Descrizione
Nel giugno 1986, con uno squarcio nelle tenebre del black-out di oltre due anni conseguente al crack corno, questo effimero contenitore (2 soli numeri di vita) riporta temporaneamente a galla nel nostro paese ( grazie ai coraggiosi sforzi, alla ostinata fede e all’ abnegato impegno di Lupoi e Cavallerin) i supereroi Marvel rimasti ormai da troppo tempo a sedimentare nel limbo dell’ impossibilità e dell’ incompiutezza.
Ovviamente la linea editoriale è nel segno della continuità con la estinta gestione precedente, le serie proseguono quindi cronologicamente da dove erano state interrotte .
Le traduzioni sono opera dello stesso MML , il layout e la grafica sono curati da Mario Persichetti e Anna Valentini mentre il lettering viene affidato al volenteroso Fabio Ciacci.
Questa importante rivista traccerà il solco fondamentale che riaprirà l’ inarrestabile cammino di questi fumetti verso le edicole, attraverso le cruciali fasi Play e Star fino al dilagare massiccio delle pubblicazioni Panini che tuttora non dà segni di stanchezza nè di cedimento
il primo numero contiene : X-MEN (2 storie di cui una con la partecipazione di Spiderman) , L’ UOMO RAGNO (allietato dalla allegra compagnia di Moon Knight) e HULK
il secondo numero contiene : X-MEN , DEVIL (con nientemeno che la storia di Miller in cui fa la sua prima apparizione Elektra) e HULK
CONDIZIONI : OTTIME
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“Listen — Stop Me if You’ve Heard It — But This One Will Kill You!” / IL RITORNO DI ARCADE
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Arcade
- Miss Locke
- Mr. Chambers
- Unnamed members of Arcade’s gang
- Alexi Vazhin
Other Characters:
- Unnamed New Yorkers
- Mariko’s butlers
- Chris Claremont
- Roger Stern
- Bonnie Wilford
- Terry Austin
- Glynis Wein
- Len Wein
Locations:
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- Greenwich Village
- Lincoln Center
- Park Avenue
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- Japanese Consulate
Items:
Vehicles:
- Arcade’s sanitation trucks
- Arcade’s helicopter
Synopsis
The Amazing Spider-Man is swinging through New York’s Greenwich
Village, lamenting over his personal finances and fretting about his
date with Cissy Ironwood when he recognizes Colleen Wing and Scott Summers
and stops in to say hello before continuing on their way. Scott and
Colleen are unaware that they are being watched by one of Arcade’s
minions, Mr. Chambers, who uses a specially rigged garbage truck to
capture them. Overhearing this, Spider-Man recognizes the noise[3]
and realizes Arcade must be after his friends and arrives too late to
stop the kidnapping. Considering the fact that the Arcade might be after
the X-Men, Spider-Man decides to try to get in touch with them.
The Wall-Crawler’s hunch proves to be true, as Nightcrawler,
Colossus and their dates Amanda Sefton and Betsy Wilford are all gassed
and taken prisoner by Miss Locke. When Wolverine ends another date with
Mariko Yoshida, he too is captured by Mr. Chambers. While Arcade takes
care of Banshee and Storm personally by breaking into the X-Mansion and
taking them out with tranquilizer darts. When Spider-Man calls into the
school, Arcade answers the phone and tells Spidey that he’s too late to
warn his friends, angering the Wall-Crawler so badly, he smashes the
phone booth he’s in.
When the X-Men come around they find themselves in uniform and
placed in giant glass pinballs. Arcade introduces himself and sends them
off through his gigantic booby-trapped pinball machine. After bouncing
off a number of electrified bumpers, each ball goes down a separate slot
sending each X-Man into a different room. Cyclops lands in a room where
he has to make a choice between three doors, with only one leading to
safety. In order to force him to make a decision a moving wall threatens
to crush him. Colossus ends up in a room where he is confronted by a
robot disguised as a KGB agent named Alexi Vazhin who begins
interrogating Colossus over his loyalty to Russia while powerful
hypnotic lights confuse him. Wolverine ends up in a hall of mirrors that
create distorted robotic duplicates of him to battle. Nightcrawler is
trapped in a room where remote control cars chase after him with cutting
buzz saws. Banshee, still unable to use his mutant powers, has to make
it through a holographic simulation of a World War II battle, where some
of the model jets are real. Lastly Storm finds herself trapped in a
dark room that is filling with water. With her claustrophobia setting in
she tries to blast her way trough the roof with a lightning bolt onto
to have it reflected back at her.
Cyclops meanwhile decides not to choose any of the doors and
instead blasts through one of the walls with his optic blast. This
clears a passage into the hall of mirrors, damaging the replicating
mirrors. After helping Wolverine dispatch of the last of them, the two
X-Men head for the exit door only to be attacked by Colossus who has
been brainwashed into thinking that he is a Russian loyalist called the
Proletarian. From Arcade’s control room, Colleen, Amanda, and Betsy,
restrained in present shaped harnesses can only watch helplessly from
the control monitor. Arcade howls with laughter that with Colossus under
his control, the X-Men are finished.
This story is continued next issue….
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“He Only Laughs When I Hurt!” / RIDE BENE CHI RIDE ULTIMO
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Arcade – (Appears in flashback and main story), (Origin revealed)
- Miss Locke
- Mr. Chambers
Other Characters:
- Captain Britain – (Only in flashback), (Cameo)
- Spider-Man – (Only in flashback), (Cameo)
- Maggia – (Only in flashback), (Cameo)
- Black Tom Cassidy – (Only in flashback)
- Juggernaut (Cain Marko) – (Only in flashback)
- Alexi Vazhin (robot) – (Only in flashback), (Cameo)
- Magneto (robot) – (Only Appearance), (Destroyed)
- Hulk (robot) – (Only Appearance), (Destroyed)
- Unnamed members of Arcade’s entourage – (Only in flashback)
Locations:
Items:
Synopsis
Continued from last issue…
Captured by Arcade, the X-Men have been forced to fight their way
through his Murderworld. As Cyclops and Wolverine face off against
their comrade Colossus, who has been brainwashed into thinking he is the
“Proletarian”, a Russian loyalist, Arcade hows with laughter from his
control room. With him are his prisoners Amanda Sefton, Colleen Wing,
and Betsy Willford. When Colleen demands to know who he is, Arcade
explains to the women that he was just one of the idle rich of Beverly
Hills until his father cut off his money, prompting him to murder his
father. Finding a knack for killing, the boy who would become Arcade
used his family fortune to construct his Murderworld theme park and hire
himself up as an assassin. He recounts how he was previously hired by
the Maggia to try and eliminate Spider-Man and Captain Britain, and then later hired by Black Tom and Juggernaut to eliminate the X-Men. With his life story explained, he returns his attention to the monitor…
In one room, the battle between Colussus, Wolverine and Cyclops
continues. The brain washed X-Man manages to knock both of his comrades
through different revolving doors. In one room, Storm tries desperately
to get out of a room that is rapidly filling with water, struggling to
keep her claustrophobia in check while trying to find an escape route.
Cyclops ends up landing in the room where Nightcrawler struggles to
avoid being cut by a number of bumper cars lined with razor blades. When
Cyclops arrives all the cars pop out at once to strike. While Wolverine
ends up in the holographic simulation of that Banshee is caught in.
When Wolverine’s senses allow him to find a wall, he attempts to cut
through it. Arcade, having had this done when he was trying to kill
Spider-Man and Captain Britain has a surprise waiting for the two
mutants: robot duplicates of the Hulk and Magneto. While Storm decides
to find an escape under the water. Doffing her cape and boots she swims
down and finds a grate that might lead to a way out and desperately
travels through hoping that she can find an exit before she runs out of
breath.
Cyclops manages to dispatch the razor-cars and blasts a hole in
the wall that leads to an access tunnel. He sends Nightcrawler off on
his own to try and find the control room while he blasts his way into
another room. This is the room where Wolverine and Banshee are fighting
the Hulk and Magneto robots. As Cyclops lends Wolverine and Banshee a
helping hand, Nightcrawler gets the drop on Arcade, Miss Locke and Mr.
Chambers. Taking Miss Locke’s machine gun, Nightcrawler blasts the
controls to Murderworld before being brought down by knock out gas.
As Cyclops and the others finish fighting off the robots, a panel
in the wall opens dumping out water and Storm into the room. Cyclops
manages to revive Storm using CPR when Colossus enters the room. Still
under the influence of his brainwashing, Colossus knocks aside Wolverine
and Banshee and then begins to choke out Storm and Cyclops. Sotmr
however manages to appeal to Colossus, making him snap out of his
brainwashing. With the battle lost, Arcade decides to let the X-Men live
and pushes a button that ejects the X-Men and their friends out of
Murderworld into an abandoned amusement park. Rescuing their friends,
they find Arcade has left a note with Nightcrawler telling the X-Men
that they won the first round, but he’ll get them next time. Although
Wolverine wants to go back, Cyclops advises against it and the team
decides to return home to recuperate from their battle.
Trivia
- Cyclops makes a comment on how he does not have Wolverine’s
indestructible bones. Even up to this point it is not revealed that his
whole skeleton is adamantium not only his claws.
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“A Coffin for Spider-Man!” / UNA BARA PER L’ UOMO RAGNO
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Rat Pack (Criminal Gang) (First appearance)
- Louie Frenchetti (Only Appearance)
- Weasel (Only Appearance)
Other Characters:
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis
Moon Knight interrupts a robbery and, with the help of Frenchie in
the Moon-Chopper, makes off with the loot, taking it to a waterfront
warehouse where he leads a competition to become the new secretary of
the National Crime Syndicate Directorate. The first to amass ten million
in loot wins. At the Bugle. Peter stops by to sell JJJ some Spidey
photos, but Jonah wants pictures of Moon Knight. Moon Knight and
Frenchie return to Steven Grants mansion. The next night Moon Knight, as
Grant, and Marlene attend a Met gala. One of the gangs breaks in to
steal a ceremonial dagger. Moon Knight stops the robbery, but then
steals the dagger. Spidey tries, but fails to stop him. Delivering the
dagger. Moon Knight is told he needs to deliver Spidey’s corpse. Mob
flunky Weasel follows Moon Knight, who knocks him out. Shortly after.
Moon Knight apparently returns with Spidey’s body: actually the
knocked-out Weasel in a Spidey costume. Just as the gang bosses realize
the deception. Spidey shows up and helps Moon Knight capture all gang
members.
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“When the Hulk Comes Raging!” / QUANDO HULK SI SCATENA
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Other Characters:
Synopsis
Hulk reaches Gamma base to rescue the body of deceased Jarella, which
is kept intact in a tube in a secret chamber of the base. But the base
was waiting for him and lash all their power against the green brute.
When the war seems to be won by the Hulk, Glenn Talbot attacks him
wearing the Super-Mandroid armor provided by SHIELD. The Pentagon had
finally granted Talbot permission to kill the Hulk. An although Talbot
gets the advantage first, he succumbs to the increasing power of the
Hulk. Captain Marvel, who was in Denver, CO, heard the news about the
Hulk’s attack to Gamma base, and shows up just in time to halt the Hulk
and save Talbot’s life. During this issue, Rick Jones and Fred Sloan are
invited to the Mike Douglas TV show to talk about the Hulk/ Later, Fred
reveals Rick that he’s writing a book about his experience with the
Hulk “I’d like to get the truth about the Hulk in print… That he’s not
just a mindless monster!”.
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“There’s Something Awful on Muir Island!” / C’E’ QUALCOSA DI ORRIBILE SULL’ ISOLA MUIR !
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Angus MacWhirter – (Corpse), Mutant X (Possessed by Mutant X)
- Magneto
- Mastermind – (In various forms)
Other Characters:
- Marvel Girl – (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
- Angel – (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
- Iceman – (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
- Magda (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
- Unnamed airplane passengers
- Unnamed aliens
- Shi’ar
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- Araki
- Maelen
- Unnamed Shi’ar
Locations:
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- Muir Island
- Stornoway
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- Red Lion Inn
Items:
Vehicles:
- Quinjet
- Starcore Space Shuttle – (Only in flashback)
Synopsis
On Muir Island, Moira MacTagger begins examining Jean Grey to learn
the upper limits of her Phoenix powers. After some examination she
points out that Jean had unconsciously put up barriers to keep her
powers at her previous levels following saving the universe from the
M’Kraan Crystal
but now they seem to be returning to their cosmic level powers, and
would like to know why. As Jean finishes up her test for the day, she
recalls the events that brought her to Muir Island following the
supposed deaths of her comrades.
However, the other X-Men are alive and well, and believe Jean to
be dead. They practice in the Danger Room until Wolverine loses his
temper over “playing games” with the team and storms off. While high up
in space aboard Asteroid M, Magneto goes over his computer records. When
he comes across an old datafile on his late wife Magda, he deletes it
so that he does not have to relive the pain of her passing. Meanwhile,
the man named Jason Wyngarde, a mutant himself has been slowly molding
the mind of Jean Grey since he first met her, taking on different guises
and accessing her mind planting the seeds to transform her into his
beloved Black Queen. This is while Jean is talking to Lorna about her
relationship with Alex. In Moira’s lab, Moira pores over the data and
ponders over the fact that Jean has been granted the powers akin to a
god and wonders where Charles Xavier may be and wishes he would come
back. Xavier is still in the Shi’ar galaxy as Lilandra’s consort. Xavier
is spending his time considering the power that Jean Grey wields and
realizes that he needs to return to Earth.
Back on Muir Island, Moira is going to tell Jean about the extent
of her powers when she steps on a gold tooth. Examining it she realizes
the problem and rushes to the room where Mutant X is stored and is
horrified to find that the being is not there. Elsewhere on the island,
Jean is wandering around when she detects an intruder in the vicinity.
Changing into her costume she begins to search for the intruder when
suddenly she finds herself seemingly transported back in time to the
Victorian era for a brief moment. She snaps back to reality when someone
jumps her, looking into the mans face she screams in terror bringing
Alex and Madrox to go and investigate.
And in the States, having detected activity at the X-Mansion, the
Beast returns to his old home to find that the X-Men he thought were
dead are alive and well. He tells Scott that Jean is still alive and is
staying on Muir Island. When Cyclops puts in a call, Lorna answers the
phone and tells him that there is a security situation going on at the
island. However, before she can explain further, Lorna is attacked by
some strange being that has a need for her. The last thing Cyclops hears
before the line goes dead is Lorna’s screams.
This story is continued next issue….
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“How Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth…!” / PIU’ AFFILATO DELLA ZANNA DI UN SERPENTE !
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Proteus – (First full appearance)
- Jason Wyngarde
Other Characters:
- Unnamed fishermen
- Unnamed constable – Proteus (Possessed by Proteus)
- Ferdie Duncan – Proteus (Possessed by Proteus)
- Angus MacWhirter – (Corpse)
Locations:
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- Muir Island
- Stornoway
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- Red Lion Inn
Items:
Vehicles:
- SR-71 Blackbird
- Audrey II, a fishing boat
Synopsis
Continued from last issue…
Responding to Lorna Dane’s call for help, the X-Men rush to Muir
Island in the Blackbird. Splitting into small groups to quickly search
the facility, the X-Men deploy before their jet has even finished
landing. Banshee and Cyclops find Lorna and the body of Angus
MacWhirter. In short order the X-Men find the rest of the station’s known inhabitants.
Moira tells the X-Men that Mutant X has escaped. Jamie recounts
the events that happened after the X-Men were called – Jamie created
duplicates to search the grounds after Lorna screamed. When one of them
found Proteus, he possessed the doubles body, knocking Jamie for a
loop. Wolverine brashly argues for immediate pursuit, but Cyclops,
intimidated by the ease at which Proteus overpowered Jean Grey, Polaris,
and Jamie Madrox, asks Moira for more information. Moira at first
refuses to talk, but finally relents and reveals Proteus is her son.
Elsewhere, Proteus has escaped the island in Madrox’s doubles
body to the city of Stornoway. There he finds himself in need of a new
body, but his attempt to snag Jason Wyngarde’s is foiled by some sort of
psychic defense. Ferdie Duncan fares less well.
The next morning the X-Men head to the mainland, reasoning
Proteus will head towards a major city, and split up to search the area.
Their activity does not go unnoticed – Jason Wyngarde observes their
dispersal, and causes Jean to suddenly experience another reversion to
the 18th century. She’s riding a horse with Jason, on a hunt. Suddenly
the dogs bring their quarry down, and when Jason clears them off they
find its a man playing the part of the stag. And then Jason tells her
it was her idea! She comes back to reality to find a mummified corpse
where the man-stag’s body was!
Wolverine, however, has picked up Proteus’s scent. Ignoring the
radio call that Jean has found a body, he follows his nose to a
policeman. Proteus, impressed by how fast Wolverine saw through the
flesh facade, tries to possess him – only to discover his body is laced
with metal, a substance that is highly toxic to him! Nightcrawler comes
driving up as Wolverine threatens to gut Proteus, only to find that
Proteus is capable of warping reality itself!
Wolverine’s connection to the natural world via his heightened senses
makes him especially susceptible, and he and Nightcrawler seem as if
they will be overwhelmed when Storm arrives. While her attack distracts
him, he quickly turns gravity upside down on her, smashing her into the
earth. Injured, and soon to become Proteus’s prey, she tries her
hardest to blow him away with a massive gust of wind… and fails!
This story is continued next issue….
Trivia
- First time Wolverine reveals that his skeleton is adamantium.
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“Elektra“
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Foggy Nelson (Only in flashback)
Villains:
- Elektra (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Demetrios Natchios (First appearance) (Death)
- Turk Barrett
- Alarich Wallenquist
- Athos (Only in flashback)
- Eric Slaughter
- Mickey
- Grotto
- Charles
Locations:
- New York City
- Columbia University (Only in flashback)
Items:
Synopsis
This issue reveals that Matt Murdock loved Elektra before his
accident and the murder of her parents. Seeking a different path from
Murdock’s loss of his father at a young age, for her solace, Elektra has
turned to the bloody justice of the Hand.
Notes
- The colorist for this issue is credited as “Dr. Martin”, an unknown pseudonym for at least two colorists.
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