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THE ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN COMPILATION AMERICANA DI 80 PAGINE IN FORMATO EXTRA LARGE CHE RIPROPONE 4 EPOCALI AVANZI EDITORIALI DELL’ UOMO RAGNO IN TEAM-UP RISPETTIVAMENTE CON GLI X-MEN , IRON FIST, IL LUPO MANNARO LICANTROPUS E GHOST RIDER la splendida copertina inedita double-face fronte e retro è ad opera di Bob Budiansky & Ernie Chan Marvel Comics Group , 1978, edizione originale americana in lingua inglese ALBO GIGANTE TUTTO A COLORI/FULL COLOUR , SIZE / FORMATO CM.25,2×33,8 , SOFTCOVERED / BROSSURATO, 80 PAGES/PAGINE Contiene inoltre alcuni piccoli intermezzi divertenti tratti da NOT BRAND ECHH CONDIZIONI MOLTO BUONE / GOOD CONDITIONS , piccolo frammento mancante nella punta dell’ angolo superiore destro di copertina, i giochi interni di pag.61 (Read the message in the stars) e pag.62 (The Maze) sono compilati a biro  
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Items: SynopsisPlagued by dreams of Morbius and becoming even more ill, Peter Parker decides to resume his hunt for Michael Morbius after his latest nightmare rouses his roommate Harry Osborne. Deciding to seek out Hans Jorgenson once more to see if there are any leads, Spider-Man arrives just after Jorgenson is kidnapped by Morbius himself. When Spider-Man is spotted by the landlady, Spidey is blamed for the scientists kidnapping. When news of Jorgenson’s supposed kidnapping by Spider-Man reaches Charles Xavier (an old colleague of Jorgenson) he once more summons his charges the X-Men. Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel and Ice Man all answer his summons, however the Beast refuses to join, having a mission of his own to accomplish. Professor X sends the X-Men out into New York City to track down Spider-Man. When they find the wall-crawler, a battle ensues ending with Spider-Man being over-powered by the X-Men and restrained by Marvel Girl. Learning via a psi-probe that Morbius kidnapped Jorgenson, Xavier orders the X-Men to bring the now comatose Spider-Man back to the X-Mansion for further probing and to study Jorgenson’s notes. There they learn that Spider-Man will soon die due to a toxin used to cure him of four additional arms that he gained during his last encounter with Morbius. They also learn that Jorgenson was working on a cure which could be utilized by Morbius’ blood. In order to rescue his friend and save Spider-Man, Professor X sends the X-Men out to capture Morbius. After a lengthy battle, the X-Men manage to defeat Morbius and rescue Jorgenson. Afterwards, Jorgenson is able to cure Spider-Man, who thanks the X-Men before leaving them to deal with Morbius. Notes
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Items: SynopsisHaving taken an assignment to San Francisco to take pictures of Daredevil and the Black Widow in order to get his mind off the death of Gwen Stacy, Peter finds his first bout of web-slinging in San Francisco interrupted by an attack from the Werewolf, Jack Russell. After a brief battle, the Werewolf is knocked off the Golden Gate Bridge, and is lost to the water, Spider-Man leaves unaware that the entire battle has been watched. Later at a diner, Peter’s dinner is interrupted by the arrival once more of the Werewolf. Peter notices that everyone in the diner is in a trance and defeats the Werewolf while changing into Spider-Man. When the Werewolf changes back to Jack Russell, Spider-Man learns that he has been manipulated by the magician named Moondark. With the help of Spider-Man, Jack goes after Moondark to rescue his friend Buck Cowan and his sister Lissa Russoff. During the fight, Jack is turned into the Werewolf once more,. However, Spider-Man knocks Moondark into a pentagram seemingly destroying him and causing Jack to change back to normal. Notes
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Locations: Items: Vehicles: SynopsisPeter Parker is out on a date with Mary Jane Watson. Passing Madison Square Gardens, Mary Jane sees an advertisement for a motorcycle stunt show featuring the Ghost Rider. Needing something to get his mind off his recent troubles, Peter agrees that they should check it out. Soon they take the stands and watch as Ghost Rider takes to the arena. Peter is impressed by what he thinks is make-up, little suspecting that Johnny Blaze is possessed by a demon. Soon the show begins, with Ghost Rider jumping his motorcycle off a ramp over four other cyclists, including his girlfriend Roxanne Simpson. Suddenly, the show is interrupted by the arrival of a gang of motorcyclists led by a man wearing a helmet in the shape of a giant eyeball. The intruder introduces himself as the Orb and they begin running amok in the area. When a guard attempts to draw his gun, the Orb stuns him into a trance just by looking at him. The Orb then begins using this ability on the crowd. While Ghost Rider decides to do something to stop this intruder, Peter Parker manages to look away from the Orb in order to prevent himself from being entranced. Deciding to do something himself, Peter uses his web-shooters to get up into the rafters of the stadium so he can change into Spider-Man. As Ghost Rider tries to stop the Orb and his goons, the villain manages to grab hold of Roxanne. As Ghost Rider pursues, the Orb’s goons try to stop him. That’s when Spider-Man swings in to lend a hand. As Ghost Rider pursues the Orb, the villain uses his hypnotic powers to make people in the audience to walk into Ghost Rider’s path, forcing him to wipe out in order to avoid hitting them. When Spider-Man tries to swing after the escaping bikers, the Ghost Rider uses his hell-fire to blast his web-line. This angers Spider-Man, but the Ghost Rider tells him that Roxanne Simpson’s safety is his responsibility. Suddenly, the enthralled audience members begin reciting the same message: That Johnny Blaze is to meet with the Orb and exchange ownership of his stunt riding show in exchange for Roxanne’s safety. The Orb is giving him two hours to make up his mind. Meanwhile, at his lair, the Orb snaps Roxanne out of her hypnotic trance. When she demands to know who he is and why he is doing this. The Orb reveals that he is Drake Shannon, a former partner to her father, the late Crash Simpson. He tells her how they both owned the stunt riding show. With neither man wanting to buy out, they agreed to a race where the winner takes control of the show. Unfortunately, circumstances were that Shannon ended up wiping out, and sliding 25 yards on the pavement on his face. Horribly scarred face, Drake became jealous of Simpson’s success and faded off, never to be heard from again, until now. Concluding his story, he explains that he was found by individuals who gave him his orb. He then reveals his motivation: to take everything away from Crash Simpson. Removing his helmet and revealing his horribly scarred face, he says he is taking it to compensate for everything that Crash Simpson had over him. As he puts his helmet back on, the Orb is interrupted by the Ghost Rider, who has managed to track him down. Blaze turns over papers giving Shannon control of the stunt riding show and is about to take Roxanne away when suddenly the Orb’s men draw their guns. The Orb reveals he had no intentions of letting them leave alive to tell the authorities that they made the deal under duress. Before they can open fire, Spider-Man swings in and attacks, just as they had planned. While the two heroes are busy with the bikers, the Orb tries to make his escape with Roxanne again. After rounding up the Orb’s goons, they take some motorcycles to follow the Orb down the subway tunnel outside his hideout. The trail leads them into Grand Central station, where Spider-Man manages to pull Roxanne to freedom with his webbing, while Ghost Rider disarms the Orb with his hell-fire. The Orb tries to make his escape down the subway tunnel again with the Ghost Rider in hot pursuit. However, the villain didn’t expect a subway car heading the opposite direction. While Ghost Rider manages to jump to safety, the Orb is not as lucky and is struck down by the train. However, as they search the scene, they find no trace of the Orb except for the discarded papers, which turn out to have been forgeries. Ghost Rider uses his powers to burn them. With the danger over, Spider-Man swings away, slightly disturbed by a comment by Ghost Rider that he is not wearing a mask. Notes
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“For a Few Fists More!” / PUGNO DI FERRO
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Peter Parker is sitting down in a diner for a meal that is suddenly
interrupted when Iron Fist kicks the mugger through a window into the
restaraunt. Parker watches in awe as Iron Fist easily disarms the knife
weilding man and steps out once the fight is done. Curious about this
martial artist, Peter slips into a nearby alley to change into
Spider-Man and follow after him so he can snap photos for the Daily
Bugle. As Spider-Man follows after Iron Fist, he is unaware that the
both are being observed by a strange man who speaks backwards. This is
Drom the Backward Man, and he believes that these two heroes can provide
him with enough power to continue living and follows after them. In
order to accomplish this, the man uses a ray device to snap Spider-Man’s
web and cause him to land on top of Iron Fist.
Thinking that this is an attack, Iron Fist strikes back. Spider-Man’s
speed allows him to dodge a kick that is powerful enough to knock down a
lamp post. Sure enough the two heroes begin to fight each other, much
to Drom’s delight. However, Spider-Man has a cooler head and uses his
webbing to tie up Iron Fist. After explaining that someone shot his web,
the pair agree to compare notes. Iron Fist rips free of the webbing and
the pair sit down at a nearby playground to compare notes. Furious that
they are no longer fighting, Drom uses his weapon to transform the sand
around them into a massive four armed sand creature. Iron Fist is
knocked out in the opening salvo, but Spider-Man manages to get the
upper hand when he wraps the sand creature in webbing. Suddenly it is
destroyed by Drom who reveals himself to his two targets. Spider-Man
tries to fire a web at their foe, but it disinitgrates before making
contact with Drom. While Spider-Man is still confused, Drom blasts him,
knocking the hero out.
Spider-Man later wakes up in Drom’s lab and finds himself tied to
a chair. Using a device that translates his words, Drom explains his
origins to the confined hero. He explains that after his birth, due to
some bizarre twist of fate, he turned from an infant to an old man. Drom
quickly learned that he was aging backward and began inventing the
technology he needed to keep himself alive, from devices that transform
food into material his reversed metabolism can eat, and drain the
energies from people and objects that is reflected back at a specially
made mirror that slows his reversed aging process. That’s why he
instigated the battle between Spider-Man and Iron Fist, in order to draw
the power he needed. Now with Spider-Man his prisoner, Drom will drain
the hero of all his energy. As Drom activates the device, Iron Fist
comes crashing through the wall, having followed Drom from the scene of
their battle.
After knocking Drom aside, Iron Fist frees Spider-Man and after
Iron Fist is warned not to touch Drom, the pair quickly figure out a way
to defeat their foe: the mirror. Grabbing the looking glass, the pair
smash it on the ground. Suddenly, Drom begins to rapidly de-age until he
no longer exists. In the aftermath of the battle, Spider-Man and Iron
Fist find it hard to remember their ordeal, as though all memory of Drom
is being erased. Hoping to keep some kind of record of the battle,
Peter Parker returns to his apartment and records his account in the
hope he will always remember this strange battle.
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- First italian publishing : L’UOMO RAGNO CORNO # 172
