{"id":162,"date":"2023-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deweybass.com\/spiderman\/?p=162"},"modified":"2021-11-07T19:33:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T23:33:47","slug":"mtu-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2023\/01\/23\/mtu-71\/","title":{"rendered":"MTU 071"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(One of 77) MTU 69\u2019s letter column said that, while the details were up in the air, if things worked out right, MTU 71 was gonna be the craziest issue ever. Instead, we have what is clearly a fill-in. I\u2019d be willing to submit that the Saturday Night Live issue in #74 was intended for issue 71, and then whatever caused Byrne to leave this title got in the way. But all I can do is guess. This month, we got\u2026 uh, we got Bill Kunkel and Dave Wienzel bringing you our story, with inker Dan Green. I know who Dan Green is, I never heard of these other two guys in my life. Maybe they won a contest. If you think I\u2019m gonna google it, you\u2019re wrong! It\u2019s chaos from page 1:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cap\u2019s laid out with a flower in his hand, which Falcon takes for an intentionally placed clue. So\u2026 Cap called him on a phone, walked outside with a flower, and got got? Weird. SHIELD shows up, Cap is rushed to a hospital, and a doctor tells Nick Fury and Falcon that he\u2019s dying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MURDER FLOWER! Dr. Leroy Katz is a brilliant research scientist, who apparently told this doctor guy he was recently troubled by thefts at his government research labs. Why, that sounds like something SHIELD should\u2019ve looked into. You dropped the ball, Nick, and now Cap is 100% definitely going to DIE! But where\u2019s Spider-Man in all this? Well, funny story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He is at the very same research lab that was robbed as it is being robbed again! Purple & pink is a bold choice for these nameless goons. Spidey gets to work on \u2018em, and they don\u2019t pose much of a threat. Until\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Professional superhero The Amazing Spider-Man, everybody. Just let some weirdo zap him like a chump. So, naturally, the goons escape in their van and that\u2019s when Falcon shows up, assumes Spider-Man is robbing the research lab, and attacks him. Like you do. Gotta get that outta the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Falcon starts questioning the dude, and then we cut to Spidey on Long Island, where he rolls up to some fancy mansion the goon\u2019s boss is meant to be in. Where\u2019s, ya know, Falcon? Spidey takes out some of the guards and puts on one of their suits so he can get inside, and that\u2019s where we encounter their boss. If you thought their color scheme was going to be a clue to who hired them\u2026 well\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cYou really love this stolen government nutrient, don\u2019t you?\u201d is something we can all only wish we had occasion to say in our daily lives. Yes, it\u2019s Plantman, a villain who isn\u2019t even Z-grade because he\u2019s worse than that. Hooboy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is so ridiculous. Aaaaanyway, Spidey slips away and, in a nice bit of business, asks one of the goons his name, knocks him out, and then runs into the main room telling the Boss Arnie accidentally touched \u201cPretty Poison\u201d and needs the antidote. They take it into one of the greenhouses, and that\u2019s when Falcon comes smashing through the roof. Spidey swipes the anti-toxin and they\u2026 run for it? Why not just fly back out? Because they have to go fight the previously toured room of evil plants, of course. Not that that\u2019s too hard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whoa, whoa, whoa! Plantman said the \u201cD\u201d word! It\u2019s 1978, how did that get past the Comics Code Authority? I am scandalized! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was… not the pinnacle of the form. But a comic got published, presumably around its release date, and sometimes, that\u2019s the best you can do. The cover really makes you think Cap will play a bigger role than just being poisoned the whole time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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