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Marvel Treasury Edition, #13 Regular

Published: 1976

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Wrap around cover. Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (13 January 2005); the original indexer credited John Romita. Notes on the margin of the original artwork of the cover indicate "John" (Romita, the art director for Marvel in this period) reworked some figures, notably The Thing and Iron-Man.

'Tis the Season

Story Featuring Fantastic Four , Story Featuring Spider-Man , Story Featuring The Avengers

"Ready when you are, Ben!"

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Introduction.

...As Those Who Will Not See!

Story Featuring Spider-Man , Story Featuring The Thing

"Hold it right there, pal!"

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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.

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This story retells the origins of both the Puppet Master and Alicia Masters.

'Tis the Season

Story Featuring The Avengers

"Happy, Jan?"

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bridging sequence

Even an Android Can Cry

Story Featuring The Avengers

"Once again, the word has gone out..."

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The Vision asks to become an Avenger and the team agrees once they learn a little bit of his origins.

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'Tis the Season

Story Featuring Silver Surfer , Story Featuring The Avengers

"...A cry of compassion--"

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bridging sequence

He Who Strikes the Silver Surfer

Story Featuring Hulk

"You seek to injure one..."

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Having 'caught' the Silver Surfer (believing him to be an alien starship), Hulk starts a fight with perhaps the only being on Earth stronger than Hulk is. The Surfer, irritated, knocks him out, then probes Hulk to discover the reason for his belligerence and discovers the damage done by the gamma radiation. Just as the Surfer prepares to reverse the damage and return Dr. Banner's life, Hulk wakes up and, seeing the action as an attack, lashes out. Disgusted, the Surfer leaves while Hulk vows to find the Surfer again and force him to take Hulk to the stars.

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'Tis the Season

Story Featuring Daredevil , Story Featuring The Defenders

"Why didn't silver-face stop?"

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bridging sequence. Alterations on The Hulk and other characters by John Romita.

Once upon a Time -- the Ox!

Story Featuring Daredevil

"--11:00 o'clock report."

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The Ox crashes in on a socialite party with Daredevil in attendance and the two battle. Karen leaves Matt and the Widow takes over as the love of his life.

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'Tis the Season

Story Featuring The Champions

"You seem like you're a million miles away, Matt!"

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Conclusion.

Merry Christmas, Marvelite!
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Inside back cover. Covers of reprinted stories.

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Inside front cover.