Marvel Flashback Month brings Untold Tales of Spider-Man Minus 1! A golden opportunity to see Peter Parker's parents performing in perilous predicaments! They are not quite Agents of SHIELD. Rather, they are CIA agents. Richard Parker was recruited out of Special Forces by Col. Nick Fury. Mary Parker used her education and late father's connections to land a job as a translator. Together, they become an Americanized version of John Steed and Emma Peel. They're a cute contemporary version of Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence and Hammett's Nick and Nora.
On vacation along the French Riviera, they stumble upon The Baroness! A neo-Nazi sympathizer who may have deeper espionage connections - possibly to Hydra! She works for a Supreme Leader and is aware of the capture of an Agent Ten. Which leads Richard and Mary to Bombay, and a rescue mission.
There are a few "surprises". Agent Ten's identity. The Supreme Leader's identity and the inevitable surprise that will force Mary Parker out of action - forever!
Fred Hembeck provides an outrageously hilarious back-up story featuring adventures of Petey - way before he became Spider-Man. It's Hembeck at his finest and funniest.
"Danger", featuring The Amazing Parkers in Untold Tales of Spider-Man Minus 1 earns four stars!
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