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With the very end of 1975, the talk to end that year was the Country
had just pulled out of Vietnam, and the World Series had been the most
exciting in recent times with Cincinnati defeating Boston in a seven
game thriller with an estimated seventy million viewers, the most
watched television event at that time. But as 1975 came to a close, a
comic book milestone was just around the corner. DC and Marvel Comics
teamed up for a tabloid sized comic magazine of "The
Wizard of Oz" . It was the first time that these two
mega comic giants had ever teamed for such an event. But,
the very best was yet to come in 1976!!
1976 opened with it being a bicentinal year
and that America would be celebrating 200 years of independence. The
country later on in 1976 would elect a new president and that NASA
would place a probe on Mars and we'd really would actually see the
real surface of Mars.
But making history in a small but historical big way,
would be the greatest super-hero team up of the 20th Century, (and
that is no BS!!) Both head honchos at DC and
Marvel Comics Carmine Infantino (DC) and Stan Lee (Marvel) came up
with the idea that both comic mega giants would agree to a team up of
their top super-heroes. The title would be SUPERMAN vs.
The AMAZING SPIDER-MAN and it would be 96 pages of
the greatest super-hero action of the comic era.
The writer would be Gerry Conway, Ross Andru the artist with Dick
Giordano the inkier. A lot more talent went into the comic milestone,
but these talented individuals were the driving force. The asking
price was at that time was $2.00 (only
available at first by mail, plus 50 cents shipping) but it was the
best $2.00 I ever invested.
The story opens with Superman taking on arch foe Lex Luthor in
Metropolis, then the scene switches to New York with Spider-man taking
on arch foe Doctor Octopus. Both heroes defeat their villainous foes
and Luthor and Octopus are placed in a high secure prison where they
meet. They escape and a new super-villian
team is formed and history begins!!
Meantime, as Clark Kent and Peter Parker, both our heroes in their
every day civilian lives must deal with their bosses (Morgan Edge for
Kent, Jonah Jay Jameson for Parker) and the women in their lives, both
Lois Lane and Mary Jane. But in New York, an event being put on by
NASA with the launch of communications satellite, Luthor disguised as
Superman kidnaps Lois and Mary Jane. Peter Parker runs into hiding to
become Spider-man. And as history would have it: both Superman and
Spider-man meet in the skies above New York with each other accusing
the other of kidnapping the women.
Luthor and Octopus witness the confrontation from a nearby building
unnoticed. Luther uses a red sun radiation device of his making on
Spider-man and with a weaken Superman trying to logically begin
discussing to Spider-man that they may have both been tricked,
Spider-man unloads a punch that kayos Superman and the
battle begins!!
After being knocked around for a few
panels, Superman really looses his cool! With telling Spider-man to
unload his best punch, Superman unloads a punch towards Spider-man
that would shatter a mountain. Realizing this: Superman holds back the
punch with all effort and the vibrations send Spider-man halfway
across the city.
 With the red sun radiation wearing off, an angry Spider-man begins battering away onto a nearly unmovable standing Superman who at this point is still trying to reason with a hot headed Spider-man. But as the story goes, both heroes find their heads: cool off and begin a well historical team up!!
I don't want to give away the entire plot for those
who've never read this well written land mark story. The story has
been reprinted in the CROSSOVER CLASSICS: the Marvel/DC
Collection and is still available at comic
specialty shops across the Internet.
 Buy Crossover Classics For those who have
never read this comic classic it is a milestone well worth the time
and investment. As time would have it: it would be five years later
(1981) before a sequel would come out with Supes and Spidey. And this
one would be filled with many surprises and guest confrontations!!!! Article and pictures presented to Supermantv.net from Mike in St. Augustine Florida
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