Doc Ock reappeared and took an exhausted Spider-Man to Harry""s mansion where he exchanged the superhero for the tritium., the protagonist""s apartment at the Chateau Marmont, etc.The material forDouble Indemnitywas derived from ""hard-boiled"" James M.Cain""s 1943 melodramatic novellaThree of a Kindthat first appeared in 1935 in abridged, 8-part serial form inLibertyMagazine.In the seventh year of the reign of Augustus Caesar, an imperial decree ordered every Judean each to return to his place of birth to be counted and taxed.Certain friends of yours were named also.Oh, nobody can prove anything about anybody as usual, but I""m warning you, little Alex, being a good friend o you as always, the one man in this sore and sick community who wants to save you from yourself.In the small town of East Houston, Zod and Ursa (wearing a NASA patch and the deputy""s badge) entered a hole-in-the-wall saloon/restaurant where one red-neck remarked: "The circus is in town.