Category: ’70s
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #01 (1979)
“And Men Shall Call Him…Octopus!” Rating: 3/5 Writer: Bill Mantlo Artists: Jim Mooney & Rich Buckler Doc Ock steals an atomic sub. Spider-Man rips the hatch off and water floods in, sinking it. Doc Ock seemingly went down with the ship and died.
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #13 (1979)
“The Arms of Doctor Octopus” Rating: 4/5 Writer: Marv Wolfman Artist: John Byrne Some agent gets murdered. Cops think it’s suicide. Spider-Man investigates to prove it’s a homicide. Dr. Octopus is also looking for the murderer, but for different reasons. The guy helping Spider-Man (who also knows that he’s also Peter Parker) turns out to be the ghost of the agent who was murdered. And during a fight with Doc Ock, Spider-Man rips one ofLearn More
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #037 (1979)
“Into the Hive!” Rating: 3/5 Writer: Bill Mantlo Artist: Jim Mooney The teacher’s assistants at the school where Swarm is attacking create a super insect repellant. Spider-Man coats his suit in it and mixes it with his webbing and goes into the giant hive on the campus and wrecks Swarm and the queen bee.
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #036 (1979)
“Enter: Swarm!” Rating: 4/5 Writer: Bill Mantlo Artist: Jim Mooney This issue starts with a really cool scene of Spider-Man capturing some escaping bank robbers for the police. He peels back the roof of a car and a whole other bunch of fun stuff. The issue itself is about the awakening of a villain called Swarm who’s a swarm of bees that take the form of a man around the skeleton of a Nazi whoLearn More
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #035 (1979)
“Labyrinth” Rating: 4/5 Writer: Tony Isabella Artists: Lee Elias & Mike Esposito The Mindworm comes back. After their last battle, he was taken to a hospital. The Mindworm has extreme telepathic abilities. He and Spider-Man share a dream, well nightmare, and Spider-Man helps Mindworm overcome his feelings of alienation. Mindworm learns the Spider-Man mantra “With great power comes great responsibility.” Spider-Man and Mindworm part ways on good terms.