Friday, May 24, 2019

The Thing: The Serpent Crown Affair

Thing: The Serpent Crown AffairThing: The Serpent Crown Affair by Mark Gruenwald
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

When the head of Roxxon Oil acquires the Serpent Crown, it's up to The Thing and a group of friends to stop him! Even with legends like Stingray and Thundra by his side, can Benjamin J. Grimm stop... The Serpent Crown Affair?

The Thing: The Serpent Crown Affair collects Marvel Two-In-One #64-67 and Marvel Team-Up Annual #5.

Years after the fact, I still enjoy reading comics set in the days when The Thing was one of Marvel's headliners. This collection, The Serpent Crown Affair, is more of the same. In this volume, the Thing teams with Stingray, Triton, Thundra, the Scarlet Witch, Quasar, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, and others, all opposing the menace of the Serpent Crown, a mystical artifact from pre-cataclysmic Lemuria.

The writing is average for the time period, enjoyable but nothing spectacular. I have no trouble believing in the head of an oil company as a major villain. The Serpent Crown is a real threat, whether there are one, two, or 777 because of Nth-Man's shenangians. With an art team headlined by Ron Wilson and George Perez, these issues are the best of the best for the time they were published.

The Serpent Crown Affair is a fun slice of Bronze Age goodness. 3 out of 5 stars.

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