Super Spider-Man and the Titans Vol 1 204

January, 1977

Pages
9p

Rating
All Ages (for all ages)

 Editor-in-Chief
Neil Tennant

 Publisher
Marvel UK

 Writers
Len Wein

 Pencilers
Ross Andru

 Inkers
Mike Esposito Frank Giacoia

 Colourists
Glynis Wein

 Letterers
John Costanza

 Editors
Len Wein

Writers
Jim Steranko

Pencilers
Jim Steranko

Inkers
Joe Sinnott

Letterers
Sam Rosen

Editors
Stan Lee

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*Super Spider-Man and the Titans*  #203
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## Appearing in "Shattered by the Shocker!"Edit

**Featured Characters:**

* Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

**Supporting Characters:**

* J. Jonah Jameson
* Mary Jane Watson
* Harry Osborn
* Flash Thompson

**Antagonists:**

* Shocker (Herman Schultz)

**Other Characters:**

* Betty Brand
* Bowery Derelict (Otto Octavius)
* New York policemen
* Mayor Abraham Beame ***(First appearance)*** ***(Topical Reference)***

**Races and Species:**

* Humans

**Locations:**

* New York City
	+ Manhattan
		- East River
		- Bowery
		- Empire State University
		- 41st Street ***(First appearance)***
	+ Queens
		- Power Station

**Items:**

* Spider-Man's Suit
* Spider-Man's Web-Shooters
* Shocker's Vibro-Shock Gauntlets

## Synopsis for "Shattered by the Shocker!"Edit

Spider-Man finds himself trapped in a quickly filling sewer tunnel. Deciding to ride out the water flow and hope he doesn't drown, Spider-Man finds himself ejected out into the Hudson River. He then has to rush home, change his clothes and get back to Betty Brant and Ned Leed's engagement party and explain his sudden disappearance. When he arrives there, he finds that everyone's left Jameson's home, Mary Jane included -- and she was none too impressed by Peter's sudden disappearance.

The next day, Peter tries to patch things up with Mary Jane, but she's still mad at him. Called over to the lunch table where Flash and Harry Osborn are eating lunch, Flash tells Peter that Harry is moving in with him and they're becoming roommates.

Later that night as he web-slings across town, Spider-Man happens upon a news report from the mayor where he plays a recorded message from the Shocker. The Shocker is threatening to destroy a nearby power plant and black out the entire city if his demands are not made, the mayor refuses to bow down to the demands. Spider-Man, feeling in spite of the added police guard around the power plant, may not be enough to stop the Shocker, decides to get involved.

Arriving at the power plant, Spider-Man not only has to deal with the Shocker but the security guards who are trying to bust him as well as the Shocker. Fighting off the police, Spider-Man manages to get the best of the Shocker by webbing his hands on the triggering buttons of the Shocker's vibro-gauntlets. This causes the Shocker to violently recoil around the room until he finally passes out. Spider-Man then removes the gauntlets and webs up the Shocker, leaving him for the police to find with a note, giving Spider-Man the credit for defeating the Shocker.

## Appearing in "Tomorrow You Live, Tonight I Die!!"Edit

**Featured Characters:**

* Captain America (Steve Rogers)

**Supporting Characters:**

* Rick Jones ***(As Bucky IV)***

**Antagonists:**

* Hydra
	+ Madame Hydra
	+ Mankiller ***(First appearance)***

**Other Characters:**

* NYPD
* Bucky Barnes ***(Photo)***

**Locations:**

* New York City
	+ Manhattan
		- Avengers Mansion
		- East River

**Items:**

* Captain America's Shield
* Captain America's Uniform

## Synopsis for "Tomorrow You Live, Tonight I Die!!"Edit

While waiting to meet Nick Fury at a carnival, Captain America spends a moment to get his fortune out of a fortune telling machine, which reads "tomorrow you live, tonight I die!". This fortune would prove ominous when Cap realizes he's walked into a trap by Hydra who attack him with guns blazing. Seeking cover, Captain America comes to realize how much danger there is in his life and how easy it is for his enemies can reach him because his true identity is public knowledge. As he fights off his attackers he demands to know who Madame Hydra is, but none of the Hydra assassins talk. He fights the Hydra agents into retreat, and Cap decides to go looking for Rick to make sure he's okay.

While at Hydra headquarters, the leader of the attack on Captain America is brought before Madam Hydra who kills him for his failure, by exposing him to a hallucinogenic drug. Meanwhile, at Avengers Mansion, Cap and Rick go through a training session. While Rick does well, Captain America goes through a routine to show him how to maximize his effectiveness in acrobatic fighting. While this was meant to be instructional, Rick takes it as a failure and once more gets down on himself for not being as good as the original Bucky. Later, Rick goes to the door when the doorbell is rang and find an envelop addressed to Captain America marked urgent. With Cap currently out of the mansion, Rick decides to open it to see what the message is about. This turns out to be a Hydra trap and Rick inhales a dose of hallucinogenics. Rick has a hallucination where he is being judged by Bucky himself, however Rick tries to show that he's worthy of the title and that Bucky is dead. When the Hydra agents burst inside the mansion they find Rick instead of Cap knocked out. They decide to take the boy hostage so that Madam Hydra doesn't punish them by at least brining her a hostage that will draw Captain America to her instead.

As they are leaving, Captain America returns to the mansion and spotting the envelope he detects traces of the narcotic used in it. Rushing outside he attacks the Hydra agents just as they are about to load Rick into their getaway car. However, the Hydra agents manage to get away, and when Cap grabs one of them for questioning he's shocked when the agents of Hydra kill one of their own men. With Rick their hostage, Cap laments that none of this would have happened if people didn't know his true identity.

At Hydra headquarters, Rick is brought before Madam Hydra, who believes that Captain America will go back to the carnival where they attacked him earlier to search for clues. She then orders Rick be locked up, but he manages to escape and flee to the carnival to try and warn Captain America. Cap meanwhile is already there searching for clues when he is attacked by Hydra's Mankiller robot. During the fight, the robot tries to blow up Cap with missiles that are loaded in it's chest. Cap lunges at the robot and blocks it's launches with his shield causing a backfire that destroys the machine.

As a Hydra ambush starts setting up to shoot Cap, Rick arrives and warns Captain America of the danger. Suddenly, Cap makes a jump for the water as the Hydra agents open fire on him. To all witnessing it, it appears that all the bullets strike Captain America as he lands in the water. Hydra retreats as the police arrive on the scene, and when they go searching the water for a body, all the find are Captain America's bullet riddled uniform and a lifelike mask with the likeness of Steve Rogers. With this discovery, the police conclude that Captain America was never really Steve Rogers at all.

This story is continued next issue...

## Notes

### Continuity Notes

* The identity of the Bowery Derelict is revealed in *Amazing Spider-Man*  #157.

* Flash Thompson mentions how Peter was briefly his roommate. That lasted from *Amazing Spider-Man*  #138-140 when he got his new Chelsea apartment.

* The depiction of Abe Beame as the mayor of New York City should be considered a topical reference per the Sliding Timescale of Earth-616.

* Spider-Man recounts how he had previously been to the power station in this story when he worked alongside Shang-Chi, *Giant-Size Spider-Man*  #2.

* Steve Rogers does re-establish his secret identity in this issue. However, it is revealed that the Space Phantom allowed this ruse to be successful in Avengers #107

* Rick Jones appears next in Incredible Hulk (Volume 1) #111.

## Trivia

* This issue contains an advertisement for Hostess Snacks featuring Spider-Man.

* Captain America (Steve Rogers) smokes in this issue. Although he smoked routinely in the golden age, this is the last time the character is seen smoking in the Marvel Universe.

* Story is reprinted in Marvel Super Action #13, Essential Captain America 2 and Captain America Special Edition #1.

* This issue contains a letters page, **Let's Rap With Cap**. Letters are published from *David L. Transue, Craig Battmer, Fred Navarro, Jon Young, Pvt. William A. Ashe, Peter Shershin,* and *Paul Johannes*.

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