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Marvel Two-in-One #51 "Full House-- Dragons High" (1979)
Writer: Peter Gilles
Penciler: Frank Miller

Inker Bob McLeod
Colorist: Glynis Wein
Letterer: Tom Orzechowski



The famous Marvel poker game is cut short as rogue General Pollock breaks into S.H.I.E.L.D. arsenal #6 to steal the mothballed Yellow Claw's Sky Dragon. Fury leads the Thing, Beast, Wonder Man and Marvel Girl against Pollock's quest to retrieve the Claw's Ultimate Annihilator stored away on the helicarrier .

  • Continuity Notes
  • Cover appearance on both the original issue and the reprint.
  • Appearance by Dum Dum who mentions he is on furlough duty away from hunting Godzilla .
  • Boothroyd is namedropped by Fury as his 'tailor'.
  • Reprinted in The Adventures of the Thing #3
  • An instance of the famous Marvel Poker Game
  • Comic writer Joe Casey and Rob Liefield both cite this as one of thier favorite issues (from Casey-A-Rama: Rob Liefeld 2004)
  • The Yellow Claw's Sky Dragon was last seen in Strange Tales, as was his Ultimate Annihlator

Review
Fun adventure with plenty for S.H.I.E.L.D. fans to enjoy, including some relics from Strange Tales, amoung them a reference to Boothroyd (which is itself a 007 in-joke). The Frank Miller art is top-notch, especially a full-page spread of the famous card game. GET this one....now!

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