After showcasing the debut of a new hero and giving us a glimpse of a different kind of mainstay, Marvel Super-Heroes took a turn at taking a team player and giving her the stage to see how she shined. In a story by Archie Goodwin and artwork by Gene Colan and Vince Colletta, the ravishing Inhuman Medusa was given the spotlight.
This story takes place just after Medusa's appearance in Amazing Spider-Man this same month, so there's some clear intention somewhere to give her a push. But despite that, this story really feels more like a Frightful Four feature with Medusa's former partners in crime the Wizard, Trapster and Sandman playing large roles in the yarn. They need Medusa to rejoin them to commit a heist of a power source to allow Wizard's "Id Machine" to be used to conquer the world. Medusa thinks she's stealing it to power a device to help Black Bolt modulate his booming and possibly deadly voice. They romp around and soon Medusa realizes she's been duped and gets the power source out of the Wizard's hands and defeats her former partners, at least for the moment.
I like his incarnation of the Frightful Four as they bicker and kvetch as well as any gaggle of villains I can think of. Wizard always thinks he's too smart to be among such lowlifes, Trapster is always trying to prove he's a deadly villain like his partners, and Sandman seems genuinely confused why he stays with these guys and just wants to commit robberies. Add Medusa's self-doubt and you have a rich emotional brew.
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