In "Marvel Team-Up" #77 (January 1979) belly shirt-wearin' oldster Silver Dagger escapes from the mystic orb that had imprisoned him and goes on a full-tilt rampage against Spider-Man and Ms. Marvel...
Claremont style! Yup, it's a Chris Claremont script so it's a given that Silver Dagger will be
supremely powerful. But to quantify it further, even his
armpits project rays of eldritch energy.
The battle of the century: Spider-Man versus b.o.! Although I must take issue with Silver Dagger's ensemble. A belly shirt? Kinda girly. In fact,
completely girly. And the no-sleeves thing combined with the big round plate on the chest makes me think he raided Moonstone's closet for this get-up. I'll give him points for the bitchin' white mustache -- almost as nice as mine!
Almost. But I have to take those points back
off again for the Stephen Wright haircut. There's nothing wrong with male-pattern baldness but you don't gotta
flaunt it. Honestly, he looks like Bozo the Clown's abusive uncle.
Elsewhere in this issue, Doctor Strange's girlfriend Clea is transformed into a being of pure strawberry jam.
Told you it was a Claremont story!
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"even his armpits project rays of eldritch energy."
You know, it really is nearly impossible to interpret that panel any other way... .
Well, BB, are you just going to stand there or are you going to give the poor guy a new costume more fitting of the man's stature in life?
Scipio: Well, maybe it's Axe body spray. That stuff's pretty strong.
Jon: I'm a costume designer, not a miracle worker.
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