Yeah, that is pretty much the epitome of absolute bad-ass right there. Both the battle itself, and then Cap's response when Doom arrives victorious scream "awesome" to me.

Was surprised to see that battle on the list, not so much because it's not famous ( even though Morlun is hardly in the highest echelons of Spidey villains, JMS made his debut at Marvel with that story ), but because it wasn't that memorable. Not just because Morlun was a flat character, but because the resolution-- Morlun's assistant kills him before Spidey gets they chance to-- basically removes the moral dilemma from Peter's hands.

It was a decent story, certainly superior to what had been preceding it in the title, but establishing Morlun as the biggest bad in Peter's history took us from Point A ( introduction ) to Point C ( importance ) without a hint of Point B ( character development ).

If Doom defeated the Beyonder himself, who could be that big bad ass he is afraid of in Secret Invasion: Dark Reign? Bendis should remember this battle.

Morlun's resurrection during the Other was one of the most unnecessary and stupid plots in recent Spidey-history. We never found out HOW and WHY he came back and how weren't the other heroes able to see him in Avengers tower.
Stories like this destroy Spider-man, not his marriage to MJ.

I can still picture each "champion" going in one at a time to confont the Shadow - Dr. Fate, I believe, and Etrigan and the Spectre - and each one basically being spit out in a battered mess.

And one of the best lines ever - Zatara to Sargon - "now be quiet (or something close) and die like a sorceror!"

Gonna have dig this one back out this week......

This weakens Morlun to the point where Morlun’s assistant takes the opportunity to kill Morlun.

But of course, Morlun wasn't really killed in that Amazing Spider-Man storyline was he? Without any reason or explanantion, JMS resurrected Morlun as the villain for "The Other" storyline, where I guess he was killed... again.

Luckily he made up for it three issues later with the sublime extra long issue 53. I wonder if his fight with Batman from that issue will turn up...

Doom slicing Klaw up into lenses is just so wicked. It blew my little mind.

And how cool is it that Shooter let Doom beat the Beyonder? Shooter created the Beyonder. He wanted everyone to understand how omnipotent and scary and cool his new character was, right? A lesser writer would have used this opportunity to show how their NEW character is so bad ass he puts all the OLD characters to shame. But not Shooter. He basically says "Look, I love my guy, but this is still the Marvel Universe, I'm playing in Stan and Jack's sandbox, and even if I introduce a villain who is LITERALLY OMNIPOTENT, he still won't be as bad ass as Dr. Doom. Now THAT'S a PRO.