Appearing in "Preeeeeesenting...the Clown, and his Masters of Menace!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Masters of Menace
- Ringmaster (Maynard Tiboldt)
- Princess Python (First appearance)
- Precious (Princess Python's snake) (First appearance)
- Clown (Elliot Franklin)
- Human Cannonball (Jack Pulver)
- Great Gambonnos (Ernesto & Luigi Gambonno)
Other Characters:
- NYPD officers
- Mrs. Van Der Twilliger (First appearance)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- Doctor Henry Pym (Mentioned)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Mentioned)
- Doris Evans (Mentioned)
- Tuesday Weld (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Sophia Loren (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- West 22nd Street (First appearance)
- Circus of Crime Hideout Warehouse
- Madison Avenue
- Art Exhibit
- West 22nd Street (First appearance)
- Queens
- Municipal Hospital
- Manhattan
- New York City
- New York
- United States of America
- North America
- Earth
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Synopsis for "Preeeeeesenting...the Clown, and his Masters of Menace!"
Outside though, the Clown and his cronies are breaking into rob the place, using the Cannonball to break down a door and the Clown distracting the art exhibit visitors. Peter recognizes the Clown from the Ringmaster's gang and Jameson sees Cannonball stealing a picture off the wall. While trying to stop the theft, Jameson gets knocked out cold by a headbutt from Cannonball. Spider-Man, not knowing the split-up of the gang, follows his Spider-Tracer to the Ringmaster to see him leaving a police station as an innocent man, but uses the Ringmaster's hat to hypnotize him and find out where the real crooks are. Yet, as the newly-named Masters of Menace celebrate their heist, Spider-Man finds them and while kept off balance manages to fight them all off.
One of the members, Princess Python runs away and Spider-Man tries to be a gentleman, not fighting a woman and instead pleads with her to surrender. While Spider-Man is knocked into her snake pit, the Ringmaster decides to get revenge and knocks the Clown out cold making his way out with the treasure. The Ringmaster is caught red-handed with paintings and the rest of the gang (including Princess Python) is rounded up by the police.Appearing in "Challenged by the Human Cobra"
Featured Characters:
- Thor
- Dr. Donald Blake (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
- Jane Foster (Main story and recap)
- Odin
Antagonists:
- Cobra (Klaus) (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- Asgardians
- Dr. Bruce Andrews (Last appearance) (Main story and recap)
- Professor Shecktor (Death) (Main story and flashback)
- Albert Schweitzer (Topical Reference)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Asgardians
Locations:
- Sol (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Queens
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- Donald Blake's Medical Practice (Main story and recap)
- Dr. Andrews' office
- Chemical Plant
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- Asia (Main story and flashback)
- India (Main story and flashback)
- Maharashtra (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Bombay (First appearance)
- Maharashtra (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- India (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Asgard
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Synopsis for "Challenged by the Human Cobra"
In India, an old friend Professor Shecktor is working on a cure for snake bites. His assistant, Klaus Vorhees, decides to kill the professor and steal his discoveries. He plans to allow a cobra to bite them both, but only give himself the cure.
Blake hears about Shecktor's injury and, as Thor, rushes to his side. Too late to save the Professor, he learns that the snake which bit them was radioactive, and Klaus has been transformed into a human cobra. Creating a typhoon with his hammer, Thor carries himself back to the USA following the Cobra.
The Cobra has invaded a factory, and is trying to force the owners to mass produce his cobra serum. Thor arrives and they battle. The Cobra manages to escape the factory and breaks into Dr. Andrews' office. Andrews is afraid and refuses to stand up to the villain. After calling him a coward, Jane signals Thor. The Cobra seizes her and uses her as a hostage against Thor so he can escape out an office window.
As the Cobra flees, Thor uses his hammer to fly around the building and ambush the Cobra on the other side. The Cobra drops Jane, and as Thor rushes to her rescue, the Cobra makes his escape.
Returning to Dr. Andrews' office, Jane immediately resigns and goes back to Dr. Blake, who welcomes her back as his nurse. Meanwhile, the Cobra is already plotting new evil deeds.