Spider-Man Comics Weekly Vol 1 121

Spider-Man has just been confronted by Sam Bullit and Gwen Stacy at Peter Parker's apartment. Spider-Man, hoping to talk sense into Gwen, grabs the girl and makes an exit. However, this is spotted by Bobby Drake, who is out on a date. He changes into Iceman and attacks Spider-Man, whom he thinks will harm the girl, forcing Spidey to make an escape. Bullit thanks Iceman for his help and asks him to track down and capture Spider-Man.

After continuing his law and order campaign to obtain the D.A. chair, Bullit is contacted by J. Jonah Jameson, who tells him that he's dropping the Bugle's endorsement of him. When Bullit and his goons show up at the Bugle, Jameson explains that he will no longer endorse a candidate with shady dealings, revealing that he knows about how Bullit and his men roughed up Peter Parker. To add to the damaging evidence against Bullit, Joe Robertson has dug up Bullit's background, which involves dealing with extremist and racist groups.

When Bullit and his men kidnap Joe, Peter Parker witnesses the whole event and goes after Bullit as Spider-Man. He's initially stopped by Iceman but manages to convince him to help rescue Joe. The two heroes work in unison to free Joe, and the three of them confront Bullit during one of his fundraising banquets. When the truth about Bullit is revealed, the people in attendance of the banquet walk out on him, and Bullit is arrested shortly after.

Appearing in "Crisis -- At the Earth's Core!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tales of Suspense #87

Featured Characters:

Iron Man (Tony Stark)

Supporting Characters:

Stark Industries
- Pepper Potts
- Happy Hogan

Antagonists:

Fifth Columnists
- Three unnamed saboteurs
Mole Man (Harvey Elder)
Unnamed Moloid

Other Characters:

Numerous unnamed bystanders
Avengers (Mentioned in narration or thoughts)
NYPD
- Unnamed Police Officer
Extra Edition (Mentioned)
United States Government (Referenced)
Unnamed Stark Industries Guard
Hydra (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Earth
- North America
  - United States of America
    - New York
      - New York City
        Long Island
        Stark Industries Main Plant
    - Washington, D.C. (Mentioned)
- Subterranea

Items:

Earth-Digger (First appearance)
Iron Man Armor Model 3

Synopsis for "Crisis -- At the Earth's Core!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tales of Suspense #87

Tony Stark is testing a brand new atomic powered earth-boring device, however the tests of such a device begins to anger nearby citizens who believe Stark's inventions will eventually destroy everybody. Donning his Iron Man armor to test the new device, an earthquake causes a nearby building to collapse at the same time. People soon believe that Stark's invention was the cause, and as a result people begin protesting, and a number of petty crooks decide it may be in their benefit to steal the device. Breaking into Stark's lab, they end up in a battle with Iron Man, who easily knocks them out, however just as he's finished the entire Stark Industries factory also falls to through the Earth. Climbing out of the building which is mostly intact, Iron Man discovers that the Mole Man and his Moloids were the cause. Upon being discovered, Mole Man fires a missile at Iron Man which causes a cave-in in the underground cavern.. This story is continued next issue.

Appearing in "Behind Him...Ragnarok!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Thor #157

Featured Characters:

Thor

Supporting Characters:

The Warriors Three
- Fandral
- Hogun
- Volstagg
Balder
Sif
Odin
Recorder
Toag

Antagonists:

Mangog
Karnilla
Loki
Legion of the Lost
- Guntharr (First appearance)

Realities:

Earth-616

Locations:

Asgard
- City of Asgard

Items:

Synopsis for "Behind Him...Ragnarok!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Thor #157

Continued from last issue....

Thor resumes his fight against Mangog, and is shocked when the creature is able to force back the Thunder God's thrown hammer. The resulting impact causes enough destruction to cover Mangog's escape from Thor and the Warriors Three. While in the castle of Karnilla the Norn Queen, Balder continues to fight the reanimated warriors enslaved by the Norn Queen. Karnilla offers Balder one more time to profess his love to her or face death, to which Balder once more refuses. To Karnilla's shock Balder's show of bravery shatters the control she has over the other warriors who refuse to fight him any further. Furious at this betrayal, Karnilla complies with Balder's request to free them and teleports them away and begins brooding in her loneliness.

Balder and the other warriors find themselves teleported back to Asgard, where they rally together to help defend the realm from the oncoming attack of Mangog. Mangog, meanwhile, is continuing his travels to Asgard with Thor and the Warriors Three not too far behind. As Mangog reaches the outskirts of the kingdom, the monster finds opposition from an entire army of Asgardian warriors led by Balder himself.

Although they have large numbers, this army is no match for Mangog, but they are soon joined by Thor who jumps into the fray. However, Thor is injured in his initial attack and is rescued by the timely intervention of Balder, who pulls Thor to safety as the warriors attempt to use various weapons against Mangog. As the creature fights through the defenses, Thor and Balder race to the Odinsword to be the last line of defense should the army fail to stop Mangog.

Inside the palace, Loki is kept up to date on the efforts to stop Mangog. Loki's self preservation gets the better of him and decides it's best to flee. Spotted by Thor, he is denounced as a coward, Thor tells Loki that he'd rather die fighting than flee like a lowly snake. Thor and Balder then join Sif and the Recorder in the room where the gigantic Odinsword is kept and await the arrival of Mangog.

Sure enough, Mangog bursts through the walls, the final tatters of the opposing army being brushed aside. Mangog manages to fight off Thor, Balder and Sif. As Mangog begins to pull out the Odinsword from its scabbard, the Recorder theorizes that the only power capable to stop Mangog would be the combined power of Thor and Odin, suggesting that they wake Odin from his slumber. This proves both accurate and necessary as Odin has awaken from his slumber on his own and uses his magical might against the creature.

Odin explains that Mangog was not the last of his race, but a gestalt of his entire people, made that way as punishment for defying Odin. Ending the people's sentence, Odin uses his power to restore the people that comprised of Mangog and returns them to their land hoping that they will learn to live in peace.

With the battle over and the warriors all recovering, Odin rights the Odinsword and is hailed for his victory over Mangog.

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