Marvel Team-Up #31 (1975): Iron Fist
Spidey and Fist fight a guy named Drom who is aging backwards.
Not just that, he also TALKS backwards. It turns out, he was born this way but actually was born as a baby and then suddently became an adult and…You know what, it doesn’t make sense. Or matter.
Because he just gets punched anyway. And then he de-ages into a baby and disappears.
One thing I really liked about Marvel Comics in the ’70s and ’80s was how much of New York was in the stories.
I was born and raised in Brooklyn, and when they’d do stuff like explain real-life city planning, it made Marvel’s books more vital to me. It’s why I preferred Marvel to DC.
Spider-Man Tangled Web #20 (2003)
J. Jonah Jameson gets enraged about Spider-Man, has a heart attack, and goes into therapy to look at his anger. We then get a look at his childhood, which is…
Avengers Spotlight #25 (1989): Rick Jones
This is appropriate for a Rick Jones solo story. Aliens want his autobiography and come to steal it via his toilet. The Poppupians also appear. Ugh. Written by Glen Herdling…