Marvel Flipside

Friday Night Fights: Spidey vs. Kingpin

Feet of Fury!

He gets no kicks from champagne! Mere alcohol doesn't thrill him at all, but he gets a kick.... out of what? The answer's in Friday Night Fights!  

The Fight:

Spidey vs. the Kingpin

 

as featured in Spidey Super-Stories #38 (1979), by Jim Salicrup and Ricardo Villamonte!

What's the story here?

Thanks to the Daily Bugle, the Kingpin knows that President Jimmy Carter's coming to New York City, so naturally he wants to "kidnap him . . . and take over the country!" Thankfully, he has an exact duplicate of the president's car handy (perhaps he was practicing taking over the country already?) and hopes to change the cars and steal the president. But Spidey just happens to be swinging by and recognizes the president's car (well, the very convincing duplicate) and finds out about the plot. But the Kingpin's not going to give up too easily. Hence the scene above. But New York's tow service is the real hero. While Kingpin was busy with Spidey, the president's car was towed away since the Kingpin's stooges left it double parked, thus ruining the Kingpin's plans forever!      

Here's how it all goes down!

    * Take a look at all of Fights participants, hosted by spacebooger.com!
    * Before Sunday at 11PM (EST), cast your vote for the best Friday Night Fights by posting a comment there! Voting is encouraged and will be open to all visitors and participants.
    * The winner of the round will be posted there on the following Tuesday with the Pre-Fight Rules for next time!

ENJOY all the FEET O' FURY!

Friday Night Fights: Batroc versus ...?

Feet of Fury!

Hear the plaintive strains of Eye of the Tiger in the background? That's because it's time for Friday Night Fights!  

The Fight:

BATROC vs. CROSSBONES... or IS IT?

as featured in Captain America #412, by Mark Gruenwald and Rik Levins!

What's the story here?

Fooled ya! That's not really Crossbones. That's Captain America posing as Crossbones so that he could infiltrate Batroc's underground villains-only brawling-boxing ring. You see? MMA caged match has always been popular with the super-villain set. Turns out, Batroc was in on it, but rather than allow Cap to continue (AND make him look bad by losing to "Crossbones," Batroc outed him and the whole arena descended down on him to create the cliffhanger.

Okay, it's more complicated than that, but still, for a comic featuring Batroc, Stilt-Man, AND Shang-Chi, there were a conspicuous lack of kicking in the face.   

Here's how it all goes down!

    * Take a look at all of Fights participants, hosted by spacebooger.com!
    * Before Sunday at 11PM (EST), cast your vote for the best Friday Night Fights by posting a comment there! Voting is encouraged and will be open to all visitors and participants.
    * The winner of the round will be posted there on the following Tuesday with the Pre-Fight Rules for next time!

ENJOY the FEET O' FURY

Friday Night Fights: Leap-Frog vs. Spider-Man & Beast

Feet of Fury!

Okay, so Friday came a little too quickly amongst the busy-ness of a busy week, but Friday Night Fights wait for no man! Here's my token entry, even if I may not be a contender this time. 

The Fight:

LEAP-FROG vs. SPIDER-MAN & the BEAST!

as featured in Spidey Super-Stories #57, by Steven Grant and Winslow Mortimer!

What's the story here?

JJJ is sponsoring an art gallery so that everyone will like him, and for some reason the Beast is also at the opening. The Leap-Frog has stolen all the pictures, however, so Spider-Man and the Beast track his muddy footprints (?) and confront him. Spidey stops the Leap-Frog by trapping him in the spray of water that comes from a broken fire hydrant, and the art is saved! Ah, comics.  

And even if I'm not there, you can still vote anyway:

    * Take a look at all of Fights participants, hosted by spacebooger.com!
    * Before Sunday at 11PM (EST), cast your vote for the best Friday Night Fights by posting a comment there! Voting is encouraged and will be open to all visitors and participants.
    * The winner of the round will be posted there on the following Tuesday with the Pre-Fight Rules for next time!

Friday Night Fights: Spider-Man vs. Man-Wolf

FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS: Feet of Fury!

What up, Fightstas! It's Friday Night and feets are furious! And we're taking advantage of being able to show you three tidy panels of not-so-tidy pain... 

The Fight:

SPIDER-MAN vs. MAN-WOLF!

 

as featured in Amazing Spider-Man #125, by Gerry Conway and Ross Andru!

What's the story here?

Spider-Man was still reeling with the death of Gwen Stacy at the hands of the Green Goblin, when what should happen but the Man-Wolf? Because of his distraction, Spidey doesn't clue in as quickly as he could that the Man-Wolf is actually John Jameson, but once he does, Jameson is freed from his moon-stone curse, even if the wall-crawler isn't freed from his mental woes.

And just to remind y'all, here's how it'all goes down:

    * Take a look at all of FNF: Feet of Fury Round 2 from the Fights participants, starting 4PM (EST) on Friday, and hosted by the upstanding gentlemen at spacebooger.com!
    * Before Sunday at 11PM (EST), cast your vote for the best Friday Night Fights by posting a comment there! Voting is encouraged and will be open to all visitors and participants.
    * The winner of the round will be posted there on the following Tuesday with the Pre-Fight Rules for next time!

Friday Night Fights: Shang-Chi vs. Si-Fan Gorilla

FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS: Feet of Fury!

It's Friday Night and guess who's back! Yeah, summer made it kinda hard to participate in the furious battle o' blogs known as the FNF. But use both feet and jump right in... 

The Fight:

SHANG-CHI vs. SI-FAN GORILLA!

as featured in Master of Kung-fu #92, by Doug Moench and Mike Zeck!

What's the story here?

We'll let Leiko, Shang-Chi's girlfriend and dangling partner, explain from earlier in the book: "It . . . it's like the crazed World War II Japanese soldiers . . . hiding out in the Philippine jungles until the early seventies, unaware that the war had long since ended. The Si-Fan and his pet have been awaiting this final battle!" Too bad Shang-Chi's feet were there to correct his worldview-- and kill the gorilla, unfortunately.

Here's how it all goes down:

    * Take a look at all the FNF: Feet of Fury posts from the Friday Night Fights participants, starting 4PM (EST) on Friday, and hosted by the upstanding gentlemen at spacebooger.com!
    * Before Sunday at 11PM (EST), cast your vote for the best Friday Night Fights by posting a comment there! Voting is encouraged and will be open to all visitors and participants.
    * The winner of the round will be posted there on the following Tuesday with the Pre-Fight Rules for next time!

IRON AVENGERS vs. APOCALYPSE: Manga-tized!

FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS: G7 Fight Music!

It's Friday Night and the jukebox stopped on G7! 

The Fight:

 

Marvel Mangaverse: Avengers Assemble! #1, by Udon Studios!

The Music?

  The Vapors' TURNING JAPANESE!

In one corner, the AVENGERS: Captain America, Scarlet Witch, Vision, and Hawkeye, led by Tony Stark, who really just sends the others on missions because he's just their benefactor, being a disembodied head carried around by his uniformed assistant and all.

In the opposite corner, APOCALYPSE: a giant villain capable of absorbing any machinery into himself. And, boy, does he covet all that sweet, sweet tech used by the Avengers!

So what happens when, in order to stop the giant Hulking Beast from destroying Some City, the Avengers must pilot giant IRON AVENGER-mechas? Apocalypse sends his Horsemen after them, naturally! And when that fails, he goes after them personally.

Uh-oh! Time for the IRON AVENGERS to yell "ASSEMBLE!" and have their mecha all form one ... giant ... ULTIMATE ... IRON MAN---!

Turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so

Turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so

Turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
(think so think so think so)

Please pay special attention to the special moves of "Shield of Fury" and "Iron Fist."

Here's how it all goes down:

    * Take a look at all the Round 4 G7: Fight Music posts from the Friday Night Fights participants, starting 4PM (EST) on Friday, and hosted by the upstanding gentlemen at spacebooger.com! Or, as we like to say in Japan, スパェシブーガー.com
    * Before Sunday at 11PM (EST), cast your vote for the best Friday Night Fights by posting a comment there! Voting is encouraged and will be open to all visitors and participants.
    * The winner of the round will be posted there on the following Tuesday with the Pre-Fight Rules for next time!

Boku ni douhyou shitte kudasai! (Please vote for me!)

SANDMAN vs. THING

FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS!

The regular Friday Night Fights program won't be seen tonight. Instead, the Marvel Flipside would like to present to you this special program.

"Fightin' Dirty: Sand versus Rock."

I wanted to have the sketch more complete, but you know. Life. I love the way their expressions came out, but I wish I had a more dynamic, flowing pose for the Sandman.

LI'L SPIDEY vs. GREEN GOBLIN

FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS!

Thanks for the votes last week, but even Iron Man's butt-punch to the face wasn't enough when compared to Batroc vs. Batman!

Okay, so since it's the final round of FNF: OPP, it's time to pull out the big guns. Yes, folks, that means Spidey Super-Stories #8  by Jean Thomas and Winslow Mortimer . . .

WHEREIN

the Green Goblin uses his SHRINK BOMB on Spidey, grabs him up, and toys with him, quite literally, with his GOBLIN-SLINGSHOT . . .

"Boing," indeed. Spidey's puns are as painful as the Goblin's attack. Also, apparently the Green Goblin is a big Mark Waid/Alex Ross fan.

Here's how it all goes down:

    * Take a look at all the One-Panel-o'-Pain posts from the Friday Night Fights participants, starting 4PM (EST) on Friday, and hosted by the upstanding gentlemen at spacebooger.com!
    * Before Sunday at 11PM (EST), cast your vote for the best One Panel of Pain by posting a comment there! Voting is encouraged and will be open to all visitors and participants.
    * The winner of the round will be posted there on the following Tuesday with the Pre-Fight Rules for next time! Jump on in, the pain's great!

IRON MAN vs. the SUPER-ADAPTOID

FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS!

Okay, I've been a long-time lurker on the blogs that play with the Friday Night Fights: One Panel of Pain meme, which means that yes, I love 'em, but no, I've yet to vote on 'em. But now that I'm playing around with different types of posts on my own blog, I figure, why not jump in with both feet and throw down a little beat-down myself?

In this corner, Iron Man versus the Super-Adaptoid, from Iron Man #49 (1972) by Mike Friedrich and George Tuska/Vince Colletta! I-Man begins by saying "All well and good, Adaptoid-- but one of the most powerful Avengers--"

The Butt-To-The-Head Beat-Down! Take that, Adap-turd!

Here's how it all goes down:

• Take a look at all the One-Panel-o'-Pain posts from the Friday Night Fights participants, starting 4PM (EST) on Friday, and hosted by the upstanding gentlemen at spacebooger.com!
• Before Sunday at 11PM (EST), cast your vote for the best One Panel of Pain by posting a comment there!
• Voting is encouraged and will be open to all visitors of the site and participants of the round.
• The winner of the round will be posted the following Tuesday with the Pre-Fight Rules for next time!