Episode 29 - Battle Atop Big Ben (Grimm) !

EPISODE 29:

Seren and Rey return after a hiatus in August to re-tread their discussion on the next instalment of Jessica Drew's classic run.

Heaps of Spider-Woman news as well as a chat on Critical Role rounds out our episode for you fair, Spider Baby! Hope you enjoy!

Marvel Two-In-One Vol. 1 #29 - ‘Two Against Hydra’

Marvel Two-In-One Vol. 1 #30 - ‘Battle Atop Big Ben!’

Released April-May 3rd 1977 / Cover Date July - August 1977

Writer(s)

Marv Wolfman

Penciler(s)

Ron Wilson (#29), John Buscema (#30)

Inker(s)

Sam Grainger (#29), Pablo Marcos (#30)

Colorist(s)

Janice Cohen

Letterer(s)

John Costanza (#29), Irving Watanabe (#30)

Editor(s)

Marv Wolfman

SCORES:

Seren - 3/5, Rey - 3/5

Remember -

To Know Her Is To Fear Her!

Enjoy!

SYNOPSIS (courtesty of Wiki):

Arriving in England to deliver the Deathlok cyborg to Dr. Kort, the Thing, and Alicia spend a bit of time sightseeing before going to their appointed destination. Arriving there, they find that the entire mansion has been overturned; unaware that Dr. Kort had been kidnapped by Hydra who intends to have the doctor revive their agent, Spider-Woman.

When Alicia finds blood at the scene of the kidnapping, her screams bring Shang-Chi, who mistakes the Thing for an attacker. After a brief battle, they realize the reality of the situation and Shang-Chi agrees to help the Thing find Dr. Kort. Tracking him down to a hidden Hydra base, Thing and Shang-Chi fight off the Hydra hordes and save Dr. Kort. However, in spite of their victory, Hydra has obtained the serum they need to revive Spider-Woman.

Ben and Alicia are still in London enjoying the sights when Ben hears an explosion. Investigating, he finds two crooks who are blasting open the secret locations of map plates which would lead to a long lost treasure. As the Thing tries to round them up, he is attacked by the newly revived Spider-Woman, who is once more loyal to Hydra. She has come to terminate Ben, however, at the last moment, she chokes and is later forced to flee. Returning to Hydra headquarters she angers her superiors but promises to kill Ben Grimm next time.

Later, while sight-seeing, Ben and Alicia are once more attacked by Spider-Woman, who kidnaps Alicia and flies off. Ben chases after her but runs amok of the same crooks trying to uncover yet another piece of their treasure map. Ben fights through them and picks up his trail on Spider-Woman, which takes him to Big Ben, where the two battle it out. Although Ben has superior strength, he's no match for Spider-Woman's speed and venom blasts. However before a victor can be made, the two crooks -- also at Big Ben to find another part of the map, capitalize on the battle to try and eliminate Ben, and so they detonate a bomb which knocks both Thing and Spider-Woman into the Thames River.

VENOM BLASTS (things to look out for in episode)!!

• Seren's love for Critical Role
• Rey's theory about Jess' head cowl
• Thoughts on the upcoming Madam Web!
• A mini competition for all Spider Babies!

SHOW NOTES:

• Marvel Two-In-One #29
• Marvel Two-In-One #30
• Marvel Introduces Spider-Woman 2099
• All-Out Avengers #1
• TO KNOW HER IS TO FEAR HER MERCHADISE @ TEEPUBLIC

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