{"id":69,"date":"2020-10-12T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T04:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deweybass.com\/spiderman\/?p=69"},"modified":"2022-08-06T01:08:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T05:08:13","slug":"mtu-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2020\/10\/12\/mtu-21\/","title":{"rendered":"MTU 021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Guys, he\u2019s back from the dead! I do not know Xandu The Unspeakable, but he\u2019s back! Same creative team as last issue, except Dave Hunt replaces Mike Esposito. Things get rolling with Spider-Man happening upon a mugging. He dispatches the attackers with ease, but then things get weird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Uh-oh. Why, that\u2019s none other than Xandu the Unspeakable. Now that he\u2019s enthralled Spider-Man, he sends him to steal \u201cThe Crystal of Kadavus\u201d from Dr. Strange\u2019s house, and tells him Dr. Strange is his sworn enemy, too. He teleports Spidey right into Strange\u2019s house. Strange is busy meditating on the texts of The Ancient One, so he doesn\u2019t notice at first, but then Spidey knocks over a table. Very smooth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ye Olde Two Heroes Fight Over a Misunderstanding done in a slightly different way. It is appreciated that Wein put a spin on it, even if it’s not spinning too fast. As they battle, Strange only tries to keep the obviously abnormal Spider-Man at bay, trying to figure out his deal. Which proves a mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our hero appears in Xandu\u2019s lair or whatever, Xandu himself having switched into his wizard gear. He says this will help him regenerate The Wand of Watoomb, and then talks about how he came back from the last time Strange & Spider-Man defeated him, which was apparently in Dr. Strange #179. Strange, I guess, wiped Xandu\u2019s memory of their last encounter, but Xandu did some wizard stuff to \u201csend his memory reeling off into the ethos.\u201d So he wandered around homeless for awhile, but then his mind zipped back into his head. So\u2026 he wasn\u2019t dead, then. Not even \u201cdead.\u201d Just\u2026 homeless. Well, whatever. But wait, there\u2019s more flashbacking to do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Xandu teleports all of them to\u2026 well he calls it \u201cXandu\u2019s dimension,\u201d but it\u2019s just an attempt at a weird Steve Ditko Dark Dimension kinda thing. Being pulled to this place snaps Spider-Man back to consciousness, though, so now Xandu has two enemies to deal with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still not going too well, though. Spidey & Strange keep trying to catch him off guard, but Xandu\u2019s claims to make the rules in this dimension seem to be true, and he keeps redirecting their attack back and them while growing bigger and bigger. Strange secretly casts a spell on him and Spidey, so that the next time Spider-Man tries to web Xandu, he instead shoots magical blasts from him hands. He\u2019s pretty shocked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who is Flaming Blue Hannah, anyway? These flipped projectiles throw Xandu off badly enough that Strange is able to web up his whole head, and then he gets Spider-Man to hit him again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Without the wand, Xandu is no match for Dr. Strange. Strange sets the Wand to floating through Xandu\u2019s weird realm, hoping no one will ever find it (That sure doesn\u2019t work out), and then teleports the whole gang back to Xandu\u2019s place. Xandu upset that Strange has stolen his only means of awakening Melinda, and being the swell guy he is, Strange tries to do it for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, that\u2019s a downer. But that\u2019s how this one ends. And also: Marvel Value Stamp intact!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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