publication date: December 16, 1981

pencil: John Romita jr & John Romita sr

story: Roger Stern

colors: Stan Goldberg

The origins of Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau).
Spider-Man's sense of spider kicks in when he crosses paths with a beautiful black girl.
When he reaches her he finds that they are snatching her.
She doesn't need his help, knowing martial arts.
When he approaches her, however, she instinctively defends herself and knocks him out with her powers.
Repentant, she puts on the Captain Marvel uniform and runs away.
The flashback of the origins starts, in New Orleans.
Monica Rambeau is a Coast Guard agent little appreciated by superiors.
Professor Andrè LeClare asks her for help to stop a South American dictator, who had financed him.
When he refused to use his invention as a weapon he hired his assistant, Dr. Felipe Picaro, to finish the job.
Together they reach the barge where Picaro works.
To get their attention Monica wears a short bikini and it works.
The professor sets off the alarm and Monica's cover goes off.
Picaro shows the machine he built and wants to use against the American government.
Monica smashes it with her fists, causing it to explode.
In a flash she finds herself in New Orleans, with strange powers.
she creates a costume and returns to the barge.
Picaro shoots LeClare and Monica closes the dimensional portal he created and defeats Picaro.
The professor is safe, Monica resigns from her job and leaves for New York.
Captain Marvel turns to the Fantastic Four to help her unload the excess dimensional energy she has absorbed.
Receiving no response from the Thing, she turns to the Avengers.
After a small problem with Iron Man, solved by Spider-man, Captain Marvel is helped and welcomed into the Avengers.
The introduction of a new heroine, Captain Marvel, in an annual where Spider-Man is only an extra. Discreet.
Value of the original in 2021: $ 425.00

publication date: November 10, 1980

pencil: John Byrne

story: Chris Claremont

inks: Terry Austin

colors: Glynis Oliver

Kitty wears the classic X-men uniform and Ororo suggests the name Sprite, as an alter-ego.
Ororo takes her to a friend of hers to take dance lessons, Stevie Hunter.
Logan returns to Canada with Nightcrawler to solve problems with Alpha Flight, the Canadian team of superheroes he was a part of.
She shows up at Heather Hudson's house and asks where she can find her husband James, aka Guardian.
Wolverine and Nightcrawler find him, Snowbird and Shaman (Michael Twoyoungmen) in the forest, hunting for Wendigo.
Wolverine has already faced him when he was chasing Hulk.
The first to find the cannibal creature is Nightcrawler.
Also this time the story is divided into several books.
Little flashback to Wolverine's past.

publication date: November 30, 1980

pencil: John Byrne

story: Chris Claremont

inks: Terry Austin

colors: Glynis Wein

Clash with Wendigo, first Nightcrawler alone, then together with all of Alpha Flight.
Also this time the story is divided into several books.
The action is pleasant.