Cover pencils by John Buscema, inks by John Verpoorten. "Friend Against Friend!", script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone
Black Bolt and the Inhumans tackle Ben and Johnny at the Baxter Building, but suspects Maximus may be behind the missile attack and dispatches Triton to check up on him; Triton discovers the missile silo and abducts Maximus to return to the Great Refuge for judgment as well as informing Black Bolt who ceases hostilities as Reed Richards arrives and departs the Baxter Building the way they arrived via Lockjaw; Guest starring the Thing and the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four. "The Young Warriors!", script by Gary Friedrich, pencils by John Buscema, inks by John Verpoorten; A group of young Puerto Ricans try to take over a building to use it to help their community.
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Cover by Jim Starlin. "The Death Breeders," script by Don McGregor, pencils by Craig Russell, inks by Jack Abel
March 2019; Killraven and his band of freemen are crossing Lake Michigan on an ice catamaran; Two huge sea lampreys break through the ice and attack; One plants its sucker on Grok's back; Carmilla Frost tries to rescue him; The other lamprey knocks M'Shulla's crossbow out of his hands before he can fire; Hawk pulls Frost away from her useless attack, but she slugs him; Killraven kills the other lamprey with a harpoon gun, then swings above the first one and hits it with a silver star so that Grok won't also be killed; As it stands, Grok barely survived; In Chicago, the Martians have replaced the Loop with Central Command, which is only the hub of Death-Birth, a research center and slave pen; In Indianapolis, the High Overlord interrogates Skar about his encounter with Killraven (in issue #25); Skar gladly accepts a mission to track down Killraven. Reprint back-up story: "The Strangers" with art by Herb Familton. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #22 (Man-Thing).
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Cover by Craig Russell. "Only the Computer Shows Me Any Respect!", script by Don McGregor, pencils by Craig Russell, inks by Dan Green
June 2019, Nashville Tennessee: Killraven and his Freemen have arrived before the Octotympanum-Viewscope building; In the 1990's it was a device which could make your own fantasies a reality; There they find that the device still works and Old Skull particularly enjoys the lucid creations and cute creatures the device can create for them; As the tired Freemen rest, they check on Grok who is still on death's door, and Hawk tells of the rift between him and his father in the days before the Martian invasion caused by his father's addiction to the Octotympanum-Viewscope simulations of Sherlock Holmes adventures; Realizing that Old Skull has once more ventured into the device, Killraven goes after him to find that the device had created a menacing dragon to attack the both of them.
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Cover by Neal Adams. "Hell On Earth!", script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by John Verpoorten
Black Bolt moves away from the boy to a tanker that is moored at the end of the dock and hesitantly pronounces the word 'I'; The resulting shock completely destroys the tanker and creates a small tidal wave, so the boy leads Black Bolt away from the authorities while Maximus mentally enslaves the Inhumans to attack the royal family and they flee the scene. "Blood Will Tell!", script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Sal Buscema; The Astrologer devises a plot involving dressing up his henchmen as doctors.
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Cover by Neal Adams. "An Evening's Wait For Death!", script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by John Verpoorten
Mr. Dibbs recruits Black Bolt to bring down rat-shack tenements while the royal family heads out to San Francisco to see what's become of him. "The Sting of the Widow!", script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Bill Everett; The Black Widow visits Avengers Mansion, then defeats the Astrologer; Goliath (Clint Barton) cameo.
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Last 15-cent cover price. Cover by Neal Adams. "An Hour For Thunder!", script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by John Verpoorten
The Avengers (Captain America, the Scarlet Witch, the Vision, Quicksilver, Goliath) watch Mr. Dibbs and Black Bolt threaten the tenements on a view screen and make plans to travel to San Fran, but Thor insists on going to confront Mr. Dibbs alone; The other Avengers don't know that Don Blake was the one who diagnosed Mr. Dibbs with terminal cancer, and when Thor arrives he struggles briefly with the royal family who are attempting to get Black Bolt to recognize them; Thor fails to talk Mr. Dibbs into accepting a peaceful resolution and reluctantly dispatches him with his hammer; Plot crossover with The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #95. "How Shall I Kill Thee? Let Me Count the Ways!", script by Gerry Conway (Plot) and Roy Thomas (Writer), pencils by Don Heck, inks by Bill Everett; The Black Widow and Ivan are captured by a racist German, the Watchlord, who loathes all Russians due to his childhood involving the Russian invasion of Germany; He wraps Natasha up in floorboards but Ivan rescues her and they escape; A boulder crushes the Watchlord. The Black Widow feature ends with this issue.
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Cover pencils by Rich Buckler and Gil Kane (pages forming the background), inks by Frank Giacoia and Tom Sutton (pages forming the background). To Stalk a City!, script by Mike Friedrich, pencils by Rich Buckler (pages 1-15) and John Buscema [uncredited] (pages 16-31), inks by Chic Stone and Al Milgrom (backgrounds on page 1); Ka-Zar defeats
The Pusher and helps to save Vinnie's life; Dr. Calvin wakes up and is relieved to find out that her son is with her and is a hero. Stan Lee's Soapbox. Ad for NBC's new Saturday morning line-up.
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First 20-cent cover price. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Frank Giacoia. The Legend of the Lizard Men!, script by Stan Lee, art by John Buscema
When Ka-Zar goes in search of missing women and men from a local village, he finds the woman, Iranda and the Lizard Men. Tom-Toms of Danger!, script by Don Rico, art by Jay Scott Pike; Moki uses the sound of Tom-Tom's to drive all of the Gabu into a war frenzy so that he can take over the jungle. The Green Opal! starring Lorna, the Jungle Girl, script by Don Rico, art by Jay Scott Pike; Alexei and Subu surrender when The Green Opal warns them that if they dont stop abusing its name and power it will pursue them to the ends of the earth.
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"Don't Ever Gyp a Gypsy" (art by Al Luster), "The Man Who Ran Away" (art by Luster), "Today I am a Man" (art by Joe Maneely), "Marion's Murderer." Cover by Rich Buckler and Joe Sinnott. Stories by Al Luster, Joe Maneely, and George Tuska. Beware of these fear-filled suspense stories fill with action, intrigue and, best of all, monsters! All reprints from Mystery Tales and Adventures into Terror. Ad for Foom! (Friends of Ol Marvel).
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"The Shadow from the Stars!" Part 1 of 3. Guest-starring Hawkeye, Goliath (Bill Foster), Darkstar, and Two-Gun Kid. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Bob Hall and B. Patterson. Cover by Gil Kane and Bob Layton.
When the Champions' air-cruiser careens out of control only the power of Goliath can save them. Meanwhile in the Arizona desert, Ghost Rider, ex-Avenger Hawkeye, and the Wild West hero, the Two-Gun Kid, discover an impending danger that they'll need the Champions alive to help them stop.
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"Mad Dogs and Business Men!" Part 2 of 2. Story by Tony Isabella. Art by George Tuska and Vince Colletta. Cover by Jack Kirby.
Rampage has single-handedly dismantled the Champions. If Black Widow, Hercules, Angel, and Ice Man can't learn how to fight as a team quick, their careers as Los Angeles' Champions might be over before it begins.
NOTE: Spider-Man stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "The Twinkie Takers."
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"The Battle of Los Angeles!" Part 3 of 4. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Bob Hall and Bob Layton. Cover by Gil Kane.
The Champions go public, but the festivities are cut short by the sudden and brutal attack of the new Crimson Dynamo, Griffin, and the always dangerous Titanium Man!
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Cover pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Frank Giacoia. Stilt-Man Stalks the City!, script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Syd Shores, inks by Frank Giacoia
The Stilt-Man arrives on the west coast where DD and the Black Widow have to keep him from using a molecular condenser to knock California into the ocean. Issues sold on military bases may contain the Mark Jewelers advertisement insert.
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Cover pencils by Don Heck, inks by John Romita Sr. ...Then Came Ramrod!, script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Sal Trapani
Peter Parker arrives on the west coast to interview DD and the Widow for the Daily Bugle; Ramrod attacks and steals a pack of papers that have been given to DD for safe keeping; Spidey, DD and the Widow retrieve the papers and take Ramrod down.
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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Frank Giacoia. Prey of the Hunter!, script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Sal Trapani
"The Man" sends Kraven to kill Daredevil; The villain crashes a party at the home of Kerwin J. Broderick, the senior partner in Matt's law firm, and gets the drop on Daredevil.
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First full appearance of Death-Stalker. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Dan Adkins. A Quiet Night In the Swamp!, script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Vince Colletta
The Man-Thing attacks Gladiator in the Florida swamp while DD takes on the Death-Stalker and learns first hand about his icy touch of death; DD and Rory are tied up in an old shack which the Gladiator tries to burn down around them as he makes off with Candice; Man-Thing stops him but Death-Stalker escapes with Foggy's sister. Appearance by the Black Widow. Letter to the editor from comics artist Richard Howell. The letters page also contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #7 (Werewolf).
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Cover art by Sal Buscema. Holocaust In the Halls of HYDRA!, script by Bob Brown (plot) and Tony Isabella (plot, script), pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Vince Colletta; The rescue of Foggy concludes as the heroes clash with Hydra; appearances by Silvermane, Blackwing, Man-Killer, El Jaguar, Dreadnaught, Mentallo, and Jackhammer; cameos by the Ringmaster, Luigi and Ernesto Gambonno, and Princess Python. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.25. Cover price $0.25.
Cover pencils by Marie Severin, inks by Bill Everett. Stilt-Man Stalks the Soundstage, script by Roy Thomas (plot) and Gary Friedrich, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Syd Shores
DD and Karen are slated to appear on Stunt-Master's new TV show but Stilt-Man interferes.
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First appearance of the Tribune. Cover pencils by Marie Severin, Herb Trimpe, and the Marvel Bullpen, inks by Joe Sinnott. The Tribune, script by Gary Friedrich, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Syd Shores
A movie mogul decides that he needs to take an active (and violent) hand in dealing with those he considers un-Americans; Daredevil intervenes; Spiro Agnew and Walter Cronkite cameos. Letters to the editor from comics writers Mike Barr and Martin Pasko.
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Cover art by Sal Buscema. Murder!" Cries the Man-Bull!, script by Gerry Conway (plot) and Gary Friedrich, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Tom Palmer
While Daredevil battles the Man-Bull, Foggy reunites with Karen and tries to deal with being blackmailed by the mysterious Mr. Kline; Stan Lee appears in a street scene in the story and mentions going home to write "Spider-Man" before DD notices him and refers to him as "fearless leader."
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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Tom Palmer. First appearance of the Indestructible Man in A Power Corrupt!, script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Tom Palmer
A mind-controlled Black Widow attacks DD; Dran uses the power of Project Four to turn himself into the Indestructable Man.
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"Renewal!" Written by J.M. DeMatteis. Art by Don Perlin, Joe Sinnott and Al Milgrom. Cover by Al Milgrom.
Due to tensions and in-fighting, the world's most unusual team of heroes is in danger of disbanding. As the mighty Hulk and Savage Sub-Mariner depart, the rest of the Defenders get some much needed R&R and recruit a new member.
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"Mind Games!" Written by J.M. DeMatteis. Art by Don Perlin, Joe Sinnott Sal Trapani and Jack Abe. Cover by Al Milgrom.
Nighthawk takes center stage in a solo adventure that may see him changed forever! 32 pages, FC. NOTE: Characters: Nighthawk; Gargoyle; Clea; Luann Bloom; Wong; Spider-Man (fb) Hulk and Valkyrie on cover only.
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"The Haunting of Christiansboro!" Written by J.M. DeMatteis. Art by Don Perlin and Joe Sinnott. Cover by Al Milgrom.
In this Halloween adventure, the uncanny Defenders face off with the ghostly power of Null, the Living Darkness!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.60.
