(Cover Date: June, 1971)

Summary: In Shadizar, Conan takes three gold objects from two squabbling thieves. Conan meets Jenna in a tavern who takes him to a blacksmith to melt the gold objects down into a heart. While kissing, they are set upon by three red-robed men from behind, who take Jenna away. The blacksmith tells Conan that Jenna has been taken by the worshippers of the Night-God. Conan sneaks into their minerat wearing their robe. Conan sees Jenna chained to an altar to be sacrificed to the Night-God. During the clanging of the bell in the darkness to begin the ceremony, Conan is discovered as an imposter. He uncovers a brazier & sees a giant bat taking Jenna. Conan grabs a flaming brazier & the priestess as he climbs on the fleeing bat. Conan uses the brazier to ground the bat. The priestess is hit over the head with the brazier by Jenna before she can stab the groggy Conan with her dagger. Jenna encourages Conan to sleep. When he wakes, he finds Jenna & his heart-shaped gold gone. more

(Cover Date: May, 1971)

Summary: King Zukala sends his daughter, Zephra, in tiger form to terrorize the villagers into paying their taxes. Conan is hired by the villagers to dispose of Zukala but plan to kill him after he has done so. Conan sneaks into Zukala's castle & sees the sorcerer conjure forth a demon to harass the villagers. Finding Conan, Zephra tells him that she has foreseen that he will be her mate. Zukala finds Conan with his daughter & orders her to turn into a tiger & attack him. Just then, the demon returns & is attacked by Zephra to protect Conan. Zukala sends the demon back to whence it came after it strikes down Zephra. Zukala vanishes with his daughter & is angry at Conan for taking his daughter's heart from him. Conan leaves with the sackful of gold that the demon had brought back. more

(Cover Date: April, 1971)

Summary: Conan kills a fat Kothian after he gets offended over Conan's questions about the secret of the Tower of the Elephant. Conan meets Taurus at the tower who has killed the lone guard. They kill the silent lions in the garden below the tower. The two climb up the Tower. In the jewel filled chamber at the top, Taurus is killed by a giant black spider. Conan manages to kill the spider & goes inside the tower to find the chained, blind elephant-man, Yag-Kosha. He tells Conan how his people came to Earth long ago. As the lone survivor, he was enslaved by the sorcerer Yara. Conan thrusts his sword through Yag-Kosha's chest per his request. He takes the Heart of the Elephant gem to Yara below. After holding the gem, the sorcerer shrinks into the gem where he is pursued by a whole Yag-Kosha. The gem vanishes in Conan's hands. When the tower begins to shake, Conan runs out of it before it crashes to the ground.

Comments: The scene on the cover does not take place in the story. more

(Cover Date: February, 1971)

Summary: While wearing slave chains, Conan encounters a tall, grey man who tells him about an upcoming war & the Chosers of the Slain. Conan meets the Brythunian captain, Dunlang, whose forces are preparing for war against Hyperborea. Malachi tells Kormlada that he will hold back his cavalry against Hyperborea to assure their victory. During the battle, Conan kills the blonde man who lashed him as a slave. Dunlang takes off the magic golden mail that Eevin gave him & is struck down. Conan runs down Malachi & kills him for being a traitor. The opposing kings kill each other while fighting. The grey man, the northern war-god Borri, sends his Chosers of the Slain to gather the worthy souls. With no more worshippers, Borri fades into the mist. more

(Cover Date: December, 1970)

Summary: Conan is captured & enslaved by the Beast-Men of Brutheim. After his war-helm is taken away & he fights the guard, he is sentenced to die in the Games of Gha-Kree by the king. Conan kills a snow-lion using the obsidian knife that chief thrall Kiord gave him. When the king tells Conan to beg for death, Kiord leads the slaves to revolt, driving the Beast-Men away. Kiord is killed during the fighting. Conan places the king's crown on Kiord's head. more

(Cover Date: October, 1970)

Summary: Conan is a mercenary fighting for the Aesir against Vanir raiders. Conan is abducted by a winged being & taken to the Shaman's cave. The Shaman uses his Star-Stone to see visions of the past & the future, which drives him insane. Conan breaks free of his cell & destroys the Star-Stone. As the cave erupts in an inferno, Conan flees the cave, carrying the handmaid, Tara. Tara turns into a winged being. Tara tells Conan that he was to replace her in the Star-Stone & then vanishes. more

(Cover Date: June, 1988)

Summary: Tony Stark is alive but banged up after his one-sided fight against Firepower. He & Rhodey recount how they remotely controlled the Iron Man armor that Firepower blew up with a Terminax missile. Edwin Cord uses Firepower to disrupt business at Stark Enterprises & its subsidiaries. Cord tells Tony to quit in revenge for what he did to him. Tony builds a more advanced, red & gold version of his armor to deal with Firepower. After Firepower attacks a new SE branch, he is confronted by the new Iron Man. Iron Man easily beats Firepower with his new technology. As a last resort, Firepower tries to use his Terminax missile against his foe, but it was wedged in his armor during the fighting. Iron Man uses an EMP pulse to gain time to determine the cancel code for the activated missile. Afterwards, Tony realizes that he cannot destroy the new armor & retire as Iron Man, as planned, due to the threats that will continue to arise. more

(Cover Date: June, 1988)

Summary: Pandemonium recalls the written words of Morbius on how he arrived & left Arcturus IV. He then recalls how he arrived on the planet & how he became Pandemonium due to Mephisto. The FF fight against Pandemonium's demons & the denizens of the planet. The freakish denizens want the FF to kill them. The FF & Pandemonium agree to cooperate to find a way back home. They find an old spacesport. A ship lands containing Stephen Beckley & Max (Comet-Men). After some pleading for help, the goofy Max magically transports them to the now snow-covered Savage Land. more

(Cover Date: June, 1988)

Summary: Mary makes her move on Matt after bringing Tyrone to his apartment to demonstrate his new "sight". Tyrone's case against Kelco goes to trial with Foggy as the defense's attorney. While Matt is heading to court, Typhoid Mary introduces herself to DD & tries to seduce him before vanishing.

Comments: "Beyond a reasonable doubt" applies to criminal cases, Foggy. This is a civil case. Why is there a jury trial being held at the NY State Supreme Court building? more

(Cover Date: June, 1988)

Summary: While the leviathan attacks Miami, Namor warns the Avengers not to harm it, then follows it underwater. The Avengers debate whether the leviathan should be killed. Captain Marvel decides to try to save Marrina. They contact Dr. Hank Pym for help. The leviathan destroys a freighter & then a naval squadron after it is fired upon. Looking for the leviathan, the Avengers arrive to rescue the surviving crew members. Sitting by the now sunken navy ships, Namor realizes that he must set his love for Marrina aside & perform his duty. more

(Cover Date: June, 1988)

Summary: Silver Sable is hired to test the security systems for a new office building. After his Spider-Sense tingles, Spidey finds out that the head of security is the son of a Nazi war criminal, who the Wild Pack had captured. Sable goes through the security systems, not realizing that they had been adjusted to kill her. Spidey stops her from pressing a button to signal the completion of the test. The button would have set off a bomb & killed her. Sable grudgingly thanks Spidey for saving her life. more

(Cover Date: June, 1988)

Summary: Eugene Judd is in China to see the High Lama about living a new life just when the priests are under assault by Red Chinese soldiers, including one who can turn into the Jade Dragon. The High Lama brings Alpha Flight, the Dreamqueen & her minions to Earth based on Judd's wish to join them.

(Cover Date: January, 1970)

Summary: Jane Foster's employer, Dr. North, tells Blake that Jane has been kidnapped by the billionaire Krask. He wants North to perform an experiment for him in exchange for her life. North goes to meet Krask & is told by Krask that he will perform a mind transplant to ensure his immortality. Thor goes to Krask's estate & is attacked by his guards. He is overcome by a hallucinogenic mist. When North sees that Thor is the subject body to house Krask's mind, he refuses to do the procedure, but the guard says he will kill Jane. When North starts the procedure, there is an image of Thor & Krask battling above them. Krask screams, falls from his table & dies. Thor was feigning consciousness & showed that he could not be beaten as an immortal. more

(Cover Date: January, 1970)

Summary: SS crashes to Earth in England after attempting to breech Galactus' barrier & is found by an evil warlock. After he is given a potion that knocks him out, SS is taken to a witches' conclave, where a spell is performed to summon one who can kill SS. The Abomination appears & tells them that he was a prisoner of the Stranger. The Abomination critically injures the warlock before leaving. A revived SS uses his cosmic power to save his life but is weakened by the effort. After flying away, he sees a city burning, & the Abomination is in the midst of it. SS is staggered after being punched by the Abomination. As his power returns, the enraged SS beats down the Abomination & puts him to sleep. SS takes him back to the warlock & tells him to return the Abomination back to where he came from. more

(Cover Date: January, 1970)

Summary: After he is detected by Cerebro, Hank, Bobby & Warren confront Sunfire at the UN Building, where he has just destroyed a statue to world peace dedicated by the Japanese ambassador. After a brief skirmish, Sunfire flies away. Shiro Yoshida (Sunfire) recounts to his uncle the day that his power manifested itself, born from the atomic blast at Hiroshima. The X-Men track Sunfire to Washington, DC, where they engage him before he can destroy the Capitol. Cyclops uses his force beams to cancel out Sunfire's solar blasts. Sunfire's father, the ambassador, tries to convice Sunfire to stop, but he is shot by his brother, who flamed Sunfire's hatred for the US. Sunfire strikes down his uncle, then hears his father's last words calling for peace.
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(Cover Date: January, 1970)

Summary: Iron Man finds a new Crimson Dynamo frightening Janice Cord at Cord Industries. After a brief fight, the Crimson Dynamo runs away & is revealed to be Cord head scientist, Alex Niven. Tony decides to retire as Iron Man due to the strain it is putting on his synthetic heart tissue, which could prove fatal. Tony recruits Eddie March, a retired boxer, who is a big fan of Iron Man. Eddie, as Iron Man, is confronted by the Crimson Dynamo while checking out a smuggling operation. The Crimson Dynamo fights against Iron Man to prove he is superior. A doctor tells Tony that Eddie retired due to a blood clot in his brain. Tony flies toward the scene in his own suit of Iron Man armor. Refusing to be beaten, Eddie tries to rise after being battered to the ground by the Crimson Dynamo. more

(Cover Date: January, 1970)

Summary: After the FF take Franklin to Agatha Harkness' home in upstate NY where she will serve as his nanny, they are attacked there by the Frightful Four & constrained. After playing along, Medusa tries to stop the other three but is bound by paste from the Trapster. Agatha uses her magical powers to defeat the Frightful Four & to free the FF & Medusa from their constraints.

Comments: First appearance of Agatha Harkness. more

(Cover Date: January, 1970)

Summary: After DD disguises himself as one of Crime-Wave's henchmen, DD goes to his gambling ship to look for the mob boss. After losing significant money on a rigged game, Crime-Wave wants Debbie Harris to frame Foggy for bribery. DD fights through Crime-Wave's guards & leaves himself open to Crime-Wave's line of fire by protecting Debbie. A policeman with Foggy wings Crime-Wave before he can shoot DD. Crime-Wave is unmasked & is revealed to be Foggy's assistant DA, Hollis. DD had previously directed the ship to head inside the 12-mile limit after subduing its pilot so that the police could legally board it. more

(Cover Date: January, 1970)

Summary: After Silas X. Cragg creates the Man-Brute using his own version of the Super-Soldier serum, he sets up a fake charity event at an orphanage where the Man-Brute can ambush & destroy Cap. When a boy (Man-Brute's son) tries to protect Cap from him, Man-Brute quits & goes back to confront Silas, who accidentally (?) gets electrocuted to death.

(Cover Date: January, 1970)

Summary: Cap calls a special meeting to inform the team that three top city officials are missing. Dum Dum Dugan videos in to tell them that a Scorpio sign was found at their homes & that Fury has been killed by Hydra's Bullseye. Rick tells the team that he found Scorpio in Fury's penthouse earlier, & Captain Marvel gave chase. Scorpio got away by using a blast from the Zodiac Key on Mar-Vell. The team receives a video from Scorpio & the screen explodes. They next find themselves immobilized in Scorpio's hidden base. The other members of Zodiac then appear before them to witness their execution. Yellowjacket summons ants to disrupt the control panel, freeing the Avengers. During the fighting, Scorpio is revealed to be Nick Fury. Rick disrupts Aries while he is using the Zodiac Key to destroy the Avengers. The Zodiac escape through the blast hole & seal it off. Fury tells the team that his brother Jake was Scorpio & is thought to be dead. Fury took Scorpio's place in order to flush out Zodiac, so that the Avengers could take them down. more

(Cover Date: January, 1970)

Summary: Disguised as Captain Stacy, the Chameleon steals priceless paintings from the museum while Peter & Gwen are in attendance. They return to the Stacys' apartment to find that Captain Stacy is still there & in a state of confusion. Peter suspects the Chameleon is involved & has Robbie headline a story in the Daily Bugle to draw him out. Later, Peter is taking pictures at the location where a large bond transaction is to take place. He then looks for the Chameleon as Spidey. Spidey interrupts the transaction meeting when his Spider-Sense alerts him, but he can't identity which person in the room is the Chameleon. He waits outside while people are leaving & identifies the one that is the Chameleon. After Spidey thwarts the Chameleon's attempt to escape, Spidey unmasks the Chameleon, who was disguised as Peter Parker. Spidey declines to answer Jonah's question how he knew it wasn't Parker. more

(Cover Date: May, 1988)

Summary: Bobby & Jean assist some tugboats after they are damaged by Apocalypse's ship. Scott returns from the airport upon hearing the news. The team is attacked by the ship's defenses & destroy them in the process of defending themselves. The team's charges find the ship's brain. Rusty destroys the brain's inhibitor, but this sets off a self destruct countdown. The team, with the ship's guidance, locate the bomb. Beast throws it up into the air, where it harmlessly explodes. The ship offers to be the team's home & to be under their command. more

(Cover Date: May, 1988)

Summary: Wasp arrives at the WCA compound & offers to replace Iron Man, who was dismissed from the team. Mockingbird finds out who the Phantom Rider's last living descendent is & suggests that the team take a vacation to the Grand Canyon. While the team is hiking down a trail, Bobbi throws an explosive into the canyon & awakens Yetrigar. Bobbi takes off to find archeologist Hamilton Slade & is followed by a suspicious Moon Knight, while the others fight against the monster. After she finds Slade, she pounds on him to confess & to leave her alone. Moon Knight stops her from punching him any further, since she has no proof. After they leave, Slade is revealed to have been possessed by the Phantom Rider's spirit after finding his burial cave. The other Avengers knock Yetrigar out after following Hank's plan. more

(Cover Date: May, 1988)

Summary: After the new Hobgoblin violently busts into the Kingpin's HQ, the Arranger tells him that if he wants jobs as a hired assassin that he can prove it by killing Spider-Man. Peter leaves his party after learning from Harry that the Hobgoblin is creating a disturbance at the Lincoln Tunnel. Spidey discovers that his movements & reflexes are off while fighting the Hobgoblin. Spidey suspects the punch at the party was spiked. The fight ends when Hobgoblin loses his cybernetic control over his bat-glider after crashing into a light tower & erratically flies away. After Peter returns to the party, creepy Mr. Muggins admits to spiking the punch. more

(Cover Date: May, 1988)

Summary: The cyborg Reavers rob a bank in Singapore, killing indiscriminately, & kidnap the bank's financial manager. They are teleported back to their base in Australia by the mutant Gateway, who has been coerced into aiding them. The X-Men arrive on the scene & make short work of them. Three Reavers manage to escape using Gateway. Roma, who notified the X-Men about the Reavers, then appears. After some discussion among the group, the Reavers are offered the choice of facing Wolverine or going through the Siege Perilous. They all choose the latter. Roma returns the kidnapped woman back to Singapore. Roma offers them the Siege Perilous, but they decline, intent to continue following Xavier's dream. Roma indicates that she will no longer be involved with them due to her duties as Guardian of the Omniverse. more

(Cover Date: May, 1988)

Summary: Thor returns to his construction job as Sigurd Jarlson. He is immediately attacked by the Mongoose, who wants to kill him on behalf of his unknown employer. Thor is knocked off the skyscraper & rescued by the passing Spidey. Thor retrieves his hammer & teams up with Spidey to fight against the Mongoose. When they get the best of the Mongoose, the villain escapes by taking out a support column. Thor strains to hold the building up until Spidey can move in support girders. Thor flies architect Eric Masterson, who was injured by falling debris, to the hospital. Hogun is transported to Earth via the Grand Vizier's new device to get Thor, since Asgard is currently under attack by savage invaders. more

(Cover Date: May, 1988)

Summary: Will (Scatterbrain) unwillingly taps into the others' minds after his contact with the grotesque Morituri. Taking advantage of a Hordian dispute, the team, accompanied by Commander Pogorelich, attacks the Horde base at Cape Town. Curious about death, Will broadcasts a wall of pain after tapping into the mind of a dying Hordian & is left catatonic. Dr. Tuolema deletes his files on the Morituri Process. more

(Cover Date: May, 1988)

C&D = 7.5
DS = 7.5

C&D Summary: Power Pack comes to the defense of Dagger, which calms the situation down with the Punisher. The Punisher sends a letter to the Kingpin warning him to not mess with his friends. Dagger visits former Father Delgado in the mental hospital. After she leaves, he bows down to Mister Jip.

DS Summary: After merging himself with Arioch, Strange attacks the creature of chaos, Shuma-Gorath. Shuma-Gorath creates an image of Earth, using it to surround the real Earth with flame. Strange uses the image to destroy Shuma-Gorath. Afterwards, Strange uses a shard to stab himself through the chest. more

(Cover Date: May, 1988)

Summary: On the way to the Pitt, Duck tells her friends that she was visited by Ken, who asked her not to do anything to harm their baby. Unknown to Duck, Ken was also conversing with the spirit of Myron, who perished in the Pittsburgh blast. Sadly, Duck dies when the "Star Baby" tears itself free of its womb. After Duck is buried, the "Star Baby" returns to tell her friends, in Duck's voice, that he had absorbed her life essence.

Comments: You can sense that this series is now on life support. more