Appearing in "My Friend, My Foe!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- ⏴ Angel (Warren Worthington III) ⏵ (Main story and flashback) (Appears in flashback)
- ⏴ Iceman (Robert Drake) ⏵ (Main story and flashback) (Appears in flashback)
Antagonists:
- ⏴ Stuart Clarke ⏵ (Main story and flashback) (Appears in flashback)
Other Characters:
- ⏴ Hector Ayala ⏵
- Holly Gillis ⏵ (First appearance)
- ⏴ Flash Thompson ⏵
- ⏴ Sha Shan ⏵
- Champions of Los Angeles (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Ghost Rider (Johnathon Blaze) ⏵ (Possessed by Zarathos) (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Black Widow (Natalia Romanova) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Hercules ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- X-Men (Mentioned)
- Crimson Dynamo (Yuri Bezukhov) (Referenced)
- Aunt May (Referenced)
- Daily Bugle (Referenced)
- Man-Beast (Mentioned)
- Legion of Light (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Mutants
- Human-Olympian Hybrids (Only in flashback)
- Demons (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- California
- New York State
- New York City
- Attica (First appearance)
- Attica State Prison (First appearance)
- United States of America
- Vietnam (Mentioned)
- North America
Items:
Vehicles:
- Hell Cycle (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "My Friend, My Foe!"
With Stuart Clarke unconscious, his control over Iceman has been severed, causing the hero to go on a rampage and attack Spider-Man and the Angel. During the fight, Iceman explains how Clarke managed to take control of him during times that Iceman visited him in the hospital and facilitated his escape.
As Spider-Man takes the fight with Iceman outside the dilapidated Champions building, Angel is held up by representatives of the company that built the Champions building to discuss what to do about its current state. Spider-Man manages to defeat Iceman, snapping him back to his senses and taking him to safety.
The two return to the Champions Building to find that the Angel has "convinced" the building contractors to repair the shoddy work on the building for free. Afterwards, Angel takes Clarke back to the hospital while Iceman decides to go on his own. Spider-Man later realizes that his camera was wrecked in the battle.
As Peter flies back to New York, back home Flash Thompson and Sha Shan spend time together, and Hector Ayala meets Holly Gillis. Meanwhile, at a prison, one of the inmates has seemingly disappeared, leaving a blasted wall and a glowing lightbulb behind...
Notes
Continuity Notes[]
- Angel mentions how they were founding members of both the X-Men and Champions, as seen in X-Men #1 and Champions #1 respectively.
- Iceman recounts how Rampage was seriously injured during their last battle. That happened in Champions #8.
- One of the bystanders points out that Spider-Man is wanted by the authorities. At the time of this story, Spider-Man was wanted for questioning regarding his involvement in the deaths of George Stacy, his daughter Gwen and Norman Osborn. They all died in Amazing Spider-Man #90, 121 and 122 respectively.
- Spider-Man isn't sure if Iceman's identity is a secret, because he learned it in Marvel Team-Up #4. At the time of this story, Iceman's identity was a secret to the general public in order to distance the X-Men from Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Which had been the case since Bobby was recruited into the X-Men circa X-Men #44–45.
- Spider-Man mentions how his Aunt May is in the hospital. She suffered a heart attack in Amazing Spider-Man #176.
- Flash Thompson mentions when he first met Sha Shan and how they were reunited. Refer to Amazing Spider-Man #108–109 and Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #12–15.
Chronology Notes[]
A flashback in this story affects the chronology of the following characters:
See Also
- 2 image(s) from Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 18
- 7 reprint(s) of Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 18