Week Ending Nov. 11, 1972
Mighty World of Marvel #6
It's winter in 1972 and Netflix won't start it's UK streaming service for another 40 years, but all is not lost because a trip to your local newsagent will furnish you with the satisfyingly analogue sixth issue of MWOM. And what does the newsprint bound herald of superhero goodness have in store for us...?
Well the (still Rick Jones controlled) Hulk is facing-off with the Ringmaster and his Circus of Crime. As lame as these criminal travelling entertainers might be, I have a bit of a soft spot for them as they featured in some of the later issues of MWOM I had as a kid. Though there is no denying that they are pretty rubbish here, with the Ringmaster's troupe being a fairly anonymous bunch of henchmen. The Circus of Crime are taken down with ease by the Hulk (despite the hindering control of Rick Jones) and a pair of proto X-Files FBI agents.
Our protagonists leave the scene when the army arrive by means of one of the Hulk's prodigious leaps, which in this issue is clearly presented as flight. You have to wonder if Stan and Jack had any clear handle on what they were doing with the character at this point.
We get a bonus Fantastic Four Questions and Answers pull-out this week. Which informs us that Reed isn't old, his hair went grey at the temples during action in WWII (so he's old then?) and Johnny Storm is a big jazz fan.
Spider-Man returns in this reprint of the second story from Amazing Spider-Man #2, which as we discovered last week, when it comes to a Stan Lee story can only mean... aliens! This tale sees Spidey up against the threat of The Tinkerer and his otherworldly allies. Not a great story by any means but interesting in that it makes the MCU appearance of the Tinkerer in Spider-Man: Homecoming more comic-accurate than I thought it was.
The Fantastic Four pages of this week's issue bring us the conclusion of their conflict with the Miracle Man. Within the first three panels Ben Grimm has dispensed with his new uniform, which makes you wonder why he puts on a freshly pressed one only pages later. Other items of note this week: Sue Storm takes a surprisingly dynamic role in the adventure and Ben makes some creepy declarations about his desire for her to look at him in a more than friendly way.
Away from the soap opera and back in the action, the Miracle Man steals an 'atomic tank' for reasons unknown (that remain that way) before the inevitable showdown with the FF. Now I don't want to brag, but I totally called it last week, the Miracle Man is revealed to be nothing more than a hypnotist with the final panels only lacking "I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids!"
It's winter in 1972 and Netflix won't start it's UK streaming service for another 40 years, but all is not lost because a trip to your local newsagent will furnish you with the satisfyingly analogue sixth issue of MWOM. And what does the newsprint bound herald of superhero goodness have in store for us...?
Well the (still Rick Jones controlled) Hulk is facing-off with the Ringmaster and his Circus of Crime. As lame as these criminal travelling entertainers might be, I have a bit of a soft spot for them as they featured in some of the later issues of MWOM I had as a kid. Though there is no denying that they are pretty rubbish here, with the Ringmaster's troupe being a fairly anonymous bunch of henchmen. The Circus of Crime are taken down with ease by the Hulk (despite the hindering control of Rick Jones) and a pair of proto X-Files FBI agents.
Our protagonists leave the scene when the army arrive by means of one of the Hulk's prodigious leaps, which in this issue is clearly presented as flight. You have to wonder if Stan and Jack had any clear handle on what they were doing with the character at this point.
We get a bonus Fantastic Four Questions and Answers pull-out this week. Which informs us that Reed isn't old, his hair went grey at the temples during action in WWII (so he's old then?) and Johnny Storm is a big jazz fan.
Spider-Man returns in this reprint of the second story from Amazing Spider-Man #2, which as we discovered last week, when it comes to a Stan Lee story can only mean... aliens! This tale sees Spidey up against the threat of The Tinkerer and his otherworldly allies. Not a great story by any means but interesting in that it makes the MCU appearance of the Tinkerer in Spider-Man: Homecoming more comic-accurate than I thought it was.
The Fantastic Four pages of this week's issue bring us the conclusion of their conflict with the Miracle Man. Within the first three panels Ben Grimm has dispensed with his new uniform, which makes you wonder why he puts on a freshly pressed one only pages later. Other items of note this week: Sue Storm takes a surprisingly dynamic role in the adventure and Ben makes some creepy declarations about his desire for her to look at him in a more than friendly way.
Away from the soap opera and back in the action, the Miracle Man steals an 'atomic tank' for reasons unknown (that remain that way) before the inevitable showdown with the FF. Now I don't want to brag, but I totally called it last week, the Miracle Man is revealed to be nothing more than a hypnotist with the final panels only lacking "I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids!"
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