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Hey, look, our old pal, Ka-Zar. And he\u2019s brought Stegron, The Dinosaur Man. How lucky for us, to get in on the ground floor of this sure-to-be-beloved new character! It\u2019s Len Wein, Gil Kane & Frank Giaocia taking us on this journey. Spider-Man is being taken to Antarctica by a SHIELD jet, whose pilot says they\u2019ll be over the drop point in 45 seconds. Well, then. Hit the ground running.
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I like Roy Thomas getting to do the editor\u2019s note on that story since he wrote it. Spidey flashes back to let us know he\u2019s here on behalf of Curt Connors. In the recent past, Doc Connors describes to Spider-Man how he took on an assistant, Dr. Vincent Stegron (SURE!), to work on a project for SHIELD. It involved working with dinosaur DNA SHIELD got from Ka-Zar. But Stegron became obsessed with the idea that, if Connors\u2019 lizard formula could turn him into a lizard-ma, why, surely the same process could turn someone into a dinosaur-man. Does every assistant Curt works with end up mutated? Seriously. So, anyway, Stegron stole their experimental \u201cdinosaur extract\u201d and took off for The Savage Land eight days ago, and Curt wants Spidey to go find him (Took a while to get in touch). Back in the present, Spidey is still parachuting down, and thinks Nick Fury owed him after the events of MTU 13, so that\u2019s how he got the free ride.Exposition out of the way, Spidey touches down, and soon enough, is being attacked by a Plateosaurus. He webs its feet to the ground and runs away, though. Easy! Except\u2026
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Zabu is looking quite fearsome! The combined power of the 2 heroes and the big cat defeat the dinosaurs, and then Spidey is able to tell Ka-Zar why he\u2019s here. Ka-Zar says he\u2019s heard about Stegron, and will take Spidey to him. He says he\u2019s heard this guy has started living with the, er, Swamp-Men, and declared himself \u201cLord of the Long-Tails.\u201d I mean, why not? But as the heroes approach the Village of the Swamp-Men, they are attacked by those same Swamp-Men.
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Oh, Savage Land stories. Why must you be so uncomfortable? Hang on, though, it\u2019s time to meet Stegron:
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Stregon isn\u2019t as bad as, say, Basil Elks, but it\u2019s certainly in the vicinity. And he\u2019s aiming high! In much the same way The Lizard is always trying to make reptiles the dominant species on Earth, Stegron is upping the ante and wants to make dinosaurs the dominant species on Earth. Ka-Zar tries to reason with The Swamp-Men (In their language, so Stegron won\u2019t know), but they club him in the face for it. But then he suddenly cuts the ropes holding him on a spear and leaps into action. Spider-Man is also just being held by some ropes, as if he can\u2019t pick up a whole car, but Ka-Zar cuts him loose. Spidey frees Zabu from the net he\u2019s in, and it\u2019s once again time for action. But instead of beating up Swamp-Men, the heroes run off after Stegron, who\u2019s gone to his \u201cark\u201d which he plans to bring dinosaurs out of The Savage Land with. Aaaand like The Lizard can control reptiles, he can command dinosaurs, so they start piling into his ark. Stegron tells his dinosaurs that dinosaurs didn\u2019t survive in the past because their brains were too small (???? When did the idea of an extinction level event come into play? For real?), but this time it will be different. Just then, the heroes appear, and Stegron causes a dino-stampede, in a rare 2-page spread and everything.
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Scientifically accurate! While Ka-Zar decides if he can stop the T. Rex leading the charge, he can stop them all, Spidey tackles Stegron, and gets tailwhipped a few times for it.
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As excuses for the guest hero not to continue on to the next issue go, this is a pretty good one. Where did Stegron get this insane spaceship? Should that not have been in the exposition? Maybe we\u2019ll find out next time. And, hey, Black Panther! Always nice to see him. And just so ya know, Marvel Value Stamp: intact!
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