(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: Angry at Pete for ignoring him, Steve Petty (Phreak) comes to the apartment wearing his electrified exo-skeleton to hurt him. While Pete is injured, Phreak kidnaps MJ & takes off. Pete catches up to them as Spidey by an electronic billboard. During their fight, Phreak absorbs too much power & short circuits. The cops show up to take him into custody. In South America, the new Tarantula kills the doctor who created him. His mission is to go to the USA to kill Spidey. more

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: The X-Men find themselves in the middle of a fight between the NVA & demons & join the fight against the demons. Madelyne sees a younger Forge, the lone survivor of his squad, who has called forth the demons. Forge then calls for a bombing strike to wipe out the demons. The team uses Longshot's power to breech the maelstrom surrounding the Roma's floating citadel. After being freed, Forge uses the soulforces of the X-Men to send the Adversary away through a portal, presumably permanently. In her citadel, Roma restores the X-Men to life. Roma states that Forge's spell was not allowed to be permanent, as he had thought, since from primal chaos comes needed change & growth. more

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: Hammerless, Thor fights through the Celestial Exitar's antibodies to reach its brain. After scanning Thor, the Celestial spews him out. Exitar releases a shroud of death over Pangoria. After killing the pirates, the shroud of death turns Pangoria into a lush world. The Replicoid appears stating that the Celestials have given the world a second chance. The Replicoid tells Thor to never interfere with the Celestials again. It restores his health, clothing & hammer & sends him to Earth. The forces of Seth invade Asgard. more

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: The Horde lays siege to a top secret base, which draws the team out, and sets up a fight against the Super-Hordians in a nearby ghost town. The team's powers prove to be ineffective against the Super-Hordians. However, they are saved by a mental blast from a new, bizarre looking Morituri, who was prematurely released from its tank due to a malfunction in the process. more

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

C&D = 7.0
DS = 7.0

Summary #1: While pursuing Mr. Jip, Dagger is pushed from a plane by Night. Cloak manages to capture her in the shadow dimension & uses water bursts to slow her velocity. Angered that Dagger refused to treat his wife, the Kingpin sets up the Punisher to kill Dagger for being a drug dealer.

Summary #2: Strange crashes outside the manor of Victoria Bentley. He is accompanied by his new dark allies & is in the midst of a battle with demons. After she offers him her help, Strange takes all of her magic with a kiss & rejoins the fight.

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(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: Duck tells her friends, Jane & Roger, about her life with Ken Connell. An angry Old Man shows up while Star Brand is attending a comic book convention. The Old Man blasts Star Brand for misusing the power that he gave him. Later, an alien-looking Ken shows up at Myron's home. After he returns to normal, he tells Myron about the background of the Old Man. The Old Man was responsible for the White Event when he tried to shed the Star Brand's power on an asteroid. When Ken tries to shed 90% of his power over Pittsburgh using a dumbell, he inadvertently creates a thermonuclear like detonation.

Comments: There is a hilarious appearance by John Byrne at the comic book convention. more

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

HE = 7.0
BK = 7.5

Summary #1: Silver Sable has arrested Hawkeye for the murder of Trick Shot. It is actually a ruse to draw out Trick Shot to be captured for the French authorities. Hawkeye escapes by fighting through Sable's men. After leaving the castle, he is shot in the chest with an arrow from Trick Shot.

Summary #2: While examining the ebony blade, Doctor Druid is possessed by the Last Knight, a descendant of the Black Knight. The Last Knight tries to kill Dane so that the blade's curse cannot be passed on. They have a fierce fight, but the Black Knight eventually knocks him out. Doctor Druid then returns to normal. The Black Knight says that he must learn to fight without his blade until the curse is removed or the blade is destroyed. more

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: Pete talks to MJ about his guilt at having crippled Stan Carter & how it affected his fight with Electro. Electro holds the electrical power plant for ransom. Spidey arrives on the scene, & following MJ's advice, takes down Electro. Outside, Stan in his Sin-Eater costume, threatens to shoot a kid. After he releases the kid & threatens the police, he is shot by them. With his dying breath, Stan says that Sin-Eater is now dead. Tork says that Stan's gun was empty. more

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: SS surrenders the soul gem to the Elders in exchange for Mantis & Shalla Bal. However, Mantis is lost due to the treachery of the Grandmaster. The Elders use the six soul gems to begin draining the life energy from Galactus to kill him, hence, destroying the current reality. However, SS & Nova disrupt the planetary system that they are using as their weapon, & Galactus regains his strength. He then states that he will have a "reckoning" with the Elders. more

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: Frank & a Mossad agent team up to track down the Arab terrorists who purchased the plutonium from the mob & are planning to dump it on a theater crowd.

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: Illyana teleports a Right soldier to Limbo after it fires at them. The team returns to the mansion with Doug's body. Magneto goes to the Hellfire Club to use their equipment to find his students. The team members try to cope with Doug's death. Upon returning, Magneto is enraged at the team for disobeying him & letting Doug die. Illyana becomes angry at Magneto for not caring about the X-Men's fate in Dallas. The team decides to strike out on their own. more

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: Before Justice turns a paranormal into ash, the man projects his consciousness into Justice's mind. Justice recounts the man's crime to him. He had possessed his former girlfriend's new boyfriend & had him jump to his death. At the man's insistence, Justice tells him of his prior life & how he became what he is today. Before his mind fades away, the man borrows Justice's body to apologize for what he did to his former girlfriend. more

(Cover Date: February, 2025)

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: After Rhodey is taken to the Rocky Mountain Vault disguised as Electro, he escapes his cell & lets Iron Man inside. Iron Man & Rhodey then begin to negate the Guardsmen's armor. Iron Man is confronted by Cap, who feels that his actions are a threat to national security.

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: Hulk encounters Savage (Man-Bull) near Clay's brother's home. He fights the creature after it badly injures a nearby farm family. After being beaten, Savage asks Hulk to kill him to end his suffering, but Hulk is unable to do so. Savage's fate is left in the hands of the local citizens.

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: Dead orphans are laid out to spell "Lastlaugh". Dreadstar is assigned to track down an associate of Lord Lastlaugh, Lasslo. Dreadstar finds him in a bar frequented by his alcoholic teammate, Ultraviolet. Lasslo holds Ultraviolet at gunpoint in an attempt to make good his escape rather than talk about Lastlaugh.

(Cover Date: February, 2025)

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: After Freefall & Tangler begin to take revenge on the Black Powers for beating them up, a brawl ensues between all of the paranormal groups. It comes to an end when Lenore reluctantly uses her power again.

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: During a blackout caused by Apocalypse's Horsemen's attack on the city, Daredevil, Black Widow & their allies fight against Ammo & his gang, who are making a raid on the hospital to steal drugs.

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: After receiving a call for help, Cap & his allies go to Kansas to stop Apocalypse's Horseman, Famine, from destroying crops & livestock. Later, Cap gets a new shield from Tony Stark.

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: While the "Heavy Metal" robots fight against the Avengers & their allies on Hydrobase, the Super-Adaptoid taps into the team's computer to find the location of the Cosmic Cube & then summons it to complete its grand plan.

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: Chance kills an informant who is about to be transported to court by federal agents. The Life Foundation hires Chance to steal a foreign arms shipment. Spidey is at the pier, working on the story for Joy Mercado, when Chance arrives on the scene. As the weapons are being loaded on a submarine, Spidey briefly tangles with Chance, until Chance gets away by causing a crane arm with weapons to fall. Back at the Life Foundation, Chance is shocked unconscious by its head man, Drake. A shadowed figure views newspaper headlines about Spidey, vowing vengeance. His hands become covered with black: the alien symbiote! more

(Cover Date: January, 2025)

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Summary: A worker from Child Protective Services interviews Bruce about his adoption of Dick. Two-Face meets with the General & offers to be his second-in-command. The General's (?) plant torches Maroni henchmen who are on the way to an arson job on a Falcone meth lab. The flaming truck sets an apartment building on fire. Batman & Robin arrive to rescue its inhabitants. A survivor tells Batman that the face was melting of the man who torched them (Clayface?). more

(Cover Date: March, 1988)

Summary: The team is inside Box as a starship, which is traveling at warp speed through space. Box has lost his sanity after his fight with Tundra. The team is attacked by "Bedlamites" released by Goblyn. Heather destroys the Bedlamites infecting the Boxship's brain, & Box recovers his sanity.

(Cover Date: August, 1969)

Summary: For being overcome by Warrior Madness, Odin sentences Thor to not return to Asgard until he finds Galactus. Balder goes to Earth to take Thor's place as its protector. Balder is struck down by Loki upon his arrival. Thor returns to Earth before he departs on his mission. Thor finds Balder in the hospital. When he transforms into Don Blake, Loki takes away his cane. However, an angry Odin intervenes & sends Loki away sans the cane. Meanwhile, Galactus has fed on another world & has been found by the Odin Eye. After Blake successfully operates on Balder, Thor departs for Asgard. more