Synopsis
Marvel Team-Up #11 synopsis by
T Vernon
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Spider-Man, carrying the third deactivated time bomb, makes a deal with a helicopter pilot to fly him to the Himalayas where he climbs through the mountain passes and discovers Attilan, home of the Inhumans. He is captured by guards and brought before their king, Black Bolt, holding court with Karnak, Gorgon, and Triton. He explains the situation, taking up nearly two pages, and shows them the time bomb, hoping they can harness its energy to send him back to the 23rd Century to rescue the Avengers and stop Kang and Zarrko. Black Bolt agrees to this and they visit the lab of Maximus the Mad where they leave the bomb, despite Spidey’s misgivings about handing a bomb to a guy whose last name is “the Mad.” Triton gives Spidey a brief tour of the city but Spidey is too worried about the situation to pay attention. Then they check up on Maximus who has indeed created a time machine. Spidey and the Inhumans gather around it, Maximus triggers it, and they are teleported to the New York citadel just as Zarrko arrives to enter the complex after Spidey and Iron Man have fought their way inside. They head in via a different route than Spidey took last time and they battle guards on sky-sleds, each hero using his special ability. And now, they enter the control room just as Kang has captured Zarrko and the Conqueror looks up in shock to see Spider-Man entering again with four new allies. There is a fight that ends with Kang drawing a ray gun and Black Bolt uttering a word which knocks Kang through the air, destroys his machinery, and shatters the glass cells holding the Avengers. Zarrko makes a run for it but Spidey webs him up into a ball. Spidey unmasks Kang only to discover it is an empty costume; Kang’s voice comes over a loudspeaker, confirming it was a puppet controlled remotely by him. Maximus’ time machine has a recall switch so Spidey, Iron Man, the Avengers, and the Inhumans, go home to 1973. Spidey, his Sunday afternoon ruined, promises to send the Avengers a bill.