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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