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TSMack reviewed Captain Marvel #20 Jan 26, 2026
7.0

(Cover Date: June, 1970)

Summary: Rick recommends that they talk to Bruce Banner to find a way to permanently free Mar-Vell from the Negative Zone. Along the way, Mar-Vell deals with the Rat Pack, a gang of looters who have been following a tornado. After arriving in the desert southwest, Mar-Vell loses consciousness (since it's been 3 hours), crashes into a stream & is replaced by Rick more

Captain Marvel #20

By: Roy Thomas, Gil Kane

Rick Jones helps Mar-Vell escape the Negative Zone by asking a big green giant for a big favor. Guest-starring the Hulk!

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TSMack reviewed Thor #177 Jan 26, 2026
8.0

(Cover Date: June, 1970)

Summary: After Loki disrupts Odin's spell which imprisoned him, Surtur, the God of Fire, moves toward Asgard, intending to destroy it. Thor & his warriors attempt to stop Surtur from advancing on the city. Balder goes to retrieve Odin from the Sea of Eternal Night, where he was sent by Loki after he gained the Odinring. With his great power, Odin entombs Surtur more

Thor #177

By: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

A great wrap-up issue. See Asgard saved from destruction! See the rescue of Odin! And witness the battle between Thor and giant Surtur!

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TSMack reviewed Silver Surfer #17 Jan 26, 2026
7.5

(Cover Date: June, 1970)

Summary: Mephisto holds Shalla Bal hostage & tells SS that he must destroy SHIELD before he will release her unharmed. Mephisto plants Shalla as an employee in the SHIELD installation. His intent is to have SS kill her, thereby driving him into madness, & then capturing his soul. SS discovers his plan & declares that their agreement is void, since Mephisto place more

Silver Surfer #17

By: Stan Lee, John Buscema

The Surfer agrees to a Faustian bargain…with Satan!

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TSMack reviewed Iron Man #26 Jan 25, 2026
7.0

(Cover Date: June, 1970)

Summary: The Collector holds Happy & Pepper hostage in exchange for the Solar Sword. Taken to the Dark Dimension, Iron Man fights against its owner, the hero Val-Larr, to get it. He returns the sword to Val-Larr when the Collector finds out that it going to blow up in this dimension. Reunited with his sword, Val-Larr defeats the attacking Shadow-Horde demons of more

Iron Man #26

By: Archie Goodwin, Don Heck
Released: May 27, 1970

Iron Man and Val-Larr team up to fight their way out of the Dark Dimension. Can the two let bygones be bygones, or will their differences prove too great for teamwork and survival!

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TSMack reviewed Fantastic Four #99 Jan 25, 2026
7.5

(Cover Date: June, 1970)

Summary: The rest of the FF pursue Johnny, who is going to Attilan to get Crystal back. Johnny's skirmish with the Inhumans is broken up when the others arrive. Crystal tells Johnny that she left to attend to Black Bolt's radiation injury with her elemental powers.

Fantastic Four #99

By: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

The Human Torch goes wild as he battles the Inhumans! But what has Johnny so hot-headed? This is the one you've been waiting for!

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TSMack reviewed Daredevil #65 Jan 24, 2026
7.5

(Cover Date: June, 1970)

Summary: Now in LA, DD finds Karen acting in a bit part in a gothic soap-opera. One of the characters, Brother Brimstone, goes berzerk when he finds out that his part is being written out. He is stopped by DD when he tries to kill Karen, who witnessed an assault. Later, now out on bail, Brother Brimstone delivers the dead body of the actor who portrayed him at t more

Daredevil #65

By: Roy Thomas, Gene Colan

Daredevil finally finds Karen Page, and the murderous Brother Brimstone strikes! But his identity remains hidden! Can Daredevil uncover the murderer before more lives are lost?

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TSMack reviewed Captain America #126 Jan 24, 2026
7.0

(Cover Date: June, 1970)

Summary: Cap helps the Falcon escape a police cordon after he is framed for the murder of a Diamond Heads gang member. Cap & the Falcon find the gang's hideout & take them out. The gang's leader is exposed to be a Maggia lieutenant, who wanted to create trouble in Harlem so that his organization could move in.

Captain America #126

By: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

Captain America learns that his one-time sidekick, Falcon, is a wanted criminal. Believing this to be false, Captain America sets out to clear the Falcon's good name. But can Captain America overcome the heavy streets of Harlem?

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TSMack reviewed Avengers #77 Jan 24, 2026
7.0

(Cover Date: June, 1970)

Summary: Cornelius Van Lunt manipulates the Avengers into working for him by threatening to take over Stark Industries, thereby forcing Tony to ask for back rent on their mansion. Tired of the Avengers' interference in their money thefts, Kronus & his gang set a trap to kill the Avengers & to make it appear as if Van Lunt is responsible.

Avengers #77

By: Roy Thomas, John Buscema

Shady businessman Cornelius Van Lunt hires the Avengers as a demolition team for the new property he bought. The Scarlet Witch reveals her past with Van Lunt, and confesses that she has doubts about his motives with the team. Plus, Black Panther takes a civilian job as a teacher!

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TSMack reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #85 Jan 24, 2026
7.5

(Cover Date: June, 1970)

Summary: The Kingpin feels that Vanessa has betrayed him after helping the Schemer to escape. Spidey tracks down the Schemer & unknowingly delivers him to the Kingpin to collect the reward money. The Schemer reveals himself to be the Kingpin's son, Richard Fisk, who was thought to have died in the Alps years ago. Richard tells the Kingpin that he had admired him more

Amazing Spider-Man #85

By: Stan Lee, John Romita Sr.

The Schemer’s secret: revealed!

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TSMack reviewed Uncanny X-Men Annual #12 Jan 24, 2026
8.0

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Summary: The team follows a fast flying Storm to the former location of the Savage Land, now completely scoured, in Antarctica. They encounter a revived Terminus, who was thought to be dead. After a fierce battle, they discover that Terminus was actually a robot powered by an amnesiac Garokk. The High Evolutionary uses Garokk's power to restore the Savage Lan more

Uncanny X-Men Annual #12

By: Chris Claremont, Arthur Adams

The Savage Land has been decimated! The X-Men and High Evolutionary have a huge project ahead of them…but of course Garrok has to make things even more difficult, right?

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TSMack reviewed X-Terminators #1 Jan 24, 2026
7.0

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Summary: Following S'ym's command to find 13 power-filled babies, N'astirh's demons kidnap Artie & Leech from their private school. The rest of X-factor's charges, along with the young mutant Takeshi, regroup to look for them.

Comments: Takeshi's mutant power is basically the same as Madison Jeffries' power in Alpha Flight.

X-Terminators #1

By: Louise Simonson, Jon Bogdanove
Released: Jun 21, 1988

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TSMack reviewed X-Factor #33 Jan 23, 2026
7.5

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Summary: The team & their charges fight against the Alliance of Evil, who are destroying the city in protest of the Mutant Registration Act. Beast returns to his blue, furry self & joins his comrades to turn the tide of the battle.

X-Factor #33

By: Louise Simonson, Walt Simonson
Released: Oct 12, 1988

The Alliance of Evil has an anti-mutant message that it wants the world to hear, in the form of ultimate destruction! But Jean Grey and Iceman have a better idea and it involves stopping the Alliance in their tracks!

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TSMack reviewed Avengers: West Coast Annual #3 Jan 23, 2026
7.0

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Summary: The team joins the Black Panther to fight against the High Evolutionary's Sensors, who seek to steal Vibranium from Wakanda. Mockingbird, Tigra & Moon Knight arrive in the Savage Land, & along with Giant-Man (Bill Foster), fight against the High Evolutionary, who is about to set off a genetic bomb to mutate mankind.

Avengers: West Coast Annual #3

By: Steve Englehart, Ron Lim

The WCA split up for a two-pronged assault on the High Evolutionary! Hawkeye, Wonder Man, Vision, and the Scarlet Witch may have experience, and Mockingbird, Moon Knight, and Tigra may be relentless and vicious, but can either team stand against the Evolutionary's incredible power?

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TSMack reviewed West Coast Avengers #37 Jan 23, 2026
7.5

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Summary: Moon Knight & Tigra leave the team with Mockingbird, following her argument with Hawkeye about killing the Phantom Rider. Mantis shows up at the compound & begins fighting the remaining Avengers, due to being controlled by The Voice.

West Coast Avengers #37

By: Steve Englehart, Al Milgrom

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TSMack reviewed Web of Spider-Man Annual #4 Jan 23, 2026
7.0

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Summary: Spidey encounters the High Evolutionary's Eliminators & the Slug's henchmen near a drug cache in a swamp in south Florida, where Man-Thing happens to reside. Possessed by an alien symbiote, Poison is targeted by the Eliminators for her genetic pollution.

Web of Spider-Man Annual #4

By: Steve Gerber, Cynthia Martin
Released: Jun 21, 1988

Peter Parker went to Miami expecting to do a run-of-the-mill signing for his new book. But when the High Evolutionary strikes, Spidey must join forces with the misshapen Man-Thing and Miami's newest super hero, Poison, to protect not only the universe but all of the alternate universes as well!

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TSMack reviewed Web of Spider-Man #43 Jan 16, 2026
7.0

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Summary: The Students of Love cult abducts Peter & Flash in retaliation for Betty being kidnapped & deprogrammed.

Web of Spider-Man #43

By: Peter David, Alex Saviuk

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TSMack reviewed Uncanny X-Men #236 Jan 15, 2026
8.0

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Summary: After being teleported to Genosha, Rogue & Wolverine are wiped of their powers & imprisoned. "Carol Danvers" takes control of Rogue's psyche after she is faced with the residual psyches of everyone she had absorbed in the past. "Carol" helps her to escape & to free Wolverine.

Uncanny X-Men #236

By: Chris Claremont, Marc Silvestri
Released: Oct 26, 1988

The X-Men uncover the truth of Genegineer David Moreau's mutate process, and Rogue and Wolverine attempt to escape Genoshan prison!

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TSMack reviewed Uncanny X-Men #235 Jan 15, 2026
8.0

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Summary: The team runs into Genoshan Magistrates at a Sydney, Australia hospital while searching for Madelyne, who was kidnapped by the Genoshan Press Gang, along with Jenny Ransome. The Genoshans were at the hospital looking for a mutant baby smuggled out of their country on a plane by his late father.

Uncanny X-Men #235

By: Chris Claremont, Rick Leonardi
Released: Sep 28, 1988

The Genoshan Press Gang goes to Australia to retrieve a former Genoshan nurse whose mutant gene has awoken. Who will be ensnared in their net along the way?

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TSMack reviewed Thor #396 Jan 15, 2026
7.5

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Summary: Balder siphons off the power of Thor to combat the Death Legions of Seth that have invaded Asgard. Now powerless, Thor & his companions are overwhelmed in Seth's dimension by his soldiers.

Thor #396

By: Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz

Seth's hordes begin their invasion of Asgard!

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TSMack reviewed Strikeforce: Morituri #22 Jan 15, 2026
7.0

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Summary: The Super-Hordians attack the team while they are being interviewed at a TV station in order to weaken Earth's resolve by killing them. A man joins the Morituri after his fiancée is killed in a Hordian directed meteor strike on his home town in Utah.

Strikeforce: Morituri #22

By: James Hudnall, John Calimee

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TSMack reviewed Strange Tales #19 Jan 13, 2026
7.0

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

C&D = 7.0
DS = 7.0

C&D Summary: Mayhem & the Thing team up to prevent a powerful bomb from exploding in a neighborhood. The bomb was created by a deranged former employee of Reed Richards.

DS Summary: Strange comes to the aid of a man & his two grandkids, who have been held under siege in their remote cabin by a demon.

Strange Tales #19

By: Terry Austin, Erik Larsen
Released: Jun 14, 1988

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7.5

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Summary: Suspecting that the Punisher is in trouble, Spidey goes to Dallas to find him. The Punisher has been taken to Dallas by the Persuader to assassinate the Lobo Brothers, who are drug trade rivals of the Kingpin.

Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #143

By: Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema

The wall-crawler senses that his sometimes-ally, sometimes-enemy Punisher is in grave danger, and travels to Dallas to help! But when he arrives, he's faced with a mind-controlled Frank Castle - out for spider-blood!

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TSMack reviewed Solo Avengers #11 Jan 13, 2026
7.5

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Hawkeye = 7.0
Hercules = 7.5

HE Summary: The 90 year old Mind-Melder transfers his mind into Hawkeye while he is fighting against Bob-Cat & His Claws.

Herk Summary: When Dionysus is about to destroy Olympus with a thermonuclear missile, Hercules is forced to fight against the god's mercenary, Sgt. Butcher T. Washington, in his battl more

Solo Avengers #11

By: Tom DeFalco, Mark Bright
Released: Jun 14, 1988

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TSMack reviewed Silver Surfer #16 Dec 3, 2025
8.0

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Summary: Reed convinces the Elders, Trader & Astronomer, to release the Silver Surfer in exchange for a return to their own universe, where they cannot die. Reed & SS pursue Sue, who is possessed by Malice & who has the six Soul (Infinity) Gems. Malice/Sue intends to let Galactus die.

Silver Surfer #16

By: Steve Englehart, Ron Lim

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TSMack reviewed The Brave and the Bold #29 Nov 12, 2025
6.5

(Cover Date: May, 1960)

Summary: Xotar travels back in time from the year 11,960 to test his four super-weapons against the JLA to determine which one will defeat the Intersolar Police.

The Brave and the Bold #29

By: Gardner Francis Fox, Mike Sekowsky
Released: Apr 27, 1960

After finding Wonder Woman's diary in the future, the criminal Xotar decides to travel to the past to face the Justice League! Using the information from the diary, Xotar prepares for battle and challenges each member in turn. Will the Justice League be able to defeat Xotar's ultimate weapon?

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TSMack reviewed Punisher #12 Nov 6, 2025
7.5

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Summary: Frank breaks a convicted serial killer out of a Utah maximum security prison with the intent of questioning him & then applying justice, but one of the convict's admirers hijacks his plan.

Punisher #12

By: Mike Baron, Whilce Portacio

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TSMack reviewed New Mutants #68 Nov 6, 2025
7.5

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Summary: Gosamyr manipulates the team's emotions while they pursue Spyder's ship with the captured Lila.

New Mutants #68

By: Louise Simonson, Bret Blevins

Lovely alien Gosamyr plays the New Mutants against each other, distracting everyone from their primary mission – tracking down Lila Cheney who is still in Spyder's web!

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TSMack reviewed Marvel Comics Presents #5 Oct 31, 2025
7.0

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

(1) Wolverine
(2) Man-Thing
(3) Master of Kung Fu
(4) Daredevil

Marvel Comics Presents #5

By: Chris Claremont, John Buscema

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TSMack reviewed Marvel Comics Presents #4 Oct 29, 2025
7.0

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

(1) Wolverine
(2) Man-Thing
(3) Master of Kung Fu
(4) Thor

Marvel Comics Presents #4

By: Chris Claremont, John Buscema

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TSMack reviewed Fantastic Four #319 Oct 29, 2025
8.0

(Cover Date: October, 1988)

Summary: The FF travel with Dr. Doom through the Negative Zone to the Beyonder's planet, where Doom wants the Beyonder to restore his missing memories. Before the Beyonder can do so, he is confronted by Kubik & the Shaper of Worlds, who see that Doom is scheming to gain the Beyonder's power again. The Molecule Man then shows up to stop them from killing the B more

Fantastic Four #319

By: Steve Englehart, Keith Pollard

Doctor Doom vs. the Beyonder! The Molecule Man joins the fray! A whirlwind of cosmic forces beyond imagining! And the Fantastic Four are swept up right smack in the middle of it!

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