Technically, this material you're about to read is not part of the almost-mythical "Rutland Trilogy"!
But, since it "sets up" the situation for the final chapter, I'm including it as a prelude to the actual issue which you'll see on Monday!
Crusher Creel aka The Absorbing Man, is a long-time Marvel villain.
We now jump ahead a number of pages...
(The first panel is blurred because it really has nothing to do with this situation, but if I PhotoShopped it out, the page would look weird.)
Once more we see real-life Halloween Parade organizer and comics uber-fan Tom Fagan...
(On this page, I simply cut the bottom 2/3rds off since it has nothing to do with this particular plotline!)
We now jump ahead to the end of the story, as The Absorbing Man arrives in Rutland...
You knew all along who it was, didn't you?
You've now seen how writer Gerry Conway and penciler John Buscema set the stage in Marvel's Mighty Thor #206 (1972) for the conclusion of the Rutland Trilogy!
Note: while DC sometimes did two, three, and occasional multi-part stories (such as the never-reprinted Silver-Age "Death of Superman" we presented HERE), those were the exceptions rather than the rule.
Marvel, on the other hand, was noted for serialized storylines that could go on for a year or more!
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