Exploring the pop culture impact of jaws in the 1970s. Spidey super stories spidey meets the spoiler youtube. Starjaws was written by kolfax mingo, starjaws was the only spidey super story to ever command an entire issue. The clock on his chest regulates the flow of time and can somehow absorb energy from other clocks to amplify his power. The books featured a selection of stories featuring marvel comics characters with introductions and commentaries by original story author stan lee. Find the value of the marvel comic spidey super stories volume 1. May 15, 2011 the electric company first spidey super stories segment. Best of spidey super stories electric company marvel on. Buy comicsfree comicsmarvel comics superheroesmarvel characterscomic book.
So i thought, wouldnt it be great if some of these issues could be reprinted in a collected edition, i own three or four single issues. Marvel is spideys most frequentlyrecurring ally and they often work on the same news stories together. A cover gallery for the comic book spidey super stories. Moon dragons robot companion sam a recurring character from sesame street escaped in a rocket ship to earth, where he enlisted the help. There was a mix of electric company support characters from the tv show like easy reader, fargo north, jennifer of the jungle, and paul the gorilla.
The spidey super stories comic often actually literally adapted some of the tv episodes into comic book form yes even the above. The entire star jaws issue, which combines star wars and jaws into a 36page hilarious epic. Spidermans out of this world 1977 star wars mashup. Starjaws was written by kolfax mingo, starjaws was the only spidey super story to ever command an. The one where doctor doom mashes up the two most popular movies of the late 70s into star jaws and. Jul, 2017 the following month in march 1978, howard the ducks famous 2part star wars parody starts in his namesake titles 22nd issue. The electric company first spidey super stories segment. Posted in doctor doom, spidey super stories star jaws. Jun 30, 2017 exploring the pop culture impact of jaws in the 1970s. The book is one of the most popular spiderman novels and has been released in a number of different editions, including an audio book.
I just finished the john romita and all that jazz book, there mr. While on the subject of spiderman, we thought it best to take a look back at spideys first liveaction television debut. Jul 19, 2019 the dumbest spiderman villains of all time. Star jaws combines a new hope and jaws by having dr. From 1974 to 1982, marvel comics published a comic book called spidey super stories, which was aimed at children ages 610. Spidey super stories comic book shanna teams with spidey.
Spidey super stories comic read spidey super stories comic. Episodes featured the marvel comics character spiderman, provided to the childrens television workshop free of charge, and was played always in costume by puppeteer and dancer danny seagren. Can spidey and the psychic moondragon stop the nefarious doctor doom from destroying the world. Now these next two stories might make a worstof list for many others, but i love themmany fond memories attached to these next two tales. And now, your spidey super stories moment of joy for tonight now it has been revealed. Spidey super stories is a liveaction, recurring skit on the original version of the ctw series the electric company. While on the subject of spiderman, we thought it best to take a look back at spidey s first liveaction television debut. Values of spidey super stories free comic book values. The vulture guest stars in the wings and the webslinger. Doom with the help of moondragon, in an issue of spidey super storiesin a story entitled star jaws.
The jaws movie poster is probably one of the most used concepts in the whole movie postercomic cover trend, the first again most likely being spidey super stories. A long, long time ago, in a comic book far, far awayspiderman faced the evil dr. In the midseventies fireside books published collections of reprinted comic book stories beginning with origins of marvel comics by stan lee that are now widely considered to be the first trade paperbacks. Star jaws issue one barnstormer comics proudly presents a very unofficial comic book adaptation of a mingofilm production of a twentieth century frog movie, star jaws this issue starring super spideyman, moondragon, sam the sesame street robot, s of doombots and of course dr doooooooom. Art by winslow mortimer, don heck, and mike esposito. See more ideas about spiderman, comic covers and comic book covers. It premiered during the premiere of the electric companys fourth 19741975. The marvel comic spidey super stories tied in with the electric company and. The following month in march 1978, howard the ducks famous 2part star wars parody starts in his namesake titles 22nd issue. Doom calling moondragon baldylocks, his star jaws literally trying to eat the earth, and the plan being foiled when moondragon mentally creates a second earth thats actually full of tnt, with its success being contingent on doom having to be confused over which earth is which.
And now, continuing the thrilling saga that began last week, your spidey super stories moment of joy for tonight. Doctor time is able to speed up or slow down time around himself within an unknown area of effect. Read spidey super stories comic online free and high quality. The smurfs the smurfs all star show 1981 polydor, mp3, childrens topics. While in space, the team discovers that dooms space station, known as the star jaws, is a death star with teeth and that it can feast on planets. The smurfs the smurfs all star show 1981 polydor, mp3, childrens community audio 40 40. Hooper in spidey super stories marvel comics is one of the major publishing companies producing comic book properties today, rivaled primarily by dc comics. S ome of these homage covers work well, and others may not, this particular one works because of deadpools character. As the only robot on the side of the good guys, sams character is roughly a hybrid of the c3po and r2d2 characters in star wars. In most of the stories spiderman was teamed with another marvel superhero to tackle a marvel villain.
The best of spidey super stories 1978 simon and schuster, 1978 series published in english united states price 3. Includes the 1page features shes bald and shes beautiful and hes out of this world. And now, your highly philosophical spidey super stories moment of joy for the night. Several stories were based on segments from the show, but there were many original stories as well, using established marvel villains and characters. Doctor octopus, vulture, the owl, kraven, sandman, and the falcon appearances. May 12, 2019 a long, long time ago, in a comic book far, far awayspiderman faced the evil dr. Doom held moon dragon captive aboard a space station called star jaws. Star jaws was also the name of a wondrous issue of the old spidey super stories comic in which doctor doom named a death startype. The marvel comic spidey super stories tied in with the electric company and spidermans appearances on the show. The octopus agenda 1996 several nuclear explosions happened in the united states and mary janes phone gets. Spidey links clues to the spoiler skip hinnant, a mischievous villain who aims to spoil peoples fun.
Founded by martin goodman in 1939, five years after the establishment of dc, the company was initially known as timely comics, and later atlas. Spiderman is a comic book character created by stan lee and steve ditko for. Keep track of your comic book collection online with full comic details, cover images, and current market values. These books proved such a success that several more volumes of reprints followed including stan lee presents the best of spidey super stories published in 1978. A total of 57 issues were produced, the first 15 of which were written by jean thomas previously writer of night nurse. Founded by martin goodman in 1939, five years after the establishment of dc, the company was initially known as timely comics.
Star jaws, a star wars parody in which sam teams up with spiderman and other characters to save earth. Doom pilot a space station whose goal is to literally eat the earth. I have three of the spidey super stories 39 and got the best one graded which came back a 9. Spidey super stories is what happens when you take the kidfriendly, often wacky adventures of spiderman from the electric company 1971 and turn them into printed material. Stan lee presents the best of spidey super stories 1978. The content and make up of spidey super stories looked a lot like a marvel teamup for kids. Continue scrolling to keep reading click the button below to start this article in quick view. Agreed, these are super tough to find let alone find some in decent shape. Star jaws was also the name of a wondrous issue of the old spidey super stories comic. Gueststarring jennifer of the jungle and paul the gorilla. Spiderman and sam the sesame street robot in star jaws. Nov, 2015 agreed, these are super tough to find let alone find some in decent shape. Spidey super stories comic read spidey super stories. Marvel comics is one of the major publishing companies producing comic book properties today, rivaled primarily by dc comics.
The spiderman segments were made to look like comic books. What is your spidey super stories comic book worth. Star jaws is the name of doctor dooms death star like space station that he built to eat the earth. Starjaws was written by kolfax mingo, starjaws was the only spidey super story to ever command. Romita mentions that he liked doimg stuff for the spidey super stories book.
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