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Post by Steeven on Jul 31, 2022 12:27:42 GMT -6
 "The Delusion Conspiracy" Publisher: Marvel Cover Date: May 1975 On Sale Date: February 11, 1975 Cover Price: $0.25 Writer: Gerry Conway Penciller: Ross Andru Inker: Frank Giacoia Inker: Dave Hunt Letterer: Raymond Holloway Colorist: George Roussos Spider-Man/Peter Parker is in Paris with J. Jonah Jameson and Joe Robertson, both of whom have been kidnapped and it is up to Peter to deliver the ransom to a French super villain called The Cyclone.  Meanwhile, back in New York, Aunt May is out of the town with her friend, Anna Watson, when Aunt May sees someone she recognizes on the street. We see the person, a young blonde woman whose face is shadow, but the sight of her causes Aunt May to pass out.  In Paris, before he is to deliver the ransom at Notre Dame Cathedral, Peter visits a hardware store, with a conveniently-staffed bilingual clerk, and purchases something he can use to take out The Cyclone. That something is a giant fan, which works by blowing The Cyclone across the room and into a column, knocking the villain out. With Jamesom and Robertson rescued (by Spider-Man, of course), the three return to New York. When Peter returns home, he arrives to find Gwen Stacey waiting for him. But wait! Isn't Gwen supposed to be dead?! 
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Post by Steeven on Jul 31, 2022 12:33:07 GMT -6
Okay, so this issue isn't part of The Clone Saga.
It is however, part of what is referred to as The Original Clone Saga, the storyline that sets up the situation that The Clone Saga is based on.
The issue was a lot of fun, and I have to imagine that the return of Gwen Stacey caused quite the stir among readers at the time.
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Post by tealproductions on Jul 31, 2022 15:08:10 GMT -6
Those first set of baddies we see look like guards from Project Pegasus.
I like the dfference in the looks of the city Spidey is swing over in Paris as opposed to New York. They should look different but similiar.
They pushed the identity pretty hard. You should have figured it out before the final reveal. Plus was it really that big a deal she'd been gone less then two years.
Solid art for any time period and the writing had a very street level feel to it that many Marvel titles aat the time seem to carry.
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Post by Steeven on Jul 31, 2022 18:16:06 GMT -6
I think it would have been a big deal that she was back, only because the comic book revolving door of death wasn't like it is now.
I mean, I don't think it was life changing, but I bet readers were amazed by it all the same.
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