#6

Synopsis

The Puppet Master admits to Spider-Man and the Thing that he caused the accident that blinded his stepdaughter Alicia Masters (Thing's girlfriend). This accident was also the source of the Puppet Master's ability to create and control puppets from radioactive clay. Hoping to cure Alicia, they all head for the old hidden lab, but the Puppet Master has already turned the lab over to the Mad Thinker, and the heroes are trapped. The lab is eventually destroyed in an explosion, the villains assumed dead.

Reprinted from

• The Amazing Spider-Man #21
• Marvel Team-Up #6
• The Amazing Spider-Man #235
• The Amazing Spider-Man #236

Reprinted in

• Spider-Man by Roger Stern Omnibus #[nn]— recolored; new trade dress
• Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #23

Credits

Script

Roger Stern, Gerry Conway, Stan Lee

Pencils

Mark Buckingham, John Romita Jr., Gil Kane, Steve Ditko, Brian Bolland

Inks

Mark Buckingham, Frank Giacoia, Mike Esposito, Steve Ditko, John Romita, Brian Bolland

Colours

Jung Choi, Glynis Oliver, Bob Sharen, Stan Goldberg

Letters

Diana Albers, Joe Rosen, Jean Simek, Sam Rosen

Editor

Tom Brevoort

Original

Roy Thomas

Characters

• Beetle
• Ben Grimm
• The Thing
• Spider-Man
• Johnny Storm
• Will o' the Wisp
• Jackson Arvad
• Peter Parker
• Human Torch
• Abner Jenkins
• Anton Miguel Rodriguez
• Tarantula
• Doris Evans
• J. Jonah Jameson
• Betty Brant
• May Parker
• Flash Thompson

Other printings & variants

• Direct Edition