—Spider-ManI might as well face it... being Spider-Man is just plain habit-forming! It's like going out with girls!.. I can't give it up!
Appearing in "The Man in the Crime-Master's Mask!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)
- Crime Master (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Andrew Davis
- Frederick Foswell
- Spencer Smythe (Mentioned)
- Ned Leeds (Mentioned)
- Mary Jane Watson (Mentioned)
- NYPD officers
Realities:
Locations:
Items:
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters
- Spider-Man's Utility Belt
- Spider-Tracer
- Goblin Armor
- Pumpkin Bombs
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Man in the Crime-Master's Mask!"
Meanwhile, Peter goes to school, and has heard enough from Flash and attacks him but is seen by the principal Mr. Davis and gets in trouble. Flash does the honorable thing and lets Mr. Davis know what really happened. After getting a Spider-Man outfit from a costume shop, he goes to track down Frederick Foswell but as he goes into his apartment, a gunshot goes off and almost hits him. As Spider-Man follows the figure, he discovers it’s the Crime-Master and before he lays a fist on him, he’s given a gas that suffocates him. As he falls off the side of a building, he’s presumed dead.
Meanwhile, the mob groups have decided to meet and hear the Crime-Master’s deal down by a pier and a character known as Patch tells the cops what’s happening. Yet as Spider-Man does surveillance on the meeting, the Green Goblin swoops down and begins to attack him. A pumpkin bomb stuns Spider-Man and the Goblin goes to unmask him, but can’t since Spider-Man had to use his sticky webbing to keep the cheap store-bought costume together. As the Crime-Master makes his presentation, the Green Goblin presents a limp body of Spider-Man to the crowd of criminals.Appearing in "Slave of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Loki
- Jane Foster (Mentioned)
- World Council of 23rd century
- Techni-Guards
- Robo-Servants
- Robot Police (Air Traffic Division)
- Octi-Robot
- Zarrko's Mining Robot (Only in recap)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Asgardians
- Frost Giants
- Robots
- Octopuses (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Prime Earth
- Asgard
- Earth (Only in recap)
- United States of America (Only in recap)
- New York State (Only in recap)
- New York City (Only in recap)
- New York State (Only in recap)
- Swiss Alps (Mentioned)
- United States of America (Only in recap)
- Earth-6297
- 23rd Century Earth
- Earth's Stratosphere (Imagination)
- Space Station (Imagination)
- New York (Named only)
- Tokyo (Named only)
- Paris (Named only)
- London (Named only)
- Belgrade (Named only)
- Athens (Named only)
- Bangkok (Named only)
- Oslo (Named only)
- Cairo (Named only)
- Cape Town (Named only)
- Brasilia (Named only)
- Chicago (Named only)
- Moscow (Named only)
- New Delhi (Named only)
- Lima (Named only)
- Antarctica (Named only)
- Tahiti (Named only)
- Madrid (Named only)
- Saigon (Named only)
- Nome (Named only)
- Quebec (Named only)
- Bombay (Named only)
- Reykjavík (Named only)
- Berlin (Named only)
- Earth's Stratosphere (Imagination)
- 23rd Century Earth
Items:
- Mjolnir
- Master Machine
- C-Bomb
- Zarrko's time machine
- Electronic Refrigerato-Beam
Synopsis for "Slave of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man"
Arriving in the future, the Tomorrow Man has Thor create havoc until the police of that time arrive to stop him. Thor uses his hammer to enthrall the officers, and orders them to take him and Zarrko to the ruling World Council. Zarrko orders them to give him directions to the Master Machine which runs the planet. When they refuse, Zarrko has Thor begin searching for the Master Machine. Thor leaves a note behind for the Council.
The Council activates a protector Octi-Robot, but Thor destroys it. A Councilman then gives them the location.
Flying to a lonely isle, Thor and Zarrko enter the Master Machine's chamber and are attacked by a C-Bomb (short for "Cell-Bomb" because it creates a prison to hold intruders). But Thor overcomes the increased gravity with the cell and destroys it. Zarrko takes possession of the Master Machine, making him the ruler of 23rd century Earth.
Having fulfilled his vow, Thor now turns on Zarrko, and they battle. Zarrko grabs control of the Master Machine and threatens to destroy the Earth if Thor does not halt. But before he can throw any switches, the Master Machine captures Zarrko in a ball of semi-energy, ending his threat.
An official scout ship arrives moments later and arrests Zarrko. Thor's note had asked the Council to let him handle Zarrko, and based on Thor's reputation they had decided to trust him.
Twirling his hammer, Thor creates a time warp and returns to the 20th century, while Loki and Odin watch from Asgard, and Loki muses that, sooner or later, he will defeat Thor forever.