Peter Petruski is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby , the character first appeared in Strange Tales #104 (January 1963). Petruski is one of the first supervillains who became active during the "Silver Age" of Marvel Comics. He is known under the codenames Paste-Pot Pete and Trapster . Petruski is a former research chemist in New York City who invented an extremely adhesive "multi-polymer" liquid, which he used to create a paste-gun and become a criminal . He has also been a member of the Intelligencia and the Frightful Four at various points in his history.
80-697: Peter Petruski debuted as Paste-Pot Pete in Strange Tales #104 (January 1963), created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby . He later appeared as the Trapster in Fantastic Four #38 (May 1965). Peter Petruski was born in Gary, Indiana . Originally calling himself Paste-Pot Pete , the villain and professional criminal clashed with the Human Torch during his efforts to sell a new American missile to
160-539: A bomb. Nick’s unknown agent Daisy defeated her and the armor army’s lives were saved. Trapster escaped the heroes in the resulting battle between Fury and Wolverine. During the " Civil War " storyline, Trapster was seen as a member of the Sinister Six . He was later among an army of supervillains organized by Hammerhead that was captured by Iron Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. After the Civil War, Trapster appeared as
240-511: A chamber of steel mirrors, planning to fill the place with a gas that would cut off the oxygen supply of the Torch. However, Human Torch melted through the paste that held him to the floor, created a flaming duplicate to fool the two, then increased his flame enabling him to burn through the mirrors. The villains only realized this deception when the fake Human Torch faded away due to the gas, by which time Human Torch had regained his flame and captured
320-406: A floating platform, and various mechanical traps to bind his opponents. Sean Bassett of Screen Rant noted that despite his eccentric and ludicrous nature, Peter Petruski has proven to be extremely popular with fans. Bassett described the character as a surprisingly effective criminal mastermind, one of Marvel Comics' more outlandish creations since his debut in the 1960s. While acknowledging that
400-473: A machine that absorbs Galactus' power, even after he absorbs his own ship instead. With his newfound power, Doctor Doom steals the Beyonder's power. Molecule Man brings the villains to Volcana's apartment on Battleworld then takes the suburb of Denver back to Earth. Doom summons the heroes to his new "Tower of Doom" where he revives Kang and sends him back to own time in front of them and reveals that Galactus
480-674: A member of a new 'Frightful Five', along with Wizard, Hydro-Man , Titania , and Klaw . He appeared in Brand New Day as one of the villains in the bar, and later fighting Spider-Man in the Brand New Day Extra one-shot. During the Dark Reign storyline, Trapster later showed up in an alliance with the criminal Zodiac . Trapster was with the Frightful Four when they were sent by Intelligencia to attack
560-541: A powerful glue and then, lubricant. Trapster created solvents that can render any surface frictionless and discovered a way to dissolve the extremely strong "Adhesive X" concocted by Heinrich Zemo , which even Zemo himself could not do. He also created a dust capable of rendering Mister Fantastic 's unstable molecules inert. Furthermore, Petruski is an expert chemist , a skilled marksman, and talented disguise artist. Pete can also utilize other devices, such as anti-gravity discs, explosive caps, ultrasonic transmitters,
640-543: A pre-Silver Age monster comic. The next feature was writer-artist-colorist Jim Starlin 's take on Adam Warlock , picking up the character from the 1972–73 series Warlock (a.k.a. The Power of Warlock ) and reviving him in Strange Tales #178 (Feb. 1975). This feature introduced the characters Gamora , Pip the Troll and The Magus , and helped establish the mythos Starlin would mine in his many "Infinity" sagas of
720-528: A previously untold tale from Marvel Superheroes Secret Wars . A cosmic entity, the Beyonder , becomes fascinated with Earth's superheroes in the mainstream Marvel universe . He creates " Battleworld ", a planet in a distant galaxy, and stocks it with weapons and technology. He teleports groups of heroes and supervillains against their will to Battleworld, declaring: "I am from beyond! Slay your enemies and all that you desire shall be yours! Nothing you dream of
800-558: A price on Trapster's head, attracting assassins like the Hand and his previous ally Shocker. Trapster unknowingly teamed up with Spider-Man — now using the Dusk alias, reasoning that the currently-lone Trapster would need an ally and someone to talk to in his currently vulnerable state — in an attempt to get back at Osborn, and would eventually confess his murder to the police in order to remove Osborn's reason for wanting him dead (although he kept
880-460: A punchline among Marvel fans, largely due to his absurd costume and the bizarre "paste-gun" gimmick. Despite this, the character has had notable moments in his decades-long history, including a crossover with She-Hulk where he was one of several supervillains who sued the Tinkerer . Anderson suggested that the miniseries She-Hulk: Attorney at Law would be an ideal setting to introduce Petruski in
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#1732779758843960-417: A sequel series, Secret Wars II , from Carol Kalish , Marvel's Direct Sales Manager at the time, was first met with boos. Kalish was even quoted saying: "Let's be honest. Secret Wars was crap, right? But did it sell?" In 2011, IGN listed Secret Wars as one of the best comic book events. Their writers found the action and goofiness of the story to be enjoyable. They also highlighted the effect it had on
1040-771: A three-issue miniseries under the Marvel Knights imprint . It featured comics writers and artists who normally create comics outside the superhero genre, such as Stan Sakai , Jason , and Michael Kupperman , and later was collected as a trade paperback . A second three-issue volume was published under the title Strange Tales II in 2010. The first issue of this second volume was under the MAX imprint . It included work by Harvey Pekar , Dash Shaw , and Jhonen Vasquez . From annual required Statement of Circulation. "Average circulation" refers to total print run. "Total paid circulation" refers to number of copies actually sold, which
1120-482: A village brought to Battleworld where Galactus has summoned his ship so he can consume the planet. Everybody fights him. Doom's faction returns and attacks the heroes, while he sneaks onto Galactus' ship and persuades Klaw to join the villains. Professor X has the X-Men fall back and then attack the villains who are attacking volcanoes set off by Cyclops. Colossus falls in love with an alien healer named Zsaji. Wasp befriends
1200-608: A way to switch Peter's and Otto's minds back). Trapster was later found webbed up at the hideout by the police with a note stating "Courtesy of your friendly neighborhood Doc Ock". At a supervillain nightclub as part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel , Trapster encountered his sometime-teammate in the Frightful Four Titania who addresses him as "Paste-Pot Pete". He ambushes Titania in an alley outside, attempting to rob her, but Titania easily defeats him. During
1280-612: A world which exhibits aspects of the various universes. The core limited series was nine issues long, and ran for eight months, ending in January 2016. One of the core miniseries, Ultimate End , had ended the Ultimate Marvel imprint after 15 years at the time. Ultimate End is written by Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mark Bagley , the team that began the Ultimate Marvel universe with Ultimate Spider-Man . In Spider-Man: Life Story , which depicts an alternate version of
1360-413: Is a 12-issue American comic book crossover limited series published from May 1984 to April 1985 by Marvel Comics . The series was written by Jim Shooter , with art by Mike Zeck and Bob Layton . It was tied in with a similarly-named toy line from Mattel and a role-playing game of the same name from TSR, Inc. The series was conceived by Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief Jim Shooter. The series
1440-576: Is a different version of Trapster that appeared in Iron Man Annual #12. Known as "Trapster", he was the assistant head of security for the Roxxon Oil Company and stole Peter Petruski's costume and weapons. He also had heat-seeking mini-missiles equipped with concussion charges and glue missiles (fired from paste-shooters). He used the Trapster's equipment to steal the inventions programs from Iron Man and desired to replace his boss as
1520-939: Is impossible for me to accomplish!" The heroes include the Avengers ( Captain America , Captain Marvel , Hawkeye , Iron Man , the She-Hulk , Thor , the Wasp , and the Hulk ), three members of the Fantastic Four ( Human Torch , Mister Fantastic and the Thing ), solo heroes ( Spider-Man and Spider-Woman ) and the mutant team the X-Men ( Colossus , Cyclops , Nightcrawler , Professor X , Rogue , Storm , Wolverine , and Lockheed
1600-664: Is the above number minus returns, lost/damaged copies, and free/promotional copies. Strange Tales vol. 1 Circulation figures from annual statements, charted as per-issue average paid circulation by Miller, John Jackson , et al., The Standard Catalog of Comic Books , Krause Publications , 2002, pp. 1007–1009. Strange Tales vol. 2 Circulation figures from Capital City Distribution orders, charted as per-issue paid circulation by Miller, John Jackson, et al., The Standard Catalog of Comic Books , Krause Publications, 2002, p. 1009. Secret Wars Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars , commonly known as Secret Wars ,
1680-645: The Avengers: Standoff! storyline, Trapster was an inmate of Pleasant Hill, a gated community established by S.H.I.E.L.D. Using the Kobik project, S.H.I.E.L.D. transformed Trapster into a mild-mannered Pleasant Hill groundskeeper named Willie. Helmut Zemo and Fixer restored his memory and he helped to assault a S.H.I.E.L.D. outpost that was used as the Pleasant Hill City Hall. Peter Petruski does not possess superhuman abilities. Instead,
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#17327797588431760-640: The Lizard , the Molecule Man , Titania , Ultron , Volcana , and the Wrecking Crew . The cosmic entity Galactus also appears as a villain who immediately becomes a non-aligned entity. The heroes (the X-Men choose to remain a separate unit) and villains have several skirmishes. Ultron is drained of energy by Galactus, who tries to confront the Beyonder with Doctor Doom, but both are easily defeated. When everyone else reaches Battleworld, Magneto leaves
1840-469: The Shocker but, before the duo could finish Spider-Man off, their employers said their payment would be doubled if they left Spider-Man alone and they complied. He would later defeat Spider-Man in one-on-one combat after being enlisted to battle the wall-crawler as part of the " Acts of Vengeance " conspiracy; it was only through the merest quirk of fate that Spider-Man even survived the battle. However, when
1920-431: The " Marvel Method ", Ditko would take Strange into ever-more-abstract realms. Adversaries for the new hero included Baron Mordo introduced in issue #111 (Aug. 1963) and Dormammu in issue #126 (Nov. 1964). Clea , who would become a longtime love interest for Doctor Strange, was also introduced in issue #126. Lee and Ditko interacted less and less as each went their separate creative ways. The storyline culminated with
2000-496: The 1990s. After issue #181 (Aug. 1975), the story continued in Warlock #9 (Oct. 1975), picking up from the old series' numbering. Strange Tales soldiered on with Doctor Strange reprints through issue #188 (Nov. 1976). After Doctor Strange's second series was canceled in the 1980s, Strange Tales was relaunched as vol. 2, #1 (April 1987). A split book once again, it featured 11-page Doctor Strange and Cloak and Dagger stories,
2080-748: The Baxter Building and capture Mister Fantastic. After MODOK Superior had revived the other Intelligencia members following the fight with the Sinister Six, he makes room for Trapster to join up with them. Their meeting was interrupted by Deadpool (who tried to sink the ship they were on) only for Trapster to defeat Deadpool. When Peter Parker (in Doctor Octopus' dying body) sends a message to various supervillains to capture Otto Octavius (in Spider-Man's body) alive in order bring to
2160-760: The Dragon ). Magneto is featured as a hero, but immediately becomes non-aligned when the Avengers question his presence. In 2015, Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars revealed that Deadpool was also a chosen hero, but the Wasp accidentally caused the other characters to forget his involvement. The villains include the Absorbing Man , Doctor Doom , Doctor Octopus , the Enchantress , Kang the Conqueror , Klaw ,
2240-554: The Fantastic Four were away participating in the Secret Wars , but embarrassingly fell victim to the security systems and the robot receptionist, thus becoming the first villain to be defeated by an empty building. However, he had a moment appreciated by the heroes when he was convinced to free Captain America and Giant-Man who were snared by Heinrich Zemo's powerful Adhesive X, by inventing the first ever means to neutralize
2320-476: The Fantastic Four, often enjoying some measure of success in their efforts. Over the years, the membership of the Frightful Four would vary, but the man once known as Paste-Pot Pete would serve in virtually every incarnation in which Wizard served as well, loyal to his longtime boss. He changed his nom de crime to the Trapster and appeared with new weaponry in Fantastic Four #38, with the second appearance of
2400-526: The Frightful Four, he soon battled the Fantastic Four again, and then battled Daredevil . He was hired by the Red Skull to acquire information from Sharon Carter , and battled Captain America . Alongside Wizard and Sandman, he later battled Medusa. Together with Wizard, Sandman, and Medusa as the Frightful Four again, they once again battled the Fantastic Four. Trapster has often sought independent recognition, battling virtually every "street-level" hero in
2480-522: The Frightful Four, in an attempt to make himself sound more formidable. In this encounter, the Frightful Four was able to defeat the Fantastic Four. Over the years, a running gag in Marvel Comics involved heroes and villains alike reminding Trapster of his earlier name of "Paste-Pot Pete" — which would inevitably send him flying into a rage. A chance encounter with Balder once prevented the Frightful Four's takeover of Fantastic Four headquarters. With
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2560-525: The Golden Age had pioneered the first full-page and double-page spreads. He spun plots of intrigue, barely hidden sensuality, and hi-fi hipness – and supplying his own version of Bond girls , essentially, in skintight leather, pushing what was allowable under the Comics Code at the time. "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." became the first Strange Tales feature to receive its own cover logo below
2640-513: The Hulk has an injured leg from Ultron and the savage side is re-emerging (to culminate in a totally animalistic, inarticulate and mindless Hulk in #299–300). Secret Wars was a best-seller when it was published in 1984, selling more copies than any other comic in the previous 25 years. While it was a financial success, it was not well received by critics when it was published, being criticized for its uninspired and juvenile content. An announcement of
2720-545: The Human Torch. The title became a "split book" with the introduction of sorcerer Doctor Strange , by Lee and Ditko. This 9- to 10-page feature debuted in #110 (July 1963), and after an additional story and then skipping two issues returned permanently with #114. Ditko's surrealistic mystical landscapes and increasingly head-trippy visuals helped make the feature a favorite of college students, according to Lee himself. Eventually, as co-plotter and later sole plotter, in
2800-531: The Lizard but is gravely wounded by the Wrecking Crew before being returned to the heroes. The second Spider-Woman , Julia Carpenter, is introduced. The X-Men win another battle against the villains. Galactus sends Doom back to his base, where he notices the volcanoes and tries to fix the planet. Professor X tells Captain America to fight the villains while they take care of Galactus. Zsaji revives Wasp. In
2880-626: The MCU, especially if he were to become involved in the show's legal battles, staying true to his comic book roots. Former WWE Superstar and UFC fighter CM Punk expressed his interest in Peter Petruski. During a Reddit AMA promoting his film Girl on the Third Floor , Punk mentioned that while he has always wanted to write a Punisher story, he would also enjoy seeing a show centered around Paste Pot Pete. Lawrence "Larry" Curtiss
2960-620: The Marvel Universe (designated Earth-19529) where characters aged in real time and debuted in the same year as their first issue publications, the Secret Wars began in 1984 when a number of United States-based superheroes were transported to Battleworld by the Beyonder. This causes the start of the "Russian War" (the World War III of this reality) on Earth due to the absence of the majority of America's superheroes. Among them
3040-420: The Marvel Universe by introducing the symbiote and new characters. In 2011, Alex Zalben of MTV News ranked Secret Wars as the second biggest comic event ever, after only DC Comics' Crisis on Infinite Earths event. Zalben praised Secret Wars' story and lasting effect on the Marvel universe, as well as honoring the storyline as the "semi-official first Event Comics ever". One year later, Secret Wars II
3120-492: The Marvel Universe either by design or by opposition to some criminal scheme. Trapster once even defeated Daredevil in single combat. The victory proved short-lived, as Doctor Doom interrupted his fight in a campaign of his own against Daredevil, and shortly thereafter the hero would avenge his defeat. Trapster also attempted to raid the Baxter Building (just before it was destroyed by the second Doctor Doom ) while
3200-466: The Raft, Trapster is among the supervillains that receives the message. Trapster places who he believes to be Doctor Octopus in a portable life-support system that he had put together. Trapster teleports Peter, Hydro-Man, and Scorpion to one of Doctor Octopus' hideouts and then asks for the pay. But Peter reminds them that they have to capture Spider-Man alive and bring before "Doctor Octopus" (in order to find
3280-627: The Secret Wars: In May 2015, Marvel published a new Secret Wars miniseries, written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by Esad Ribić , that picked up from where the "Time Runs Out" storyline running in Avengers and New Avengers at the time had ended. The storyline involved the Marvel Universe combining with other alternate universes, including the Ultimate Universe , as well as the 2099 Universe , to form Battleworld,
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3360-565: The Soviets. However he escaped by using his paste to catch the wing of a plane, then diving into the sea. Following a failed solo effort against Human Torch, Paste-Pot Pete broke out of jail and teamed with the Wizard in efforts to trump his youthful foe. However Paste-Pot Pete was angered over Wizard acting as the team's leader. Wizard framed Human Torch for a robbery. They got Human Torch to Wizard's house and used compressed air to force him into
3440-555: The Trapster learned of Spider-Man's survival and returned to finish the job, he would find the web-slinger now in possession of cosmic powers (eventually revealed to be a manifestation of the Uni-Power) with which Trapster was easily defeated. Later on, during the Identity Crisis story, Trapster would be hired by Norman Osborn to kill a man and make it seem like Spider-Man did it, and, in order to cover this up, Osborn put
3520-515: The character Albert Poole. In modern-day reprints the character's name is changed to Grutan. Prototypes of the Spider-Man supporting characters Aunt May and Uncle Ben appeared in a short story in Strange Tales #97 (June 1962). The anthology switched to superheroes during the Silver Age of Comic Books , retaining the sci-fi, suspense and monsters as backup features for a time. Strange Tales ' first superhero, in 12- to 14-page stories,
3600-435: The character relies on a variety of technological devices. He designed a costume of synthetic stretch fabric equipped with storage canisters for adhesives or lubricants, as well as paste-rigged boots and gloves to cling onto surfaces. His primary weapon is a projectile glue, initially delivered by a pistol connected by an armored tubing to the container worn at his hip, then wrist-mounted cannons, and eventually shot straight from
3680-418: The character's quirky aspects might not work well in live-action, Bassett said that these traits would be well-suited to the exaggerated style of an animated series. They also highlighted that Paste Pot Pete's signature paste gun would be a natural fit for a cartoon, adding a playful and zany element to Spider-Man's adventures. Jenna Anderson of ComicBook.com asserted that Peter Petruski has become somewhat of
3760-664: The criminal Sandman and the Inhuman Medusa as the Frightful Four to battle the Fantastic Four . It was shortly after the formation of the Frightful Four that Pete abandoned his old alias and assumed the more intimidating name Trapster (the Spider-Man/Human Torch miniseries depicts the catalyst of the name change to be Spider-Man being unable to stop laughing when Paste-Pot Pete introduced himself). The Frightful Four would clash time and again with
3840-469: The energy from the Beyonder that was released has turned Battleworld into a place where wishes are granted. Soon Mr. Fantastic builds a portal that can take everyone home. However, the Thing, having gained the ability to revert to his original human form of Ben Grimm at will, chooses to remain on Battleworld for a year to explore the galaxy. The next issues of series tie-ins with Secret Wars open right after
3920-566: The final issue, #168 (May 1968). The Human Torch and Thing had already been replaced in #135 (Aug. 1965) by Nick Fury , a superspy in keeping with the concurrent James Bond / The Man from U.N.C.L.E. craze. The 12-page feature was initially by Lee and Kirby, with the latter supplying such enduring gadgets and hardware as the Helicarrier – an airborne aircraft carrier – as well as human-replicant LMDs ( Life Model Decoys ), and even automobile airbags . The terrorist organization HYDRA
4000-400: The glove tips. Petruski shoots out streams of liquid gel that immediately forms into a springy rope, thus enabling Pete to duplicate Spider-Man's webbing (to the point where he is the only person Spider-Man knows who could replicate even an approximate copy of his webs). He was able to create a fire-proof paste. Pete also designed boots that allows him to walk upon walls by sequentially releasing
4080-480: The gory morality tales of the popular and groundbreaking EC line of comics, Strange Tales became less outré with the 1954 establishment of the Comics Code , which prohibited graphic horror, as well as vampires, zombies and other classical monsters. The comic changed again with the return of industry stalwart Jack Kirby , the artist who had co-created Captain America for the company, then worked elsewhere for 17 years. Starting with #68 (April 1959), Strange Tales
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#17327797588434160-521: The head of security at Roxxon. However, he was discovered by his boss and defeated by Iron Man . A third, female incarnation of the Trapster, known as Trapstr , is a member of the Sinister Syndicate . Strange Tales Strange Tales is a Marvel Comics anthology series . The title was revived in different forms on multiple occasions. Doctor Strange and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. made their debuts in Strange Tales . It
4240-520: The heroes feeling rejected and Kang blasts Doctor Doom to the heroes' base when he tries to rally the villains. The heroes win the first skirmish, causing the villains to fall back, only to be assaulted by Ultron, having been rebuilt by Doctor Doom. The heroes then attack Magneto, but he captures Wasp and takes her to his fortress where they are trapped by the weather; the X-Men decide to join Magneto. Doom creates villainesses Titania and Volcana, then leads
4320-481: The identity of his employer secret in case he needed it later). During his tenure with a later Frightful Four incarnation (including Hydro-Man and the mysterious Salamandra), Wizard, tired of Trapster's failures and his general sniveling, callously sealed the villain in a repeating time-loop, a trap from which he can "never escape." However, Petruski did indeed escape. During the Secret War storyline, Trapster
4400-485: The inconsistencies. An additional four-issue miniseries Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld has been announced to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original crossover, beginning in November 2023. The mini-series will star Spider-Man and Fantastic Four member the Human Torch and promises to "expose never-before-told secrets" from the iconic 1984 comic storyline. Some issues of What If? revolve around
4480-571: The introduction, in issue #138 (Oct. 1965), of Eternity , the personification of the universe. Issue #146 (July 1966) was Ditko's final bow on the series. Bill Everett succeeded him through #152 (January 1967), followed by Marie Severin (self-inked for four issues before being inked by Herb Trimpe in some of his earliest Marvel work). Another cosmic entity, the Living Tribunal , was introduced during Severin's run, in issue #157. Dan Adkins took over penciling duties from #161 (Oct. 1967) to
4560-415: The latter continuing from Cloak and Dagger #11. This ended with issue #19 (Oct. 1988), after which new Doctor Strange and Cloak and Dagger series were launched. A one-shot Human Torch, Thing, and Doctor Strange story, by writer Kurt Busiek , with painted art by Ricardo Villagran , was released in squarebound bookshelf format in 1994. Another one-shot, the 52-page Strange Tales: Dark Corners in 1998
4640-544: The main title, beginning with #135; it skipped an issue before returning permanently with #137. "Doctor Strange" received its own cover logo, designed by Sol Brodsky , with Strange Tales #150 (Nov. 1966). Strange Tales ended with #168 (May 1968). The following month, Doctor Strange's adventures continued in the full-length Doctor Strange #169, with Nick Fury moving to the newly launched Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Five years later, Strange Tales resumed its old numbering with #169 (Sept. 1973), which introduced
4720-469: The original event. These tales include him receiving the Beyonder's power and creating "New Parker City", Spider-Man and the Thing spying on Dr. Doom, and a story featuring Spider-Man's suspicions concerning the Hulk. It was released in conjunction with Avengers & The Infinity Gauntlet and Captain America & The Korvac Saga , similar self-contained, all-ages re-imaginations of past events, that appear to take place in their own separate continuities in
4800-422: The penciling after 10 issues, later followed by original Golden Age Human Torch creator Carl Burgos and others, with Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel scripting issues #112–113 (Sept.–Oct. 1963) under the pseudonym "Joe Carter". The Fantastic Four made occasional cameo appearances, and the Thing became a co-star with #123 (Aug. 1964). Strange Tales Annual #2 (1963) featured the first team-up of Spider-Man and
4880-530: The previously uncounterable chemical. Saddened by constant defeats, Trapster would seek out the Tinkerer 's aid in redesigning his arsenal. Adding wrist-pumps for his glue weaponry and a bandolier of various explosives and gimmicks, Trapster joined forces with the mutant villain Whirlwind in a bid to defeat Captain America. Despite his improved arsenal, both villains were defeated. The Trapster found his moment of victory over Spider-Man when he teamed up with
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#17327797588434960-531: The remaining villains in a successful assault on the heroes and their base, which they bury under a mountain. After Thor and the Enchantress return from elsewhere, Thor vanishes trying to fight the villains. Doom also has Ultron kill Kang as payback. When the X-Men arrive to fight Magneto, they form an alliance but Wasp leaves. The Hulk is revealed to have saved everyone from the mountain. Thor also returns, having hidden his escape with lightning. The heroes find
5040-467: The return of the Marvel combatants. Immediate developments include: the Thing replaced by the She-Hulk in the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man has a new costume initially unaware that it is actually an alien symbiote (the symbiote would subsequently bond with journalist Eddie Brock , giving birth to the villain known as Venom ), Colossus ends his romantic relationship with a heartbroken Kitty Pryde , and
5120-413: The standard "Marvel Adventures" manner. The four-issue miniseries Deadpool 's Secret Secret Wars was released during the 2015 Secret Wars event . It retold the events of the original miniseries from Deadpool's point of view and used retroactive continuity to fix inconsistencies with later stories. In the end, the Wasp accidentally caused everyone to forget his involvement in the storyline, creating
5200-518: The story "Grottu, King of the Insects!" in issue #73 (Feb. 1960), the extraterrestrial dragon Fin Fang Foom , who first appeared in #89 (Oct. 1961), and the extraterrestrial would-be world conquerors Gorgolla , introduced in #74 (April 1960), and Orrgo , introduced in #90 (Nov. 1961). In Strange Tales #75 (June 1960), a huge robot called "the Hulk" appeared. It was actually armor worn by
5280-458: The supernatural feature Brother Voodoo by writer Len Wein and artist Gene Colan . This lasted only to issue #173 (April 1974), with Brother Voodoo continuing briefly in the black-and-white Marvel horror-comics magazine Tales of the Zombie . This was followed by two different creative teams producing three stories of The Golem in three issues (#174, 176, 177), with #175 being a reprint of
5360-436: The two in a flaming ring. To free some Avengers who were trapped in place by an attack by Baron Zemo with Adhesive X, Pete provided the team with a solvent of his own formulation to dissolve it, and was paroled from prison. He adopted a new costume and weaponry, and battled Human Torch and the Thing using new paste types. He captured Thing, then Human Torch, but was still defeated. Wizard and Pete would eventually team with
5440-435: The villain's base, Hulk and Thor show Spider-Man an alien device that they have used to recreate their clothing. Spider-Man finds and wears his black costume for the first time. Galactus begins to devour the planet. Mr. Fantastic suggests they let him, then the Beyonder will take away his eternal hunger, but Captain America and everyone else convinces him against it. Back at the heroes' base, Doctor Doom uses Klaw's body to create
5520-540: Was Spider-Man, who received the Venom symbiote/black costume like his Earth-616 counterpart. A film titled Avengers: Secret Wars is in development and will be released on May 7, 2027. It will be the sixth Avengers film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . The mobile game Marvel Realm of Champions is loosely based on the 1984 Secret Wars storyline. In 2016, a novelization of Secret Wars
5600-409: Was a showcase for the science fiction/suspense stories of artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko , and for the groundbreaking work of writer-artist Jim Steranko . Two previous, unrelated magazines also bore that title. The Marvel Comics series ran 168 issues, cover-dated June 1951 to May 1968. It began as a horror anthology from the company's 1950s precursor, Atlas Comics . Initially modeled after
5680-446: Was an anthology featuring Morbius the Living Vampire , the Gargoyle , Cloak and Dagger, and Spider-Man . A Strange Tales miniseries featuring Man-Thing and Werewolf by Night was published in 1998 to tie up plotlines after their individual series had been canceled. Although four issues were solicited, only two issues of this volume saw print, and the conclusions of those storylines were never released . In 2009 Marvel published
5760-609: Was announced as Cosmic Champions in the eleventh issue of the Marvel Age news magazine, cover dated February 1984. The series was renamed following feedback from Mattel's focus group, which indicated that children responded positively to the words 'wars' and 'secret'. Mattel's involvement influenced the storyline and character design, including making Doctor Doom and Iron Man's armor more high-tech to appeal to kids. They also requested new fortresses, vehicles, and weapons to increase play value and promote playsets. Shooter believed he
5840-436: Was enlisted by Lucia von Bardas , the former prime minister of Latveria , and placed in her secret army of technology-based villains. She sent the army against Wolverine , Spider-Man, Luke Cage , Daredevil, and Captain America, the five heroes Nick Fury had sent to Latveria to stop Lucia’s secret criminal funding. When the battle started to turn in favor of the heroes, Lucia turned all the armor of her technological army into
5920-498: Was introduced here as well. The feature "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." soon became the province of writer-penciler- colorist Jim Steranko , who Les Daniels called "Perhaps the most innovative new talent to emerge at Marvel during the late 1960s". Steranko introduced or popularized in comics such art movements of the day as psychedelia and op art , built on Kirby's longstanding work in photomontage , and created comics' first four-page spread – again inspired by Kirby, who in
6000-456: Was published by Marvel. Written by Dwayne McDuffie and illustrated by Scott Kolins, it referred back to the original Secret Wars event with a similar premise as Beyonder again transported superheroes and supervillains of Earth to fight on Battleworld. Spider-Man & the Secret Wars , a Marvel Adventures all-ages non-canonical miniseries, was released in 2010. It tells the story from Spider-Man's perspective and features major discrepancies with
6080-415: Was published, with the Beyonder visiting Earth and having a tie-in with almost every Marvel comic book written at the time. Marvel published a third Secret Wars tale written by Steve Englehart and drawn by Keith Pollard within two issues of the Fantastic Four series: the " Secret Wars III " story in Fantastic Four #318–319 (September–October 1988). In 2006, a six issue series entitled Beyond!
6160-598: Was revamped to reflect the then-current trend of science fiction drive-in movie monsters. Virtually every issue would open with a Kirby monster story (generally inked by Christopher Rule initially, then later Dick Ayers ), followed by one or two twist-ending thrillers or sci-fi tales drawn by Don Heck , Paul Reinman , or Joe Sinnott , all capped by an often-surreal, sometimes self-reflexive Stan Lee - Steve Ditko short. Some characters introduced here in standalone, anthological stories were later retconned into Marvel Universe continuity. These include Ulysses Bloodstone in
6240-503: Was taken away by Nova . He kills all the heroes with a bolt when they refuse to join him and attack. Zsaji revives them at the cost of her life, and they battle Klaw and monsters he created, including Ultron, while Doom's powers go out of control thanks to Klaw convincing him to use them again. While Wasp destroys Ultron and the others take care of the rest, the Beyonder, who had possessed Klaw, takes back his powers and teleports Doom and Klaw away. After Zsaji's funeral, everyone finds out that
6320-538: Was the Fantastic Four 's Human Torch , Johnny Storm, beginning in #101 (Oct. 1962). Here, Johnny still lived with his elder sister, Susan Storm , in fictional Glenview, Long Island , New York, where he continued to attend high school and, with youthful naivete, attempted to maintain his "secret identity" (later retconned to reveal that his friends and neighbors knew of his dual identity from Fantastic Four news reports, but simply played along). Supporting characters included Johnny's girlfriend, Doris Evans. Ayers took over
6400-403: Was the only one capable of writing the series. Crossover titles include The Amazing Spider-Man #249–252, The Avengers #242–243, Captain America #292, The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #294–295, Iron Man #181–183, The Thing #10–22, Fantastic Four #265, Marvel Team-Up #141, The Uncanny X-Men , #178–181. and Thor #341. In 1987, Thor #383 was presented as
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