Description

Superman and Spider-Man (1995)                               One-shot Reprint Comic
A Special Collectors Edition of the Crossover Classic DC and Marvel Present Superman and Spider-Man (1981) DC Comics / Marvel Comics
Writers: Jim Shooter & Marv Wolfman
Artist: John Buscema
Inkers: Terry Austin, Klaus Janson, Bob Layton, Steve Leialoha, Bob McLeod, Allen Milgrom, Josef Rubinstein, Walter Simonson, Joe Sinnott & Bob Wiacek
Colorist: Glynis Wein
Letterer: Joe Rosen
Editors: Michael Carlin, Mark Gruenwald, Robert Harras, Jenette Kahn, Allen Milgrom, Joe Orlando & Len Wein
Painted Cover by: Bob Larkin & John Romita

Doctor Doom is planning world domination and has developed clever schemes to accomplish that. He lures Superman and the Hulk into battling each other, the result of which frees the Parasite from his cell. Of course, Spiderman too jumps into the fray but is unable to offer any help. S.T.A.R. Labs takes Bruce Banner for treatment after his defeat, from where Doom plans to capture the Hulk later.

Story/Spoilers
In “The Heroes and the Holocaust!”, The story begins in Manhattan, where Spider-Man foils a bank robbery. Easily dispatching the criminals, his Spider-sense alerts him about a nearby construction site, but unable to determine any immediate danger, he moves on. The reader learns, however, that the site camouflages an elaborate base of the Latverian monarch Doctor Doom, connected with a years-long plot of his known as “Project Omega.” Doom initiates Omega by luring the Hulk to Superman’s hometown of Metropolis using a special micro-transmitter. Spider-Man’s alter-ego of Peter Parker is assigned by The Daily Bugle to cover The Hulk’s advance towards Metropolis. Parker arrives in Metropolis just in time to witness the confrontation between Superman and the Hulk. Parker changes into Spider-Man but is outclassed and unable to help. Battling the Hulk, Superman discovers the beacon and destroys it, calming the Hulk and winning his trust. The Hulk reverts to his Bruce Banner form, but Doom’s plan has worked: the damage Hulk caused released the Parasite from a special underground cell. S.T.A.R. Labs takes custody of Banner, hoping to find a cure for his condition. Doom, monitoring everything, still needs Banner for his plan, and now he knows exactly where to find him. Peter Parker goes to work for The Daily Planet while Superman’s alter-ego of Clark Kent takes a leave and joins the staff of the Bugle in New York City, each seeking to investigate the crisis from a different end. Superman has realized that the Hulk’s rampage was designed to free the Parasite, and reasons that, as Luthor is behind bars, only Dr. Doom could be behind the scheme. Superman visits the monarch of Latveria at its New York embassy, where Doom freely admits he’s plotting world domination. Superman is sworn to uphold the laws of men, and on Latverian soil, Doom is the law. He even makes an attempt to capture the Man of Steel, but Superman uses the lead-lined everything room of Doom’s headquarters to his advantage. When Doom releases some kryptonite, Superman rolls himself in the lead-lining and blocks the lethal radiation. Nonetheless, Doom remains untouchable. While Clark Kent works his mild-mannered charm on the Bugle’s cantankerous publisher J. Jonah Jameson, Peter Parker has to deal with Steve Lombard, the jock sportscaster who harassed Kent throughout the 1970s. Soon enough, Parker stumbles onto the Metropolis division of Doom’s Project Omega, around the same time as Wonder Woman, who has also been following this case. (Actually, Doom planted evidence in order to lure Wonder Woman; her capture is also part of his master plan.) Spider-Man and Wonder Woman fall into fighting under false pretenses, but quickly realize they’re on the same side and join forces. Doom captures Wonder Woman before they can accomplish anything, however, while Spider-Man escapes and trails her captors to their destination, finally learning the truth about Project Omega. The Omega installations, positioned all across the world, will go online and emit a particular radiation which will render most forms of fuel useless. Only a special generator – built by Doom, of course – will provide the energy the world needs; he will step in and make himself absolute Monarch. In exchange for making him Doom’s privileged enforcer, Doom enhances the Parasite’s abilities with the absorbed powers of Wonder Woman, the Hulk, and Superman. The Parasite likes the idea, but only because he intends to turn on Doom. Of course, he won’t get that chance; Doom knows that all that power will burn out the Parasite, turning his body into a unique kind of crystal with unique energy-absorbing properties that will allow Doom to use it to control the power of his super-reactor. The story comes to a climax as the heroes battle the Parasite, Doom and his henchmen, and a giant robot. Doom and the Parasite turn on each other after Parasite absorbs some of Spider-Man’s powers during the fight and his spider-sense alerts him to the danger of Doom’s plan. Superman and Spider-Man use their respective abilities to foil Doom’s plot, Spider-Man using his webbing as an improvised ‘lint brush’ to ‘clean’ Superman of the kryptonite dust Doom used to immobilize him, and Superman subsequently taking Doom’s gauntlet to knock out the parasite (correctly deducing that Doom would have developed an armor that would prevent the Parasite from absorbing him). They also prevent the accidental world-destroying explosion of Doom’s super-reactor after the controls are damaged in the fight; Superman contains the reactor from the inside long enough for Spider-Man to use his spider-sense to find the lever necessary to fully turn the reactor off. The Hulk wanders off when the stasis tube in which he was imprisoned cracks, while the Parasite is recaptured, and Wonder Woman released after the crisis is over. Doom manages to make it back to the Latverian Embassy, where he enjoys diplomatic immunity, seconds before Superman catches up with him.

Superman and Spider-Man (1995) reprints: Marvel Treasury Edition (1981) Issue #28.  Marvel Comics

Reprint Comic is bagged & double boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: DC Comics / Marvel Comics
Publication Date: 1995
Format: FC, 64 pages, Comic, 10.20″ x 6.65″
UPC: None Stated

Collectible Entertainment note: One-shot Reprint Comic is in Very Fine to Very Fine + condition.  Beautiful!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Superman and/or Spider-Man collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Highly Recommended.

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