It's Clobberin' Time all the time, as Ben Grimm teams up with heroes from across the Marvel Universe for BIG, FIST-POUNDING ACTION! But the stakes have never been higher! In this opening issue, Ben and the Incredible Hulk are stranded on a distant, ancient, alien world, where the duo must protect an ancient people against legions of Deviant hordes ...
NIGHT OF THE PARASITE! Superman is overwhelmed as Parasite's new powers are unleashed! Can Superman stop all of Metropolis from being consumed by the power-hungry Parasite or will he need Lex Luthor's help to save the day? Introducing a new antihero-Marilyn Moonlight, the Spirit of Metropolis-who only operates at night! Is she friend or foe to the ...
A GHOST FROM THE PAST RETURNS! The Silver Surfer thought he buried his friend Al Harper years ago - but he thought wrong! Can the Surfer save Al from succumbing to his newfound cosmic abilities? And who or what transformed Al into the otherworldly Ghost Light?
Rated T+
Huntress's journey to save the Justice Society of America lands her smack dab in the middle of the 1940s at the birth of the team! Can Huntress and the present-day JSA work together long enough to figure out how to stop the strike on the '40s team?!
THE CAPTAIN COMES HOME!
And she's got a whole new mission! With Otherworld settled, Braddock Manor restored, and her brother Captain Avalon at her side, you'd think things look pretty good for Betsy Braddock. Only it turns out, good ole Britain doesn't want her back. No one wants a mutant menace carrying the shield of Captain Britain, and Bets...
Silver Sable’s first appearance! The bounty-hunter organization Silver Sable Inc. always gets their man…dead or alive! They've set their sights on the crook called Fox, and Spidey must do everything he can to save him!
Spider-Man helps nursing home resident Pops Magee stay in his home. Plus, Red 9! Is he the latest teenage super hero- or villain?
This one's really different! A kid worships super-villains and at long last he attains his heart's desire, the chance to impersonate Spider-Man! See what that does to Spidey's less than reputable reputation,and more, in "The Spectacular Spider-Kid!"
Tabloid reporter Jake Jones manages to get a career-making photograph; Spider-Man unmasked! With his secret identity on the line, will Spider-Man teach this morally bankrupt journalist a lesson? You bet!
The Hobgoblin goes for broke in his quest to put Spider-Man away forever! And it looks like nothing Spidey can do will stop him!
Harry Osborn, under attack by the Hobgoblin! Will Harry get a bail-out from the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man?
The long-hidden secrets of Mary Jane Watson's past finally revealed! And, if you thought Spidey had his hands full fighting the Hobgoblin before, wait till you see what happens now! Plus, new developments on Spidey's costume!
After weird dreams and prolonged sleep, Spider-Man decides to visit the Fantastic Four at the Baxter Building! Curious to find out what Spidey’s alien suit is made of, Reed Richards conducts an assessment. The findings are both shocking and sinister!
Black Cat and Puma claw it out, but the new foe stands undefeated! He prowls onward and pounces on Spider-Man! Meanwhile, the Rose and Kingpin brood over Spider-Man’s fate.
As his new alien costume continues to influence his behavior, Spider-Man goes after the Rose. In retaliation, Rose hires Puma to pounce on our web-slinging hero! Will Spider-Man be able to overcome both his suit…and his new foe?
The Black Fox is captured by the Red Ghost and his Super-Apes! Spider-Man rescues Fox, but must face the wrath of the Apes! Elsewhere, an old enemy once thought dead waits to ambush the wall-crawler!
The Hobgoblin’s battlewagon is hauled up from the Hudson River and stolen by Jack O’ Lantern! Using the Spider-tracer he previously put on the van, Spider-Man searches for Jack. A battle ensues!
For his latest journalist assignment, Peter goes to a football game to snap pictures. He discovers that scandal involving the Rose is underway! Peter decides to break the news to Aunt May about graduate school. Can Spidey deal with upsetting the ones he loves?
Spider-Man returns home from the Beyonder’s World with a new costume! Don’t miss out as the web-slinger swings back into his city, alive and happy to be reunited with his family!
“For the first time since he has donned the mantle of the Hobgoblin, the man behind the mask knows fear…” Spider-Man engages in his final duel with the Hobgoblin!
WHAT HAPPENED TO PETER AND MARY JANE?! It's time. This arc will answer your questions including... WHAT DID PETER DO?! Who caused all of this?
Rated T
ANOTHER SUPERMAN HAS FALLEN. Across the Multiverse, Kal-Els are being murdered. Val-Zod, the Superman of Earth-2, believes only one man can help stop the killing-Kal-El's son, Jon Kent! Jon will have to step across dimensions and face the killer of the Kal-Els, the monstrous Ultraman, the man who kidnapped and tortured him for years. And Val-Zod is...
Everyone goes insane eventually. And then they belong to the terrifying Red Mask! But Gotham City has a new savior. He strikes from the shadows, exhumes the dead, and is known only as...the Batman. And in our backup story, Tim Drake's search for Batman continues as he and Superman, Jon Kent, team up to stop the terror of the Toyman!
Some interesting ideas here, but it would have been nice if Reed didn't spend half the issue providing exposition. Fiorelli's art is decent, but not mind blowing. I'm looking forward to Coello returning for issue 7/700.
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I liked this issue a lot more upon re-reading it.
The Fantastic Four are reunited and all is well...until their convoy is interrupted by NICK SCRATCH and SALEM'S SEVEN! It's an all-out magical BATTLE for SURVIVAL right there on the highway, and the Fantastic Four 100% fail to win it. That's right! This solicit isn't going the way you thought it would! As the truth of what happened is puzzled out, ...
The Fantastic Four get the "Italian job" treatment when they're unable to stop members of the Maggia led by Top Man. Can the FF reclaim the Baxter Building before they're sent to swim with the fishes?
WOLF AT THE DOOR PART 3 Metal-faced despots, intergalactic deities, and subterranean savages couldn’t destroy the FF, but will Marvel’s First Family be torn apart by the most human threat it's ever faced? Plus: A classic knockdown, drag-‘em-out brawl between The Thing and The Human Torch!
Meh
Clark Kent returns to Smallville! Clark talks to his parents and begins work with Martha Kent on his costume. But Jonathan Kent doesn't seem too happy about his son's newfound desire for superheroics! The question is why?
Everyone knows Jor-El sent his infant son to Earth to avoid death on Krypton, but now take a closer look at Jor-El's emotional struggles with the decision. Plus, Kal-El's early days on an alien world and the discoveries that set him on the path to becoming a legend!
Everyone knows Jor-El sent his infant son to Earth to avoid death on Krypton, but now take a closer look at Jor-El's emotional struggles with the decision. Plus, Kal-El's early days on an alien world and the discoveries that set him on the path to becoming a legend!
Not a fan of Paul Smith.
Wolverine and Rogue crack some Yakuza skulls in a Ginza District bar. Their goal: to pick up the trail that will lead them to the Silver Samurai and Viper!