Spider-Man, Captain America, the Incredible Hulk, and Spider-Woman (1981)

[vanhornluke]

Spider-Man, Captain America, the Incredible Hulk, and Spider-Woman (1981)
By ?

APPEARANCES:
Spider-Man, Sue, 7-11 customers and clerk, helicopter pilots, Wizard, Enchantress, Captain America, kids, Trapster, parkgoers, Rhino, Spider-Woman, San Francisco pedestrians, Hulk

SYNOPSIS:
After spending a day with his friend Sue, Peter Parker and Sue are at a 7-11 when the ground begins to shake. Pete ducks out and becomes Spider-Man only to see the Empire State Building being levitated into the air. Underneath the building, the Trapster unearths an Asgardian artifact, thinking to himself that once he gives it to the Enchantress she’ll love him and they’ll rule the Earth together. Spidey succeeds in using the Wizard’s anti-gravity disk to safely lower the building back to the ground, but fails to stop the Wizard from fleeing with the artifact. He gives it to the Enchantress, but she vanishes, revealing that she had lied about having any interest in him. Later, Captain America is talking to some kids at a 7-11 in Washington, D.C., when he notices the Trapster digging under the Washington Monument for another artifact. The Trapster throws a bomb toward the city, so Cap has to let the villain escape with the artifact in order to stop the bomb. The Trapster gives the Enchantress the artifact, but she vanishes again, also revealing that she’d lied to him as well. Over in San Francisco, Jessica Drew is in her office when the ground begins to shake. She changes to Spider-Woman and saves some people from falling masonry, dropping them off at a local 7-11 which is being used as an aid station. She tracks the vibrations in the ground to Alcatraz and there finds the Enchantress and the Rhino causing the shaking while they look for yet another artifact. A fight breaks out. Meanwhile, Bruce Banner has been staying in San Francisco and when he sees people threatened by more falling debris, he changes to the Hulk. Not liking the shaking city, he jumps out toward Alcatraz, thinking it may be more peaceful. He lands in the middle of the fight and immediately recognizes the Rhino as an enemy. The Enchantress, seeing that the Hulk is stronger and easier to fool than the Rhino, thanks the Hulk for rescuing her from the Rhino. The Hulk sees the artifact and picks it up, vanishing with the Enchantress back to her underground lair, thinking she is nice and peaceful. In her lair, the Enchantress asks the Hulk to put the artifacts together, revealing a crown, while she thinks to herself how the crown is an ancient Asgardian tool that makes the wearer the ruler of Midgard, and how Odin had long ago broken it into pieces and scattered them after placing a spell on them that would kill any Asgardian that touched them. Once a mortal reassembles the pieces and places the crown on an Asgardian, though, the spell would be canceled and the Asgardian would rule the world. Meanwhile, Cap put out a national all-points bulletin, and Spidey and Spider-Woman respond, meeting him at the 7-11 in Washington, D.C. They compare notes and Spidey reveals that he placed a spider tracer on the artifact the Wizard found, so they decide to follow the tracer. At the same time, the Wizard, Trapster, and Rhino have met and, all feeling furious at being duped by the Enchantress, decide to get revenge on her. The Wizard reveals he knows where her underground lair is and they head there. The villains and Cap’s team all arrive at the lair at the same time, just as the Hulk is about to place the crown on the Enchantress’s head. A big fight breaks out, and the Hulk helps the heroes, since they are fighting the Rhino. The heroes win and afterward the Hulk smashes the crown so that no one can have it again. The Enchantress is outraged and vanishes once again. The heroes return to the 7-11 in Washington, D.C. but then go their separate ways back to their home cities.

NOTE:
It’s not entirely clear whether or not Pete was on a date with Sue or not. That’s the impression I got, but it’s never actually stated. That should give some wiggle room for placing this story if it conflicts with him dating someone else at this time. Once again, placement suggestions would be welcome.


Chronologies:

CAPTAIN AMERICA/STEVE ROGERS
See above note

ENCHANTRESS/ AMORA/"HELEN EVE"/"LEENA MORAN"/"CHRISTINE COLLINS"
See above note

HULK/DR. ROBERT BRUCE BANNER
See above note

RHINO/ ALEXSEI MIKHAILOVICH SYTSEVICH/"ALEX O'HIRN"
See above note

SPIDER-MAN/PETER BENJAMIN PARKER
See above note

SPIDER-WOMAN/JESSICA DREW
See above note

SUE
SMCAIHSW

TRAPSTER/PETER PETRUSKI
See above note

WIZARD/BENTLEY WITTMAN
See above note

[ShadZ]

Should be between SW 38 (where Spider-Woman opens her PI office in San Francisco) and SW 47 (where she travels to Los Angeles, which leads to her falling into a coma and then retiring as Spider-Woman).

Also, the cover of this comic may be seen here: https://www.comics.org/issue/393788/cover/4/

[StrayLamb]

I think i've narrowed this one down. It says that Bruce Banner has been staying in San Francisco, and in M/TU 104, Hulk is on the Golden Gate Bridge, so i believe it goes between IH2 262, where Hulk has been staying in LA, and M/TU 104. This places it between PPSSM 55 & M/TU 106 for Spider-Man, which fits. Spidey had recently been going steady with Debra Whitman, but she started going out with Biff Rifkin in ASM 216, and Spidey's been in the dumps about it in his own comics, so he's free to be going on a date with another girl. In MLASM, Spidey says he'd rather be punching the Rhino, which he does in this issue, so i would say this goes just before Many Loves.

Chronologies:

CAPTAIN AMERICA/STEVE ROGERS
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CA 258
CA 259
SMCAIHSW
M/TU 106
CA 260
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ENCHANTRESS/ AMORA/"HELEN EVE"/"LEENA MORAN"/"CHRISTINE COLLINS"
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DAZZ 1
DAZZ 2
SMCAIHSW
T 313
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HULK/DR. ROBERT BRUCE BANNER
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IH2 261
IH2 262
SMCAIHSW
M/TU 104
M/TU 105
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RHINO/ ALEXSEI MIKHAILOVICH SYTSEVICH/"ALEX O'HIRN"
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M/TU 102
SMCAIHSW
M/TIO 96
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SPIDER-MAN/PETER BENJAMIN PARKER
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ASM 216
ASM 217
ASM 218 (1 - 8:5)
M/TU 103
PPSSM 52 (22)
PPSSM 54
PPSSM 55
SMCAIHSW
MLASM
M/TU 106
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SPIDER-WOMAN/JESSICA DREW
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SW 37
SW 38
UX 148
SMCAIHSW
SW 39
SW 40
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SUE
SMCAIHSW

TRAPSTER/PETER PETRUSKI
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ASM 214
ASM 215
SMCAIHSW
CA 319-FB
FF 265

WIZARD/BENTLEY WITTMAN
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ASM 214
ASM 215
SMCAIHSW
A 227
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[vanhornluke]

Sweet, thanks!