#280: November 1976 (w/Karla Pacheco) - "Dark Destiny!"

Karla Pacheco is the writer of Bettie Page for Dynamite Entertainment, Rick and Morty for Oni Press, and Spider-Woman for Marvel Comics. Be sure to pick up a copy of Venom: Black, White and Blood #2 when it comes out this month if you ever thought that the one thing Miami Vice was missing was a giant goopy symbiote!

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Stories Covered in this Episode:

"The Fall of the Tower" - Uncanny X-Men #103, written by Chris Claremont, art by Dave Cockrum with Sam Grainger, letters by John Costanza, colors by Janice Cohen, edited by Archie Goodwin, ©1976 Marvel Comics

"Dark Destiny!" - Marvel Spotlight #32, written by Archie Goodwin, art by Sal Buscema and Jim Mooney, letters by Irv Watanabe, colors by Janice Cohen, edited by Archie Goodwin, ©1976 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 4 written and performed by Robb Milne. All incidental music by Robb Milne.

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