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nevenkebla · 5 months
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Portada de Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #229 por John Romita Jr. y Allen Milgrom.
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nerds-yearbook · 10 months
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Following the success of Marvel's Secret Wars I and DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths, Marvel launched a 2nd major cross over title Secret Wars II, with a cover date of July, 1985. The entity that abducted the heroes and villians and created Battle World known as the Beyonder in the first series travelled to Earth and took human form in an attempt to understand what the human experience was all about. The issue introduced Thundersword created by Jim Shooter and Al Milgrom. This series set the trend for Marvel having multiple titles involved to tell the over all story. The series was a financial success though panned by critics and even descrided as  "one of the most despised comics of the year." The series was once more penned by then Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter. ("Earthfall!", Secret Wars II 1#, Marvel Comic Event)
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Kitty Pryde and Wolverine (1984) #5 / Published: March 01, 1985 / Artist: Allen Milgrom
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bamfdaddio · 2 years
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X-Men Abridged 1984: Kitty Pryde and Wolverine
The X-Men, those rethreading mutants that have sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them, are a cultural juggernaut with a long, tangled history. Want to unravel this tapestry? Then read the Abridged X-Men!
(Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 1 - 6) - by Chris Claremont and Allen Milgrom
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What we miss here is one panel where we see Wolverine smile a secret smile at being called ‘too tall’ for anything. (Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 4)
Alternative titles for this miniseries could have been: Kitty Pryde Has a Bad Day; or: Kitty Pryde Makes Terrible Decisions; or even: Kill Logan. What it should have been called is Shadowcat, but I’m assuming editorial nixed that option on account of it being too unfamiliar a name. 
At first, I thought this miniseries was a rehash of Magik and Wolverine. On the one hand, you’ve got the innocent girl who’s being corrupted by a dark mentor in a coming of age-drama; on the other hand, you’ve got Wolverine, Yukio and Japan. So, while Claremont obviously has some themes he likes to return to – you know, other than super-duper-powered women, airplanes and mind control – and this isn’t as fresh as it could be, by the last issue it all ends up working. It runs a little long and the beginning is a slow starter, but if you’re a fan of Kitty, go and read this. (If you’re not, just go read my excellent recap.)
After Peter dumps her, Kitty flees back home to Chicago to stay with her dad. Here, she can regroup, eat massive amounts of chocolate, go ice-skating… (The latter is not something I would do, but I guess it’s tough making an interesting comic out of someone eating cheese crackers in their bed while watching The Nanny reruns.)
Kitty decides to pay her father a visit at the bank where she works, but she discovers that he is involved in some shady dealings with some American and Japanese business men. They bought out the man’s family business, but still invite Carmen Pryde over to Japan! Sweet trip, man! And that’s when it happens:
Kitty’s bad decision #1: She stowaways (stowsaway?) on the plane to Japan.
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I don’t know what is more questionable: the fact that that all Kitty brought along were her iceskates or those pink uggs-avant-la-lettre. (Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 1)
Kitty goes to look for a man called Shigematsu, the owner of the company Carmen is in bed with, and so:
Kitty’s bad decision #2: After finding some hints her dad’s dirty, stay the night in an empty office and wait for some random business dude to arrive. (In Japan.)
When she is inevitably discovered in the morning it becomes less of a: “what is this American girl doing on my couch” and more of a security guard immediately opening fire. (Dude!) Kitty, always a smartie, deduces that harmless companies don’t immediately start shooting at randos and thus, this company must be evil. (Well. More evil than most.)
Kitty’s bad decision #3: Attempt to steal money from an ATM but do it so badly that you trip every alarm and have the police come running.
Kitty’s bad decision #4: Escape the police through the sewers and get sick in the process.
Kitty’s bad decision #5: Spend a cold, rainy night on a porch of some sort.
Kit, you’ve got phasing powers. You should be able to steal money without triggering alarms and, when things go belly-up, you really ought to be able to find a better place to hide than out in the fucking streets. Jeez. 
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In case you couldn’t tell, one of my major gripes with this arc is that Kitty just makes bad decision after bad decision in order for the plot to work. This is the same girl who killed an N’Garai demon all by herself. (Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 1)
Despite her wooziness, Kitty returns to the office and sneaks in. However, just at the wrong moment, she overhears Shigematsu, a creepy man called Ogun and Carmen talking about all that money-laundering they have been doing! Oops! 
Kitty gasps, betraying her presence, and once again, she has to run. She makes quick work of Shigematsu’s bodyguards and flees, ignoring her dad’s pleas and explanations. An intrigued Ogun, meanwhile, pulls some strings with Shigematsu: he will deal with Kitty, as long as her life is forfeited to his. Kitty, meanwhile, has remembered to use her powers properly:
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While the thick, rough-lined style of Milgrom is not entirely my cup of tea, I do love the inventive way he uses paneling and perspective. If anything, at least the art in this series is superb. (Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 2)
Kitty, planning on going to Lady Mariko (ex of Wolverine, currently his 'it's complicated'), needs to catch her breath in the alley. And I guess this is what that string of bad decisions led to, because she’s sick, sleep deprived and confused, which makes her: an easy target. (I’m guessing? Because the whole ‘Kitty: Japan’s Most Wanted’-narrative beat doesn’t really get picked up on, so…) Anyway, Kitty is jumped by a man with a red oni-mask who knocks her unconscious with some roofie-powder.
Wolverine touches down in Tokyo and I think this might be the first instance of him triggering the metal detector gate… thingies because of his skeleton. A joke is born!
Kitty, meanwhile, gets a make-over, a haircut and a brainwashing, courtesy of Ogun. You can almost hear the dulcet tones of the shamisen.
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Editor: “We’re done with telepathic mind control, Chris. None of that in this story, understood?” Claremont: “No telepathic mind control. Got it.” Editor: “Did… did you just scribble down ‘standard brainwashing’?” (Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 2)
Wolverine recruits Yukio to help out Kitty’s dad, and he reveals that Ogun used to be his sensei. Ogun, on his part, reveals that what he has done to Kitty was supposed to be Logan’s fate. As poetic justice, he means for his Kitty to kill Logan. (Uh oh!) 
While Yukio grabs Carmen Pryde from Shigematsu and runs away with him in tow (she can be depended upon, at least), an unfamiliar ninja gets the drop on Wolverine. A stink bomb is thrown to fool Logan's nose, and they fight. Wolverine, poisoned and weakened, does the smart thing and flees. After recovering for a bit, Wolverine gets the drop on the ninja. He sniffs her out, not believing who she is, but then he unmasks her! And then Claremont goes for his patented cliffhanger oh-no-they-might-be-dead fake-out:
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STABBED THRU THE HEART AND YOU’RE TO BLAME DARLING YOU GIVE SHORT HAIR A GOOD NAME (a good name) (Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 3)
Yukio, never in the mood for much finesse, promptly drugs Kitty and drags her, Logan and Carmen off to some safehouse in the mountains. There, Wolverine recovers while Kitty returns to her senses. When Wolverine tells her what happened, Kitty laughs it off and tells that’s impossible, even though she lives in a world of telepaths and countless mind-control devices. 
Wolverine does the Karate Kid-thing and gives her a rake for the zen garden.
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I don’t know whether to blame the artist, the illustrator or the editor, but perhaps someone should have spent a little more time conveying the idea of an actual raked zen garden?  (Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 4)
Logan then tells Kitty some ninja-fable which implies that Ogun is an immortal monk-dude – which, magic would explain a lot of this narrative, so we’ll give that a pass – and then tells Kitty that Ogun mentally imprinted on her. And then, he becomes sensei Logan-san and Kitty becomes Karate-Kitty. They get a full-on training montage (bring your own pan flute), while Kitty realizes the difference between Ogun and Wolverine. Wolverine might be a grueling task master, but he always gives her the option to quit, whereas Ogun just took what he wanted. Ogun’s path was easier, but Logan’s path offers her true mastery. And then, after a comic book montage…
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What’s the Japanese equivalent of an eagle cry? Insert that here. (Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 4)
Now that Kitty has completed the challenge Wolverine issued in the first picture of this recap (aaaall the way up there), she decides she’s done. We get another Claremontian cliffhanger fake-out because it seems Kitty is returning to New York! Giving up on this! But, she is, in fact, going back to Tokyo to threaten Shigedematsu for daring to involve her dad in this sticky wicket! 
On the train there, she has a moment of deep, deep reflection: 
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Still not sure if Kitty meant to draw Wolverine of Catwoman. (Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 5)
It’s funny how both Kitty and Jean have a tenuous relationship to their codenames. Both of them hardly get theirs in adaptations. My boyfriend, who only watches X-Men stuff on the screen, was shocked when he figured out that Jean Grey is officially called Marvel Girl and not, you know, Phoenix! And I think Kitty only gets the Shadowcat-moniker in X-Men Evolution. Unlike, say, Storm and Cyclops, these two characters are best known by their full names. Which is a shame, because while Marvel Girl is a silly remnant of the sixties, Shadowcat is a pretty badass name. So much better than Sprite or Ariel, which sound like soft drinks. Anyway, go Kitty go!
Back in Generic Japanese Mountain Town, Carmen is furious that Kitty left them again. He sort of blames it on Wolverine, but Wolverine volleys right back at him, rightfully blaming daddy!Pryde for this whole mess. Sure, Carmen may have started with noble intentions – rescuing his business, providing for his family – but he went along with everything, even when it became morally dicey. Carmen was like me at the company wet T-shirt contest: way in over his head. Carmen, cowed, shuts the fuck up.
Ogun, meanwhile, reveals that Wolverine used to be like a brother to him. To punish Logan for interfering, he means to kill Lady Mariko, which checks out for sibling relationships. However, Kitty predicted this: when Ogun strikes at Mariko sleeping in her bed (coward), Kitty jumps out! Sneaky sneaky. They fight again and Ogun evens the playing field by using Poison Powder which somehow prevents Kitty from phasing. (Sure.) Ogun also tries to control her mind again, but this time Kitty’s will is indomitable. Ogun, fed up with all these women thinking for themselves, decides to execute her.
That’s about when Wolverine steps in. 
What follow are a few great fight scenes. While Wolverine and Ogun fight, Kitty and Yukio fend off Shigedematsu’s henchman to protect Mariko and Carmen. Wolverine defeats Ogun by unleashing his berserker side – the chaotic wild side that foils so nicely to his rigidly trained ninja side – and after he has Ogun on his knees, he offers Kitty a choice. You know, that choice that always comes up when a grizzled veteran mentors the wide-eyed ingenue:
Would you have pegged Colossus? Will you kill?
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Not to hate on the pretty ‘killing a defeated foe is wrong’ speech, but this coming from mr. Slicey-Dicey-I-Put-Several-Hellfire-Guards-On-Icey is laying it on a leeetle thick. (Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 6) 
Ogun, who does not understand that this is not the moment to try again, tries to stab Kitty in the back. Wolverine whispers for Kitty to phase and, as she does so, Ogun impales himself on Wolverine’s claws. (Which is just so fucking cool.) It also means Wolverine doesn’t immediately violate his own little speech, because Ogun technically did this to himself. 
Carmen returns to the scene, declaring it time for the denouement. He is willing to turn himself in to the police, even if he might go to jail for it. Good on ya, Carmen! (Don’t ever go to Genosha!) Kitty, newly ninja'd, has some sushi and then she, her dad and Logan return to the States.
And I think that’s it! Wolverine is still largely the same as he was before the series kicked off (except he used to be a secret ninja). He doesn’t even pick up a new personal nemesis, because unlike most of those (and X-Men foes in general), I don’t think we ever see Ogun again. He stays dead! Weird.
No, the most enduring legacy of this miniseries is Kitty Pryde’s new codename. And perhaps her penchant for making idiotic mistakes.
As a final note: Carmen might seem like a weird name for a Jewish man, but apparently it is a Spanish/Italian derivative of the Hebrew karmel (or God’s vineyard), so I stand corrected. L’chaim, Mr. Pryde!
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agentxthirteen · 2 years
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Sharon-A-Day, Day 235 (8/25/22)
Captain America 354. On sale 2/14/89. "Reawakening"
Writer: Mark Gruenwald
Penciller: Kieron M. Dwyer
Inker: Allen Milgrom
Letterer: Jack Morelli
Colorist: Bob Sharen
Editor: Ralph Macchio
Believing she's dead, Steve remembers Sharon.
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longerbox · 2 years
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1. This rules
2. Get it together, Jean
3. Great timing, me
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keycomicbooks · 24 days
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West Coast Avengers #6 (1986) Allen (Al) Milgrom Cover & Kyle Baker Pencils, Steve Englehart Story, 1st Appearance of Arnold Schwarzburger
#WestCoastAvengers #6 (1986) #AlMilgrom Cover & #KyleBaker Pencils, #SteveEnglehart Story, 1st Appearance of #ArnoldSchwarzburger "Quest for Cats!" The cat side of Tigra is taking over! SAVE ON SHIPPING COST - NOW AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL PICK UP IN DELTONA, FLORIDA  https://www.rarecomicbooks.fashionablewebs.com/West%20Coast%20Avengers.html#6  #RareComicBooks #KeyComicBooks #MarvelComics #MCU #MarvelUniverse #Avengers
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Kitty Pryde by Allen Milgrom in Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #1
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dirtyriver · 1 year
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"Riddle of the Runaway Comic" begins when Barney Sands, Barry Allen's kid neighbor, "loses" his copy of Flash Comics #26... which mysteriously appears in Barry's collection. Barry, we all know you're a Jay Garrick fan, but really..?
The Flash #269, December 1978, written by Cary Bates, interior art by Irv Novick (pencils) and Gene d'Angelo (inks), cover by Al Milgrom (pencils) and Dick Giordano (inks)
Flash Comics #26, February 1942, cover by E. E. Hibbard (pencils) and Hal Sharp (inks)
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summerstrash · 1 year
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Cannot stop thinking about Alex claiming Inferno made him more deadly while dressed in a mirror of Maddie's outfit immediately after Malice!Lorna claims deadliness is a women's virtue. Louise. Louise. What does this mean.
X-Factor vol. 1 #39 written by Louise Simonson, pencils by Walt Simonson, inks by Allen Milgrom, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Joe Rosen, edited by Bob Harras. Screencapped from the X-Men: Inferno trade/graphic novel collection.
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Time Bandits #1 (February 1982) by Marvel Comics
Written by Steve Parkhouse, drawn by David Lloyd, John Stokes, cover by Ed J. Hannigan, Allen 'Al' Milgrom.
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marvelman901 · 2 years
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Shogun Warriors vol 1 1 (1979) . Raydeen! . Written by Doug Moench Penciled by Herb Trimpe Inked by Dan Green Colors by Andy Yanchus Lettered by Jim Novak Edited by Allen Milgrom Cover by Herb Trimpe and Al Milgrom . Introducing the Shogun Warriors! . What's your opinion on this comic? . #shogun #shogunwarriors #70s #herbtrimpe #dougmoench #almilgrom #dangreen #combatra #dangardace #followersofthelight #maurkon #rokkorr https://www.instagram.com/p/CiHeL0isFcL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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ginge1962 · 20 days
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Judge Dredd No.1 from IDW - Cover C by Jim Starlin & Allen Milgrom (Gemini!)
Contains a back-up strip with art by Paul Gulacy.
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kudosmyhero · 8 months
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The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #212: The Coming of Hydroman!
Read Date: January 08, 2023 Cover Date: January 1981 ● Writer: Denny O'Neil ● Penciler: John Romita Jr. ● Inker: Jim Mooney ● Colorist: Bob Sharen ● Letterer: Jim Novak ● Editors: Allen Milgrom ●
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**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers
Reactions As I Read: ● apparently 14 hours, 23 minutes, and 8 seconds have passed since they dealt with Namor in issue #211, which I haven't read yet ● (pg 3) yikes, Spidey inadvertantly sends a guy overboard ● (pg 8) who's Debbie? This is one risk of jumping ahead in the timeline, but it's still fun to do ● (pg 9) Morrie's a real charmer ● meh ● 👏
Synopsis: Aboard the S. S. Bulldog off the coast of New York City, the crew are lowering the special power generator into the ocean as Mr. Whitman, Dr. Kirchner, and Spider-Man look on. Spider-Man's brine-soaked costume continues to irritate his skin, and the heat further aggravates his condition. As the heavy generator enters the water, one of its live electrical cables snaps and begins to slither around on deck. As Spider-Man rushes to deal with the problem, he shoves aside some crates and inadvertently knocks a crew member named Morrie Bench, who is off duty playing cards, into the ocean near the generator. Unknown to anyone aboard ship, the energy conversion reaction within the generator combines with the gases in the water to form a new kind of energy that suffuses the unconscious sailor. Spider-Man manages to cover the live cable with insulating webbing, as Whitman orders the crew to haul the generator out of the water, Bench's poker partner, who was also knocked out, comes to and tells the crew of the mishap.
Spider-Man quickly dives into the water to rescue Bench, although Bench has already been under water for four or five minutes. Spider-Man finds him about to be sucked into the ship's propeller. Before Spider-Man can act, Bench indeed passes through the propeller, but miraculously he emerges unscathed. Spider-Man hauls Bench up the side of the ship, and Bench is taken to sickbay. Then Whitman orders the ship back to port. When Whitman asks Bench, below decks, how he is feeling, Bench replies that he feels queasy. After Whitman leaves, Bench discovers that no matter how much he wipes himself with a towel, he cannot seem to get dry. This makes him angry, and when the ship docks, Bench goes ashore to look for a way to vent his frustration. At the same time, Spider-Man web-swings away into the evening twilight, arriving a few minutes later at his apartment. His singing neighbor is bawling a mournful tune, but before Peter can do anything about it, the telephone rings. It is J. Jonah Jameson, and he wants Peter Parker to shoot some human interest photographs on a freelance basis for the Daily Bugle. Glad to have a job once more, Peter accepts, and then he calls Debra Whitman, who agrees to Join Peter on his photography assignment.
As Morrie Bench sits morosely in Duffy's Pub, a dive in one of Manhattan's disreputable neighborhoods, a woman named Sadie, one of Bench's acquaintances, sidles up for some conversation. The air conditioning in the bar is off, and the city's heat wave is particularly intolerable there. Bench appears to be sweating profusely, and, annoyed, he tells Sadie to let him sweat in peace. Sadie replies that he is gushing, not sweating, and she leaves the bar disgusted. Suddenly Bench melts into a pool of water and flows out the door. Just as suddenly, on the sidewalk outside, the water purposefully rearranges itself back into Bench. When he realizes that he has become a freak, he becomes furious and decides that he will make everybody pay. As he dribbles down a sewer, he resolves to take his revenge on Spider-Man first, since Spider-Man will be the most difficult to deal with. A few minutes later, Sadie returns to the pub to forgive Bench and get him to buy her a steak and a couple of drinks, but she finds him gone. Indignant, thinking that Bench has left with another woman, Sadie exclaims that Bench is "nothing but a drip." In the days that follow, Bench searches for Spider-Man. He emerges first in the bathtub of Hy Egan, a police officer who once busted him for smuggling. When Egan fails to tell him where Spider-Man is, Bench drenches him with water.
In his quest, Bench travels through the sewers, pipes, and drains of New York, emerging from garden hoses, washing machines, water buckets, and shower heads. As Peter Parker is introducing Debra Whitman to J. Jonah Jameson at the Daily Bugle, Joe Robertson suddenly rushes in with a story about an insane person who has been sighted on the Upper West Side. The media are calling him Hydro-Man, and he is said to be searching for Spider-Man. Jameson immediately sends Peter and Debra out for photographs. But Peter tells Debra that this may be a dangerous assignment and parts company with her, much to her disappointment. Soon Spider-Man is web-swinging across the city toward where Hydro-Man was last seen. Meanwhile, in the tall midtown Manhattan office building toward which Spider-Man is headed, Hydro-Man emerges from the bathroom faucet of millionaire Easton Kibosh. Spider-Man arrives and begins checking the plumbing, and after a while, as he climbs the exterior of the building, his spider-sense starts to tingle. When Spider-Man enters Kibosh's office, Hydro-Man quickly flushes Spider-Man back through the window with a powerful jet of water. Spider-Man plummets toward the street, but he manages to snag a flagpole with his webbing and saves himself. By the time Spider-Man returns to the office, Hydro-Man has disappeared down the drain. Soon Peter arrives at Jameson's office with photographs of Spider-Man battling Hydro-Man, and a message from Spider-Man to be printed in the next edition of the Bugle. Spider-Man challenges Hydro-Man to a showdown at high noon tomorrow.
Jameson agrees to publish it, because it will make a good story and because it may also get Spider-Man out of his hair permanently. The next morning, Morrie Bench reads the challenge, and, thinking to make a name for himself by defeating Spider-Man, he arrives at the appointed time on the roof of the Katen Building. It is a hot day, and the heat wave that has plagued the city for the past several days continues. Spider-Man appears atop a cooling tower and asks Bench for an explanation. When Bench declines, Spider-Man, thinking to end the battle quickly, leaps at Bench. However, Spider-Man passes right through the watery criminal. Bench says that he has figured out some tricks while in the sewers. For example, he continues, he can shoot water at bullet speed, and he demonstrates this by firing water bullets at Spider-Man. As they battle, whenever Spider-Man tries to punch Hydro-Man, his fist not only does no harm, but the lack of resistance throws Spider-Man off balance. Realizing he is getting nowhere, Spider-Man changes his tactics and starts insulting Hydro-Man to try to anger him. Hydro-Man responds by chasing Spider-Man across the city's rooftops. Enraged by Spider-Man's insults, Hydro-Man cannot think clearly, and Spider-Man tangles him up in a clothesline full of laundry and then throws a heap of old newspapers at him. The clothing and the papers absorb some of Hydro-Man's moisture, and the loss of mass, together with the hot sun, takes its toll on Morrie Bench. Spider-Man's superhumanly strong punch splatters Hydro-Man all over the hot roof. Too weak to reassemble his molecules, Hydro-Man evaporates in a cloud of steam. By four o'clock that afternoon, a cool breeze and a soothing rain end the heat wave, to the relief of millions of New Yorkers.
(https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Amazing_Spider-Man_Vol_1_212)
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Fan Art: 040--Hydro-Man by Green-Mamba
Accompanying Podcast: ● Amazing Spider-Talk - "Revelations"
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i-r-readcomics · 4 years
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Kitty Pryde and Wolverine
Volume: 1 #5
Courage
Writers: Chris Claremont
Pencils: Allen Milgrom
Inks: Allen Milgrom
Colours: Glynis Wein
Covers: Allen Milgrom
Featuring: Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat), Wolverine, Yukio, Carmen Pryde, Mariko, Yashida, Amiko, Shigematsu, Ogun
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From Avengers # 232, 1983, written by Roger Stern, pencils by Allen Milgrom, embellishers (?) Joe Sinnott & crew.
Thanos’ brother Eros joins the Avengers and changes his name to Starfox.
Basically, he was the Marvel Universe answer to Orgasmo (however to be fair that movie wouldn’t show up until fourteen years later, but I can’t think of any other character to compare him with).
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