Descrizione
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LO STUPEFACENTE UOMO RAGNO
THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN
SERIE CRONOLOGICA DELL’ EDITORIALE CORNO, LA MAGNIFICA COLLANA IN FORMATO GIGANTE DI GENIALISSIMO ED ESCLUSIVO BRAND TUTTO NOSTRANO CHE IL MONDO INTERO ANCOR OGGI CI INVIDIA
ALBO GIGANTE TUTTO A COLORI DEL 1979
all’ interno 3 episodi (la conclusione di quello rimasto in sospeso nel numero precedente e 2 completi)
Dopo le campagne contro terrorismo, droga e per l’umanizzazione delle carceri, un Uomo Ragno quadruplicemente articolato (con 6 braccia e 2 gambe) affronta un’ altra allarmante emergenza sociale : la tossicodipendenza da sangue umano, con i magnifici disegni di un ancora sottovalutato ed incompreso Gil Kane che non favoriscono e non soddisfano le polluzioni notturne degli irriducibili ed inconsolabili nostalgici di John Romita padre
Gil Kane ai tempi in cui era un giovane nerd che si faceva canne al Village
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 Spider or the Man?” / L’ INCREDIBILE (2a parte)
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- George Stacy (Dream)
Villains:
- Doctor Octopus (Dream)
- Kingpin (Dream)
- Green Goblin (Dream)
Locations:
- New York City
- Peter and Harry’s Apartment
Items:
Vehicles:
- Peter and Harry’s Apartment
Synopsis
Continued from last issue…
Pain in his sides grows as he follows the voice: he finally finds George Stacy’s disembodied head, which tells him, “You are Spider-Man! It is your blessing–and your curse–forever.”
Parker wakes up and finds that the potion has changed him, but not in the way he expected. He has become more, not less, like a spider–he has grown four extra arms!
Featured Character(s):
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Morbius (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors)
- Aunt May (In an illusion or vision)
- Whitey (Only appearance; dies)
- Sam (Only appearance; dies)
Location:
- New York
- New York City
- Daily Bugle Building
- Peter and Harry’s Apartment
- Long Island
- New York City
- Florida
Items:
Vehicles:
- large boat
Synopsis
Spider-Man has grown four extra arms. He realizes that its because of the potion he took to remove his spider powers so he could live a normal life and settle down with Gwen Stacy.
Peter, in his new state panics and thinking himself a freak, he snaps back to reality when his phone rings. When he answers the phone it turns out to be Gwen, she’s inviting him to come see a movie. Peter makes up an excuse and snaps at her so that she’ll leave him alone and forget him in case they don’t see each other again. Gwen is saddened by this but gets the message and hangs up, leaving Peter to sink into depression.
Peter tries to envision the good that could come of his new arms but that quickly turns into what would happen if his Aunt May saw him in this state and what it’d do to her heart. Soon after his phone rings again.
The second call ends up being Joe Robertson from the Daily Bugle offering him a late-night photo assignment. Peter rejects the offer, saying he’s going to the country for a rest cure, which angers Jameson but worries Robertson. This leads Peter into a deeper depression thinking that he’s now lost both the girl of his dreams and his job.
After that Peter gets an idea, he calls Dr. Curt Connors and reveals to him that it is Spider-Man and that he needs his help. Spider-Man asks Dr. Connors if he has a place to he can stay for a while. Curt offers up his Southhampton home for Spider-Man’s use, telling Spider-Man that the key is under the mat and that if he needs it there is a fully-equipped lab is in the basement.
Peter hangs up and starts to pack. Knowing he can’t take a cab or train in his condition he decides to web-swing to Connors’ home.
Peter arrives and the scene shifts to a boat a mile down shore where a meeting is being held between some scared sailors, the meeting is led by ‘Whitey’, who tells them that Captain Bloom is dead. Whitey blames the guy in the hold because they’ve had nothing but bad luck and missing sailors since they found him stranded in the ocean, they go confront the man in the hold, though he is barely awake, he manages to hold them off and escape, leaving the crew to think that he jumped overboard.
Night falls, and the crew go to sleep. The man returns to the ship, but now his skin is pale white and he resembles a vampire.
The man thinks to himself that night is his time and he thirsts, he slaughters the crew and drains their blood by before dawn. When dawn returns, so does the man’s rationalism and conscience. He is overwhelmed by guilt and leaps into the sea in an attempt at suicide.
That attempt fails and he soon washes ashore, walking along the beach only to find a familiar looking Southhampton beach house, he flies into a window on the upper floor and begins to sleep.
Spider-Man who is a few floors below him is becoming increasingly frustrated with his failed attempts at curing himself leading him to smash a test tube which wakes up Morbius. Morbius spies on Spidey and recognizes his costume but can’t place it, he notices the six arms as well but in is thirst he doesn’t care and hastily swoops down and attacks Spider-Man.
Morbius smacks into Spider-Man but he rebounds quickly only for Morbius to jump towards him again gripping at Spider-Man’s throat. Spider-Man sees the resemblance of a vampire at first but won’t believe it initially writing him off as another kooky super villain. Spider-Man bats Morbius away but he quickly bounces back with his fangs inches from Spider-Man’s throat. This changes Spidey’s mind and he calls Morbius what he initially refused to believe…a vampire. Morbius scoffs at this before pouncing on Spider-Man yet again and throwing him down from the second floor leaving Spidey in a dazed unconscious state which is perfect for Morbius to feed upon.
Right before Morbius is about to feast on Spidey is when Dr. Connors arrives.
Connors dodges Morbius’ attack but is panicked by his presence which leads the good doctor to transform into the monstrous Lizard. The two creatures argue about who will be the one to kill Spider-Man. Just as the two rush towards Spidey, he wakes up and sees them coming at him from both sides.
Notes
The first appearance of Morbius is what suggested and allowed other such characters to be created into the Marvel Universe. Such characters include Werewolf by Night, Dracula, The Living Mummy, as well as others. It also started many comic book series as well, including Werewolf by Night Vol 1, Supernatural Thrillers Vol 1, Tomb of Dracula Vol 1, as well as others.
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“Vampire at Large! / — The Way It Began / The Curse and the Cure!” / L’ ATTACCO DEL VAMPIRO !
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Morbius (Origin revealed)
Other Characters:
- Nikos (Only in flashback)
- Martine Bancroft (Only in flashback)
- Charlie – Homeless man killed by Morbius (Only appearance; dies)
- Syd and Joe (TV news service) (Only Appearance)
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
- Yacht
Synopsis
A six-armed Spider-Man is caught between the Lizard and Morbius, the living vampire. Both foes end up fighting for their right to destroy the wall-crawler. However, during the fight the Lizard is knocked into an electrical panel, and Morbius manages to bite him, but Spider-Man fights him off before he can get away. To Spidey’s surprise, something in Morbius’s bite has caused the Lizard to partially revert back to Curt Connors.
The effect is temporary, however Connors maintains his mind but struggles to keep the Lizard from taking control. The two decide to work together to try to find a cure for themselves, and deduce that something in Morbius’s blood could possibly cure them.
Meanwhile, Morbius has retired, and as he sleeps he reflects on the events that caused this transformation: How he and his lover Martine Bancroft and an assistant were out on a yacht conducting an experiment to cure Moribus of a degenerative blood disease. The experiment backfired, turning Morbius into a living vampire. After killing his assistant, Morbius dives into the water not wishing to hurt Martine.
Awakening again, Morbius goes back out on the prowl seeking out fresh victims to feed on.
As Spider-Man and Connors swing through the city looking for Morbius, Gwen Stacy sits at home worrying about what happened to Peter. When she calls Aunt May, she becomes even more worried when Aunt May tells her she hasn’t heard from Peter either.
At the Daily Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson confides in Joe Robertson about the Bugle’s financial problems.
While elsewhere in the city, Spider-Man and Connors find Morbius, and they battle him. During the fight, Connors manages to extract some of Morbius’s blood and injects himself with it. Surprisingly, it causes him to change back to his human form. But before Spider-Man can take the rest of the sample, Morbius grabs it and flies off. Spider-Man hitches on for a ride with a web-line, shadowing Morbius all over the city. Morbius eventually flies smack into an overpass causing him to fall in the river below. Spider-Man manages to recover the blood sample before Morbius sinks to the bottom. Injecting himself with the cure as well causes Spider-Man’s additional arms to disappear.
Notes
- Mortellaro is uncredited.
- First regular (non-annual or King size) 48 page-issue for Amazing Spider-Man. It costs 25 cents rather than the usual 15 cents. Issue 101 had a special note that the magazine was “Still 15 cents!” and 103 cost 20 cents.
