(Cover Date: November, 1969)

Summary: After changing back to his normal body, the Red Skull transports Cap & the Falcon to his castle. The Skull changes Cap back to normal before he intends to kill him. The Skull toys with the pair using the power of the Cosmic Cube. As the Falcon distracts the Skull, Cap knocks the Cube away with his shield. In an attempt to escape, the Red Skull fades away, as the Cube is melting, having been destroyed remotely by MODOK's AIM agents. more

(Cover Date: November, 1969)

Summary: The three Avengers are joined by Iron Man. They each go to a location on Earth to fight a member of the Squadron Sinister. Cap defeats Nighthawk at the Statue of Liberty. Iron Man defeats Dr. Spectrum at the Taj Mahal. Thor defeats Hyperion at the Sphinx. At Big Ben, the Black Knight interferes in Goliath's fight with the Whizzer, rendering the fight result void. Dismayed, the Grandmaster takes the Avengers & Squadron Sinister back to Kang's future. more

(Cover Date: November, 1969)

Summary: Peter sees Gwen talking to Flash about his mysterious disappearances & thinks she has moved on from him. Mechanical genius Hobie Brown creates his Prowler alter ego in order to make a name for himself. JJJ shows up while Peter is confronting the Prowler after he robs a Daily Bugle safe.

(Cover Date: October, 1969)

Summary: Galactus tells Thor of how the Creeping Plague had overrun his homeworld of Taa & for which no cure could be found. The last survivors gathered in a rocketship to fly into the largest sun. Bathed by radiation, one survived. The survivor is taken to be studied by the Watcher. The Watcher sees the being's cosmic power manifest itself, but declines to interfere. The being creates an attire to regulate his energy & his cubeship in which to mature. After hearing Galactus' story, Odin sends Thor to Earth, where he is needed. Back in the city, the Warriors Three are struck down by the Red Chinese built android, Thermal Man. more

(Cover Date: October, 1969)

Summary: Fighting for eternal rest, the Flying Dutchman attempts to destroy the Silver Surfer so that Mephisto may claim his soul. The Dutchman threatens to kill a hostage unless the Surfer pledges his soul to Mephisto. After the Surfer frees the hostage with a bolt of cosmic power, the Dutchman tells Mephisto that he will no longer serve him even if it means spending an eternity in Limbo. The Surfer sheds a tear over the Dutchman's plight, which releases him from his curse. more

(Cover Date: October, 1969)

Summary: Thinking that Tony is a lookalike, Midas implements a plan to have him replace the "real" Tony Stark. After Madame Masque breaks them into Stark Industries, they are confronted by the LMD Iron Man. Tony manages to put on the original Iron Man armor & fights against the LMD. The LMD falls into a smelting vat while trying to toss Tony into it. Tony then collapses in front of the arriving Avengers due to his weakened heart. more

A silly but fun comic, see?

(Cover Date: October, 1969)

Summary: Ben is taken to the Skrull world of Kral, where the Skrulls are imitating the US in the 1930's. He is sold to mob boss Barker to compete in the Great Games. Ben is taken to the training center, where he meets his cellmate & future opponent, Torgo.

(Cover Date: January, 2003)

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Summary: Huntress rescues the severely injured & immobilized Batman from death at the hands of a group of thugs in Crime Alley. Dr. Thomas Elliot, a boyhood friend, performs brain surgery on Bruce to save his life.

(Cover Date: October, 1969)

Summary: After surviving his encounter with the police while dressed as Death's-Head, DD deduces that Death's-Head is Karen's father. Death's-Head dies while saving Karen from a vat of molten cobalt intended for DD. Karen's father was driven mad by exposure to cobalt radiation. After the funeral, DD reveals to Karen that he is Matt.

(Cover Date: October, 1969)

Summary: After "Cap" (Red Skull) rejects Rick, the Kree Supreme Intelligence leads him into a cave where he finds the Nega-Bands. These allow him to trade places with Mar-Vell in the Negative Zone. Yon-Rogg then appears & tries to kill Mar-Vell, but escapes into space using a robot bomb that looks like Carol Danvers.

(Cover Date: October, 1969)

Summary: After being trained in the martials arts, the Falcon assists Cap (still in the Red Skull's body) in taking down the Exiles.

(Cover Date: October, 1969)

Summary: The android Growing Man abducts the critically ill Tony Stark from the hospital, but the Avengers are there & try to stop him. They all are transported to Kang's throne room in the future. Kang recruits the Avengers to be players in his game with the Grandmaster for the life of his beloved Ravonna. The stakes are that if they lose, Earth will be destroyed. The Grandmaster arrives to begin the game. Thor, Cap & Goliath are transported back to present day Earth, where they are met by four members of the Squadron Sinister. more

(Cover Date: October, 1969)

Summary: The Torch interferes in Spidey's fight with the Lizard. Spidey does not want the Lizard harmed as he promised Mrs. Connors. Spidey tricks the Torch into leaving by telling him he picked up a FF distress call. Spidey uses a dehydrating powder from a warehouse to weaken the Lizard & cause him to change back to Curt Connors.

(Cover Date: April, 1988)

Summary: Bobby leaves an ice Christmas tree on top of the Empire State Building. Scott see Maddie on TV & now knows that she is alive. She pleads for him to find their son. Jean lets her parents know that she is alive. While the kids are taking their donated gifts to the hospital, X-Factor saves them from a gang of thugs. Scott tells Jean that he is leaving to find his son. Apocalypse says his ship has repaired itself & implies there are threats waiting for X-Factor when they enter again. more

(Cover Date: April, 1988)

Summary: Phantom Rider & Texas Twister "summon" Arkon, who has come to destroy Wonder Man for dishonoring him in a movie. Wonder Man fights against Arkon at the compound. Mockingbird is confronted by Phantom Rider, who has the spirit of his 1800's predecessor. Arkon leaves after Wonder Man gains the upper hand & convinces him to give up the fight. Mockingbird is unable to fight the Phantom Rider due to his ghostly powers. He leaves her hanging on a ledge but decides not to kill her for now. more

(Cover Date: April, 1988)

Summary: Three fashion models have died at the hands of the Slasher, & Dakota North has been hired to find the murderer. An admirer of MJ's friend, Elyse, hires a man to pretend to be the Slasher, so that he can rescue her to get her attention. Pete & Dakota are at the next fashion expo that MJ & Elyse are modeling at. The actor playing the Slasher shows up & is pursued & caught by both Dakota & Spidey. Dakota then tells Spidey who the real Slasher is just in time for Spidey to return to save MJ.

Comments: Nice cover by Al Milgrom. more

(Cover Date: April, 1988)

Summary: Dazzler & Wolverine go to Florida after learning that Dazzler's bounty hunter friend, O.Z. Chase, is being held for murder. They find that O.Z. was after the Russian mutant drug lord, Zaitzev, & became caught in the middle between Gyrich & the KGB, who both wanted Zaitzev. They save O.Z. from an assassination attempt by the KGB at the jail & free him. At Gyrich's request, they track down Zaitzev in the swamp & have a fierce fight with him, before O.Z.'s dog finally takes him out, much to Gyrich's displeasure. more

(Cover Date: April, 1988)

Summary: The team breaks into the secret base that the Horde were laying siege to. They find grotesque products of the Morituri process, created without the guidance of Dr. Tuolema. They are attacked by the Horde, who has followed them inside. The Horde is killed by a mind blast from the grotesque Morituri. Silencer kills the grotesque Morituri as they requested. more

(Cover Date: April, 1988)

C&D = 7.0
DS = 7.0

Summary #1: Julie & Katie of Power Pack try to stop the Punisher from going to the church where he thinks that Cloak & Dagger have been dealing drugs. Jack & Alex head to the church to warn Cloak & Dagger but get there just as the Punisher arrives.

Summary #2: Strange & Kaluu travel to the source of evil plaguing Earth. Kaluu falls along the way. Strange absorbs the magic of a powerful demon. He then faces the entity Shuma-Gorath. more

(Cover Date: April, 1988)

Summary: The new Tarantula & his henchmen have come to the city to assassinate his country's political opponents. He kills a janitor at the Daily Bugle, which enrages JJJ. Spidey stops him from killing MJ's friend when she & her family take refuge in a church.

(Cover Date: April, 1988)

HE = 7.0
SW = 7.0

Summary #1: Hawkeye wakes up on a Greek isle to find himself in a cat-and-mouse game with Trick Shot. Trick Shot reveals that he is dying of cancer & wanted Hawkeye to kill him.

Summary #2: Wanda challenges her friend Melinda's lover, John Kowalski (Death), who has been stalking her for months. (Melinda was resurrected from the dead using Wanda's spirit in Marvel Fanfare #6.) more

(Cover Date: April, 1988)

Summary: Galactus absorbs the life energies from the five remaining Elders. SS agrees to Galactus' request for him to accompany Nova to find the Contemplator. SS & Nova watch Galactus meet with Eternity. Kree leader Nenora (a Skrull spy) poisons Aptak (another Skrull spy) to keep her secret safe. Galactus is confronted by the entity Death.

(Cover Date: April, 1988)

Summary: After Franklin has dreams of Master Mold, the repaired robot finds him in the park with Power Pack & seeks to kill him as one of the future Twelve. Power Pack teams up to eliminate the threat for the time being.

(Cover Date: April, 1988)

Summary: The Witness, Colonel Mac Browning & Spitfire are drawn to Pittsburgh to investigate "The Pitt". The Witness swears vengeance on Starbrand for what he's done.

(Cover Date: April, 1988)

Summary: Amara (Magma) has an intense training session against the Hellions. She receives a letter from her father to come home to Nova Roma. Emma Frost assigns Manuel (Empath) to accompany her. Their plane crashes in the Amazonian jungle, & they deal with the various threats that they encounter. Through their jointly shared experience, they each understand the other's feelings better. more

(Cover Date: April, 1988)

Summary: Excalibur is caught in a fight with Gatecrasher's Technet & Mojo's warwolves, who both want to capture Rachel.

(Cover Date: June, 1988)

Summary #1: Moon Knight encounters a boy band whose manager is using the magic of an ancient artifact to keep them young by draining the life force from their young girl admirers.

Summary #2: While Rogue is attending a performance by Dazzler, she helps to stop an attempted kidnapping by absorbing the musical ability of a rock star to create sound for Dazzler to utilize her power.

Comments: Cover shows April instead of June. more

(Cover Date: April, 1988)

Summary: While meeting with a paranormal in a park, Justice is hit with the shock wave from the Star Brand detonation in Pittsburgh. He manages to save a baby's life & wakes up later to find himself in the home of an elderly couple who found him & the child. He goes to Pittsburgh to check on the couple's family & finds a huge crater.

(Cover Date: April, 1988)

Summary: IM, in his stealth armor, flies to Bitterfrost base in Siberia to disable the Gremlin's Titanium Man armor. When the Crimson Dynamo arrives to finish off the survivor, IM uses a negator pack to disable his armor. IM & Titanium Man continue their struggle. IM inadvertently sets the Titanium Man's armor on fire with his boot jets, presumably killing the Gremlin inside. After returning home, IM is expelled from the Avengers, since his actions are considered by the world to be criminal. more