"Paste is the supreme weapon!"
Er... what did I just read?
Paste-pot Pete is easily the most bonkers and rubbish returning villain marvel have given us so far and, incredibly, he's going to be sticking around for decades... albeit with a rather less bonkers relaunch in the near future.
Still, let's summarise... his modus operandi is to shoot a special sticky paste from a paste gun. He has a purple beret. Oh, and the paste? He literally carries it around with him in an open bucket. Surely the bonkersness of this cannot be topped. Oh, and the name? Words quite fail me. And he uses said, er, powers to not only rob a bank but to steal a missile in order to sell it to "any red nation".
And, well... what else is there to say? It's a Strange Tales Human Torch story. The Torch still has his secret identity for some reason. There's a fun little predicament with an ICBM. And Pete, joy of joys, escapes in the end.
I think I've seen enough to conclude that Larry Leiber, as a writer, just isn't very good.
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