Captain America 1968 #194 - back issue - $15.00
Mark Jewelers.
William Taurey, with the help of General Heshin, hopes to use the "Big Daddy" Madbomb and his mercenary army, the Royalist Forces of America, to destroy democracy in the United States and return the country back to the aristocracy. Taurey also wants to exact revenge on Steve Rogers, the descendant of the man who killed his ancestor, Sir William Taurey, during the Revolutionary War. Captain America and the Falcon infiltrate a Royalist Forces base.
When Aunt May is kidnapped, Spider-Man pays the ransom with a suitcase full of Twinkies.
On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #124, November 1975.
- The Trojan Horde! - Verpoorten credit per Nick Caputo, August 2012. Marvel Comics Index #8A lists Frank Giacoia as inker.
- The Trojan Horde - The Madbomb Part 2.
- - Ads for Sons of Origins and The Mighty Marvel Bicentennial Calendar
- - Kirbyesque art for the Mattel toys
- - Letters from future author Robert Rodi (as Bob Rodi), future editor Kim Thompson and Kenneth A. Jones. Marvel Value Stamp Series B #27 "Dracula".
- A Jovial Jamboree of Jaunty Jingles and Jesting Jabs Jury-rigged to Jettison your Jim-Jams! - Howard by Gene Colan? and Omega by John Romita? Announcements for Marvel Premiere #28 (Legion of Monsters), Marvel Spotlight #26 (Sub-Mariner), Howard the Duck #1, Black Goliath #1, Omega the Unknown #1, Strange Tales to reprint Dr. Strange classics, Warlock #9, short stories by Archie Goodwin and Steve Englehart in Weird Heroes, "Magneto and the Titanium Man" by Paul McCartney and the Wings, and the winners of the Shazam awards.
- Spider-Man and the Kidnap Caper - Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies. Featured in January 1976 and February 1976 Marvel comics.
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