(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 mansion & shoot the bound Cap, but she cannot squeeze the trigger. The Skull then sends Cap to the island of his Exiles, who hate him. more

(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 vibro-guns. The Avengers arrive on the scene as the nuclear chain reaction has begun. more

(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 mind now in control. more

(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 team. more

(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 the lair of some unknown entity that replaces his adamantium skin.

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(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 country, a ruthless death squad leader is picked to become the new Tarantula to assassinate rebels residing in the USA. 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.

(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, who views him as a traitor. Before dying, he tells Aline that the Horde had no cure. 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.

(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 Evils. Before doing so, he turns down Topaz's offer to cure him of his darkness & to return him to normal. 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.

(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 Shroud, who he fights when attacked by him.

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(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.

(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 force from the Rosettis arrives. 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 crash into the harbor. They manage to return home just as their mother arrives. 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 destroyed by a sea-dwelling Ani-Mate. Magik sends the Ani-Mator to Limbo for his crime. more

(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 had helped send to prison. 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 meets with Steve Rogers, who is no longer Captain America, to provide him a shield. more

(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 gamma-ray bombs. more

(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. The four robots ("Heavy Metal") land in a quinjet at Hydrobase, where the other Avengers are present. more

(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 his victory over Spidey, Doc Ock gives the codeword to his henchman to stop the release of the bacillus via helicopter. more

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.

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 Finest, this more chill, approachable, yet mysterious Batman feels like a breath of fresh air. Yes, this is another version of something we have already seen in Robin: Year One but I'm always down for whatever these two do. These throwbacks to the most classic versions of the characters are always a win in my book. In a time where bold reinventions are taking the spotlight at DC some may call it nostalgia, but I call it just timeless. more

(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 issue following Robin's lighthearted banter.
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(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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(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 team as well. 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 Edgar Allan Poe due to it. more

(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.