- Carnies
- Coffee A Go-Go patrons
Locations:
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- Magneto’s mansion
- Magneto’s factory
- Greenwich Village
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- Coffee A Go-Go (First appearance)
Items:
Vehicles:
- X-Men jetcopter
- Magna-Car (First appearance)
Synopsis
Continued from last issue…
Magneto orders the Blob to join the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
At first the Blob refuses and attacks Magneto, but he overcomes his mind probe. Wanting revenge against the X-Men, the Blob agrees to join the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
At the mansion Cerebro’s alarm suddenly goes off alerting Cyclops of the Blob’s recent activities.
Cyclops tries to contact the rest of the X-Men, successfully reaching Warren. Warren gathers Hank and Bobby so that they can meet back up with Scott and Jean.
Magneto challenges the X-Men to a fight at an abandoned factory.
A fight begins between the two groups. Cyclops’ leadership skills quickly show as he leads the X-Men in successful counter attacks of everything that the evil mutants can throw at them including missiles.
With the X-Men standing together, Magneto fires a second round of missiles at the group even though the Blob is standing next to them.
The X-Men hide behind the bulky villain and let him take the full force of the missiles. Magneto orders the rest of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to retreat seeing that his plans have failed.
The X-Men offer to help the Blob since his teammates abandoned him. The Blob refuses telling them that he’s fed up with fighting other people’s fights, and that he just wants to return to the carnival.
Notes
- Cyclops is named leader of the X-Men in Professor X’s absence.
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“The Uncanny Threat of…Unus, the Untouchable!” / UNUS , L’ INTOCCABILE ! (1a parte)
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Featured Characters:
Villains:
- Unus the Untouchable (First appearance)
- Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
Other Characters:
- Maxie, Unus’ trainer
- Unnamed bank robbers
- Tommy, a boy
- Unnamed father of Tommy
- Wrestling spectators
Locations:
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- Wrestling stadium
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Items:
- Cyclops’ Visor, version 1
- Cerebro
- Mutant Power Enhancer (First appearance)
Vehicles:
- Professor X’s cave exploring wheelchair (First appearance)
- X-Men’s twin-rotor helicopter
Synopsis
Cyclops watches over the X-Men’s latest training session. He helps Iceman to develop his powers including making his body colder, which in turn makes him appear more icy and transparent rather than a snowman. Following the tough workouts, Cyclops gives the group the rest of the day off. Jean tries to convince Cyclops to spend the rest of the afternoon with them, but he refuses saying that he has too much work to do. From her thoughts, it becomes obvious that Jean has fallen in love with Scott.
Heading for the coffee shop where they met Zelda, Hank and Bobby come across a child that is in danger of falling off a roof. Without any time to change into costume, Hank climbs up the side of the building and rescues the child. When he reaches the ground again, he and Bobby are attacked by the onlooking mob, which is angered that there was a mutant hiding among them. Hank and Bobby are able to escape and head back to the mansion.
Infuriated, Hank tells Scott that he is quitting the X-Men. Scott does not know what to do, so he contacts Professor Xavier.
Professor Xavier tells him that he cannot do anything about it, and continues on his quest to find Lucifer.
A week later, Hank has established himself as a pro wrestler. His latest opponent is a man that goes by the name of Unus, the Untouchable.
Hank tries to attack Unus, but every time he attempts to strike the man, he is stopped by an invisible forcefield. Hank suddenly recognizes Mastermind in the audience then realizes that the two men somehow know each other.
After the fight Mastermind heads into Unus’ locker room. Unus inquires whether he can join the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants yet. Mastermind informs him that due to the failures of Namor and the Blob recently, Unus must prove his loyalty before receiving membership. He informs Unus that he must find or even defeat one of the X-Men.
Unus has no idea how to find the X-Men so he decides to rob a bank.
Coincidentally, the X-Men are nearby so Unus gets his chance to prove himself. The four X-Men are unable to figure out how to fight a man that they cannot touch. Unus grabs Angel who tries to fly off. Unus is able to hold onto him knowing that the X-Men are not killers.
Angel eventually sets Unus down on a nearby rooftop.
The X-Men return to the mansion to try and figure out how to defeat Unus, and find Beast in the lab working on a strange device.
Continued to next issue…
Notes
- Marvel Girl changes her mask back to her original one.
- Iceman takes his transparent ice form for the first time. This becomes the standard look for the character from this point on.
Trivia
- The Beast temporarily leaves the team to become a wrestler. His pseudonym is “The Beast”.
- This issue is cited in All-New X-Men #1 by Brian Michael Bendis (writer) and Stuart Immonen (penciler) in Italy in I NUOVISSIMI X-MEN #1 Marvel Now Panini comics.
- This issue contains the very first assault of Homo sapiens on Mutants in the original run of the series.
