Descrizione
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1978
Si conclude il pietrificante duetto di Spider-Man con LA COSA con un lapidario finale in cui dopo aver affrontato insieme il Basilisco e fattolo a pesto, il massiccio quarto di fantastico rompe il sodalizio e abbandona la scena buttandosi giù senza paracadute da un cavalcavia dell’ autostrada
“I Have to Fight the Basilisk!” / LA SFIDA DEL BASILISCO
|
---|
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
Other Characters:
- Moloids (Only in flashback)
- Captain Marvel (Only in flashback)
- Mole Man (Only in flashback)
- Mr. Fantastic (Only in flashback)
- New York policemen
- O’Rourke
Locations:
- New York City
- Subterranea (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Spider-Man’s Web-Shooters
- Omega Stone (Only in flashback)
- Alpha Stone (Only in flashback)
- Nega-Bands (Only in flashback)
Synopsis
Continued from Marvel Two-In-One #17…(in last issue). Basilisk has raised a volcano in the middle of New York harbor, and has
defeated the Thing. With only Spider-Man to face him, Basilisk throws
the unconscious Thing at Spider-Man.
Explaining to Spider-Man that he survived their last encounter
when he was absorbed by the Omega Stone and saved by the Moloids,
Basilisk blasts Spider-Man away. Spider-Man then revives the Thing and
the two team up to try and stop Basilisk. As J. Jonah Jameson loses his
temper because Peter Parker is unavailable, the two heroes battle
Basilisk across town.
After a lengthy battle across New York City, the Thing and
Spider-Man knock Basilisk into the volcano he erected, causing an
explosion that destroys the volcano.
“The Man Who Came Down on a Rainbow!” / L’ UOMO VENUTO SULL’ ARCOBALENO
|
---|
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
Other Characters:
- Shaper of Worlds
- Glorian
- Crackajack Jackson (An Illusion of the Shaper of Worlds)
- Jarella (An Illusion of the Shaper of Worlds)
Locations:
- Siberia
- A world created by the Shaper of the Worlds
Synopsis
The Hulk is still lost in the Soviet Union, and his presence in that
country has let to a clash against Soviet Forces, who do not fare very
well against the green giant. The Hulk easily smashes them and then
makes his escape. Landing in the nearby wilderness, the Hulk spots a
young bear cub and attempts to befriend it. However, the bear’s mother
doesn’t like this and attacks the Hulk. The Hulk, not understanding,
attacks the mother bear until he realizes it was only trying to protect
its cub from him. The Hulk, angry at this rejection allows the bears to
flee.
As the Hulk wanders the wilderness he spots a rainbow and feels
himself drawn to it. Coming to its true end, the Hulk is surprised to
see a golden-skinned man skate down the side of the rainbow and greet
him. The being introduces himself the Glorian, and tells him that he has
come to help the Hulk by bringing him to a better place, where his
dreams will come true. Taking the Hulk by the hand, Glorian takes the
Hulk across the universe to a lush green world that that Hulk finds
instantly peaceful. Telling the Hulk that this land is a gift to him and
that it is everything he’s ever wanted, the Glorian disappears to allow
the Hulk to explore. As the Hulk crosses the wilderness, he comes hears
some familiar music and his shocked to see his friend Crackerjack
Jackson, apparently alive and well. This supposed resurrection brings
the Hulk much joy and the reunited friends walk off into the wilderness.
Little does the Hulk know this fantasy world is a construct of a
being he has met before in the past: The Shaper of Worlds. The Shaper,
having realized that he lacks imagination to create his illusions has
decided to bring joy to those and experience their wildest imaginations
with them, and has selected the Hulk as the first such person to receive
his gift. The Glorian thanks the Shaper for saving his life and giving
him new purpose as well.
That night the Hulk and Crackerjack camp out and the Hulk has his
favorite food: beans. He sleeps peacefully that night and the next
morning Crackerjack shows the Hulk yet another surprise: His lover
Jarella. The Hulk is delighted to see her and she tells him that they
will be together forever, and the Hulk spends some quality time with a
woman who is supposedly the love of his life.
While back on Earth, General Ross brings Betty to see her husband
Glenn Talbot and she is horrified to find that following his ordeal in
Russia he is now just a mindless husk. This brings her to tears,
especially when the doctor on base provides a bleak outlook on Glenn’s
possibility for recovery. General Ross refuses to give up so easily and
vows to restore Glenn’s mind no matter what.
Back on the Hulk’s fantasy world, the Hulk continues to spend his
day with Crackerjack and Jarella when they are suddenly ambushed by an
army of Toad Men. They have come to capture the trio as slaves. The
Hulk, not remembering them from his previous encounter years ago,
attacks them, however their superior weapons succeed in knocking the
Hulk out. The Hulk, Jarella and Crackerjack are then loaded up into one
of the Toad Men’s ship and the blast off heading for their home world:
Toadworld. Revived, the Hulk finds himself in shackles and watches as
the world he considered a paradise slowly drifts out of sight as they
travel through space.
“Bullseye Rules Supreme!” / OCCHIO DI BUE GOVERNA SUPREMO (1a parte)
|
---|
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
Other Characters:
- circus performers
- circus spectators
Locations:
- New York City
- Madison Square Garden
- Storefront Legal Services
Items:
Synopsis
also revealed that Bullseye wanted to get his name out there, and use
fear as a means to make a lot of cash. An assassin who would be paid not to kill, that’s what Bullseye fancied himself. So
it was to MSG that Bullseye brought Daredevil, that he might kill this
champion in front of thousands of people in an effort to solidify his
name and his menace to society. The battle at the beginning of the
story is everything you’d expect from these two adversaries in a circus
setting — juggling pins, high wires, whips, animal cages, stampeding
elephants, a human cannonball — you name it, it was part of the story.
In the course of the battle DD injured his left shoulder in a fall.
Not wanting to let on, he toughed his way through it, but was always a
step slow. Consequently,
Bullseye wreaked havoc again and again. The key to the fight was DD
being hit in the face with a rosin bag, which took his breath away.
Bullseye also used a gun in this story. It was not, however, a normal gun but one that instead used sonic waves to generate different types of force. To end the battle at the circus, Bullseye used the gun to generate steam from the vat the divers used in their high wire act.
Back at The Storefront, Foggy
and Heather continue to worry about Matt. Foggy relates some history
about Matt in a nice bit of characterization of both men.