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TSMack reviewed Thor #160 Apr 23, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: January, 1969)

Summary: The Rigelian colonizer, Tana Nile, takes Thor away in her spaceship after asking for his help against the threat of Galactus. After meeting with Odin, the Recorder leaves for Rigel. Thor thwarts a Taurian who attempts to hijack their spaceship. Galactus finds Ego, the Living Planet. Thor & the Recorder leave Rigel to find Galactus. The Wanderers more

Thor #160

By: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

Thor versus the greatest cosmic power of all- Galactus! How did the Asgardian god become embroiled in galactic warfare? And will Odin let his son, and heir to the throne, engage in life-or-death battle? It’s an all-out space war, as Thor takes on his most dangerous foe yet!

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TSMack reviewed Iron Man #9 Apr 23, 2024
7.0

(Cover Date: January, 1969)

Summary: At a Chinese curiosities shop, a hooded figure receives a crate containing the Hulk. After testing the Hulk, the hooded figure sends the Hulk to kidnap Janice Cord. Tony is meeting with Janice & her attorney regarding the sale of her company to him. Hulk leaps away with Janice with Iron Man in pursuit. They skirmish along the way, until they arrive more

Iron Man #9

By: Goodwin, George Tuska
Released: Jan 1, 1969

It's the battle of the century! Iron Man versus the Hulk! Who will win? Brute strength against genius intellect!

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TSMack reviewed Fantastic Four #82 Apr 23, 2024
7.5

(Cover Date: January, 1969)

Summary: Lockjaw teleports into the Baxter Building, followed by the Alpha Primitives, who kidnap Crystal & return to Attilan. Crystal finds that Maximus has overthrown Black Bolt & that the royal family has been imprisoned. The rest of the FF fly to Attilan, where they are met by the large android, Zorr, who overcomes them. Maximus shows Crystal his Hypno- more

Fantastic Four #82

By: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

Maximus the Mad takes on the Fantastic Four…and all of humanity! Crystal seeks permission from her Inhuman family to join the FF in full membership. But upon arriving in the Inhumans' Hidden Land, the team is attacked by Alpha Primitives!

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TSMack reviewed Immortal X-Men #2 Apr 23, 2024
8.5

(Cover Date: July, 2022)

Summary: Storm & Magneto team up to bring down Selene's monster. After Dr. Nemesis warns that they might damage space by hurting it, they cease there attack.

Immortal X-Men #2

By: Kieron Gillen, Lucas Werneck
Released: May 18, 2022

EMERGENCY COUNCIL MEETING!
Magneto leaving the council means big shoes need to be filled. Selene demonstrating her foot size by crushing the whole island beneath it is unorthodox, yet compelling. Can the Quiet Council resist?
RATED T+

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TSMack reviewed Captain Marvel #9 Apr 23, 2024
7.5

(Cover Date: January, 1969)

Summary: Mar-Vell is attacked by Aakon soldiers after he kills their commander, but he manages to escape them. While searching Mar-Vell's hotel room, Carol is kidnapped by the robot assassin, Cyberex. Mar-Vell goes to Lawson's lab to rescue her & fights against Cyberex. The Aakon follow Mar-Vell, thanks to a signal from Yon-Rogg. They all fight each other more

Captain Marvel #9

By: Arnold Drake, Don Heck

Captain Marvel finds himself in a battle between the Cyberex and the Aakon!

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TSMack reviewed Captain America #109 Apr 22, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: January, 1969)

Summary: Cap tells Fury about a mission that he & Bucky were on in WWII to disable Nazi coastal guns prior to the D-Day invasion. Prompted by Fury, Cap tells him of the day when Dr. Reinstein's "super-soldier" formula turned him from frail Steve Rogers into Captain America & when Reinstein was killed by a Nazi spy, thus taking his secret formula with him to t more

Captain America #109

By: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

The origin of Captain America!

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TSMack reviewed Avengers #60 Apr 22, 2024
7.0

(Cover Date: January, 1969)

Summary: The rest of the Avengers are wondering why Jan would marry a creep like Yellowjacket, who may have murdered Goliath. The Circus of Crime crashes the wedding reception with the intention of killing the Avengers in retaliation for Thor thwarting their previous scheme. When Jan is in danger of being killed by the python, Yellowjacket is revealed to b more

Avengers #60

By: Roy Thomas, John Buscema

Captain America is shocked to receive an invitation to the wedding of Wasp and Yellowjacket. The wedding is soon interrupted, however, by the arrival of Princess Python and the Ringmaster!

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TSMack reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #68 Apr 22, 2024
7.0

(Cover Date: January, 1969)

Summary: The Kingpin takes advantage of a student protest at the ESU Exhibition Hall to attempt to steal the petrified clay tablet. Spidey tries to stop him, but the Kingpin gets away with the tablet after Spidey is forced to save Randy Robertson from being crushed to death. Spidey follows the Kingpin's car, unaware that the Kingpin is leading him into a tr more

Amazing Spider-Man #68

By: Stan Lee, John Romita Sr.

When the Kingpin of Crime looks to steal an ancient tablet, will Spider-Man be up to the task to stop him and his henchmen?

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TSMack reviewed X-Men vs Avengers #4 Apr 21, 2024
7.5

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

Summary: The X-Men & Avengers converge on Singapore to find Magneto. Magneto is with a group of mutants who rescued him from the police. Magneto decides to turn himself in for trial when he finds that Captain America harbors no anti-mutant feelings. Magneto uses his helmet to influence the chief justice's mind because he fears that his death could lead to the more

X-Men vs Avengers #4

By: Tom DeFalco, Keith Pollard

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TSMack reviewed X-Factor #18 Apr 21, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

Summary: Scott, who is distraught over Madelyne's apparent death, is pushed over the edge by a hologram of Phoenix created by Cameron Hodge. This leads to a confrontation with Jean, where Scott believes that Jean is the Phoenix. Warren wakes up in Apocalypse's ship, & Apocalypse begins his transformation into the Fourth Horseman.

X-Factor #18

By: Louise Simonson, Walt Simonson
Released: Jun 24, 1987

Cameron Hodge is making wild accusations about Jean Grey, but could some of what he says be true? Apocalypse has the power to give Angel his wings back. Will Warren join up with one of the X-Men's greatest foes?

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TSMack reviewed West Coast Avengers #22 Apr 21, 2024
7.5

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

Summary: In the Old West, Mockingbird, Rawhide Kid & Two-Gun Kid go after Night Rider. The team in ancient Egypt battles Rama-Tut's robots & palace guards in his sphinx & are unable to get help from the FF & Dr.Strange in time. Moon Knight delivers Hawkeye's message from Espirita's Bible to Dr. Pym. Reed Richards tells Pym that their time machine was destroye more

West Coast Avengers #22

By: Steve Englehart, Al Milgrom

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TSMack reviewed Immortal X-Men #1 Apr 20, 2024
8.5

(Cover Date: May, 2022)

Summary: Magneto shocks everyone when he unexpectedly resigns from the Quiet Council. The council considers the contenders to replace him. Hope convinces the majority of the council that she should be a member. Enraged at not being selected, Selene uses her magic to transform the External Gate to Arakko into a huge monster. Sinister is revealed to be using his more

Immortal X-Men #1

By: Kieron Gillen, Lucas Werneck
Released: Mar 30, 2022

IN THE QUIET COUNCIL, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM!

The Quiet Council rules the Krakoan age, for better... or worse. Now, shaken by INFERNO and X LIVES / X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE they strive to hold together, no matter how much they want to tear each other apart. Writer Kieron Gillen (UNCANNY X-MEN, ETERNALS, The Wicked + The Divine, Die) retur...

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TSMack reviewed Web of Spider-Man #28 Apr 20, 2024
6.5

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

Summary: PP travels to California to retrieve his clothes & ID hidden in the Statue of Liberty's torch, which is being refurbished there. He runs into a gang of "avocado rebels" who plan to steal the torch to make a political statement. However, the leader of the gang drives away with it, intending to sell it for millions instead, & Spidey follows in hot purs more

Web of Spider-Man #28

By: Bob Layton, Steve Geiger

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TSMack reviewed Uncanny X-Men #219 Apr 19, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

Summary: After Havok has nightmares about the X-Men, he goes to NYC to determine whether the X-Men are in trouble. After he leaves, Polaris is assaulted by the Marauders who intend to kill her. Havok finds the X-Men in the Morlock Tunnels, & after a brief skirmish, he finds out they plan to fake their deaths & had wiped his mind previously to keep it a secret more

Uncanny X-Men #219

By: Chris Claremont, Bret Blevins
Released: Jul 1, 1987

Having been left out of the loop for some time, Alex Summers finds out that he has a lot to catching up to do, especially when it comes to the Hellfire Club and the Morlocks!

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TSMack reviewed Thor #381 Apr 19, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

Summary: (This story takes place during the events of Mephisto #4.) The Frost Giants witness the aftermath of Mephisto's confrontation with the Avengers & Thor's spirit. Loki summons the Destroyer to kill the Frost Giants, since they had tried to kill him previously. The Destroyer senses Thor's spirit & fights it on the mystic plane to make it his own. Howev more

Thor #381

By: Walt Simonson, Sal Buscema

Thor has fallen in battle...or has he? Though his body lies broken, his Asgardian spirit remains! But can even his soul survive against the inexorable march of the Destroyer?

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TSMack reviewed Strange Tales #4 Apr 19, 2024
7.0

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

C&D = 7.0
DS = 7.0

C&D Summary: Cloak reverts to normal due to excess light from Dagger. He collapses due to accumulated exhaustion & is approached by Nightmare in disguise who wants him to lure Dr. Strange to his dimension.

DS Summary: Sensing an evil in Hong Kong, DS finds there "The Wings of Needless Sorry", which causes people to more

Strange Tales #4

By: Bill Mantlo, Bret Blevins
Released: Mar 31, 1987

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TSMack reviewed Silver Surfer #1 Apr 19, 2024
8.5

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

Summary: SS is attacked by the Champion, who seeks to kill him to prevent SS from interfering with the Skrulls' plan to blackmail Galactus to destroy the Kree. With the help of the FF, SS is freed from the confines of Earth. SS rescues Nova from the Skrulls, & in exchange, he receives a full pardon from Galactus for his prior transgression against him.

Silver Surfer #1

By: Steve Englehart, Marshall Rogers

Silver Surfer rises in his own ongoing! Bound to Earth, Surfer makes the most of his situation. Will the being who once was Norrin Radd understand humanness once more? Surfer agrees to some unsavory terms with Galactus- all to reclaim his freedom!

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TSMack reviewed Immortal X-Men #14 Apr 19, 2024

(Cover Date: October, 2023)

Immortal X-Men #14

By: Kieron Gillen, Lucas Werneck
Released: Aug 9, 2023

TO ME, MY NO ONE. Xavier had a dream. Now he has nothing. This is the Fall of X. He fell. He fell furthest.
Rated T+

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TSMack reviewed X-Men: Forever #1 Apr 19, 2024

(Cover Date: May, 2024)

X-Men: Forever #1

By: Kieron Gillen, Luca Maresca
Released: Mar 20, 2024

HAUNTED HOUSE OF X! How can you kill a digital god? What do you do when the Phoenix is bleeding out into nothing? There's been questions that have haunted you since the end of IMMORTAL X-MEN. Finally, some answers. There's also been some questions that have haunted you since the START of IMMORTAL X-MEN. Finally, some answers too. Tying directly int...

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TSMack reviewed Fall of the House of X #4 Apr 18, 2024

(Cover Date: June, 2024)

Fall of the House of X #4

By: Gerry Duggan, Lucas Werneck
Released: Apr 17, 2024

MY ALLY, MY ENEMY!
They say a wounded animal can be the most dangerous kind of animal to face. As the fight between the mutants and Orchis reaches a deadly pitch, a startling revelation rocks the X-Men to their core. The two series that are one come together in one horrible betrayal as the Krakoan Age nears its conclusion!
Rated T+

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TSMack reviewed Punisher #1 Apr 18, 2024
7.5

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

Summary: Frank goes after the drug operation that was behind the death of his Vietnam vet friend.

Punisher #1

By: Mike Baron, Klaus Janson

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8.0

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

Summary: JJJ hires Silver Sable to apprehend Spidey, who is wanted for the murder of the Blaze. While Spidey looks for the Foreigner, who was responsible for Ned Leeds' murder, he is unaware that Felicia is conspiring with the Foreigner against him.

Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #128

By: Peter David, Alan Kupperberg

Silver Sable sics her men on Spidey! With a special appearance by Daredevil, Man Without Fear!

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TSMack reviewed Rise of the Powers of X #1 Apr 17, 2024

(Cover Date: March, 2024)

Rise of the Powers of X #1

By: Kieron Gillen, R. B. Silva
Released: Jan 10, 2024

THE FIGHT FOR KRAKOA HAS BEEN LOST!
Ten years ago, the mutants returned from their exile to try and reclaim the Earth from the forces of Orchis. They failed. Now, within the victorious Orchis with their gauntlet choking the world, Nimrod and Omega Sentinel put their plan within a plan into action. They are to summon their binary god to consume...

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TSMack reviewed Nightmask #9 Apr 17, 2024
7.0

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

While having trouble separating his dreams from reality due to his "nightmasking", Nightmask encounters a mysterious, lovely woman who reoccurs in his dreams.

Nightmask #9

By: Sandy Plunkett, Mark Bagley
Released: Mar 24, 1987

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TSMack reviewed New Mutants #53 Apr 17, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

Magneto takes the New Mutants to the Hellfire Club Gala, where Cypher manages to make a poor impression with the Hellions.

New Mutants #53

By: Chris Claremont, Rick Leonardi

The New Mutants attend a party hosted by the Hellfire Club! As if tensions weren't already high enough, Selene drops a bomb on Magma during the soiree…

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TSMack reviewed Mephisto Vs. #4 Apr 16, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

After Thor's body is reduced to a pulp after fighting the Midgard Serpent, Mephisto & Hela contest for his soul, while the Avengers try to intervene to save their teammate.

Mephisto Vs. #4

By: Al Milgrom, John Buscema
Released: Mar 31, 1987

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TSMack reviewed Marvel Fanfare #33 Apr 16, 2024
7.5

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

This is a little confusing if you don't know the background to the Questprobe series.

Marvel Fanfare #33

By: Chris Claremont, June Brigman
Released: Apr 7, 1987

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TSMack reviewed Justice #9 Apr 16, 2024
7.0

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

Justice stalks a serial killer who targets "Good Samaritans".

Justice #9

By: Gerry Conway, Keith Giffen
Released: Apr 7, 1987

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TSMack reviewed Iron Man #220 Apr 16, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

Roxxon sends Spymaster to terminate the Ghost after he goes rogue when he vows to kill Tony Stark for disrupting his mission at Accutech.

Iron Man #220

By: Bob Layton, Mark Bright

Just when Tony thought he had enough trouble with the Ghost, Spymaster enters the battle swearing revenge.

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TSMack reviewed Incredible Hulk #333 Apr 16, 2024
7.5

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

After Banner is arrested, the Hulk finds himself drawn into the tragic relationship between a domestic abuse victim & her sheriff husband.

Incredible Hulk #333

By: Peter David, Todd McFarlane
Released: Jul 8, 1987

Banner has made an important discovery about his transformation into the Hulk. So what does he do with this new information? Well, he goes drinking...

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