Dates
- Cover date
- July 1981
- On sale
- April 7, 1981
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #218 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition50¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition50¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860245707
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Stories
- Eye of the Beholder! · 22 pages
The merged Hydro-Man and Sandman grow into a huge mud monster. The monster then captures Sadie Frickett, a woman both men had a crush on. She is able to calm the beast down and even signs a deal to perform with him on stage. When the monster sees her kissing another man during the show, he goes berserk, breaks free, and captures Sadie. He then proceeds to climb up a tall building with her in hand. Helicopters buzz around him dousing him with gas causing him to fall to his 'death' on the streets below.
Publisher’s description
The rise of Mud-Thing! After Spider-Man tosses Sandman and Hydro-man off the docks, the two villains merge into one horrific sand-mud monstrosity. Will New York ever be safe from the wrath of Mud-Thing? Sadie Frickett takes it to court to defend the men she loves, but ends up promoting Mud-Thing in their own Broadway revue! Think that’s the strangest thing to happen in this issue? Think again!
Reprinted in
Super Spider-Man TV Comic (1981), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (2007), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013)