Synopsis: Marvel Team up 113 was written by Mark Gruenwald and pencilled by Herb Trimpe with inks my Mike Esposito and opens with Spider-Man jumping onto an armoured truck after his spider-sense warns him of trouble. The truck contains the villainous Nitro and is being transferred to Project Pegasus under the supervision of their security … Continue reading October 1981: Marvel Team Up 113 – Or, Quasar’s the best Pegasus could afford?

  Amazing Spider-Man 223 was written by Denny O'Neill (with J M Dematteis scripting) with art by John Romita Jnr and Al Milgrom and opens with Peter Parker, in his Spider-Man costume heading towards Empire State University. He sees a fellow grad student, Roger Hochberg heading into library annex. He comments to himself how he's … Continue reading September 1981: Amazing Spider-Man 223- Or, wow Peter Parker is still a bit of a d*ck

Power Man & Iron Fist 75 was written by Mary Jo Duffy, pencilled by Kerry Gammil and inked  by Ricardo Villamonte and opens with Master Khan (Long time Iron Fist villain) riding a jade tiger, being followed by Luke (Power Man) Cage and Daniel (Iron Fist) Rand'Kai through a portal. They are deposited on a … Continue reading August 1981: Power Man & Iron Fist 75 – Or hitching a ride on a green tiger? Really?

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man was written by Roger Stern and pencilled by Jim Mooney and opens with the director and narrator of the documentary show 'On the Trail' talking about their next subject, Spider-Man. The narrator Felix Simon, wants new footage to keep the quality high, while director Morrie Toshiba is less sure, but … Continue reading July 1981: Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man 59 – Or, You want people not to laugh, leave the monkey suit at home

      Synopsis: Avengers 211 was written by David Michelinie with pencils by Gene Colan and Dan Green on inks and opens with Captain America deciding that there should only be six Avengers and some of the people living at the mansion are going to have to leave. Standing behind Steve (Captain America Rogers) … Continue reading June 1981: Avengers 211 – Or, we’re going to need some more chairs.

Synopsis: Iron Man 149 was written by David Michelinie, with art by John Romita Jnr and Bob Layton and opens with a Stark International cargo ship being attacked by pirates (the more recent helicopters and guns kind, not the pirates of the Caribbean kind) before they are sent packing by Iron Man. Iron Man then … Continue reading May 1981: Iron Man 149 – Or I would question Doom’s management style.

Fantastic Four 232 was written and drawn by John Byrne, with inks by Bjorn Heyn and opens with Diablo monologuing about how the Fantastic Four will soon fall to his power, before his landlady comes to his door to complain about the smells from his apartment. He complains about having to use potions to disguise … Continue reading April 1981: Fantastic Four 232 – Or I’m not sure how close you’d want to be to Sue Storm

  Synopsis: Daredevil 171 was written and drawn by Frank Miller, with Klaus Janson and opens with Matt (Daredevil) Murdock, in his costume, waking up in the back of a garbage truck. He jumps clear to get some sleep and in a cutaway scene, we see one of the mob's underlings killed by a man … Continue reading March 1981: Daredevil 171 – Or, have you got yourself locked in a room, with a violent giant?

  Defenders 95 was  written by J M DeMatteis with art by Don Perlin and Joe Sinnot and opens with the Defenders Doctor Stephen Strange, Valkyrie, Damien (Son of Satan) Hellstrom, Patsy (Hellcat) Walker and Isaac (The Gargoyle) Christians entering Doctor Strange's home to find a miraculously healed Kyle (Nighthawk) Richmond, who finds out from … Continue reading February 1981: Defenders 95 – Or, so the son of Satan is a hero?

  Synopsis: Iron Man 145 was written by David Michelinie with art by John Romita Jnr and Bob Layton and opens with Tony (Iron Man) Stark and James (Rhodey) Rhodes at the check in desk of a technology convention being held in Dallas, Texas. Rhodey cuts out to try and meet some women and Tony … Continue reading January 1981: Iron Man 145 or I’m sorry, is that Mohammed Ali?