The 1978 2017 Amazing Spider-Man Mighty Marvel Comics Calendar: November Nonagenarian Nupials

Not only is it this month in which Spidey pops the clutch and tells the cops to eat his dust...er, snow...


Panel from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #130 (March 1974), script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Frank Giacoia and Dave Hunt, colors by Petra Goldberg, letters by Artie Simek
...it's Wedding Bells for Aunt May Parker and...WHA HUH?!


Yes, it's that time when Aunt May got married to Doctor Octopus!

"November Is Nearly Tender Nupials!" in The Amazing Spider-Man Mighty Marvel Comics Calendar 1978 (1977); pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito, colors by George Bell
(Click picture to bridezilla-size)
It's too bad their honeymoon had to be cancelled — they planned to walk on the beach hand in hand in hand in hand in h


Splash page of Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #131 (April 1974), script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Frank Giacoia and Dave Hunt, colors by Petra Goldberg, letters by Artie Simek
Of course, it went off just about as successfully as nearly every wedding ceremony in the Marvel Universe.


Why is she calling her fiancé "Doctor Octavius?" Should that be "Otto baby?" Ah well, back to Tinder for her.


Also in this calendar's month: clones galore!


And HEY WAIT THAT'S THE JLA COMPUTER from the DC Super-Specyacular Disasters calendar! What're you doin' here, dude?

The 1978 2017 Amazing Spider-Man Mighty Marvel Comics Calendar: June Jitsu*

Remember, you can actually use this 1978 calendar for this year, which is (walks over to fridge, checks my calendar) 2017! Peter Parker would have wanted it that way!

"June is Jam-Packed with Jeopardy" in The Amazing Spider-Man Mighty Marvel Comics Calendar 1978 (1977); pencils by John Buscema, inks by Joe Sinnott, colors by George bell
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The month's mightily marvelous mural summarizes Amazing Spider-Man #56, featuring Doctor Octopus...


Cover and panel from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #56 (January 1968), script by Stan Lee, pencils and cover inks by John Romita Sr., interior inks by Mike Esposito, letters by Sam Rosen
...and ASM #57, co-starring Ka-Zar! Why, that's practically two issues of Marvel Team-Up right there!


Cover and panels from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #57 (February 1968), script by Stan Lee, pencils by John Romita Sr. (cover and interior) and Don Heck (additional interior pencils), inks by John Romita Sr. (cover) and Mike Esposito (interior), letters by Artie Simek (cover) and Sam Rosen (interior)
Wow, halfway through the year and we haven't even gotten to eight-armed Spidey or Gwen-Tossin' or oh wait maybe I shoulda put a SPOILER WARNING in there somewhere. Geez though, at this rate we'll never get to the Clone Saga by the end of 2017!

*Oh, and since my post title probably reminded you of her: here's the one, the only, soon to be starring in Spider-Man: Homecoming: June Jitsui!


"Spider-Man Meets June Jitsui" from Marvel Comics cover-dated December 1979 (this one's from ROM #1), pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Joe Rubinstein, letters by Jim Novak
Next month: July! oh man SPOILER WARNING

Today in Comics History: Giant, giant newspaper pursues Spider-Man

Portion of the splash page from Web of Spider-Man (1985 series) #5 (August 1985), script by Danny Fingeroth, pencils by Jim Mooney, inks by Greg LaRocque and Kyle Baker, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Phil Felix
(See also.)

Today in Comics History: Tiny, tiny masthead enrages J. Jonah Jameson

Portion of the splash page from Web of Spider-Man (1985 series) #5 (August 1985), script by Danny Fingeroth, pencils by Jim Mooney, inks by Greg LaRocque and Kyle Baker, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Phil Felix

365 Days of Defiance, Day 40: Get with the program

Panels from The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015 series) #11 (October 2016), script by Ryan North, pencils and inks by Jacob Chabot, colors by Rico Renzi, letters by Travis Lanham

A Month of... Celebrities in Comics, Day 13: Unlike any other sport, the objective in boxing is chillingly simple: One octopus-man purposefully endeavors to inflict bodily harm on a spider-man

When the Amazing Spider-Man vows to box the Delectable Doctor Octopus in a winner-takes-all tournment at Marla Madison Square Garden, of course you get the 1970s' most unprevaricating, multiloquent, and periphrastic sportscaster that ABC can lend to PBS: Howard Cosell!



Panels from "The Return of Dr. Octopus" in Spidey Super Stories #11 (August 1975), script by Jean Thomas, pencils by Win Mortimer, inks by Mike Esposito and Tony Mortellaro, letters by Irving Watanabe (?)
Alas, unlike Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, the other big-name comic book boxing match of the seventies, this one doesn't have a galaxy of real and imaginary celebrities on its cover. (I may have to devote an entire week eventually to that comic!)


Cover of Spidey Super Stories #11 (August 1975); cover by John Romita, Sr.; letters by Irving Watanabe (?)
Wait, what am I saying? There's Morgan Freeman, right there!

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 220: the Night Jonah Cosplayed Uncanny X-Men #251

Panels from Spider-Man: Death and Destiny #3 (October 2000), script and pencils by Lee Weeks, inks by Richard Case, colors by Steve Buccellato, letters by Paul Tutrone

Doctor Octopus misquotes Bugs Bunny!

And now, it's time for another exciting episode of

Doctor Octopus misquotes Bugs Bunny!

Join us next time when Doc Ock says

Because sometimes you just have to post the story where Spider-Man piloted a supersonic fighter jet with Aunt May in the back seat

It's in the story where Doctor Octopus is trying to marry Aunt May...


Panels from Amazing Spider-Man #131 (April 1974), script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Frank Giacoia and Dave Hunt, colors by Petra Goldberg, letters by Artie Simek

...and kidnaps her in a helicopter...



...away to his secret Canadian island atomic reactor base...



...where Spider-Man captures her back...



...and then he escapes single-handedly piloting a jet plane...



...when suddenly crime lord Hammerhead barges in...



...and butts Doc Ock's nuclear reactor with his superhumanly hardened head...

(Click image to "blow up")

Yes, the ultra-realistic adventures of Spider-Man. They could never take place in a world where the Punisher got turned into a Frankenstein, could they?