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Marvel Spotlight#27
Cover: Gil Kane & Frank Giacoia
Marvel Spotlight #27
“Death Is the Symbionic Man!”
writer Bill Mantlo · artist, inker Jim Mooney · colorist Petra Goldberg · letterer Karen Mantlo · letterer Gaspar Saladino · cover Gil Kane, Frank Giacoia
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Full credits
writer Bill Mantlo
artist, inker Jim Mooney
colorist Petra Goldberg
letterer Karen Mantlo
letterer Gaspar Saladino
cover pencils Gil Kane
cover inks Frank Giacoia
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Simon Ryker creates a humanoid husk he calls the Symbiotic Man and sends it into the ocean to absorb lifeforms. He also sends it out to absorb the life essence of the Sub-Mariner so it can become a sentient powerful being. During the battle, Namor grabs a giant octopus the Symbiotic Man was using as a mount and throws it out of the water knocking Ryker's hovering ship out of the sky. The ship crashes killing Ryker and freeing the Symbiotic Man from his control. The Symbiotic Man apologizes for what it did to Namor and, after restoring the power he took from him, dies.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).