(Cover Date: August, 1969)
Summary: The Red Skull has used the Cosmic Cube to switch bodies with Cap. Cap is teleported to a government lab & then subsequently pursued by law enforcement. He makes his way to Avengers Mansion to get help. He is attacked by the suspicious Avengers & is forced to fight back. The Vision eventually knocks Cap out. The Skull compels Sharon to go to the mansio more
As the ultimate revenge, the Red Skull has used the Cosmic Cube to swap bodies with the Star-Spangled Avenger. Can Steve Rogers convince his fellow Avengers he's not the Red Skull, the crazed genocidal maniac?
(Cover Date: August, 1969)
Summary: Ultron-6 attacks the Avengers in their mansion, ending in a stalemate. He flies off to his base, where he intends to activate his nuclear devices to destroy the city. He is met by the Vision, who is unable to stop him. SHIELD agents then arrive to recover the adamantium that the Vision stole to build Ultron-6. They neutralize the Vision with their vib more
The Vision has resurrected Ultron-6, but to what end? Meanwhile, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes must save New York City from a nuclear explosion.
(Cover Date: August, 1969)
Summary: Spidey goes to the Maggia HQ to find Curt Connors. He finds Silvermane as a young man, who is faced with a coup attempt against him by Caesar Cicero. Spidey fights against a skilled & strong Silvermane. The fight stops when Silvermane becomes a youth & then disappears into nothingness. Connors turns into the Lizard & flees the premises, his bestial mi more
Silvermane has discovered the Elixir of Life and has had his youth restored. While Silvermane initiated his transformation, Curt Connors struggles to prevent his as the Lizard tries to force his way out!
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: After escaping from Apolcalypse, Jean & Scott battle the Four Horsemen, who are ravaging the city, while Hank & Bobby confront Apocalypse inside his ship. Death (Archangel) is shocked back to normal after he thinks that he has killed Bobby. His Horsemen now neutralized, Apocalypse flees with his new follower, Caliban, but leaves his ship with the te more
FALL OF THE MUTANTS tie-in! X-Factor battles Apocalypse and his Horseman in Manhattan and in orbit! Can the team stop the deadly rampage of horror incarnate? Guest-starring Power Pack!
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: After Taurus breaks his vow to Khonshu by trying to reform the Zodiac Cartel, Moon Knight chases him down to serve punishment. The chase culminates in Taurus going down in a plane. After Moon Knight is rescued from falling to his death by Iron Man, he is reprimanded by Hawkeye for acting alone.
(Cover Date: November, 2024)
**SPOILERS**
Summary: Cyber & Nightcrawler are separately looking for Wolverine in the Canadian forest, where Wolverine has joined a wolf pack. Cyber kills some Canadian Mounties, the wolfpack & shoots Nightcrawler in the head. Wolverine & Cyber get into a ferocious fight that Wolverine reluctantly abandons to attend to Kurt. Cyber stumbles into t more
THE LEGEND BEGINS ANEW IN THE ADAMANTIUM-TOUGH NEW ONGOING SERIES! There's a killer in the woods - and as WOLVERINE's attempt at piece is shattered, an OLD ENEMY will re-emerge as a NEW VILLAIN rises who will bring LOGAN to the brink of his berserker rage. But NIGHTCRAWLER knows his old friend is capable of doing what's right, and before long, Loga...
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: Peter is a substitute teacher at his former high school, Midtown High, where he meets Steve Petty, a student who is a lot like he was in high school. When Petty sends the improved Living Brain after his anatagonist Jake to teach him a lesson, Spidey gets into an intense battle with the formidable robot. Meanwhile, in an authoritarian South American more
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: In Dallas, the X-Men & Freedom Force join forces to fight against the threats unleashed by a rip in time. Storm & Forge are exiled to an alternative halcyon Earth by the Adversary & must decide what their future will be together.
With each team holding members of the other team captive, the X-Men and the Freedom Force are at an uneasy stalemate. But when the Adversary's chaos begins tearing Dallas asunder, the two teams must cooperate to save the innocent--and themselves!
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: Radian allows himself to be captured during a Horde raid to save his teammates from being killed by the new Super-Hordians. The Gentle Inquirer tells him that there is a cure for the Morituri process that has been suppressed by the Paideia. Coerced by the Inquirer, he communicates this information worldwide. Upon his return, he is killed by Shear, w more
(Cover Date: May, 1987)
Summary: Fearing that his corruption will be exposed due to Gordon's actions, Commissioner Loeb has the Roman kidnap Gordon's wife & infant son as leverage against him, but a disgused Batman is on the scene to help him.
Year One, Part 4: Friend in Need
Lt. Gordon has been learning his way on the streets of Gotham almost in-step with Batman and the two finally start to see eye-to-eye in part four of "BATMAN: YEAR ONE". Can Gordon and Batman work together for the greater good of Gotham City?
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
C&D = 7.0
DS = 7.0
C&D Summary: While holding Cloak captive, Mister Jip tells Dagger of his origin & his mission to steal black souls to extend his life in order to learn all of the dark arts.
DS Summary: Strange & Kaluu travel to Glastonbury Tor to force the elemental spirits there to join them in their fight against the Ancient E more
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: While Spidey is confronting Stan Carter (formerly Sin-Eater) on a morning talk show, Electro arrives with the intention of finishing him off.
ELECTRO HAS WON! Even if Spider-Man survives, how can he beat a foe that knows exactly how to beat HIM?
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
HE = 7.0
MK = 7.0
Summary HE: Hawkeye flies to Paris to find Trick Shot, but he is ambushed by Trick Shot's hired assassins Batroc, Zaran & Machete.
Summary MK: Moon Knight goes to an isolated estate to meet with a crime boss to get information on Cornelius Van Lunt (Taurus). Instead, he encounters a series of deadly traps & the Sh more
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: SS is caught in a bizarre dreamscape inside the Supreme Intelligence, drawn in by its soul gem. He is rescued by his board & breaks free of the Supreme Intelligence, taking the soul gem with him. Without the soul gem, the Supremor's mind comes apart, since it is no longer able to keep its Kree blue & pink minds together.
Absorbed into the hive mind of the Supreme Intelligence, Silver Surfer sees a reality never destined to be. Love, companionship, the blissfulness of peace- will Norrin Radd ever experience these things again? Back on Zenn-La, Shalla Bal’s in dire straits…and Mantis is nowhere to be found!
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: The Mecozzi crime family is suspected of killing the Rosetti garbage men outside of the warehorse where Frank is living as a move to take over the waste control business. The trail leads to a toxic waste dump where the Mecozzi mobsters are involved in selling plutonium to Arabs to make a bomb. Frank is in a firefight with the mobsters when an armed more
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: After a power blackout, Katie goes out to find her mother. Worried, the others follow her, & they encounter Pestilence, who is making civilians sick. They provide assistance to X-Factor & Death (Angel) when Apocalypse's ship knocks off the antenna to the Empire State Building. They stop the ship from damaging the Statue of Liberty & cause it to cras more
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: On Paradise Island, the team escapes from the Ani-Mator's capsules & defeat his loyal Ani-Mates. Joined by Sunspot & Warlock, they fight against Hodge & his Smiley-Face soldiers with the help of Bird-Boy's Ani-Mate friends. Doug is killed when he protects Rahne from being killed by the Ani-Mator. Hodge is apparently killed when his aircraft is destr more
With the Animator's Animates and Cameron Hodge's army attacking them on all fronts, the island of Paradise may be the final battleground for one New Mutant!
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: Justice has terminated three paranormals in different cities who had used their power for evil purposes. Charley of DP7 becomes interested in the deaths after hearing that one victim had been at their clinic. Justice encounters the paranormal, Playback, while she is investigating one death for the Chicago police. He later rescues her from a man she more
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: Iron Man disables the Beetle's armor after the villain threatens people at a charity auction. Tony agrees to help Nick Fury capture Iron Man, who he had "fired" recently for his recent actions. Tony leads SHIELD to his summer home in upstate NY, where he says Iron Man is hiding. As Iron Man, he ambushes & disables SHIELD's five Mandroids. Later, he more
The Last Mandroid
Justin Hammer has access to Tony Stark's technology, and Iron Man won't stand for it! But Tony is losing allies right and left -- with the police, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers all determined to stop him! When Iron Man battles the government-sponsored Mandroids, the Captain (Steve Rogers, the once and future Captain America)...
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: During a freak snowstorm, the X-Men fly to Dallas in their Blackbird to find Storm. After the Hulk leaves a trail of destruction that leads Wolverine to him, the two get into a savage brawl. It is finally broken up by Clay Quartermain, who talks some sense into both of them. Hulk leaves with Rick & Clay to continue their search for the military's ga more
After the Hulk accidentally destroys a plane, Wolverine is out to make him pay for his mistake. It's Wolverine vs. the Hulk!
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: After Bullet frames the eco-terrorist group that is harassing Kelco Industrials for murder, DD tracks him down to bring him to justice. After a fight, Bullet surrenders himself to the police, but is later released without charge. Matt loses his faith in the laws if people like Bullet are above them.
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: The Super-Adaptoid & Machine Man repair Kree Sentry 459, damaged after its battle with Captain Marvel I. After becoming aware of this, the team decides to check on the status of other robots that the Super-Adaptoid might be seeking. After Dr. Druid & Black Knight take Tess-One from a military base, they are attacked & defeated by the three robots. T more
Together the Super-Adaptoid and Machine Man reactivate Sentry 459. By the time the Avengers learn of the reactivation, it’s far too late! Plus, Dr. Druid and the Black Knight have an unsettling discovery.
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: Doc Ock steals a deadly bacillus bioweapon from the military in order to kill the inhabitants of Manhattan as a way of getting even with Spidey. After Spidey finds Doc Ock, which causes him to become catatonic again, he lets Ock's mechanical arms beat him up to get the abort codeword. This causes Doc Ock to come out of his shell. Now satisfied with more
Dr. Octopus has busted out of the mental hospital to destroy Spider-Man once and for all- by nuking New York City! The Doctor figures he's bound to kill his fearsome foe for sure that way!
Mark Waid and Chris Samnee are responsible for one of the best runs in comics (*cough* Daredevil *cough*) so you can bet your ass this is going to be incredible.
REUNITING THE ACCLAIMED TEAM OF MARK WAID AND CHRIS SAMNEE! While Bruce Wayne adjusts to the realities of adopting orphan Dick Grayson, a mysterious new crime boss called the General has come to Gotham to claim the city by disrupting and destroying its other mobs. But what is his connection to Two-Face? Batman and his new sidekick, Robin, are out f...
Pure joy. That's what this book is. Comic book magic brought by two masters of the craft. Samnee's trademark dynamic flair of pop energy and Waid's dialogue and understanding of these characters and the genre at a fundamental level make this story already one of the most enjoyable Batman comics I have read in a long time. They are the real Dynamic Duo here. As it's been the case in World's Finesmore
REUNITING THE ACCLAIMED TEAM OF MARK WAID AND CHRIS SAMNEE! While Bruce Wayne adjusts to the realities of adopting orphan Dick Grayson, a mysterious new crime boss called the General has come to Gotham to claim the city by disrupting and destroying its other mobs. But what is his connection to Two-Face? Batman and his new sidekick, Robin, are out f...
(Cover Date: December, 2024)
**SPOILERS**
Summary: Robin (Dick Grayson) makes his debut when Gordon asks Batman to retrieve a sealed file stolen from his office by Two-Face. After the duo tracks down Two-Face, he tells them that the file concerns a new crime boss who is coming to Gotham City to wage war on Batman.
Comments: Pretty dark & disturbing ending for this more
REUNITING THE ACCLAIMED TEAM OF MARK WAID AND CHRIS SAMNEE! While Bruce Wayne adjusts to the realities of adopting orphan Dick Grayson, a mysterious new crime boss called the General has come to Gotham to claim the city by disrupting and destroying its other mobs. But what is his connection to Two-Face? Batman and his new sidekick, Robin, are out f...
(Cover Date: December, 1971)
Summary #1: During the Rutland (VT) Halloween parade, Batman & Robin encounter the Reaper, who is involved in a series of murders of former Nazis.
Summary #2: Batman uncovers a foreign spy ring, who plan to blow up a ship to make it look like the USA is responsible.
Comments: The second story is from Detective Comics #37 (March, 1940).
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“Night of the Reaper!” Starring Batman and Robin.
(Cover Date: February, 1988)
Summary: Sasquatch is manipulated by the Great Beasts to build a doorway for them to enter the world. After Sasquatch declines to join them in conquering the world, the team joins her to battle against them. Box converts some of his mass to nuclear energy to destroy their final surviving opponent, Tundra, but also seemingly destroys the entire Alpha Flight t more
(Cover Date: June, 1970)
Summary: Intending to enhance his night senses using glandular extractions from bats, Kirk Langstrom inadvertently turns himself into Man-Bat. He helps Batman bring down the Blackout Gang who are robbing the museum he works for.
Batgirl gets involved in a murder mystery at Hudson College, where Dick Grayson attends school, & may die a death out of Edg more
Zoologist Kirk Langstrom is working late at the Gotham Natural History Museum putting together a bat habitat; he aims to perfect a serum that can endow people with enhanced auditory abilities via a specialized bat gland extract. Pleased with his progress, he decides to test his new formula upon himself, mutating him into Man-Bat.
(Cover Date: July, 1969)
Summary: Nightmare is holding Eternity as his prisoner. In order to save Earth from the menances pulled from across time, Strange agrees to go to Nightmare's Dream Dimension. After Strange fights off his minions, Nightmare uses a counterspell to turn his own Eye of Agamotto against him.
The mastermind reveals himself - the oldest of Doctor Strange's foes...Nightmare!