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Cover: John Romita Jr. & Al Milgrom

The Amazing Spider-Man #208

Name: The Amazing Spider-Man #208
Brand: Marvel
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Sep 1980 · Marvel · 0.50 USD

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“Fusion!”

★ 1st appearance — Lance Bannon

About this Issue

Amazing Spider-Man #208 is the debut issue for two characters who would both leave lasting marks on Peter Parker's world: Lance Bannon, a rival Daily Globe photographer whose ongoing competition with Parker would run for years and whose unsolved murder remains one of Marvel's dangling plotlines, and Fusion (Hubert and Pinky Fusser), an energy-absorbing composite being unusual enough to earn a full entry in the Marvel Legacy: The 1980s Handbook. The issue also stands as a transitional moment in the title's creative history, arriving in the gap between Marv Wolfman's tenure and Roger Stern's celebrated run, during Denny O'Neil's relatively brief but distinctive stewardship of the book. Its fan-collaboration origin for the villain — with the splash page crediting attendees of Maplecon II in Ottawa — is an unusually early example of Marvel publicly acknowledging convention-goer input in shaping a published story.

In "Fusion!", twin brothers Hubert and Pinky Fusser—opposites in every way—collide when a lab accident fuses them into a single, volatile entity. Written by Denny O'Neil, Jim Shooter, and Mark Gruenwald, and illustrated by John Romita Jr., Brett Breeding, and Al Milgrom, this 1980 issue sees Spider-Man facing off against the newly formed Fusion, a being torn between two minds and powered by raw energy. The cover by John Romita Jr. and Al Milgrom captures the moment of transformation with striking clarity.

writer Denny O'Neil · writer Jim Shooter · writer Mark Gruenwald · artist John Romita Jr. · artist, inker Brett Breeding · artist, inker Al Milgrom · colorist Ben Sean · letterer Jean Simek · cover John Romita Jr., Al Milgrom

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History

The plot was developed by editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and writer-editor Mark Gruenwald, with Denny O'Neil scripting and John Romita Jr. handling pencils and cover duties alongside inker/editor Al Milgrom. The issue falls squarely in O'Neil's early-1980s run on Amazing Spider-Man, a period that came after Marv Wolfman's departure and just before Roger Stern transferred over from Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man and redefined the title. The unusual on-page credit thanking fans at Maplecon II in Ottawa for the creation of Fusion suggests the villain's concept was submitted or pitched at that Canadian convention before being worked into the story by the editorial team.

Trivia · 8 facts

First appearance of Fusion (Hubert and Pinky Fusser), an energy-absorbing being formed when twin brothers are merged in a radiation accident at a private atomic research lab.
First appearance of Lance Bannon, who debuts as the Daily Globe's new chief photographer and becomes a long-running rival to Peter Parker; Bannon later works at the Daily Bugle and is eventually murdered by F.A.C.A.D.E. in Web of Spider-Man #114.
Story credits: plot by Jim Shooter and Mark Gruenwald, script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by John Romita Jr., inks by Brett Breeding and Al Milgrom, editor Al Milgrom.
Cover art by John Romita Jr. and Al Milgrom.
The splash page carries a special thanks credit to fans at Maplecon II in Ottawa for creating the Fusion concept.
Fusion's powers include absorbing energy in electromagnetic, chemical, and physical forms, dissolving Spider-Man's webbing by absorbing its chemical energy, and walking on water.
The issue contains oblique in-joke references to Superman and Batman through dialogue, as well as a reference to tennis star Billie Jean King.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 20 (2018); also appeared in the Mexican edition El Hombre Araña / El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades) #205 (March 1984). Fusion received a full entry in the Marvel Legacy: The 1980s Handbook.