Spider-Man Comics Weekly #56

In "The Brand Of The Brainwasher!", Spider-Man evades a citywide police manhunt, slipping away to visit Aunt May in the hospital—where he must convince the authorities, including a skeptical Captain Stacy, that he’s not the criminal they believe. Meanwhile, Mary Jane, unaware of the danger, steps into a job that ties her to the mysterious and menacing Brainwasher.

When strange disturbances plague the Stark complex—first two associates vanish, then Tony Stark himself is pulled beneath the Earth’s surface—Iron Man finds himself facing Queen Kala of the Netherworld. She demands he build a device to enable her people’s invasion of the surface, or her prisoners will pay the price.

In "Whom The Gods Would Destroy!", Thor and Hercules clash in a battle for Jane Foster’s favor, their rivalry igniting a divine conflict. Enraged by Thor’s decision to reveal his true identity to Jane, Odin strips half of Thor’s powers, transferring them to the warrior Seidring—ushering in a moment of vulnerability and escalating tension.