{"id":6695,"date":"2019-04-24T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T04:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=6695"},"modified":"2019-10-17T01:00:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T05:00:48","slug":"mtu-010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2019\/04\/24\/mtu-010\/","title":{"rendered":"MTU 010"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I appreciate that the \u201cNuff Said\u201d has a question mark, because\u2026 probably not. So its Kang Vs. Zarrko for the fate of time itself, and since one of them is the enduring powerhouse who\u2019s threatened The Avengers time and time again and the other is one of the weirder footnotes in Thor history, I know who I\u2019m betting on. Jim Mooney & Frank Giacoia tag in as the art team here. As the two villains face off over the unconscious forms of Spider-Man and Iron Man, Zarrko has a ton of exposition he\u2019d like to get out there, if it please the court.  
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Seriously? That\u2019s the plan? This is like trying to kill a spider with a nuclear bomb. Why not just invade an earlier time? Which weapons depot is that mysteriously awesome in 1973? How does this jobber think he get away with talking all this trash at a dude who\u2019s already conquered his entire planet in the times both men come from? At any rate, while he\u2019s babbling, Spidey creeps away. Soon, he\u2019s found Kang\u2019s own travel machine apparatus, and finds it already locked onto the day he left, February 14, 1973 (Valentine\u2019s Day! This story is so romantic!). He takes some time to figure out the controls and then disappears into time.
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My favorite Avengers villain so casually stunting on this Z-Grade pretender is pretty enjoyable. But we\u2019re told we have to wait \u2018til next issue to see who\u2019s scared Kang so much. That\u2019s weird. Back in the present, Spidey finds he\u2019s in The Baxter Building. No one talks about it, but Kang\u2019s time travel rig looked a lot like Dr. Doom\u2019s time platform to me, and I believe The FF would\u2019ve commandeered that by this point. Could be the same thing. To Spidey\u2019s chagrin, Johnny is the only one home. After some explanations, the heroes split up to go stop Zarrko\u2019s \u201ctime bombs.\u201d Johnny plans to go to Japan, while Spidey says he\u2019ll take the one in South America. I sure can\u2019t wait to see how he gets there, but we follow The Torch first. As he arrives in Japan, the bomb has already started working, with whole cities reverting to past states as he watches from the sky. He uses his flame control to create \u201can infra-red heat screen\u201d so he can track the radiation to the source (Really?).
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This is all pretty ridiculous. Johnny defeats the samurai even though he\u2019s brought his fists to a sword fight, but the radiation from the bomb begins to affect him, too, and he can\u2019t shut it off. Meanwhile, in Venezuela, as a landing plane lowers its wheels, Spider-Man pops out, too. And just in time.
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Spidey reaches his bomb, but just like The Torch, it overwhelms him. Until it bursts into flame. The Torch has arrived, saying he finally got it together long enough to hit his with a fire burst, and knew he\u2019d have to come save Spidey, too. So he did. Johnny says he feels like he\u2019s experienced this radiation before, but can\u2019t remember. As the surroundings change back to normal, the two heroes jump in a jet and head for the last bomb in Greece. But as they get close, the radiation turns their plane into one of Da Vinci\u2019s flying machine concepts (???) and they fall to Earth just in time to be attacked by a bunch of ancient Greek warriors. But when they finally reach the devices, Spidey webs it before Torch can do his thing.
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REALLY, Johnny? The fate of the world in several different time periods is at stake, but you\u2019d just be way too sad to go see Crystal? That\u2019s real heroic, buddy. I hope you left Spider-Man that jet. I guess we\u2019ll find out next issue.
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