MERRY MARVEL MARCHING ORDER 1970

IN THIS YEAR:

AMAZING ADVENTURES (VOL. II)    1-3
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN     80-91 / Annual 7
ASTONISHING TALES    1-3
AVENGERS (VOL. I)    72-83
CAPTAIN AMERICA (VOL. I)    121-132
CAPTAIN MARVEL (VOL. I)    20-21
CAPTAIN SAVAGE and his Battlefield Raiders    19
CONAN the Barbarian    1
DAREDEVIL (VOL. I)        60-71
FANTASTIC FOUR (VOL. I)    94-105 / Annual 8
FEAR    1
INCREDIBLE HULK (VOL. I)    123-134
IRON MAN (VOL. I)    21-32 / Annual 1
KA-ZAR (Quarterly)    1-2
MAD ABOUT MILLIE    17
OUTLAW KID    1
RINGO KID (VOL. II)    1
SILVER SURFER (VOL. I)    12-18
SUB-MARINER    21-32
THOR (VOL. I)    172-183
TOWER OF SHADOWS    9
X-MEN (VOL. I)    64-67 / Annual 1

    "On the Trail of the Chameleon!"
BY:    Stan Lee, John Romita / John Romita, John Buscema, Jim Mooney
PC:    Spider-Man, George Stacy, Harry Osborn, Flash Thompson, Gwen Stacy, J Jonah Jameson, Joe Robertson, ~ the Chameleon.
COM:    Flash explains to Peter what was going on between him and Gwen in ASM #78. Peter and Gwen patch things up.   Chameleon impersonates Capt. Stacy and steals painting from Midtown Museum. To clear Stacy, Spidey plants a story in the Bugle and catches Chameleon impersonating Peter Parker, hands him over to the police at story end.

    "Did You Here the One About Scorpio?"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Sal Buscema, Sam Grainger
PC:    {Goliath II, Yellowjacket I, Wasp, Vision, Captain America I}, {Nick Fury (as Scorpio II), Dum Dum Dugan, Jimmy Woo, Gabe Jones}, Rick Jones, Captain Marvel I, ~ {Aries I (Marcus Lassiter), Taurus I (Cornelius Van Lunt), Gemini I (Joshua Link), Cancer I (Jack Kleveno), Leo I (Daniel Radford), Virgo I (Elaine McLaughlin), Libra I (Gustav Brandt), Scorpio II, Sagittarius I (Harlan Vargas), Capricorn I (Willard Weir), Aquarius I (Darren Bentley), Pisces I (Noah Perricone)}.
COM:    SHIELD appearance. 1st app. of Zodiac I. Rick informed that Red Skull had been impersonating Cap( from CAP #115-19). Avengers HQ has new meeting table with icon coded chairs. Dugan informs the team that Scorpio I has killed Fury (from NFAS #15). Scorpio II captures Avengers to get into the good graces of the Zodiac, then is revealed as the 'late' Nick Fury. Aries seizes the Zodiac Key, and the Zodiac escapes. Scorpio I appears only in the flashback to NFAS #15, but his real name 'Jake Fury' is given for the first time. It is explained here how Fury escaped death in NFAS #15 with an LMD switch. Rick rejects Cap's offer to return as his partner.

    "The Coming of Man-Brute!"
BY:    Stan Lee / Gene Colan, Joe Sinnott.
PC:    Captain America I, Black Panther, Wasp, Yellowjacket I, Edwin Jarvis, Nick Fury, ~ Man-Brute, Prof. Silas X. Cragg.
COM:    Origin of Cap. Cragg reinvents the Super Soldier serum, gives it to an indigent turning him into Man-Brute, lures Cap into a confrontation. MB has a change of heart because of his son, kills Cragg instead, vows never to use his power again at story end. Bucky IV and Sharon Carter appear only in photos.

    "Showdown at Sea!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Gene Colan, Syd Shores.
PC:    Daredevil, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page, Debbie Harris ~ Crime-Wave
COM:

    "The Return of the Frightful Four!"
BY:    Stan Lee, Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Human Torch II, the Thing, Crystal}, Sue Richards, Franklin Benjamin Richards, Agatha Harkness, Ebony, {Medusa, ~ Wizard, Sandman, Trapster}.
COM:    1st app. of Whisper Hill. Frightful Four appearance. The FF finally decide on Franklin's name. Ff have hired a professional nanny for Franklin. Wizard looking in on the FF, regroups his old team. Ff travel to Whisper Hill in upstate NY to meet Agatha, and stay the night. The Frightful Four strike and take out the team with surgical ease. medusa shows her true colors and tries to help the Ff, but the combined might of her teammates is too much. Agatha steps in and wipes them out with magic. Next morning, the FF find the baddies in various positions of incapacitation, and find Agatha quietly watching over the sleeping Franklin, proving to them that she's right for the job. At story end, only Ben suspects she's a witch.

    "No More the Monster"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe.
PC:    Hulk, {Mr. Fantastic, Human Torch II, the Thing, Crystal}, Invisible Girl, Gen. Ross, Betty Ross, Maj. Talbot, ~ Leader.
COM:    Fantastic Four appearance. 1st app. of the Murder Module (Tripodal Observation Module). FF have captured the Hulk with the intent to cure him of his uncontrolled transformations. But their combined formulas don't end up curing him. they allow him become the Hulk at will but with Banner's brain still. Betty rushes to meet him, but Ross is not convinced that the menace is over and shows Talbot T.O.M.   Ross asks Banner to safeguard the new MM, but the Leader steals it in transit, uses it against the Hulk. Hulk loses control, tackles the MM, and nearly kills the Leader. Realizing what he's about to do, he drops the Leader (who gets away) and swears never to become the Hulk again.

    "The Replacement"
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska, Joe Gaudioso.
PC:    Iron Man I, Janice Cord, Eddie March (as Iron Man), ~ Crimson Dynamo III (Alex Nevsky)
COM:    Alex dons the new Dynamo armor for the first time. Tony Stark quits as Iron Man because of his heart and March assumes the role through the next issue. At story end, March getting the snot beaten out of him by the Dynamo, and Stark discovers that his replacement has a potentially fatal blood clot on his brain. Cover by George Tuska and Mike Esposito.

"The Hostage" "Stranger in Town" "One Must Die!"
BY: Stan Lee / Al Williamson
PC: Ringo Kid
COM: Stories reprinted from Ringo Kid (Vol. I) #10. Stories take place in the old west.

    "Gather, Ye Witches!"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Dan Adkins.
PC:    Silver Surfer, Hulk, Betty Ross, ~ Hodgkins, Warlock Prime (Sir Nigel Carruthers), Sibyl Carruthers, Abomination, Stranger.
COM:    Surfer upset over losing Shalla Bal again (last issue), attempts unsuccessfully to break through the Barrier again and falls to Earth unconscious. The leader of a coven of witches who had been trying to summon a demon in their hideout near Stonehenge, find his body an decided its their duty to do away with him. Trying to summon the demon once again to do the job, Nigel accidentally conjures the Abomination back from space where he was held prisoner by the Stranger (TtA #91). Stranger , Betty, and the Hulk appear in the flashback to the incident only. The Abomination shreds the coven, killing Nigel, but the Surfer revives him and goes after the Abomination, who has attacked a nearby city. After a one sided battle, Surfer returns the Abomination to the coven and directs them to "reverse the spell" before chastising them for being children playing at adult games they can never comprehend, and leaving at story end.

    "Invasion from the Ocean Floor!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Marie Severin, Johnny Craig.
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Dorma, Ikthon, Vashti, Warlord Seth, Diane Arliss, the Thing,
COM:    The military and police are still hunting Namor in Manhattan. Dorma and Vashti decide to rescue him even if it means declaring war. Seth ends his exile (from FF1 An. #4) and returns to Atlantis with the Proteus Horn and is made co-commander of the attack force. Namor seeks the aid of Diane, but the police have a wiretap on her phone. The Atlantean fleet shows up; Dorma's ship is hit. Namor arrives and prevents further carnage, but Seth, thinking Dorma dead, blows the Horn and summons three giant turtle monsters. Namor rescues Dorma, but can't stop the monsters. Seth, sees the error of his ways and draws the monsters away with the Horn and is killed in the process at story end.

    "The Immortal and the Mind-Slave!"
BY:    Stan Lee, Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Bill Everett.
PC:    Thor I, Dr. Jim North, Jane Foster, Odin, Loki, Balder, Norn Queen, ~ Kronin Krask, Brunhilda.
COM:    North seeks the aid of Thor to rescue Jane from Krask. Krask uses Jane to convince North to perform an operation that would but his mind in Thor's body. Thor's ego battles Krask and wins. Krask dies, and Thor, North , and Jane are free at story end.

    "The Coming of Sunfire!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Don Heck, Tom Palmer
PC:    {Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman}, Saburo and Mrs. Yoshida, Bill, Fred, ~ Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida), Tomo Yoshida.
COM:    Mrs. Yoshida appears only in flashback and is dead by the events of the story. Sunfire destroys a statue brought to the UN by his father, and the X-Men, who located the new mutant with their Mini-Cerebro, are unable to stop him; and Hank is seriously hurt in the process. Origin of Sunfire, how his mother was exposed to the A-bomb in Hiroshima, how he was raised to hate the Americans by his uncle, who got his mutant powers to surface, and how he was trained to be Japan's avenging force against the west. The team follows him to DC, where Saburo discovers his son's secret ID. Sunfire strikes his father, and tries to destroy the Capital. The team is fought to a standstill trying to stop him, and he is brought to a moral dilemma when his father puts himself in harm's way to make his son choose between peace and hatred. Insane Tomo kills his brother and Sunfire kills Tomo. At story end, the team leaves the grieving Sunfire over the body of his father, whose last words were for his son to "forge the tools of peace from the chains of war." Sal Buscema cover.

    "The Coming of the Kangaroo!"
BY:    Stan Lee, John Romita / John Romita, John Buscema, Jim Mooney
PC:    Spider-Man, May Parker, J Jonah Jameson, ~ the Kangaroo (Frank Oliver).
COM:    May returns from Florida. The Kangaroo on the same train, escapes custody. Origin of the Kangaroo. May thinks Peter is sick and nursemaids him. He uses a web dummy to get out after the Kangaroo steals an experimental virus. The web dummy causes May to collapse when she finds it. Spidey gets the vial of bacteria back, but Kangaroo escapes. May recovers, thinking she's getting senile. At story end, Peter wonders: "how much longer before the shadow of Spider-Man destroys us all".

    "The Sting of the Serpent"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Frank Giacoia, Sam Grainger, Herb Trimpe
PC:    {Black Panther, Goliath II, Yellowjacket I, Wasp, Vision}, Monica Lynn, ~ {Supreme Serpent II (Dan Dunn), Supreme Serpent III (Montague Hale)}.
COM:    Sons of the Serpent appearance. Black Panther returns to NY and rejoins the team. 1st app. of WNNT-TV. SotS have increased their influence. Dunn and Hale fanning the flames of hate on television. Retelling of events in AV #33 (last contact with the SotS). Panther rescues Monica from the SotS attackers and infiltrates their underwater HQ but is discovered by story end. Marie Severin cover.

    "The Sting of the Scorpion!"
BY:    Stan Lee / Gene Colan, Joe Sinnott.
PC:    Captain America I, {Sharon Carter}, ~ Scorpion, Specs, Smiler.
COM:    SHIELD appearance. Cap's identity crisis really coming to a head. Members of a local spy ring being investigated by SHIELD realize that Sharon in on to them, and they hire the Scorpion to kill her. Scorpion, not long on parole, makes the mistake of testing his newly honed powers on the first passer by, which happens to be Steve, who, after getting his butt handed to him, changes into his costume and follows the villain out to Grove Lane, where the hit is to take place. Sharon is taken captive while Cap fights Scorpion; a fight he quickly wins and then goes on to take out the spy ring. SHIELD comes in to mop up, and, at story end, Cap never knows that Sharon was even there, and he's questioning whether they ever really had anything together.

    "Trapped---by the Trio of Doom!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Gene Colan, Syd Shores.
PC:    Daredevil, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page, ~ {Jester, Cobra, Mr. Hyde}, Lemuel Frye.
COM: 1st appearance of the Trio of Doom. Jester out of prison on parole, and Cobra breaks Hyde out of jail. The three team-up as the ToD. Karen having difficulty adjusting to knowing Matt's secret ID. DD battles the Trio at a booby trapped carnival, and turns them over to police. Karen peeved that DD forgot her birthday at story end. Cover by Joe Sinnott and Marie Severin.

    "Tomorrow, World War Three!"
BY:    Stan Lee, Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Human Torch II, the Thing, Crystal, Invisible Girl}, Medusa, ~ the Monocle.
COM:    Sue back on the team. High level statesmen coming to NYC to discuss the escalating Middle East problem; Monocle, posing as a member of the Foreign Press, has been sent there to stop it with his Neutrak Ray, tests it first on the FF. Medusa takes Crystal back to the Great Refuge againsts Johnny's protests. FF find and halt the Monocle's plans at the UN, and turn him over to the police at story end. Logo redesigned by Sol Brodsky.

    "The Rhino Says No!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe, Sal Buscema.
PC:    Hulk, Betty Ross, Gen. Ross, Maj. Talbot, ~ Leader, Rhino.
COM:    Super Humanoid appearance. Bruce and Betty engaged. Leader bombards Rhino with gamma rays to revive him, and then uses them to supercede Banner's control of the Hulk at his wedding. Talbot ready to comfort Betty. Gen. Ross hospitalized, and the Leader and Rhino presumed dead at story end.

    "From This Conflict...Death!"
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska, Joe Gaudioso.
PC:    Iron Man I, Janice Cord, Eddie March (as Iron Man), Rafferty, ~ Titanium Man, Crimson Dynamo III, Prof. Anton Vanko/Crimson Dynamo I.
COM: Death of Janice Cord. Iron Man rushing to save Eddie after learning of his potentially fatal brain blood clot, and comes in at the end of the fight with Dynamo III, and carries him to a nearby hospital. Iron Man vows to be the golden avenger forever. TM in NYC, looking for Nevsky. At Cord Manufacturing, Janice discovers that Alex is really CD III, who tells her a jaded version of events concerning the original CD and how Stark lured him to defect from Russia, which eventually caused his death, and now Alex is out to avenge his old master. He also declares his love for Janice, then TM arrives and he tries to get the girl to safety. Iron Man arrives and misinterprets the flight, and while they are fighting, TM uses his electric discharge weapon and mortally wounds the girl. CD blames Iron Man, who, in his anger, proceeds to kick the crap out of the larger opponent. He loses TM in the river, and, at story end, Iron Man carries Janice's dead body from the wrecked building and CD is nowhere to be seen. Cover by George Tuska and Mike Esposito.

    "The Dawn of the Doomsday Man!"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Dan Adkins.
PC:    Silver Surfer, ~ Dr. Kronton, Doomsday Man.
COM:    Origin of Doomsday Man. Surfer in New York, learns about the special session of the UN to discuss the threat of the Doomsday Man, and makes a connections between it and the heavily guarded island he encountered some time ago, and decides to talk to the delegates himself. Krontan is brought in to explain to the other delegates that the threat is real and relates his creation's origin, and how the dangerous robot was left imprisoned on a deserted island and has now become active. Surfer arrives and offers his services, and while the delegation argues among itself, he leaves with Krontan and returns to the island. They break into the bunker holding the robot, but the robot knocks Surfer down with a ray blast then heads for the mainland with the last Cobalt Bomb (JiM1 #86). Kronton reveals that this has all been part of his plan, to free the robot and hold the world hostage, so the Surfer cuts a bottomless pit at the robot's feet. The robot strikes out and kills its master before dropping to its doom, and Surfer launches the bomb into space, saving the day. But, at story end, the crowds are still willing to believe the worst about him. Cover by John Buscema, Dan Adkins, and Marie Severin.

    "The Monarch and the Mystic"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Marie Severin, Johnny Craig.
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Dr. Strange, ~ Nameless One.
COM:    Strange sacrifices himself to save the Earth and becomes captive of the Nameless One.

    "Ulik Unleashed"
BY:    Stan Lee, Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Bill Everett, Vince Colletta.
PC:    Thor I, ~ Ulik, {Ringmaster II, Princess Python, Strongman, Clown, Great Gambonnos, },
COM:    Circus of Crime appearance. Cover by Jack Kirby and John Verpoorten.

    "Before I'd Be Slave...."
BY:    Dennis O'Neil / Neal Adams, Tom Palmer.
PC:    {Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Prof. X, Havok, Polaris}, {Mr. Fantastic, Human Torch II, the Thing, Crystal}, {Nick Fury (voice only)}, Changeling, Dr. Theodore Norton, ~ Z'Nox High Commander, Z'Nox Expedition Leader.
COM:    Fantastic Four and SHIELD appearances. 1st app. of the Z'Nox. Team returns home from DC and are informed of the Z-Nox invasion already underway. Prof. X returns and everyone is informed of the switch that was made with Changeling back in #38. He puts them through a rigorous training session to get them ready to face the advanced forces which had landed in the magnetic South Pole. The team penetrates the Z-Nox defenses and begin their assault, while Huntley and Brinkley report on the Z-Nox planet rushing toward Earth. When the team begins to flag, Prof. X mentally connects the minds of all the good people in the world and sends a concentrated beam of compassion, channeled through his X-Men, at the Z-Nox, driving them away. At the story end, Prof. X collapses from the great strain and the Z-Nox ship self destructs as the team escapes.    Marie Severin cover.

    "And Then Came Electro!"
BY:    Stan Lee, John Romita / John Romita, Jim Mooney
PC:    Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson, May Parker, Anna Watson, Gwen Stacy, George Stacy, Flash Thompson, Joe Robertson, Harry Osborn, ~ J Jonah Jameson, Electro.
COM:    Peter brooding over his troubles and those of his alter ego. Electro out on parole. Mary Jane and Anna back from Florida. Farewell dinner for Flash still in the works. Aunt May still ill from last issue's shock, and Spidey agrees to go on the 'Midnight Show' to gain enough money for her treatment. JJJ offers Electro $5,000 to unmask Spidey on national TV. Origin of Electro. Peter considering telling Gwen about his secret ID. Spidey does his suit at the local laundromat with a bag on his head. Spidey beats Electro by getting him to short circuit himself, but gets his hands burnt and suit singed. Electro gets away, Peter less than positive about his future career as Spidey.

    "Pursue the Panther!"
BY:    Roy Thomas, John Buscema, Tom Palmer
PC:    {Black Panther, Goliath II, Yellowjacket I, Wasp, Vision}, Edwin Jarvis, Monica Lynn, Carl Ryder, ~ {Supreme Serpent II, Supreme Serpent III}, Black Panther impostor.
COM:    Sons of the Serpent appearance. Panther framed for several crimes by SotS, branded a militant. Avengers pressed to bring him in. Dunn and Hale reach "fever pitch" inciting racial hatred. Bogus Panther revealed on TV. Supreme Serpents II and III revealed as Dunn and Hale, neither of which appears again in the MU. Panther captures them, clears his name, and hints at a new side career which he will start in AV #77.

    "Suprema, Deadliest of the Species!"
BY:    Stan Lee / Gene Colan, Joe Sinnott.
PC:    Captain America I, {Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, Jasper Sitwell}, Tony Stark, J Jonah Jameson, ~ Suprema (Mother Night), Scarbo.
COM:    SHIELD appearance. Suprema enacts a plan to be Queen of Crime by hitting other criminals. She takes control of Dugan, Fury, and the rest of SHIELD and pits them against Cap. Cap has Stark whip up a device to negate her power. Story ends with Cap walking away from her offer of power.

"They Serve in Silence!"
BY: Gary Friedrich / Dick Ayers, John Severin.
PC: Capt. Savage,
COM: Title is a WWII combat action storyline. Title ends.

    "Quoth the Nighhawk, 'Nevermore'!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Gene Colan, Syd Shores.
PC:    Daredevil, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page, Nighthawk I, Captain America I, ~ Grandmaster, Jo-Jo, Weepin' Willie.
COM:    Origin of Nighthawk I. DD, on an anonymous tip, is ready for some thugs who try to rob a theater box office, but, after being drugged, is arrogated by newcomer Nighthawk. After releasing the felons, he returns home and recalls how he gained his special powers and what's happened since he and his team mates had clashed with the Avengers. After Karen tells him that he should retire DD, he finds out from Capt. Spencer that Hawk isn't bringing any of his conquests in for booking. He confronts him in disguise and gets him to admit that he's doing it for the glory and not for the 'sheep' on the streets, which was transmitted for the public to hear. The two clash (during which it's discovered that DD has an antidote to the dizziness serum), and the fight carries down into the subway. At story end, Hawk escapes down one of the tunnels and promises to be back the next time the moon is out. Cover by Syd Shores and Marie Severin.

    "The Mad Thinker and His Androids of Death!"
BY:    Stan Lee, Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Frank Giacoia
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, the Thing}, ~ Mad Thinker.
COM:    Mad Thinker creates android replicas of the FF and manages to replace everyone on the team but Reed. Reed infiltrates Mad Thinker's secret hideout and revives Ben, and together they take out the rest of the replicas. Ben uses Mad Thinker as a bowling ball to take out the rest of his own android guards, and, at story end, Ben and Reed rescue Sue and Johnny. Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott cover.

    "...And Now, The Absorbing Man!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe.
PC:    Hulk, Maj. Talbot, Betty Ross, Gen. Ross, ~ Absorbing Man.
COM:    Absorbing Man returns to Earth (from being banished by Odin in JiM1 #123) on a rocket piloted by Banner, and is now able to affect other objects with his power. He is crushed and presumed dead at the story end.

    "The Man Who Killed Tony Stark!!"
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska, Joe Gaudioso.
PC:    Iron Man I, Jasper Sitwell, Janice Cord, Cheryl Porter, Geoff Porter, ~ the Mercenary, Vincent Sandhurst, Titanium Man, Crimson Dynamo III.
COM:    Iron Man sinks the ship that smuggled Titanium Man into the US to help avenge the death of Janice; blows off Jasper, and gets waylaid by the wife of one of the smugglers, asking for his help-all under the watchful eye of the Mercenary, who's been hired to kill her. Tony takes her up to his retreat in the Adirondacks to hide her, all transmitted through a Micro-wave Spy Monitor placed in his car by the Mercenary. On the way, Sandhurst tries to blow up their car with a bomb on the road, but the Mercenary stops him and leaves him for dead. Mercenary infiltrates the cabin's defenses with his Electro-Static Jamming Device, and attacks Iron Man with a Blackout Mist and a Hallucinogenic Flare. He locates the girl with a Cardio-Sonic Scanner, takes Iron Man down with a Magnetized Block, and goes to kill the girl impersonating Stark to gain entrance to her hidey hole. Sandhurst, mistaking him for the real Stark, shoots him dead before dying himself. At story end, Iron Man and the girl returning to the city, and Stark missing Janice. Cover by George Tuska and Mike Esposito.

    "The Surfer and the Spider!"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Dan Adkins.
PC:    Silver Surfer, Captain America I, Spider-Man, Henry.
COM:    Cap seen only on TV. Surfer stops the collision of two meteorites that would have proved hazardous to Earth and is knocked for a loop, so he is still dazed when he accidentally runs into Spidey. The two battle, all under the watchful eyes of Henry, and the military is called in. When the Surfer calls for his board, the boy happens to be on it, and the Surfer must lower his own defenses to save the boy. The boy is returned to his father, and at story end, both Spidey and the military stand down realizing the sacrifice the Surfer made.

    "The Coming of...Orka!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Marie Severin, Johnny Craig.
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Dorma, ~ Dr. Dorcas, Orka, Krang.
COM:    Origin of Orka. Namor taken captive and fitted with a restraining collar at story end.

    "The Carnage of the Crypto-Man!"
BY:    Stan Lee, Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Bill Everett.
PC:    Thor I, Mrs. Whyte, ~ Crypto-Man, Jasper Whyte.
COM:    Jasper steals half of Thor's power and feeds it into the Crypto-Man. Mrs. Whyte asks Blake to find her missing son. Jasper sics the robot on humanity, tests him against Thor, sends him after a nearby nuclear plant. At story end, he gives his life to stop his creation when he learns his mother is in the city.

    "The Mutants and the Monster"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Sal Buscema, Sam Grainger.
PC:    {Prof. X, Beast, Angel, Cyclops, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Polaris, Havok}, Hulk, Maj. Glenn Talbot.
COM:    After the difficulty with the Z'Nox, Prof. X is in a coma, and when they use a Mind Probe on him, the only hint they have to revive him is an image of the Hulk. Minus Iceman and Havok, who have stayed behind to fight over Lorna, the team goes to Las Vegas in the Sentinel Craft to find the green brute. With a double team from Jean and Cyc, they manage to down Hulk, who changes back into Banner and lets them know about a gamma-ray treatment for mental exhaustion. Before he can let them know where it's hidden, Talbot interferes, and the Hulk escapes them. They follow him into the desert, and he uncovers one of his labs. Angel gets what he hopes it the device, and they beat a hasty retreat back to Westchester. At story end, Prof. X recovers and he gives a big speech about the world being worth saving.   Title ends until Dec. '70 where it resumes with giant size format reprints until Aug '75 with issue #94. Last 15 cent issue until Aug. '71. Marie Severin and Sam Grainger cover.

    "The Schemer!"
BY:    Stan Lee, John Romita / John Romita, Mike Esposito (Demeo), T. Mortellaro
PC:    Spider-Man, Flash Thompson, J Jonah Jameson, Joe Robertson, Betty Brant, Dr. Bromwell, Mary Jane Watson, Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn, George Stacy, Vanessa Fisk, ~ Kingpin, the Schemer (Richard Fisk).
COM:    Schemer looking to take over Kingpin's territory. Kingpin's son mentioned for the first time. Flash gets send off back to Viet Nam at the airport, gets kissed by MJ and Gwen. Harry w/o moustache. Gwen and Peter in accident caused by Schemer's hoods, hospitalizing Gwen. Spidey tears the Schemer's HQ apart, but Schemer gets away. Gwen mad at Peter because it was so long before his visit. Peter thinks Capt. Stacy suspects his secret, feels "his life is reaching a turning point. 1st full app of Vanessa Fisk. Kingpin's first name given for the first time.

    "The Warlord and the Witch!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Tom Palmer.
PC:    {Captain America I, Goliath II, Black Panther, Vision }, Hank Pym, Janet Van Dyne, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Toad, Edwin Jarvis, Dr. Bill Foster, ~ Arkon.
COM:    Quicksilver (1st time in blue outfit) breaks into Avengers HQ seeking their help. Wasp and YJ take leave of absence to take an assignment (w/ Bill foster) to study the oil fields in Alaska. QS tells how he, Toad, and Witch traveled across Europe (after deserting Magneto in AV #53) trying to restore her powers. Accidentally summons Arkon, who briefly tells of Polemachus and their power dilemma (he must destroy the Earth to save his world), and takes Witch and Toad back with him. The team doesn't believe QS, but they learn that Arkon has also kidnapped the worlds' top nuclear physicists as well. 1st app. of Polemachus.

    "Mission: Stop the Cyborg!"
BY:    Stan Lee / Gene Colan, Joe Sinnott.
PC:    Captain America I, {Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, Sharon Carter}, ~ {MODOK, A-14, A-12/Cyborg}.
COM:    SHIELD and AIM appearance. Two AIM assassins fighting Cap and get their butts whipped. When they return to their HQ, MODOK has A-14 killed and gives A-12 the chance of becoming their latest weapon, which he does. Cap goes to SHIELD HQ to settle with Sharon, convinces Fury to give her a desk job. MODOK sends the Cyborg on a test mission to rob a bank, which is successful, and the second phase is to set up a death trap for Cap. When Sharon figures it out, she foregoes her promise to Cap and goes to save him at 211 East Carter Street. After a close fight and a round of funhouse like death traps, Cap shorts out the Cyborg with a power cable. It is then revealed to him that the whole thing was a ploy to lead SHIELD back to the AIM nest behind the Cyborg. Cap believes that Sharon is in on it, and that compounded with the broken promise, he walks away at story end pretty crushed by the whole affair, leaving Sharon behind in tears. Cover by Joe Sinnott and Marie Severin.

    "The Girl--or the Gladiator?"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Gene Colan, Syd Shores.
PC:    Daredevil, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page, Dr. Mallory, ~ Gladiator.
COM:    Matt and Foggy are going out to Rykers Island to confront Gladiator who claims to have amnesia and no memory of being a super villain. Flashback to Karen quitting her job and leaving Matt for LA. To jog Gladiator's memory, they give him his armor, but it isn't until he gets his wrist shields on that he reveals that he's been faking and makes a break. Karen reluctant to go and it waiting desperately for Matt to call and talk her out of it. DD has his hands full with Gladiator but finally beats him when it's revealed that the blades are fakes. Karen, in tears, takes TWA flight #104 out of Newark Airport, underscoring that being DD is more important to Matt than she is. At story end, after Gladiator is secured, DD tries to phone Karen, but it's too late; she's gone. Cover by Frank Giacoia and Marie Severin.

    "The Monster from Lost Lagoon!"
BY:    Stan Lee, Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, the Thing}, Franklin Richards, ~ Monster from Lost Lagoon and its Mate.
COM:    1st app. of the Quons. FF on vacation in Lost Lagoon, asked by the Navy to investigate some mysterious sinkings in the area using their new Air-Sea Cruiser. The Monster, posing as a human, lures them into a quicksand bog, but they escape only to find the Monster's mate in their spacecraft in a hidden grotto. Reed quickly deduces that it's all been a big misunderstanding, and, at story end, they let the aliens return to space. Jack Kirby, John Verpoorten cover.

    "...Where Stalks the Night-Crawler"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe.
PC:    Hulk, Dr. Strange, Gen. Thunderbolt Ross, Betty Ross, Maj. Talbot, Barbara Norris (Valkyrie III), Jack Norris, Joe, ~ Van Nyborg, Night-Crawler, Celestia Denton (unnamed), Nameless One, Undying Ones.
COM:    The Norris' last name is not revealed in this story. The Undying Ones Cult members take the unconscious Banner's body back Van Nyborg's house and plan to use him against Night-Crawler to clear the way for their master's return. Back at Gamma Base, Hulk has been spotted form the air, and Banner is sent to face the protector of the dark realm. Barbara recants and is sent there too, and Benner becomes the Hulk to protect her. The battle is so fierce that they destroy his universe and the trio plummet into the realm of the Undying Ones. Night-Crawler figures out what is going down and decides to take their dimension. In order to help the creature delay the Undying Ones, Barbara takes Dr. Strange's place as captive of the Nameless One so he can lend a hand with Hulk. Strange and Hulk leave, sealing the portal behind them and are returned to our dimension. With the menace locked safely away for many lifetimes, Strange contemplates retirement at the end of the story.

    "My Son...the Minotaur!"
BY:    Archie Goodwin / Johnny Craig, George Tuska
PC:    Iron Man I, Madame Masque I, Jasper Sitwell, ~ Minotaur II (Myklos Vryolak), Dr. Vryolak.
COM:    Both Iron Man and Jasper go to Eastern Greece to find MM, and run afoul of the Minotaur and his father. Origins of Dr. Vryolak and the Minotaur, both presumed dead at the end of the story.   Cover by Frank Giacoia and Marie Severin.

    "The Flame and the Fury!"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Dan Adkins.
PC:    Silver Surfer, {Mr. Fantastic, Human Torch II, the Thing}, Sam.
COM:    Fantastic Four appearance. Surfer decides to once again walk among men in hopes of understanding them better, gets a tailor made suit of clothes from Exclusive Styles while he remembers back to meeting Spider-Man, the Overlord, Stranger, Mephisto, Galactus and the FF (Invisible Girl only appears in the Flashback). he arrives at the Baxter Building in time to hear the end of the conversation when a general is asking the FF to get the Surfer for them, and the misunderstanding leads to a battle between Torch and him all over town. Surfer even tries to lose the Torch in space, and accidentally hits the barrier. The military gets involved and the fight ends when the Surfer is forced to rescue the unconscious Torch from the Subway car in front of which he'd just knocked him. At story end, the Surfer finds out that the general was merely asking for his help with the space program, and he rebukes his actions as he flies away.    Cover by John Buscema and Marie Severin.

    "The Lady and the Tiger Shark!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Jim Mooney
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Dorma, Lord Vashti, ~ Dr. Dorcas, Orka, Krang, Tiger Shark.
COM:    Namor, still a prisoner of Krang, almost escapes but is stopped by a punisher collar and shackles. Orka sends killer whales to hunt down Dorma and company, and everyone is killed but her and Vashti, who is seriously hurt in the attack. Tiger Shark intercedes but only if Dorma promises to marry him, and she agrees to save Vashti. Krang attacks Atlantis, using Namor as cover, but Tiger Shark takes charge of the city's defenses, hoping to take the throne. Namor escapes, and the fight comes down to a four way between him, tiger Shark, Orka, and Krang. Krang and Drocas flee, and Tiger Shark and Orka are trapped in a collapsing crevasse and are presumed dead. At story end, namor disperses the whales and saves the city.

    "The Fall of Asgard!"
BY:    Stan Lee / Jack Kirby, Bill Everett
PC:    Thor I, Odin, Sif, Balder, {Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg}, ~ Loki.
COM:     When Odin goes into his Odinsleep, Loki seizes control of Asgard. 1st appearance of the Odinring. Loki changed his costume to the one with the short horned helm. Cover by Jack Kirby, Tom Palmer, and Marie Severin.

    "The Kingpin Strikes Back!"
BY:    Stan Lee, John Romita / John Romita, John Buscema, Jim Mooney
PC:    Spider-Man, George Stacy, Gwen Stacy, Vanessa Fisk, ~ Kingpin, Schemer.
COM:    $5,000 reward put on capture of Schemer. Gwen, at home now, hasn't forgiven Peter completely. Capt. Stacy helping Peter to sidestep her questions about the accident from last issue. Schemer still trying to take over Kingpin's territory. Vanessa comes between Kingpin and Schemer because she recognizes him as their son. He supposedly kidnaps her and all three elude Spidey by the story end.

    "The Blaze of Battle....the Flames of Love"
BY:    Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Tom Palmer
PC:    {Goliath II, Black Panther, Captain America I, Vision, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch}, Thor I, Iron Man I, Black Widow, Toad, ~ Arkon, Old One.
COM:    The Avengers travel to Polemachus with their D-Machine to rescue Witch and the scientists and to stop Arkon. Goliath develops a giant bow, who gets a 'dear john' letter from the Widow. Arkon uses the Ultimate Persuader on scientists to get their information. Avengers, with Iron Man and Thor, invade Polemachus. Arkon comes to Earth to destroy it with his Atom-sphere, but he is halted when he learns that Iron Man has created a devise that can restore the life giving rings of his world. By story end, everyone is back on their own planet. Witch, who has regained her powers, gives the impression of having feelings for Arkon in the last panel.

    "Captured in Viet Nam"
BY:    Stan Lee / Gene Colan, Frank Giacoia.
PC:    Captain America I, ~
COM:    Cover by Frank Giacoia and Marie Severin.

    "Suddenly--the Stunt-Master!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Gene Colan, Syd Shores.
PC:    Daredevil, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page, Debbie Harris, ~ Stunt-Master.
COM:    DD and Karen in Hollywood. Cover by Syd Shores and Marie Severin.

    "Mystery on the Moon!"
BY:    Stan Lee, Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, the Thing}, Alicia Masters, Franklin Richards, Ivan, Sonia, ~ Intergalactic Sentry #9163.
COM:    Reed discovers a Kree plot to disrupt the Apollo 11 mission to the Sea of Tranquility. The Sentry robot stationed in the Pacific uses his Beta-Gun to raise the hidden island where the Stimulator has been hidden and activates it to awaken a 'nameless mass' under the Moon's surface. The FF arrive, Ben puts the Sentry out of commission, and they destroy his machine. At story end, Neil Armstrong's space walk goes off without a hitch.

    "Mogol"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe.
PC:    Hulk, Mole Man, ~ Tyrannus, Mogol.
COM:    Tyrannus brings Hulk to Subterranea with the intent to enlist him to battle the Mole Man, but Hulk battles Mogol (who turns out to be a robot), destroying Tyrannus' city by the end of the story.

    "This Doomed Land, This Dying Sea"
BY:    Archie Goodwin / Johnny Craig, Sam Grainger.
PC:    Iron Man I, Sub-Mariner, Jasper Sitwell, ~
COM:    Cover by Frank Giacoia and Marie Severin.

    "In the Hands of...Mephisto!"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Chic Stone.
PC:    Silver Surfer, Shalla Bal, {Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan}, ~ Mephisto.
COM:    SHIELD appearance. Surfer gets a bad feeling which is justified when Mephisto comes to Earth and prepares his latest trap. he allows the Surfer to penetrate the barrier and return to Zenn-La just to find that she was been taken by Mephisto. Surfer returns, and the two duke it out, getting the attention of SHIELD. The fight ends when Mephisto shows that he has Shalla hidden somewhere where she is cold and starving, and, Surfer agrees to do his bidding to save her. At story end, Mephisto orders him to destroy SHIELD.   Cover by John Buscema and Marie Severin.

    "A World My Enemy!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney, Joe Gaudioso.
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Dorma, Vashti, Diane Arliss.
COM:    Origin of Atlantis. Namor declares war on the surface world again.

    "Inferno!"
BY:    Stan Lee, Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Vince Colletta.
PC:    Thor I, {Fandral, Volstagg, Hogun}, Balder, Sif, Odin, ~ Surtur, Loki.
COM:    Warriors Three appearance. Loki, while Odin sleeps the Odinsleep, has seized the Odinring, placing himself on the empty throne, and has Thor and the Warriors Three slapped in the dungeon and Odin hidden in the Sea of Eternal Night where he will never awaken. The seal that had held Surtur in check dissipates, and the fire giant rises again and lays siege to the golden city with a ring of fire. Balder breaks the others out of jail, and Loki, who had been having sport with his intended bride Sif, and a female troll, flees for his life before the fiery threat. At story end, Thor sends Balder and Sif to find Odin and rallies the troops for battle. Cover by Jack Kirby and Bill Everett.

    "The Secret of the Schemer!"
BY:    Stan Lee, John Romita / John Romita, John Buscema, Jim Mooney
PC:    Spider-Man, George Stacy, Gwen Stacy, Vanessa Fisk, ~ Kingpin, Schemer.
COM:     Short recap of end of last issue. Vanessa not kidnapped, she doesn't tell Kingpin that Schemer is their son. Capt. Stacy gets too close to Peter's secret ID. Peter, as Spidey, stages a scene in his apartment to throw off suspicion, says that he and Peter split the money for the pictures he takes. Gwen and Capt. Stacy believe that Spidey kidnapped Peter because he owed him money for the pics. Kingpin discovers that Vanessa helped Schemer escape from last issue. Origin of Schemer told to Kingpin, who becomes catatonic at the news that his son hates him. Spidey walks away from the family crisis at story end.

    "Heroes for Hire"
BY:    Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Tom Palmer
PC:    {Goliath II, Vision, Black Panther/Mr. Charles, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch}, Edwin Jarvis, Tony Stark, ~ Cornelius Van Lunt (Taurus I), Kronus (Wilkins), {Joe the Gorilla, Onionhead, Pecos, Cap'n Skragg, Sweet William, Pin-Stripe}.
COM:    1st app. of the Split-Second Squad. 1st and only app. of Kronus, Onionhead, Cap'n Skragg, Pin-Stripe and Sweet William. To make their rent, team has to rent out their services, and are first hired by Van Lunt. Panther pursues new side career as a school teacher in Harlem.

    "The Fate or...the Falcon!"
BY:    Stan Lee / Gene Colan, Frank Giacoia.
PC:    Captain America I, Falcon, Redwing, ~ Rocky the Lynx (Diamond Head).
COM:    Falcon framed for murder by DH, shot and cornered by police in Harlem. Cap helps him escape. Cap and Falcon take out the DH gang. Rocky revealed as DH, also revealed that the Whole scheme was started by the Maggia. Falcon cleared of charges; he and Cap part good friends at story end. Cover by Jack Kirby, John Romita, and Bill Everett.

    "The Hunter and the Holocaust"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Gil Kane, Dan Adkins.
PC:    Captain Marvel I, Rick Jones, Mordecai P. Boggs, Hulk, {Iron Man I, Captain America I, Giant-Man I, Thor I}, ~ Col. Yon-Rogg, Joey, Carlo.
COM:    Titles starts again from Dec. '69. Avengers (old team) are only seen in a flashback. In Greenwich Village, Rick performing "You're Gonna Wake Up Dead" at a coffee house to raves, and is approached by Boggs again. Marvel and Rick redefining their relationship; take out a couple of would be thieves before deciding to seek out Dr. Banner for help to keep the both of them out of the Negative-Zone. On the way to New Mexico, Marvel is sidetracked by the Rat Pack preying on the people affected by a recent tornado strike, and he decides, while assisting the Red Cross, that this is how he should spend his time. Still under the three hour limit, Marvel is struck by an unknown bolt of energy, knocking him from the sky, and it is an unconscious Rick that ends up on Banner's doorstep. This unscheduled visit, and that he might have brought the Avengers with him, upsets the doctor enough to effect the change, and, at story end, it is the Hulk that arrives to smash his unwelcomed friend. Signed cover by Kane and Adkins.

    "The Killing of Brother Brimstone"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Gene Colan, Syd Shores.
PC:    Daredevil, Karen Page, Sally Weston, Bill Wheeler, Lester Dant, Ed Lawson, Jerry Jason, Lt. Nately, Officer O'Brien, Ross Archer, ~ Brother Brimstone (Vince Sterling).
COM:    DD still in Hollywood. Karen has a part in the gothic TV series "Strange Secrets". Archer attacks Karen and his stand-in and is captured by DD and turned over to the police. Karen tells DD that she needs more time to decided about their relationship. Archer released from jail for filming, and it is revealed, by his subsequent death, not to be the villain, Brother Brimstone. Cover by Joe Sinnott and Marie Severin.

    "The Torch Goes Wild!"
BY:    Stan Lee, Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, the Thing}, {Crystal, Medusa, Black Bolt, Karnak Triton}, Kaliban (unnamed).
COM:    Inhumans appearance. Johnny flies to the Great Refuge to force the Royal Family to let Crystal return with him, and the FF follows in a saucer. Johnny battles his way in, even fighting his own team mates, but, at story end, he is informed that Crystal had to return home to help keep Black Bolt alive after being stricken during a radiation treatment until Reed brought the proper medication. Cover by Jack Kirby, John Verpoorten

    "And In This Corner...the Avengers"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe.
PC:    Hulk, {Goliath II, Black Panther, Vision, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch}, Gen. Ross, Maj. Talbot, Betty Ross.
COM:    Avengers appearance. Scarlet Witch casts her first 'hex sphere'. Hulk returns from Subterranea to face the Avengers.

    "Duel in a Dark Dimension!"
BY:    Archie Goodwin / Don Heck, Johnny Craig.
PC:    Iron Man I, Val-Larr, Happy Hogan/Freak, Pepper Potts, ~ Collector, Shar-Khan.
COM:    1st appearance of the Shadow-Spawn. Collector has kidnapped Pepper and wants the Freak as a trade as a one of a kind collectible. Iron Man knocks Happy out and tries to rescue her from the Collector's ship himself, but her cell is booby trapped. Collector kidnaps Happy and begins running tests with his Converto-Ray to see what element turns him into his alter ego. Iron Man tries to make another trade, and C settles for the Solar Sword, and send him into the Dark Dimension to fetch it. Iron Man is saved from the Shadow Spawn and their Shadow Spikes by Val-Larr, who then gives him the ten cent tour of what is going on there, and brings him back to Lumina. Iron Man cheap shots the hero and takes off with the sword just as the Shadow Horde demons make their attack on the city. he returns it as promised, and the Collector lets them all go but refuses to return them to their own dimension. But, as IM expected, the Sword goes critical in a lighted dimension, and the collector makes a final deal to save his own skin. IM returns the weapon to Lumina in time to drive away Shar-Khan, and save the day, and, at story end, Iron Man, Happy, and pepper are home safe and sound. Cover by Don Heck and Frank Giacoia.

    "The Surfer Must Kill!"
BY:    Stan lee / John Buscema, Chic Stone.
PC:    Silver Surfer, Shalla Bal, {Mr. Fantastic, Human Torch II, the Thing}, {Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan}, Tony Stark, ~ Mephisto.
COM:    Fantastic Four (w/o Invisible Girl) and SHIELD appearances. Mephisto has ordered Surfer to destroy SHIELD to save the life of Shalla and is reveling in the pain its causing him. Fury contacts the FF to verify that the disturbances in the sky were in fact the Surfer, and contacts Stark to deliver the new Z-Guns. Mephisto, to make the Surfer's suffering complete, replaces one of the female agents with Shalla, figuring that she'd be killed along with the rest. Surfer finally attacks SHIELD but is bent on only property damage with no loss of life, and Fury's men take him out with their new weapons and lock him in their Grani-Cell. While Fury's trying to figure out why the Surfer attacked, Mephisto flaunts Shalla in front of his cell's window. Surfer breaks loose and attacks Mephisto, who teleports Shalla away again, but, because the demon is invisible to human eyes, Nick and his men don't understand and hit him with the Z-Guns again. Mephisto leaves, satisfied with his small victory, and the anguished Surfer escapes on his board and drifts toward Attilan. Next issue is not released until 9/70. Cover by Barry Windsor-Smith and Marie Severin.

    "`Kill', Cried the Raven!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Sal Buscema, Joe Gaudioso.
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Dr. Walter Newell, Diane Arliss, Joe, Fred, ~ Red Raven, Aerivar XVIII.
COM:    Death of Red Raven. Namor returns to NYC on the sly to enlist the help of Red Raven, whose suspended animation capsule had been uncovered and is being studied by Dr. Newell, runs afoul of the police, who have an APB on him for breaking into the UN (last ish).   Diane and Walt cultivating a relationship, but she still has feeling for Namor. Namor convinces her to let him in to see Raven, and awakens him with the Vitalizor. Rehash of Raven's origins and how he put the Winged Men in stasis for their own safety. Raven's wires still crossed, want to reawaken his people to inherit the Earth, and Namor goes to stop him. Back at the sunken Island in the Sky, Namor and Raven fight, ending in Raven reactivating his people to find they've been dead for years. In his rage, he sets off a chain reaction that destroys the Island and presumably kills him. At story end, Namor returns Diane to safety, and prays that he is never the unwitting destroyer of his own people.

    "To End in Flames!"
BY:    Stan Lee, Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Vince Colletta.
PC:    Thor I, Odin, {Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg}, Balder, Sif, ~ Surtur, Loki, Igron.
COM:    Loki escapes to Earth only to find Midgard effected by Surtur's onslaught as well, but he's happy in the thought that Thor will die in the process. Thor rallies the troops and leads them into battle, as Sif and Balder go to Loki's castle and force Igron to send Balder to the Sea of Eternal Night, where Loki has stashed the unconscious Odin. While Thor and the rest battle Surtur, gaining no ground, Balder wakes Odin but is aged almost unto death in the endeavor. Thor and crew hit Surtur with everything they have, including a small planetoid and a Frost Gun, but are still driven back before his might; and, when all seems darkest, Odin arrives, having restored his rescuer, and seals the fire giant back in the ground, placing a mountain peak over the site. At story end, the weak and aching warriors pay homage to the All Father. Cover by Jack Kirby and John Verpoorten. Letter by Alan Kupperberg.

    "Beware....the Black Widow!"
BY:    Stan Lee, John Romita / John Romita, Jim Mooney
PC:    Spider-Man, Black Widow, George Stacy, Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn, Anna Watson, May Parker, J Jonah Jameson.
COM:    Iron Man I, Hawkeye, Nick Fury, Red Guardian I, and Crimson Dynamo seen in flashbacks to the Widow's past career. Peter is sick again. Gwen wants Peter to promise to have nothing more to do with Spidey. Widow trades her costume for the black bodysuit costume with her red hair exposed. Spidey accidentally scares Aunt May by peeking in a window. Spidey meets the Widow for the first time. She tries her new arsenal of weapons out on him.   Peter thinks the illness means that he's loosing his powers, gives himself a blood test but doesn't dare to look in the microscope at story end.

    "The Man-Ape Always Strikes Twice"
BY:    Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Tom Palmer
PC:    {Black Panther, Goliath II, Vision, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch}, Captain America I, Monica Lynne, ~ Man-Ape, N'Gamo, {Grim Reaper, Living Laser, Power Man I, Swordsman}.
COM:    Lethal Legion appearance. N'Gamo makes no more appearances to date. Monica becomes a social worker, and she and the Panther are captured by Man-Ape, who joins forces with the Lethal Legion by story end.

    "Who Calls Me Traitor?"
BY:    Stan Lee / Gene Colan, Wally Wood.
PC:    Captain America I, Tony Stark, {Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, Sharon Carter, Jasper Sitwell}, ~ Dr. Ryder.
COM:    SHIELD and AIM appearance. 1st appearance of Android X-4. Cap helping Fury test the new Protecto-Suit designed by Ryder, but when it's field tested against AIM, they immediately nullify its defenses, meaning that SHIELD has a traitor. Ryder suspects Cap, and Fury has Stark Industries build an Android to test to see if this is even the real star spangled Avenger (after his faked death in #111). Cap doubting himself, because he doesn't want anyone else in his life to die, and when Fury has his clearance evoked, he isn't too happy. During the test against X-4, the android goes berserk, and Sharon traces it back to Ryder, who is the real traitor. It is again revealed that SHIELD was just using Cap as a decoy all along, and, at story end, Cap walks out on SHIELD and Sharon. Cover by Joe Sinnott and Marie Severin.

    "....And One Cried Murder!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Gene Colan, Syd Shores.
PC:    Daredevil, Karen Page, Bill Wheeler, Lt. Nately, Ed Lawson, Lester Leroy, ~ Brother Brimstone.
COM:    DD still in Hollywood. Funeral of Ross Archer, brief retelling of his death from last issue. Vince hits on Karen. DD and BB battle at the La Brea Tar Pits. BB revealed to be Vince Sterling before he sinks to his death in the tar. Cover by Syd Shores and Marie Severin.

    "The Long Journey Home"
BY:    Stan Lee, Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, the Thing, Crystal}, ~ Mad Thinker, Puppet Master.
COM:    Crystal returns with the FF from the Great Refuge, but their saucer is shot down by the first of the androids pitted against the team by Puppet Master and the Mad Thinker. Kang is followed by Doctor Doom, Sentry #459, Dragon Man, Sub-mariner, hate-Monger, Super-Skrull, Red Ghost w/Miklho, Igor, & Peotr, Wizard, Trapster, & Sandman, and finally the Hulk, who runs amok in the lab and their hideout is destroyed. At story end, the Ff return to the states in a NATO plane.    100th anniversary issue.

    "Again, the Glob!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe.
PC:    Hulk, ~ Leader, Glob.
COM:    Leader has amnesia, but regains his memory in the first of the story. His origin briefly retold, and he recreates the Glob. After battling the Hulk, the Glob is assumed dead at story end.

    "The Fury of the Fire Brand!"
BY:    Archie Goodwin / Don Heck, Johnny Craig
PC:    Iron Man I, Eddie March, Helene Davis, ~ Lyle Bradshaw, Fire Brand (Gary Gilbert).
COM:    Iron Man in Bay City. Bradshaw putting together a crooked deal concerning a new community center that would benefit his two companies, Bay City Construction Company and Northside Real Estate, amidst great protest from the people it was supposed to benefit. March released from hospital, gets involved with Helene in trying to stop the center. With some misguided help from Fire Brand, the scam was uncovered and at story end, Bradshaw goes to jail. Cover by Frank Giacoia and Marie Severin.

    "When Wakes the Kraken!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Sal Buscema, Joe Gaudioso.
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Dorma, Capt. Powell, Vashti, Diane Arliss, ~ Commander Kraken.
COM:    Ships are being sunk and Atlantis is blamed for it. Namor investigates and finds it's an artificial sea monster run by Kraken. Diane realizes Namor doesn't love her, and Dorma reads her the riot act; and both are captured. Namor offered a partnership with Kraken, refuses, and frees the ladies. Kraken pursues but is led to the real Kraken. All hands are assumed lost at story end.

    "No More Thunder God!"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Vince Colletta.
PC:    Thor I, ~
COM:    Cover by John Buscema and John Verpoorten.

    "Beware...the Inhumans!" "Then Came...the Black Widow"
BY:    Jack Kirby, Gary Friedrich / Jack Kirby, Chic Stone, John Buscema, John Verpoorten
PC:    {Black Bolt, Medusa, Gorgon, Karnak, Triton}, {Mr. Fantastic, the Thing, Human Torch II, Crystal}, Black Widow, Ivan Petrovitch, Maria, Carlos, ~ Maximus, {Stallior, Timberius, Leonus, Aeolus}, Mr. Rizzo.
COM:    Fantastic Four and Evil Inhumans appearances. Inhumans/Black Widow double features begin. Maximus tricks Black Bolt into attacking the Fantastic Four. Widow begins her neighborhood crusade.

    "Unmasked At Last!"
BY:    Stan Lee, John Romita / John Romita, Jim Mooney
PC:    Spider-Man, Harry Osborn, Gwen Stacy, Randy Robertson, George Stacy, Mary Jane Watson, Hobie Brown, Dr. Phillips.
COM:    Peter still sick, still thinks he's loosing his radioactive powers. Without thinking, Spidey steals some pearls. Peter turns up at Gwen's birthday party and reveals his secret ID. They think he is having a relapse from the events in ASM #12. Spidey checks into a hospital, finds out he has the flu. Spidey stages another scene, getting Hobie (the Prowler) to pose as Spidey, to prove to the gang that they are two separate people.

    "The Power of Ka-Zar!" "Unto You is Born: the Doomsman!"
BY:    Stan Lee, Roy Thomas / Jack Kirby, Sam Grainger, Wally Wood.
PC:    Ka-Zar, Zabu, Dr. Doom, Doomsman I, ~ Kraven the Hunter, Prince Rudolfo, Rudolfo Robot, Horst II, Ramona, Heinrich, Hans.
COM:    1st super villain solo series. Ka-Zar/Dr. Doom double features begin. In 1st feature: Kraven reads of Ka-Zar in Live Magazine and travels to the Savage land to hunt Zabu. He captures the tiger in a Bola Net, and Ka-Zar follows them to their boat as they make their escape. Kraven stuns him and has him tossed overboard. At story end, months later, Ka-Zar shows up in NYC to confront the hunter and rescue his friend. In Doom's feature:   Doombot appearance. Cameo appearances by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Richard Nixon. Doom teleports an image projector to be found on the moon just so he can mock the American technology and wave his newest project under their noses, his ultimate weapon, which he's preparing to activate. Rudolfo joins the underground in Latveria and sends Ramona, because of her resemblance to Valeria, as a plant to Doom's castle. Doom transfers his mental energy into his creation just before the girl, upon seeing his real face, smashes the master control panel and opens the castle to attack. The underground, including (unknown to everyone but the prince) the Rudolfo robot, are on the brink of victory when the Doomsman comes to life and smashes free, and, at story end, from the safety of a hidden control room deep beneath the castle, Doom captures the bogus prince. Cover by Bill Everett and Marie Severin. Series is published bi-monthly.

    "Lo! The Lethal Legion!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Tom Palmer
PC:    {Goliath II, Black Panther, Vision, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch}, Captain America I, Monica Lynne, Thor I, Iron Man I, Bessie Hotchkiss, ~ {Grim Reaper, Man-Ape, Living Laser, Swordsman, Power Man I}.
COM:    Lethal Legion appearance. Man-Ape joins LL. First time Panther's teaching alias of 'Luke Charles' is used. 1st time Andrew Jackson High is named. Vision uses 'human' mask and special clothing for the first time. Cap has called in Thor and Iron Man to help locate the missing Panther, who was kidnapped by the Legion to lure the rest of the team to its doom. Panther is allowed to escape long enough to get a mayday to the team, sending it as a Prometheus Priority, before being recaptured. The Avengers split up to confront the baddies at the water main below the Mansion, a nearby power station, and in Greenwich Village (which is a red herring), and are captured and placed in a giant hour glass to smother them. When Reaper discovers that the Vision had the brain pattern of his brother, he smashes the glass only to find that the synthezoid had switched places with Laser. The Legion is quickly rounded up, but, at story end, Vision is having a bit of an identity crisis and leaves the team.

    "Mission: Stamp Out Satan's Angels!"
BY:    Stan Lee / Gene Colan, Dick Ayers.
PC:    Captain America I, Dickie, Bucky I,~ Whitey, Red Skull, Baron Zemo I.
COM:    Having an identity crisis, Cap heads out on the road on his new motorcycle. Replay of Bucky's death. Bucky and Zemo seen only in Flashback. Steve gets arrested as a biker punk. 1st app. of Satan's Angels. Cap takes on the Angels at an outdoor rock concert. Whitey turns over a new leaf when his brother is hurt. Skull in last panel teaser. Cover by Joe Sinnott and Marie Severin.

    "Here Comes the Hulk"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Gil Kane, Dan Adkins.
PC:    Captain Marvel I, Rick Jones, ~ Hulk.
COM:    Titles takes a hiatus until Sep '72. Last 15 cent issue.

    "Stilt-Man Stalks the Soundstage"
BY:    Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich / Gene Colan, Syd Shores.
PC:    Daredevil, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page, Mr. Stevens, Stunt-Master, ~ Stilt-Man.
COM:    DD still in Hollywood. Karen gets a part in a TV Pilot if she can produce DD. Foggy calls for Matt, wants him back in NYC. Stilt-Man takes Stunt-Master's place and tries to kill DD. DD beats SM and hands him over to police. Karen chooses her career over DD at story end. Cover by Bill Everett and Marie Severin.

    "Bedlam at the Baxter Building"
BY:    Stan Lee, Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, the Thing, Crystal}, Franklin Richards, Alicia Masters, ~ {Top Man, Gimlet, Big Rock}.
COM:    Maggia appearance. (The Top Man Family of the Maggia becomes Hammerhand's in ASM #112). The Maggia buys the Baxter Building and evicts the FF with the idea of harvesting Reed's inventions. They storm the HQ, using a Refrigi-Ray and Noxo-Gas against the team, and then ship them off in rates to their supposed doom in NJ. The FF retake their HQ and are saved by the new doorman, who shoots the machine gun armed Gimlet. At story end, the doorman turns out to be the Top Man and is handed over to the police.   Signed cover by Jack and Joe.

    "If I Kill You...I Die!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe.
PC:    Hulk, Maj. Talbot, Gen. Ross, Betty Ross, ~ Dr. Weller.
COM: 1st app. of Desert State University. Banner returns to his old alma mater, and there he is separated physically from the Hulk.

    "The Controller Lives!"
BY:    Archie Goodwin / Don Heck, Johnny Craig.
PC:    Iron Man I, Jasper Sitwell, Meredith "McCall", Creighton McCall, Howard Stark, Dr. Eric Thorne, ~ Controller/Hugo.
COM:    Meredith being chased by C. through the woods. Tony and Jasper driving to Pinewoods Sanitarium at her behest, clashing still over Whitney Frost to the point that Jasper wants a transfer. They rescue her, and Tony remembers their past. They bring her to the hospital where everything seems so in order that Jasper is sent back to SI. Hugo revealed as the controller, that he's built another Mental Wave Absorbatron, and forces Stark to build a portable version for his helmet. Jasper doubles back and distracts C long enough for his boss to change to IM. Uses his new Mental Force Bolts, but they overload his new helmet. At story end, C back under control at Pinewoods, Jasper decides against the transfer, and Stark leaves without speaking to Meredith when he finds out she's married. Cover by Mike Esposito and Marie Severin.

    "The Coming of...Ka-Zar!" "In His Footsteps...the Huntsman of Zeus" "The Mystery of the Midnight Stalker!"
BY:    Allyn Brodsky / Frank Springer, Dick Ayers.
PC:    Hercules, {Goliath II, Black Panther, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver}, Zeus, Ares, Hebe, ~ Huntsman of Zeus.
COM:    1st feature is reprinted Ka-Zar story from UXM #10. In the 2nd feature: Avengers appearance. Story continues into SUB #29. The 3rd feature is reprinted Ka-Zar story from DD1 #24. Cover by Herb Trimpe and Marie Severin

    "Hostage!" "Breakthrough!" "Silver Holster; Showdown!"
BY:    Doug Wildey / Doug Wildey
PC:    Outlaw Kid, ~
COM:    Feature is a non-timeline old west story.

    "Youth Quake!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Sal Buscema, Joe Gaudioso.
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Dorma, Diane Arliss, Jerry Westman, Barbara, ~ Sam Westman, Roscoe, Slug.
COM:    1st and only app. of Brutivac. Teens are protesting a park being destroyed to put up a factory, and Namor steps in when things get physical. Dorma jealous of Diane. Westman uses Brutivac to sweep Namor and the other obstacles aside, but at story end, he sees the error of his ways when he nearly kills his own son.

    "No More the Thunder God!"
BY:    Stan Lee, Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Vince Colletta.
PC:    Thor I, {Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg}, Sif, Odin, Balder, ~ Loki, Igron.
COM:    Last Jack Kirby issue. Warriors Three appearance. Thor and the Asgardians return after their battle with Surtur. Igron makes a potion for Loki which allows him to switch appearances and powers with Thor. Odin sends Thor after Loki on Earth. Loki waylays him and makes the switch. Balder recovering from injuries from issue #177. He and Sif go to Earth to aid Thor, mistake him for Loki. At story end, Balder and Sif are beginning to believe his story. Cover by John Verpoorten, Marie Severin, and Neal Adams.

    "Friend Against Friend!" "The Young Warriors!"
BY:    Jack Kirby, Gary Friedrich / Jack Kirby, Chic Stone, John Buscema, John Verpoorten
PC:    {Black Bolt, Medusa, Triton, Karnak, Gorgon, Lockjaw}, {Mr. Fantastic, the Thing, Human Torch II, Crystal}, Sue Richards, Franklin Richards, Black Widow, Roman Wilson, Paul Hamilton, Maria, {Carlos}, ~ Maximus, {Stallior, Leonus, Timberius}, Anthony Scarola.
COM:    Fantastic four and Evil Inhumans appearances. Inhumans versus the FF. Maximus taken back into custody. 1st app. of the Young Warriors. Daily Press allies Widow with the Young Warriors.

    "The Arms of Dr. Octopus!"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Romita, Jim Mooney
PC:    Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy, Betty Brant, Joe Robertson, George Stacy, J Jonah Jameson, Prof. Miles Warren, John Jameson, Gen. Su, Capt. Fong, ~ Dr. Octopus.
COM:    Ock has increased his range of control on his arms, has them break him out of prison. Prof. Warren gives Peter another warning about his grades. Ock hi-jacks the plane that is taking Gen. Su to the UN. Spidey keeps Ock occupied long enough to get the passengers off. Plane explodes at the end of the runway, and Ock is assumed dead at story end.

    "The Coming of Red Wolf!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Tom Palmer.
PC:    {Goliath II, Black Panther, Vision, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch}, Captain America I, Thor I, Iron Man I, Red Wolf III (Will Talltrees), Lobo, Red Wolf I, Owayodata, Thomas and Rebecca Talltrees, ~ Cornelius Van Lunt, Jason Birch.
COM:    Origins of Red Wolf III and Lobo. Thomas and Rebecca are seen only in flashback where they are killed. 1st app. of the Wolf Spirit. RW in NYC hunting Birch, Vision intervenes, brings him back to the Avengers Mansion. Team conferring about the regrouping of Zodiac (Aries, Aquarius, etc seen on the computer). Panther wants to pursue non-super villains as well. Revealed that van Lunt hired Birch to kill Rebecca and Thomas to steal their land. RW asks the Avengers for help. Vision rejoins the team, goes with Goliath and SW to help RW. The rest of the team stays behind to look for Zodiac at story end.

    "The Vengeance of--Red Skull"
BY:    Stan Lee / Gene Colan, Dick Ayers.
PC:    Captain America I, King Hassab (of Irabia), ~ Red Skull.
COM:    Cap still on his motorcycle road trip. In an elaborate plan, Skull kidnaps Hassab to lure Cap into his clutches. In the end, Skull tires to launch Cap into space but ends up trapped on the rocket himself. Cover by Gene Colan, Jack Kirby, and Frank Giacoia.

    "Phoenix and the Fighter!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Gene Colan, Syd Shores.
PC:    Daredevil, Foggy Nelson, Kid Gawaine, Pop Fenton, Slugger Sloan,~ Kragg.
COM:    DD back in NYC. Kragg and his boys (ramrods for Phoenix) lean on Foggy. Pop revealed as Matt's father's old trainer. Gawaine turns against Phoenix and the sports syndicate. DD impersonates Gawaine in his next fight against Sloan, beats him. DD and Gawaine take care of Kragg and his boys. Cover by Syd Shores and Marie Severin.

    "The Strength of the Sub-Mariner"
BY:    Stan Lee, Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, the Thing, Crystal}, Franklin Richards, ~ Sub-Mariner, Magneto.
COM:    Namor rescues Magneto from the island where he's been marooned since UXM #63. Magneto, using Atlantean technology to increase the range of his power, starts causing damage all the way in NYC, and tries to convince Namor to team-up with him against the humans. When Namor balks, Mags attacks the FF directly and gets them to retaliate against the source, Atlantis, triggering a war. At story end, Namor sends a fleet of warships toward NYC.   John Romita, John Verpoorten cover.

    "A Titan Stalks the Tenements!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe, Marie Severin.
PC:    Hulk, Betty Ross, Gen. Ross, Jim Wilson, Iron Man I.
COM:    Hulk and Banner rejoined, and Hulk captured by Ross at the end of the story. Jim becomes Hulk's new side kick.

    "Save the People...Save the Country!""
BY:    Mimi Gold / Don Heck, Chic Stone.
PC:    Iron Man I, Sandy, Maria, Santo, ~ Overseer, Myrmidon.
COM:    Stark on vacation in the Caribbean, picks up some political refugees, decides to intercede on their behalf against the Overseer, who sics Myrmidon on him. The people finally revolt after Maria's brother, Santo, is injured. IM destroys Myrmidon and the Overseer, turns the land back over to the people. Tony introspective at story end. Cover by Bill Everett and Marie Severin.

    "To Smash the Inhumans!"
BY:    Stan Lee / Jack Kirby, Herb Trimpe.
PC:    Silver Surfer, {Black Bolt, Medusa, Gorgon, Triton, Karnak, Lockjaw}, Pinyon?, Avian?, ~ Maximus, {Aerio, Stallior, Timberius, Leonus}.
COM:    Inhumans and Evil Inhumans appearance. Surfer is near Attilan and is set upon by the Evil Inhumans. When he gets the better of them and sets off to locate their leader, Maximus arrives in his Air-Yacht and reveals that his has all been a plot to get the Surfer to clash with his brother. Surfer arrives in Attilan and comes across Black Bolt, who he takes to be the leader, and when he starts to follow him, the other members of the Royal Family take him as a threat and capture him, getting rebuked by their king for acting rashly. The Surfer wakes, takes them to be enemies, and the fight starts again, until Maximus, who saw this as an ample opportunity, attacks. The Surfer, forgotten for the moment, decides to make like the better part of valor but has trouble retrieving his board from Lockjaw. when he does finally get going, it is timed right at the defeat of Maximus, and the Royal Family turns its attention back to him. he outruns Black Bolt, but, at story end, the Surfer snaps finally and declares that he'll no longer be an advocate fro peace and will battle anyone one their own savage terms.    Vol. I of this title ends. Vol. II begins Dec. '88.

    "Fear is the Hunter"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Sal Buscema, Joe Gaudioso.
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Dorma, Hercules, Diane Arliss, Jerry Westman, Barbara, Vashti, Odin, Zeus, ~ Huntsman of Zeus, Polyphemus, Scylla, Charybdis.
COM:    Namor returning home to Atlantis, Huntsman uses Namor against Hercules. When he breaks free of the hypnotic state, the Huntsman pits the three monsters against them, but they turn out to be illusions. Hercules defeats the Huntsman, but when his father intervenes, he decides to return to Olympus. At story end, Namor is left with no memory of the event and breaks the Huntsman's staff.

    "When Gods Go Mad!"
BY:    Stan Lee / Neal Adams, Joe Sinnott.
PC:    Thor I (as Loki), Sif, Balder, {Fandral, Volstagg, Hogun}, Odin, Vizier, ~ Mephisto, Loki (as Thor), Galactus.
COM:    Warriors Three appearance. Loki, still in Thor's body, is wreaking havoc in NYC, and Thor, in Loki's body, tries to stop him. Odin, not realizing the switch, snatches Thor and banishes him to the netherworld. Balder and Sif try to stop Loki, and Balder sends her to Asgard before getting smashed into the pavement by the god of lies. Mephisto realizes the error, but does his best to prove his supremacy, pitting his Globules of Madness against the Thunder god. Thor holds his own until the Beams of Bondage are used by one of the creatures produced by the Globules, while in Asgard, Sif recruits the Warriors Three, who were tussling with some Trolls. The Vizier sends them to the nether world with the Odin Helmet, and they arrive at story end to find Thor frozen in place. Cover by Joe Sinnott, Marie Severin, and Neal Adams.

    "Doc Ock Lives!"
BY:    Stan Lee / Gil Kane, John Romita, T Mortellaro
PC:    Spider-Man, Randy Robertson, J Jonah Jameson, Joe Robertson, ~ Dr. Octopus.
COM:    Peter invited to protest rally by Randy. Peter guessed Doc Ock still alive and goes searching for him. Ock topples a water tower, foreshadowing of events in the next story. Spidey gets beat up severely by Ock and thrown off a roof while semi-conscious at story end.

    "Frenzy on the Fortieth Floor!" "Revolution!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Jack Kirby, Sam Grainger, Wally Wood.
PC:    Ka-Zar, Zabu, Garokk (the Petrified Man), Dr. Doom, Doomsman I, ~ Kraven the Hunter, Prince Rudolfo, Rudolfo Robot, Ramona, Prime Minister of Latveria, Faceless One.
COM:    In the 1st feature: Ka-Zar arrives at the Arlington Arms Hotel looking for Zabu, gets caught in Kraven's Bola Net (named 1st time). The two duke it out, the fight carrying to the outside of the sky scraper. Petrified Man comes looking for Ka-Zar. Ka-Zar wound the Hunter, who makes a hasty retreat. At story end, Petrified Man reveals that he must return to the Savage Land or their home will perish. In the 2nd feature: Dooms sends his men to hunt down the rest of the rebels and find his errant Doomsman. Rudolfo in custody revealed to be the robot created by Doom to preside at his coronation and is destroyed. Faceless One helping the real Rudolfo regain the throne and they capture the Doomsman. Ramona finds herself unable to kill Doom when she has the chance. The rebels attack the castle again, and the Faceless One, with the Doomsman, enter in his Omni-Sphere. At story end, Doom and the Faceless One face off, and the android, who now serves a different master, hesitates to follow the order to kill his creator. Cover by John Buscema and Frank Giacoia.

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    "When Dies a Legend!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Tom Palmer
PC:    {Goliath II, Black Panther, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver}, Vision, Red Wolf III, Lobo, William Talltrees, Captain America I, Iron Man I, Thor I, ~ Cornelius Van Lunt, Jason Birch, Calvin.
COM:    Vision, Scarlet Witch, and Goliath go to help Red Wolf against Van Lunt rather than look for the Zodiac with the others, and their Quinjet is shot down. Vision and Wanda are captured by Van Lunt, and he uses Wanda to force Vision to act as his body guard. Red Wolf and Goliath rally the Cheyenne people against Van Lunt, but have to go through Vision first. Wanda escapes, and summons a hex that blows up Van Lunt's helicopter (presumably killing Birch), and wrecking the dam, (presumably killing Red Wolf and Van Lunt). At story end, Will Talltrees (Christian name given for 1st time) shows up and is taken under his uncle's wing.

    "Up Against the Wall!"
BY:    Stan Lee / Gene Colan, Dick Ayers.
PC:    Captain America I, Peter Parker, ~ The Hood, Baron Strucker, {Batroc, Whirlwind, Porcupine}.
COM:    Batroc's Brigade appearance. Hulk appears in a Cap movie. Steve getting very cynical, takes off on his motorcycle to "get his share of the action". At a local college, Cap gets duped into appearing in a TV program to turn the US against its youth, but doesn't follow the script. Hood sics Batroc and crew on him. Parker in audience getting pix while Cap trashes BB. End of story, the Hood vowing revenge. Cover by Joe Sinnott and Marie Severin.

    "The Coming of Conan!"
BY:   Roy Thomas / Barry Windsor-Smith, Dan Adkins.
PC:    Conan, Kull, Tara.
COM:    Origin of Conan. Title is a non-timeline swords and sorcery story. Cover by Barry Windsor-Smith and John Verpoorten.

    "A Life on the Line"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Gene Colan, Syd Shores.
PC:    Daredevil, Black Panther/Luke Charles, William 'Billy' Carver (Thunderbolt), Lonnie Carver, Dr. Kraft, ~ {Charlie, Turk, Clyde}.
COM:    Thunderbolts 1st appearance. DD breaks up the robbery of a warehouse and Lonnie is hurt escaping the scene in the truck. DD and Panther take him to City Hospital, and Matt calls in a marker to get him the best care. Flashback to the first run-in Billy had with the Thunderbolts, and Panther saved he and his little brother. Revealed that Panther had discovered DD's secret ID. Another flashback to Lonnie failing gradually in school and then the discovery that he and his big brother had joined the gang. Lonnie survives the operation, but he needs a reason to live. DD and Panther break into the gang hideout and with Billy's help clean up the mob. Revealed that Billy is working for the DA to find out who's behind the Thunderbolts and providing them with such hardware. At story end, Lonnie recovers, and DD and Panther wondering who Mr. Big really is. Cover by Sal Buscema.

    "At War With Atlantis!"
BY:    Stan Lee, John Romita / John Romita, John Verpoorten.
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, the Thing, Crystal}, Franklin Richards, Agatha Harkness, Ebony, Dorma, ~ Sub-Mariner, Magneto.
COM:    1st app. of the FF Aero-Car. Magneto has orchestrated a war between the surface world and Namor, who has sent a war fleet to NYC. FF fly out to reason with them, but Magneto fires on them, and takes control of the flag ship after Namor has exited to engage the FF. Sue leaves Franklin at Whisper Hill, and gets captured by Mags on the way back. FF vs. Namor. At story end, Mags reveals that he has not only Sue, but Dorma as well, and Namor realizes too late that he's been duped. First FF issue without Jack Kirby. Richard Nixon cameo. signed cover by John and John.

    "In the Hands of HYDRA!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe, John Severin.
PC:    Hulk, Maj. Talbot, Gen. Ross, Betty Ross, Jim Wilson, ~ {Supreme Hydra}.
COM:    Hydra appearance. Hydra uses Jim to capture Hulk. Jim injured at the story end.

    "The Menace of the Monster-Master!!""
BY:    Allyn Brodsky / Don Heck, Chick Stone.
PC:    Iron Man I, Goro and Fujiko Watanabe, ~ Monster Master (Toru Tarakato).
COM:    IM at Fujiyama Electronics in Japan demonstrating the power of his new integrated circuits. A red Chinese weapon, in the shape of Zoga the Demon and in the control of MM, attacks Japan. Device is destroyed by deflecting its own laser beams back at it. MM revealed to be Toru just before he dies at story end. Cover by Bill Everett and Marie Severin.

    "Calling Captain Marvel!"
BY:   Roy Thomas / Sal Buscema, Joe Gaudioso.
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Captain Marvel I, Rick Jones, {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, the Thing}, Giganto, ~ Mr. Markham II, Hugo II.
COM:    Namor shows up on a Miami beach completely crazed, battles CM, then passes out. he has amnesia and fear of the water. newscaster gives a brief recount of Namor's past (where the Fantastic Four and Giganto appear only in flashback) and blames him for a recent yacht sinking. Namor accompanies Rick to the Electric Seaweed, and during his set, Namor's memory returns. Explains to CM the encounter with Markham and his first Molecular Polluter, how he destroyed the first device, but the blast from a concussion grenade caused his amnesia. He and CM go after the second device, and the find Markham just as he activates it. CM and Namor toss the device into space just in time. At story end, Rick's reluctance to talk about his connection to CM makes Namor storm off.

    "One God Must Fall!"
BY:    Stan Lee / Neal Adams, Joe Sinnott.
PC:    Thor I, Sif, {Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg}, Vizier, Odin, Balder, ~ Mephisto, Loki.
COM:    Warrior Three appearance. Thor still trapped in Loki's body (from issue #179) and is frozen in the realm of Mephisto where he was condemned last issue by Odin. While Sif and WT try to free him, Balder tries to stop Loki (in Thor's form and with his powers) from taking over the world through the UN. Thor's goodness frees him from Hell, and he gains his form back by tricking Loki into letting go of Mjolnir for more than a minute. Loki escapes at story end. cover by John Verpoorten, Marie Severin, Neal Adams, and the Bullpen.

    "Pawns of the Mandarin" "The Widow and the Militants"
BY:    Jack Kirby, Gary Friedrich / Jack Kirby, Chick Stone, Gene Colan, Bill Everett.
PC:    {Black Bolt, Medusa, Triton, Gorgon, Karnak}, Black Widow, J Jonah Jameson, Peter Parker, Paul Hamilton, Ivan Petrovitch, {Carlos}, Mayor, ~ Mandarin, Ancient One, the Don (Tony Scarola)
COM:    Young Warriors appearance. This Ancient one is not to be confused with the one from Dr. Strange. Mandarin trying to find Eye of Yin, tricks Inhumans into looking for it. Mayor speaks out publicly against the Young Warriors. Widow kidnapped by the Don.

    "And Death Shall Come!"
BY:    Stan Lee / Gil Kane, John Romita, T Mortellaro
PC:    Spider-Man, George Stacy, Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn, ~ Dr. Octopus.
COM:    Spidey saves himself from fall (last issue teaser) by swinging on Ock's tentacles. Peter really beat up, collapses. Capt. Stacy takes him home. Peter makes special web fluid to fight Ock, which makes him lose control of his arms. In the ensuing battle, Ock tumbles a chimney, and Capt. Stacy gets buried saving a child from the rubble. Stacy tells Peter that he knows his secret ID and makes him promise to love Gwen as long as he lives before dying in his arms. Spidey blames himself for the accident.

    "Hostage!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / John Busceam, Tom Palmer
PC:    {Goliath II, Black Panther, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver}, Thor I, Captain America I, Iron Man I, Daredevil, {Mr. Fantastic, Human Torch II, the Thing}, Peter Parker, May Parker, ~ Aries I.
COM:    Fantastic Four appearance (w/o Invisible Girl). Death of Aries I/Marcus Lassiter. Aries and Zodiac have taken the island of Manhattan hostage, including Thor, Cap,, Quicksilver, and Iron Man, and asks for 1 billion dollars ransom. Vision, Witch, and Goliath stuck over in Jersey. Daredevil and panther team-up against Aries, who has the Zodiac Key (from AV #72). Matt Murdock frees the captured heroes. Thor kills Aries with a lightning bolt to save the city. Cornelius Van Lunt revealed at the finacier of Zodiac.

    "Bucky Reborn!"
BY:    Stan Lee / Gene Colan, Dick Ayers.
PC:    Captain America I, Bucky I Robot, ~ Baron Strucker/the Hood.
COM:    Photos of the Red Skull, Bucky I, Trapster, and the Exiles (Cadavus, Gen Chang, Baldini, and Krushki) are seen but no actual appearances. The Hood looking for a weakness to get at Cap and thinks he's discovered one in Bucky, so he scours the city looking for a ringer, and discovers one at a seedy gym, an orphan with no memories of his past. Cap's travels take him to San Francisco, where, at a seedy diner, he hears a telecast that his old partner has been found alive. The Hood hypnotizes the youth to believe he's the real McCoy, springs the trap on Cap, and reveals that he's really Strucker. Cap gets knocked unconscious saving the youth, and is strapped to a clock-like device designed to electrocute him at a certain hour. Bucky recovers enough to free Cap, who takes out Strucker, and at story end, there is a question whether he is the real Bucky or not. Cover by Joe Sinnott and Marie Severin.

    "The Tribune"
BY:    Gary Friedrich / Gene Colan, Syd Shores.
PC:    Daredevil, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page, (Karen's Agent), Walter Cronkite, ~ The Tribune (Buck Ralston), Remo (unnamed).
COM:    Karen trying to get a part in Ralston's new movie in Hollywood, but doesn't think much of his ideology. Vice President visiting NYC; lots of protestors outside the New York Hilton. Karen calls Matt, misses him but not ready to come home yet. Ralston comes out of the closet as the Tribune, kills a draft dodger. Several bombings around the Hilton, revealed that Tribune's henchmen are to blame. DD gets caught in one of the blasts, and the youth that tries to help him is accused of the bombing, along with two other bystanders {The New York Three}. Tribune decides to come east to tend to them personally, and, at story end, Foggy tells Matt that he doesn't believe the boys did it, but as DA he's forced to prosecute. Cover by Herb Trimpe, Joe Sinnott, Marie Severin, and the Bullpen.

    "Our World--Enslaved!"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Romita, John Verpoorten
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, the Thing, Crystal}, Sub-Mariner, Dorma, ~ Magneto.
COM:    Magneto has kidnapped Dorma and Sue and marched the Atlantean fleet into NYC with the idea of using it as his base of operations to becoming the overlord of Earth. Reed whips up an electronic converter which sends Mag's magnetism back at him, and, while he is trapped in the cone of his own power, Subby and Torch rescue the girls. At story end, Namor pulls his fleet out of NYC, and Mags is turned over to the military. Richard Nixon cameo.

"Something Lurks Inside." "I Am the Genie"
BY:
COM: Series starts as non-MU strange suspense stories.

    "Day of Thunder...Night of Death!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe, John Severin.
PC:    Hulk, Jim Wilson, Gen. Ross, Isaac, Rachel, Rebecca, ~ Draxon.
COM:    Hulk feeling inadequate because he can't help the injured Jim (last issue), so turns him over to Ross before stowing away on a ship (SS Conrad) that is bound for Morvania, which is under the thumb of the dictator, Draxon. Hulk is delivered from Vastopol to the capital city and tears apart Draxon's army, and then wanders off because the dictator wasn't worth smashing. At story end, Hulk encounters young Rachel in the nearby village. Cover by Herb Trimpe and Bill Everett.

    "Anything-- for a Cause!"
BY:    Allyn Brodsky / Don Heck, Chic Stone.
PC:    Iron Man I, Maj. Hubert Ffoulkes, Kathy Ffoulkes, Kevin O'Brian (Guardsman I). ~ {Mr. Bowers, Bullwhip Brogan, Luke}.
COM:    1st app. of the Smashers. The SI factory in Lakani is meeting with a lot of local opposition, spurred on by Maj. Ffoulkes. Before Tony can rebut, the Smashers turn the rally into a riot, which IM and O'Brian rout. Kathy giving Kevin grief for working at SI. Smashers regroup and prepare for another attack. Tony recruits O'Brian for the Long Island plant, Kathy not pleased. Bowers dodging Stark's questions about why the plant construction is so far behind. Smashers attack again and plant a bomb on the factory reactor, kidnap O'Brian. IM rescues him, forces Brogan to disarm the bomb, and uncovers Bowers as the Smashers boss, revealing that he'd been embezzling from SI. At story end, the Ffoulkes learn the error of their ways and the Smashers are taken into custody. Cover by Sal Buscema.

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BY:    Stan Lee/ Stan Goldberg
PC:    Millie, ~
COM:    Feature is a non-MU fashion/romance story.

    "Attuma Triumphant!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Sal Buscema, Joe Gaudioso.
PC:    Sub-Mariner, the Thing, Triton, Vashti, Dorma, Sting Ray, Ikthon, Diane Arliss, ~Attuma, Worta, Broda, Saru-San.
COM:    Triton at the Baxter Building seeking Mr. Fantastic's help. Attuma has kidnapped Ikthon, and kidnaps the people off a cruise ship, SS Horton, including Diane. Triton, Sting Ray, and Namor in three-way battle. Attuma's plans revealed, planning to attack the Surface world with his "Devil Machine". The trio teams up against Attuma, and he blows up with the DM and is assumed dead. Namor brushes off Diane, who returns to the surface with SR to let him know that Namor wasn't at fault here. Namor returns home with Ikthon at story end.

    "The Prisoner--the Power--and Dr. Doom!"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott.
PC:    Thor I, Cosette Lefarge, Prof. Pierre Lefarge, Odin, ~ Dr. Doom.
COM:    Loki has been banished for his misdeeds in issues #179-81. Thor learns of Doom's kidnapping the professor and was holding Cosette hostage to force him to build nuclear missiles. Blake places a phony plastic surgery article to lure Doom to NYC. Odin wishes to speak to Thor about the "World Beyond", but allows him to deal with Doom first. Doom captures Blake and returns with him to Latveria, and soon the jug is up. Thor escapes the dungeon, and at story end, must choose to either be blown up himself by a missile or let a nearby village get it.

    "Untitled" "Untitled" "The Threat from the 5th Dimension!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Tom Palmer, Steve Ditko.
COM:    All features are non-MU strange suspense stories. Series continues as CREATURES ON THE LOOSE #10 in 3/71.

    "To Smash a Spider!"
BY:    Stan Lee / Gil Kane, John Romita, T Montellaro
PC:    Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy, J Jonah Jameson, Joe Robertson, Harry Osborn, ~ Sam Bullit, Carter, Charlie (unnamed).
COM:    Funeral of Capt. Stacy. Everybody thinks Spidey killed him, including Gwen, who declares that she hates Spidey, then unwittingly backs Bullit in his campaign for DA. JJJ backs Bullit because he said he would deliver Spidey. Public opinion really turns against Spidey. Bullit captures Peter and beats him up trying to get info on Spidey's whereabouts. Spidey caught by Bullit and Gwen coming into Peter's bedroom window at story end.

    "Back to the Savage Land" "Doom Must Die!"
BY:    Gerry Conway, Larry Lieber / Barry Windsor-Smith, Sam Grainger, Wally Wood.
PC:    Ka-Zar, Zabu, Garokk (Petrified Man), Tongah, Dr. Doom, Doomsman I, ~ Zaladane (Zala Dane), Prince Rudolfo, Ramona, Faceless One.
COM:    Origin of the Petrified Man (A sailor from the HMS Drake who accidentally drank the Elixir of Life at the Temple of the Sun-god, Garokk that made him immortal and eventually turned his skin to stone). 1st appearance of the Fall People and the Sun People. Garokk seeks out Ka-Zar's help in NYC, while in the Savage Land, Zaladane inciting her people to conquest in the name of the Sun-god. Ka-Zar and PM return to the Savage Land in time to see Zaladane and her people headed for the kingdom of the Lizard Men. In Doom's feature: The underground of Latveria is revolting against Doom to put Rudolfo on the throne. Doom seizes control of the Doomsman (who is revealed out of his bandages for the 1st time) back from the Faceless One, who is revealed to be an alien, and turns Doom's castle weapons against him. Doom teleports from the castle just as the revolutionaries gain control, destroys the whole structure, killing the alien and sending Rudolfo into exile. At story end, in a hidden complex, unable to wrest complete control over the Doomsman, Doom teleports him to another dimension.

    "Come On In...The Revolution's Fine!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Tom Palmer
PC:    {Goliath II, Black Panther, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver}, Odin, Queen Casiolena, Prof. T W Erwin, Tom Fagan, Executioner, {Wasp, Medusa, Black Widow, ~ Enchantress (as Valkyrie I)}, {Klaw, Melter, Radioactive Man, Whirlwind}.
COM:    1st app. of the Lady Liberators. Masters of Evil II appearance. 1st app. of the Rutland Halloween parade in the MU. Valkyrie gathers the members of the Liberators together in order to steal the Parallel Time Projector to restore her powers. Lady Liberators take out the MoE and then the Avengers. Valkyrie revealed as the Enchantress, tells of the events directly following her and the Executioner's banishment in IH1 #102. Enchantress's spell is reflected back on her by Wanda and is assumed dead. Clint and Wanda bickering over Women's Lib at story end. Cameo by Roy and Jean Thomas.

    "The Fearful Secret of Bucky Barnes!"
BY:    Stan Lee / Gene Colan, Dick Ayers.
PC:    Captain America I, Falcon, Redwing, {Sharon Carter, Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan},~ Baron Strucker, MODOK, Dr. Doom, Bucky I Robot, {Batroc, Whirlwind, Porcupine}.
COM:    AIM appearance. SHIELD appearance. Batroc's Brigade seen only in flashback. Strucker handed over to police from last issue. Walter Cronkite cameo. Falcon disappointed that Cap has a new partner. Revealed that MODOK has been manipulating events since issue 130. Origin of the Bucky Robot. Built by Dr. Doom, controlled by MODOK. Bucky pitted against Cap. Programming so accurate that he can't kill his old partner and self destructs at story end.

    "If an Eye Offend Thee...!"
BY:    Roy Thomas (Len Wein) / Gene Colan, Syd Shores.
PC:    Daredevil, Foggy Nelson, Nick Dillman, ~ Remo, Buck Ralston (Tribune).
COM:    Youths accused of setting Hilton firebombs from the last issue. DD looking for evidence to clear them. DD receives a summons to appear in court. Ralston arrives in NYC, takes over as the judge of the bombing trial. DD releases Tribune's control over his men, and Tribune is killed in a helicopter explosion while trying to escape. Revealed that Ralston planted the fire bombs, and the "New York Three" are released at story end. Cover by Syd Shores and Marie Severin.

    "The Monster in the Streets!"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Romita, John Verpoorten
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, the Thing}, Crystal, Lockjaw, Dr. Phillip Zoltan Rambow, ~ the Monster (Larry Rambow (unnamed)).
COM:    Brief retelling of the FF's origin. Crys is sick, and when Reed analyzes her, he comes to the conclusion that her illness is brought on by the pollution in the city and that she must return to the Great Refuge or die. He also finds something in her blood that might help Ben become normal again. Lockjaw comes for Crys, and Johnny goes ballistic. Sue facing down the monster who's been shaking up the town solo, needs Reed's help. but he's in the process of changing Ben human. At story end, Reed is being made to choose between the lives of his wife and best friend.

    "Among Us Walks...the Golem!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe, Sal Buscema.
PC:    Hulk, Rachel, Isaac, ~ Draxon.
COM:    Morvania is freed because Draxon is killed in battle with the common people, championed by the Hulk, who is mistaken for the Golem of their legends.

    "Beware--the Mechanoid!"
BY:    Allyn Brodsky / George Tuska, Joe Gaudioso.
PC:    Iron Man I, Belinda Thompkins, Luke, Mechanoid Scout MK-5/Mike, Ed, Fitz, ~ Rasko, Baldy Kolak.
COM:    While Iron Man is testing his armor, two convicts break out of prison; Belinda breaks up with her boyfriend; and MK-5 is coming in to Earth's air space. Iron Man gets abducted by the alien craft and is notifies while in a stasis field that the android is here to investigate the world as a possible trading colony, and he leaves IM to further study the planet. Iron Man escapes, but MK-5 has assumed a human form and hitches a ride from the girl. The cons, escaping the police, crash their car and hijack the one occupied by the couple. Mike tries to rescue the girl who he has developed feeling for and there is a standoff. The bad guys are subdued, but Mike is shot several times by both in the process. He has only time enough to say goodbye to the girl before exploding, and, at story end, he is reduced to ash as the police lug away Rasko and Baldy. Cover by Bill Everett and Marie Severin.

    "Sightless, in a Savage Land!" "From the Sky--Winged Wrath!" "The Secret of Ka-Zar's Origin!"
BY:    Jerry Siegel / George Tuska, Dick Ayers.
PC:    Angel, Warren K. Worthington II, Kathryn Worthington, Agt. Amos Duncan, Matilda, Candy Southern, ~ Dazzler I (Burt Worthington).
COM:    1st feature is a Ka-Zar story reprinted from DD1 #12. In the 2nd feature: Solo Angel story begins. 1st appearance of the Far Outs.   Angel breaks up a bank robbery perpetrated by members of the Dazzler's gang, and then returns to the family home. He finds his father a little improved from a recent illness, and goes out with Candy on a date at his father's insistence. Dazzler sends two of his men to kill WK Worthington to keep him from informing on him, and the job is done up close and personal. Warren hears the news report of the murder on the way home and goes into a rage. He locates the fleeing killers on their Jet-Pogo Sticks and might have killed them if not for the timely arrival of Duncan. At story end, he swears revenge on the Dazzler. 3rd feature is a reprinted Ka-Zar story from DD1 #13. Barry Windsor Smith cover?

    "Call Her Llyra...Call Her Legend!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney.
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Ikthon, Llyron, Rhonda Morris, Karthon, ~ Llyra (Laura Morris), Naga.
COM:    Origin of Llyra. Llyron and Naga, appear only in flashback.   Namor travels to Lemuria in an attempt to strike an alliance, finds Llyra in charge. Origin of Llyra. She wants to join forces, but as conquerors, and Namor refuses. We meet Llyra's 'twin'. Namor fights all the sea creatures sent after him by Llyra, and the Lemurian queen is caught in a landslide. At story end, revealed that Llyra and her twin are one and the same, and she is assumed dead at story end.

    "Trapped in Doomsland"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott.
PC:    Thor I, Cosette LeFarge, Sif, Balder, Odin, ~ Dr. Doom, Prof. Pierre Lefarge.
COM:    Thor still in Latveria trying to rescue Prof. Lefarge. Escapes on of Lefarge's missiles, but loss Mjolnir. Doom can't lift the hammer, and uses his Silent Stalker to hunt Blake down. Sif and Balder plead with Odin to help his son, but Odin believes in his abilities as Thor or Blake. Blake recovers Mjolnir, and he and Doom duke it out. Doom uses his Electro-Paralyzer, but Thor breaks free and destroys all of Doom's new missiles. Odin getting tired of waiting for Thor to finish so he can talk to him about the "World Beyond". Thor tries to rescue LeFarge, but he pulls a gun and reveals that he was helping Doom for the money. He is killed by one of his own ricochets. Thor races back to the US, blowing off the fight with Doom, gives Cosette a version of the story so she would still think well of her father. At story end, Thor flying off toward Asgard. Cover by John Buscema and John Verpoorten.

"The Origin of Professor X" "Where Walks the Juggernaut"
COM: Title begins again from Mar. '70 but in giant size format and only with reprinted material. Original stories begin again with #94 in Aug. '75. Both features are reprinted stories from UXM #s 12 and 13. First 25 cent issue. New cover by Marie Severin and Joe Sinnott.

"Spider-Man vs. the Chameleon!" "Duel to the Death with the Vulture!" "Just a Guy Named Joe!"
COM: All features are reprinted stories from ASM #s1, 2, and 38. New cover by John Romita. Also contains five pin-up pages by John Romita and Frank Giacoia featuring Mysterio, Mary Jane, Electro, and the Sandman.

"Sub-Mariner Versus the Human Race!" "Inside the Baxter Bldg." "A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes!" "Questions and Answers About the Fantastic Four"
COM: All features are reprinted stories from FF1 An. #1. New cover by John Romita and John Verpoorten.

"What Price Victory?" "Disaster!" "When Fall the Mighty!" "The Power of Iron Man!"
COM: The first feature is a reprint of story from ToS1 #71. Second feature is a reprint of a story from ToS1 #79. There is a single panel pin-up of Iron Man. The third feature is a reprint of a story from ToS1 #80. Fourth Feature is a reprint of a story from TtA1 #82. New cover by Bill Everett and Marie Severin..

"Enter the Avengers!" "The Triumph of Magneto"
COM: Both features are reprinted stories from UXM #s 9 and 11. Cover reprinted from UXM #9.