LEGENDA STATO DI CONSERVAZIONE

condizioni ECCELLENTI (o anche EDICOLA e/o MAGAZZINO) = si intende un oggetto nuovo e perfetto oppure usato senza difetti e praticamente ancora come nuovo, tenendone per quest’ultimo caso in conto ovviamente la datazione ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 8,5 e 9,8 (non assegniamo punteggi superiori a 9,8 perchè trattasi di tipi ideali a ns avviso più teorici e scolastici che reali e concreti, ogni manufatto umano in natura ha una percentuale insita e congenita seppur infinitesimale di imperfezione)

condizioni OTTIME = oggetto nuovo (o talora anche usato ma maneggiato e conservato con molta cura) in cui non si riscontra alcun difetto rilevante e degno di nota, tutt’al più qualche minimo segno di lettura o di uso ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 7 e 8,5

condizioni BUONISSIME = oggetto usato (ed in taluni casi anche fondo di magazzino soggetto a piccole usure del tempo) con lievi imperfezioni e difetti poco vistosi, generalmente molto marginali ed appena percepibili ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 5,5 e 7

condizioni MOLTO BUONE = oggetto usato con imperfezioni vistose e difetti abbastanza spiccati, pur se non completamente invalidanti (generalmente specificati nel dettaglio alla voce CONDIZIONI nella parte inferiore della descrizione di ogni singolo oggetto); corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 4 e 5,5

condizioni PIU’ CHE BUONE / MEDIOCRI = oggetto usato con imperfezioni e difetti evidenti, smaccati, madornali ed invalidanti, assolutamente non collezionabile tuttavia idoneo per la semplice lettura o documentazione ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale inferiore a 4

per eventuali ulteriori dettagli aggiuntivi e specifici si prega di fare sempre riferimento alla voce CONDIZIONI nella parte inferiore della descrizione di ogni singolo oggetto

Featured Characters:

• Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

Supporting Characters:

• The Punisher
• Daily Bugle Staff
  • J. Jonah Jameson
  • Joe Robertson
  • Glory Grant

Antagonists:

• People's Liberation Front
• Hitman

Other Characters:

• Harry Osborn
• Flash Thompson
• Marla Madison
• Mamie Muggins
• Dr. Bart Hamilton

Locations:

• New York City
  • 34th Street Armory
  • Daily Bugle Building
  • Peter's Chelsea Apartment
  • Office of Dr. Bart Hamilton

Items:

• Spider-Man's Web-Shooters

Synopsis

When members of the Peoples Liberation Front rob a gun shop, the Punisher is there to stop them and he stamps them out. 

Meanwhile, Spider-Man returns home from his battle with the Molten Man and finds that he's aggravated his arm injury that he sustained fighting his old foe. 

Meanwhile, the Hitman is back in town and he's been hired by the PLF to capture J. Jonah Jameson. 

Peter Parker meanwhile checks in on Harry Osborn, following Liz's flight from their impending marriage. There, Peter pulls Harry off Flash Thompson when Flash's comments about Liz anger Harry. 

They then take Harry to see his psychiatrist.

Later, J. Jonah Jameson and Marla Madison arrive at the Daily Bugle. Entering Jameson's office they are held at gunpoint by the Hitman. 

Quick thinking, Marla pushes the intercom button on Jameson's desk. 

Peter Parker hearing that the Hitman is going to take Jameson hostage, sneaks away and changes into Spider-Man. 

He bursts into Jameson's office at the same time as the Punisher who's been tracking the Hitman since he learned of the Hitman's link to the PLF.

Spider-Man and the Punisher fight the Hitman, however, the Hitman manages to capture Jameson and take him to the roof. 

Chasing them up there, the Punisher lets loose with his automatic weapons as the Hitman escapes with Jameson in a miniature helicopter, Spider-Man can only watch in horror and hope that Jameson doesn't get hit by a stray bullet.

Notes

• Spider-Man recalls his last battle with the Hitman in Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #5 (in Italy in URC #225).

Featured Characters:

• Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

Supporting Characters:

• Punisher
• J. Jonah Jameson

Antagonists:

• People's Liberation Front
  • Frank (dies)
• Hitman (Death)

Other Characters:

• Daily Bugle Staff
  • Joe Robertson
  • Glory Grant
• Marla Madison
• Barton Hamilton
• Harry Osborn

Locations:

• New York City
  • Daily Bugle Building
  • Brooklyn Bridge
  • Statue of Liberty
  • Dr. Hamilton's Office
• Vietnam (Only in flashback)

Items:

• Spider-Man's Web-Shooters
• Spider-Tracer

Vehicles:

• Helicopter (Destroyed)
• Punisher's Battle Van

Synopsis

Spider-Man stops the Punisher from shooting wildly at the Hitman (saving Jameson from any stray bullets that may hit him) allowing for the Hitman to escape with his intended target, but not before Spider-Man is able to tag his helicopter with a spider-tracer. When the police arrive to apprehend both Spider-Man and the Punisher, the two heroes make their escape.

While, Joe Robertson and Glory Grant console Marla Madison, the Punisher tells Spider-Man his connection to the Hitman. 

The Punisher explains that while he was fighting in Viet Nam, he was saved by Burt Kenyon (who would become the Hitman later) and the Punisher agreed that he owed Burt a favor for doing so. Finishing his story, the two heroes find that the spider-tracer has been removed from the helicopter and their search has reached a dead end.

Meanwhile, Harry Osborn is having a session with his psychiatrist, who pushes Harry's buttons by pressing on Liz's departure from his life. Harry loses his cool and attacks Barton. In the scuffle one man rises proclaiming that the Green Goblin will live again.

As Spider-Man and the Punisher continue to search for the Hitman and Jameson, the leader of the Peoples Liberation Front, along with the Hitman take Jameson to the Statue of Liberty where they intend on executing Jameson for his anti-PLO editorials. 

Spider-Man and the Punisher manage to track them down and battle the Hitman on top of the Statue of Liberty. 

During the fight, the Hitman, and Jameson have knocked off the statue. The Hitman manages to grab hold of the statue while Jameson is caught by Spider-Man, however, the wall-crawlers injured arm threatens to send them both to a fatal fall to the ground.

The Hitman then tries to cash in the favor the Punisher owes him: One life. The Punisher decides to save Jameson and Spider-Man, telling the Hitman he didn't specify that the life he needed to have had to be his. The Hitman, accepting that the Punisher's debt is paid let's go and falls to his death.

Notes

Continuity Notes

• The Punisher states that he first met Burt Kenyon during the Vietnam War.

• Although the Hitman dies here, he briefly is brought back to life during the events of Clone Conspiracy #2–5 (in Italy in URP 676,678,680,682).

Featured Characters:

• Hulk

Supporting Characters:

• Doc Samson
• Glenn Talbot
• Betty Talbot
• Jim Wilson
• April Sommers
• General Ross
• Clay Quartermain

Antagonists:

• Absorbing Man
• They Who Wield Power
  • Des (Shadow only)
  • Keeper of the Flame (Shadow only)
  • Prince Rey (Shadow only)

Other Characters:

• Amnesiatic Man (Secretly the Leader)
• Spider-Man (Recap)
• Ghost Rider (Recap)
• Black Panther (Recap)
• Human Torch (Recap)
• Thor (Recap)
• Orb (Recap)
• Stegron (Recap)
• Lava Men (Recap)

Locations:

• United States of America
  • Kansas
  • New Mexico
    • Gamma Base
  • New York State
    • New York City

Items:

• Absorbing Man's Ball and Chain
• Web-Shooters (Only in flashback)
• Mjolnir (Only in flashback)

Vehicles:

• Flying Ark (Only in flashback)

Synopsis

They Who Wield Power have brought forth the Absorbing Man and asked him to kill the Hulk. The villain wants to get revenge himself but doesn't entirely trust his would-be employers. They explain how they have previously provided weapons and equipment to the villains known as the Orb and Stegron, as well as instigated a revolt of the Lava Men. Although all of these schemes met with failure at the hands of Spider-Man and others, Carl Creel accepts the job when They threaten to send him back to the New York Police.  

Meanwhile, at his newly rented apartment, Bruce Banner entertains his landlord April Sommers. When he laments about the prospect of job hunting, she leaves him with the local newspaper to start his hunt. 

While at Gamma Base, Glenn Talbot and his wife Betty start having a serious talk about where their marriage is going. With so many problems caused by Glenn's position in the Air Force the couple agree that they should take a break, Glenn deciding to pack his things and leave Gamma Base for a while.

Back in New York, Bruce Banner pounds the pavement on his quest to find work. However, everywhere he goes he finds himself rejected. Banner returns home frustrated by the whole experience. Suspecting this was going to happen, April tells Bruce that she pulled some strings and convinced a friend to give Bruce a job at a construction site on the West Side of the city. Elsewhere in the city, the Absorbing Man appears right where he was plucked away by They and he begins his hunt for the Hulk. 

At that moment in the American heartland, Jim Wilson continues his trek across the United States in the hope he can come to the aid of the Hulk. Meanwhile, Banner reports for work at the construction site and begins the menial work around the site. 

Bruce finds that experience a nice change of pace after all the years sharing his life with the Hulk. However, this momentary peace is interrupted when the Absorbing Man arrives on the scene, smashing his way into the partially constructed building. 

Spotting Banner, Creel orders him to turn into the Hulk so he can have his revenge. When Banner tries to play dumb, the Absorbing Man tries to take a swing at him, sending Banner falling off the building. 

While back at Gamma Base, Doc Samson, General Ross, and Clay Quartermain are watching over the mystery stranger Samson found wandering in the desert. When the man wakes up screaming they manage to calm him down. However, when they ask the man who he is, he is shocked to discover that he doesn't remember. 

Back in New York, Banner survives the fall thanks to another transformation into the Hulk. 

Continued to next issue...

Notes

• The events of Rampaging Hulk (Vol. 2) #1–6 (in Italy in WIZ #36,38,41,42,45,47) and Incredible Hulk Annual #6 (unpublished in Italy) happen between pages 4 and 5 of this story.

• Glenn and Betty Talbot's marital problems began coming to a head when Glenn was put in a catatonic state in Incredible Hulk #188 (in Italy in URC #201), then persisted after he was cured in Incredible Hulk #200 (in Italy in URC #228).

• The trouble that Jim Wilson has gotten involved in is with the Corporation as is revealed throughout the course of Incredible Hulk #209 and resolving itself in Incredible Hulk #237 (in Italy in URCSETT #6).

• The mystery man that Doc Samson brings to Gamma Base is revealed to be the Leader in Incredible Hulk #223 (in Italy in URC #267).

• The Hulk recalls his last battle against the Absorbing Man from Incredible Hulk #125 (in Italy in H&DC #2).