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Cover Date: October, 1984)

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(Cover Date: August, 1985)

When an unusual phenomenon is detected in northern Canada, Alpha Flight reunites & investigates to find the elemental monstrosity Tundra who threatens to destroy their country. (Cover date: August, 1983)

After an Alpha Flight training exercise, Marrina severely injures Puck & swims toward "home" where she meets the Master. James tells the rest of Alpha Flight about Marrina's origin. (Cover date: September, 1983)

Alpha Flight tracks down the location of Marrina & attempt to break into the Master's stronghold to rescue her. The Master tells Marrina of his origin & why she is a threat to Earth. In the second story, the origin of Vindicator / Guardian is concluded. (Cover date: October, 1983)

Namor & the Invisible Woman, searching for the source of the poison in the Arctic Ocean, join Alpha Flight in the Master's ship & save Marrina from death at his hands due to the Master believing that she will destroy the Earth due to her alien heritage. (Cover date: November, 1983)

(#1) While recuperating in the hospital from the slashing that Marrina gave him, Puck uncovers a drug ring operating out of the hospital. (#2) Before he became Shaman, Michael Twoyoungmen is faced with his wife's terminal illness. (Cover date: December, 1983)

(#1) After it is released from the ground at an oiling drilling site in the Northwest Territories, Snowbird battles to recontain the winter elemental, Kolomaq. (#2) After being widowed & estranged from his daughter, Michael Twoyoungmen learns the Old Ways from the spirit of his grandfather. (Cover date: January, 1984)

(#1) Northstar talks to a psychologist about Aurora's Jeanne-Marie personality. Her Aurora personality returns after a purse snatching. Northstar's father figure, Raymonde Belmonde, is murdered by mobster Ernest St. Ives by touching his face. St. Ives kidnaps Aurora, thinking she is Raymonde's daughter. St. Ives wants Belmonde's restaurant business. (#2) Archaeologist Richard Easton conceives a child with Nelvanna, the goddess of the Northern Lights. Strangely, Easton returns nine years later to the now closed archaeological site. A year later, Shaman uses his magic to deliver Nelvanna's child, who becomes Snowbird. (Cover date: February, 1984)

(#1) The coroner tells Northstar & Danielle Belmonde that he can find no cause of death for Raymonde after being touched by "Deadly Ernest". Northstar goes to Ernest's estate & finds Aurora with him but is knocked out by a goon. He awakens to find Nemesis in the room with him. Ernest tells Aurora how he came by his Touch of Death in WWI when he defied Death on the battlefield. Nemesis & Aurora then show up. When Ernest's death touch doesn't work on Nemesis, she slices him into pieces with her molecule-thick sword. Northstar pulls off her mask thinking it is Danielle but it is not. Later, Aurora accuses Danielle of being in collaboration with Ernest when she returned home to her father. Danielle is taken away by the police. Northstar accuses Aurora of romancing Ernest while being held captive, & she leaves him in a fury. (#2) The Hudsons visit Michael & a now grown Narya at his cabin. At night, Heather sees Narya adopt her snow owl avatar. In the morning, Michael tells them about Narya's true nature. James offers them a position with his Department H. (Cover date: March, 1984)

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(Cover date: August, 1984)

After a number of people in Toronto are killed by a creature in Lake Ontario, & Heather almost becomes another victim, Puck summons Marrina to help, believing the creature is one of her race, the Plodex. (Cover date: September, 1984)

Marrina goes into Lake Ontario to find whatever has been killing people. She comes back in a berserker rage, attacking both Puck & Namor. The scheming Master stands nearby watching the event unfold. (Cover date: October, 1984)

While he holds Namor & Puck captive in his submarine, the Master tells them how he escaped death in his first meeting with Alpha Flight. He shows them Marrina in her savage state. Bochs recruits Jeffries to help him get revenge for Guardian's death. Wolverine comes to see Heather in the hospital. The Master shows Namor & Puck the Plodex he caught in Lake Ontario & lets it join Marrina. Puck escapes from his cylinder by pretending to be dead & frees Namor. They release Marrina & the monster, which damages the Master's submarine. After Namor carries Puck to the surface, he returns later to tell Puck that he was unable to find Marrina. After Namor leaves, she emerges from hiding, not wishing to see him. She feels that she is nothing more than a monster & no longer wants to see people, including Alpha Flight. (Cover date: November, 1984)

In the hospital, Heather & Logan reminisce about Guardian's failed attempt to retrieve Logan & return him to Alpha Flight after he joined the X-Men. Puck talks Heather into becoming the new leader of Alpha Flight. (Cover date: December, 1984)

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(Cover Date: August, 1985) [The return of Guardian?]

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

(Cover Date: October, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1985)

(Cover Date: December, 1985) An angry Hulk wants to destroy the city of Vancouver but Alpha Flight would prefer that he move on back to the US.

(Cover Date: January, 1986) Shaman leaves the team.

(Cover Date: February, 1986) Deadly Ernest gets sliced & diced.

(Cover Date: March, 1986) Heather becomes the new Vindicator. Puck's origin is revealed.

(Cover Date: April, 1986) Logan recounts meeting James & Heather Hudson for the first time.

(Cover Date: May, 1986) Lady Deathstrike comes to Canada to reclaim Wolverine's adamantium skeleton, believing the technology used was stolen from her deceased father, Dark Wind.

(Cover Date: June, 1986) Shaman undergoes a trial in the spirit world to regain his lost courage & his magical powers.

(Cover Date: July, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986) Talisman's plan to humble her father, Shaman, does not go as expected when she discovers that Pestilence is not a spirit that she can command.

(Cover Date: September, 1986)

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(Cover Date: November, 1986)

(Cover Date: December, 1986) Introduction of Purple Girl.

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

(Cover Date: February, 1987) Alpha Flight encounters the Sentinels who are tracking down the evil mutant Mesmero who has escaped to Vancouver.

(Cover Date: March, 1987)

(Cover Date: April, 1987) Features the return of my favorite Alphan, Walter Langkowski (Sasquatch), sort of.

(Cover Date: May, 1987) Madison Jeffries takes over Box after Roger Bochs becomes insane.

(Cover Date: June, 1987) This is just a weak takeoff of "Invasion of the Bodysnatchers". Artwork is just passable.

(Cover Date: July, 1987) First appearance of Omega (Lionel Jeffries & Roger Bochs fusion).

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: Scramble's touch brings out Whitman Knapp's latent power to split into four separate beings (Manikin). Alpha Flight fight off Omega's attempts to absorb them. Omega destroys Roger Bochs' mind when he begins to rebel against him. Purple Girl gains control of Omega & has him change Madison back to normal. Madison returns to the modified Box robot & kills him, knowing that he will continue to be a threat. The missing Aurora is seen having reverted to her other introverted personality.

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: Alpha Flight sees a rose growing out of the frozen tundra, clearly a sign of magic. They seek the Fountainhead to cure Northstar & Aurora of their afflictions. Box drills down to find the source of the magic & finds the Viking village. They are watched by Loki, who is angry at them for not accepting his gift of godhood due to its price (see X-Men / Alpha Flight LS). Loki decides to direct some mischief toward them. Alpha Flight goes down the drill hole & finds the former location of the Firefountain, which is no longer there. Aurora finds a golden faerie gate at the bottom of the chasm. They open the gate & go inside. Loki changes the runes on it back to their evil forms. Loki inflicts a fever on Northstar so that he is no longer able to go with the others. Aurora decides to stay by his side, even in the dark. The team finds a black firefountain in another chasm. They are attacked by dark elves. Puck is knocked off of a walkway into the black firefountain, which changes him back to his normal size but releases the demon Raazer that was inside him. Northstar & Aurora are confronted by Loki & darklings. Loki shows them how their father met their mother, a Light Alfer elf, & were married. After they were born, their parents were pursued by Light Alfers, which led them to dying in a car crash that the infants survived. After Loki leaves, they are attacked by the darklings. Aurora decides to give Northstar all of her light to cure him. The darklings take Aurora away while Northstar is fighting against them. The rest of AF is confronted by Raazer, whose scimitar drains away lifeforce, & dark elves. Northstar arrives to stun Raazer with his light. Overwhelmed, the team flees to the gate & closes it per Heather's orders, even though Puck & Aurora have been left behind. Back on the surface, Northstar flies off & the gate to Alfheim opens to admit him. Loki finds himself in front of We Who Sit In The Shadow to be judged for taking revenge against Alpha Flight. In his defense, he tells them that he did them good. Aurora was cured of her multiple personalities & taken to a place where she will find peace. Now cured, Puck was sent to Tibet, a place he loves. Told that he is returning to Asgard, Loki instead finds himself faced by Raazer & the dark elves (as a lesson for changing signs). On the flight back to Tamarind Island, Heather ponders what has occurred to AF under her leadership, but decides that she is in the best position to lead the team.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: Alpha Flight fights against a crack team of commandos in a mock invasion of Tamarind Island & wins. The Beta Flight members, Purple Girl & Manikin, get a chance to practice their powers under combat conditions. Afterwards, the team meets with their government liaison, Gary Cody. Heather argues with Cody about the government's apparent lack of trust in them. Cody's job is to monitor AF due to the government's concern regarding their strength, increasing independence & potential instability. In order to learn as much about them as possible, he secretly downloads the data on AF's computer onto a "raider disc" for analysis later. Heather apologizes to Cody for her words earlier & thanks him for his support. Comments: Features the first pencil artwork by the great Jim Lee for Marvel (he gets alot better!).

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: Gary Cody's portaputer synthesizes visuals from the data captured by his raider disk off of AF's Alphanex computer. Mac tests his prototype cybersuit. Wolverine tells Mac that he is leaving Department H. Mac gathers the original members of Alpha, Beta & Gamma Flights. Cody feels that if the current Alpha Flight turns against humanity that they would defenseless. He goes back to a time before Logan left & AF was formed. Mac shows Logan a man, a convict, wrapped in bandages who has latent powers. Mac wants to turn him into a hero. Further data on Mac's experiment was erased, but the raider disk did have information on a secret location. Cody finds a cocoon inside & thinks that such beings might be used to control Alpha Flight, if necessary. Meanwhile, the members of Alpha Flight relax outside their HQ on Tamarind Island. The cocoon is shown opened now, & Cody is leaning against the wall, perhaps either dead or in shock. A machine in the room activates, sending a phone message to Logan at the X-Mansion that Bedlam is free.

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: Alpha Flight, with an assist from Wolverine, battle for their survival against the revenge-seeking Bedlam & the Derangers, who were created from criminals by JMH for Department H.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: After their fight with Bedlam & the Derangers, the team tries to repair the complex to block out the intense cold. Per Purple Girl's request, they go outside to find Goblyn. Goblyn attacks them & slashes Saquatch, Vindicator, Box & Manikin. Purple Girl learns Goblyn's mutant origin when she attempts to take control of her twin's mind. Goblyn calms down when Kara cries, but then AF enters the room intending to kill the creature. Kara shields Goblyn with her body to keep Vindicator from killing her. Goblyn cries when Kara says that she will protect her.

(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.

(Cover Date: September, 1986)

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: At Gary Cody's request, Alpha Flight flies to Ice Station Redleaf in Antarctica to investgate its missing scientists. Heather falls down a geothermal vent into the Savage Land after being hit by lightning. Now amnesiac, she rescues some misfits from being sacrificed by their tribe & then trains & leads them. They help the misfits' former tribe fight off attackers as Sasquatch & Box arrive to rescue Heather. The misfits are accepted back into their village. Before departing, Heather talks about how the misfits' situation parallels Alpha Flight's own with the Canadian government.

(Cover date: August, 1962)

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(Cover date: January, 1964)

(Cover date: February, 1964) [10.0 for Betty Brant]

Spidey is determined to take the Big Man & his Enforcers down after they threaten Betty to pay additional interest on a loan she obtained from a loan shark who is now under the Big Man's thumb. (Cover date: March, 1964)

After Betty picks up Doc Ock when he is released from prison, Spidey follows them to Philadelphia. Doc Ock breaks mob boss Blackie Gaxton out of prison, & the two go to Blackie's ship for Doc Ock's fee. Being held on the ship are Betty & Bennett Brant, who is Blackie's lawyer & is in his debt. Spidey shows up to rescue the Brants & chaos ensues when he battles Doc Ock & the mobsters. (Cover date: April, 1964)

(Cover date: May, 1964)

(Cover Date: June, 1964)

(Cover Date: July, 1964)

(Cover Date: August, 1964) [First reference to Mrs. Watson's niece, MJ]

(Cover Date: September, 1964)

(Cover Date: October, 1964)

(Cover Date: November, 1964)

(Cover Date: December, 1964) [First recognition of Ned Leeds by name. He was Betty's unknown date in the prior issue.]

(Cover Date: January, 1965)

(Cover Date: February, 1965)

(Cover Date: March, 1965)

(Cover Date: April, 1965)

(Cover Date: May, 1965)

(Cover Date: June, 1965) [First appearance of MJ in the flesh but we don't get to see her face & hair]

(Cover Date: July, 1965)

(Cover Date: August, 1965)

(Cover Date: September, 1965) [Pete graduates from high school]

(Cover Date: October, 1965) Wacky Moments: Scorpion gets his suit back in prison to "calm him down". Spidey talks to Scorpion while they are fighting underwater.

(Cover Date: November, 1965) Great last panel by Ditko.

(Cover Date: December, 1965) [Peter starts college at ESU. First appearances of Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn & Professor Miles Warren.]

(Cover Date: January, 1966) This is the first reference to Peter's blood being radioactive, which ties to the cause of MJ's death in the Reign limited series.

(Cover Date: February, 1966)

(Cover Date: March, 1966)

(Cover Date: April, 1966) Sub-par script by Stan.

(Cover Date: May, 1966) Poor Pete strikes out with Gwen again.

(Cover Date: June, 1966) This issue features the reader's first exposure to the twisted personality of Norman Osborn. Stan drops some clues that NO is the GG.

(Cover Date: July, 1966) The last issue by the great Steve Ditko.

(Cover Date: August, 1966) This issue features one of the greatest covers in Marvel history. The fight scene between Spidey & GG's henchmen was too drawn out which is why I didn't give this issue a higher rating.

(Cover Date: September, 1966)

(Cover Date: October, 1966)

Finally, full frontal MJ! (Cover Date: November, 1966)

(Cover Date: December, 1966) Wacky Moment: Pete takes MJ to see the rampaging Rhino up close. He might want to rethink that next time for her safety.

(Cover Date: January, 1967)

(Cover Date: February, 1967) Definitely not PETA approved.

(Cover Date: March, 1967)

(Cover Date: April, 1967)

(Cover Date: May, 1967) Features the introduction of Vulture 2.0.

For the last time, Aunt May, it's "pussycat" & not "pussywillow"! (Cover Date: June, 1967)

(Cover Date: July, 1967) Features the first appearance of the Kingpin.

(Cover Date: August, 1967) First appearance of Joe "Robbie" Robertson.

(Cover Date: September, 1967) Features the death of Bugle reporter, Frederick Foswell.

(Cover Date: October, 1967)

(Cover Date: November, 1967)

(Cover Date: December, 1967)

(Cover Date: January, 1968) First appearance of Captain George Stacy.

(Cover Date: February, 1968)

(Cover Date: March, 1968) Spidey's solution for defeating the Spider-Slayer was kind of hokey.

(Cover Date: April, 1968)

(Cover Date: May, 1968)

(Cover Date: June, 1968)

(Cover Date: July, 1968) From the "super-heroes fight due to being manipulated" trope.

(Cover Date: August, 1968)

(Cover Date: September, 1968) The biggest shocker of this issue: Mary Jane cuts her hair short!

(Cover Date: October, 1968) Yeah, calling Aunt May during a prison break probably wasn't a good idea.

(Cover Date: November, 1968) Mysterio is one of Spidey's best antagonists.

(Cover Date: December, 1968)

(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 trap.

(Cover Date: February, 1969) Summary: Spidey looks for the Kingpin after he stole the clay tablet from the ESU Exhibition Hall. While waiting, Kingpin slaps a henchman after he mentions his wife. The protesters, including Randy Robertson, are interrogated by the police as to whether they were working with the Kingpin. Gwen gets into a spat with the protesters outside when they mention Peter. Spidey finds the Kingpin's hideout but senses a trap. The Kingpin's henchmen fire at a web dummy in the window. Spidey swings in to knock them out, then engages the Kingpin in personal combat. Kingpin grabs Spidey's forearm, & Spidey pretends to pass out from the pain. Spidey resumes the fight when the Kingpin lets go. Spidey webs up his cane, causing it to explode, which stuns the Kingpin. As the police arrive to arrest the Kingpin, he tells them that Spidey is his accomplice. Spidey follows the Kingpin's aid, Wilson, to where the tablet is stored & takes possession of it. When Spidey alerts the police outside, they shoot at him. An angry Spidey declares that if he is going to be treated as a menace, then he will become one.

(Cover Date: March, 1969) Summary: In his jail cell, the Kingpin rages about Spidey having the clay tablet. A cop shoots at Spidey to try to arrest him. At his apartment, Peter hides the tablet in his closet & tries to sleep, while thinking about his current worries. At ESU, Gwen thinks that Peter is a coward by leaving when trouble comes up. With Robby present, the dean tells the protestors that the trustees have voted to convert the exhibition hall into a low-rent dorm & that they have been granted amnesty. The Kingpin escapes from his jail cell by breaking out the bars. Thinking that a robbery is in progress, Spidey falls into a trap by the Kingpin. Spidey fights against the Kingpin who wants the tablet on him. JJJ & Ned drive up in a Bugle car & call the police to arrest Spidey. Kingpin is picked up by his wife. Angered, Spidey grabs JJJ after he accuses him of stealing the tablet. JJJ suffers some type of medical condition & collapses. Spidey wonders if he is as dangerous as JJJ says he is.

(Cover Date: April, 1969) Summary; Sitting in his room, Pete is despondent about causing JJJ to collapse. Harry arrives back at their apartment, so Pete has to scramble to make sure that he doesn't see him in his Spidey suit. In the city, Quicksilver recalls escaping from Magneto's island with Wanda & the Toad & crashing their ship in the Adirondacks. He left them to talk to the Avengers. Jarvis tells him that they are in Africa. Quicksilver sees a newspaper headline that Spidey is wanted by police. He decides to apprehend Spidey to redeem himself. Peter sells his pictures of the Kingpin & Spidey at the museum to Robbie. Spidey delivers the clay tablet to Captain Stacy. Spidey is confronted by Quicksilver who tries to overcome him with his speed. In the hospital, JJJ becomes apoplectic when he sees the Daily Bugle newspaper with photos vindicating Spider-Man. Quicksilver creates a vortex around Spidey to draw away the air. Spidey stops him dead in his tracks with an arm thrust. He carries the dazed Quicksilver up the side of a building as the police show up. Quicksilver decides to give up the fight & says he will find another way to redeem himself.

(Cover Date: May, 1969) Summary: The Shocker breaks into the Stacy home & stuns George Stacy. He steals the clay tablet from the safe. The Shocker stuns a pawnshop owner after he tells him that there is no market for the tablet since Spidey is involved. Pete hears about the Shocker on the radio & tracks him down. They fight, & the Shocker leaves after knocking Spidey off of a building, but not before Spidey tags him with a spidey tracer. JJJ becomes enraged in the hospital after seeing the Daily Bugle has a favorable headline about Spidey. Gwen gets upset with Pete after he becomes jealous about her & Flash. Spidey tackles the Shocker after he robs an armored truck. At the end of the fight, Spidey knocks the Shocker out & takes away his wrist units. Spidey takes off after one of the armored truck guards starts to shoot at him. The guards find the stolen loot, along with a webbed-up Shocker.

(Cover Date: June, 1969) Summary: Based on information provided by Capt. Stacy, Spidey goes to the Shocker's girlfriend's apartment, where he finds the Maggia's Man-Mountain Marko looking for the clay tablet. They get into a brawl. While Spidey is knocked down, Marko drops the woman out of a window, forcing Spidey to save her, while he escapes with the tablet. Marko delivers the tablet to the Maggia crime boss, Silvermane. Dr. Curt Connors is kidnapped in Florida & is brought in front of Silvermane.

(Cover Date: July, 1969) Summary: Silvermane coerces Curt Connors to decipher the petrified tablet by holding his wife & son. After Spidey arrives to question Caesar Cicero, he is attacked by Maggia goons. After Connors deciphers that the tablet is a formula, Silvermane drinks the serum he creates untested. Silvermane transforms into the younger, stronger version of himself.

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(Cover date: February, 1981)

After Spidey/Peter sneaks into Ryker's Prison to take pictures, Peter is accused of leading the recent prisoner breakouts & is put in jail. After he is freed on bail, he seeks his stolen camera in order to exonerate himself. (Cover date: August, 1981)

After an ESU professor is coerced into developing a poison for Ramrod, Ramrod uses it against the patrons of a bar in act of revenge. Spidey must fight his way past Ramrod to deliver the antidote in time or the patrons will die. (Cover date: October, 1981)

After failing to stop him in his first looting spree, Spidey must figure out a strategy for apprehending Speed Demon (formerly the Whizzer) when he shows up at Bloomingdale's. (Cover date: November, 1981)

After a fellow student encounters Red Ghost & his Super-Apes in the ESU library annex looking for a rare mathematical treatise, Spidey must protect him from being killed by Red Ghost, who wants to keep his presence in NYC a secret. (Cover date: December, 1981)

After the Vulture escapes from his physical therapy at the hospital & goes on a crime spree, Peter finds him staying at Aunt May's nursing home with his new friend Nathan Lubensky. (Cover date: January, 1982)

Spidey tracks down the source that caused two people to die from multiple spider bites & that caused him to go crazy on two muggers. (Cover date: May, 1982)

After Madame Web has a vision of being killed by the Juggernaut, she calls Spidey to seek his help. Spidey finds Juggernaut leaving a trail of destruction as he heads toward Madame Web's apartment and does everything he can to stop him. (Cover date: June, 1982)

After Madame Web is left for dead by the Juggernaut, Spidey does everything he can to stop him so that he can be brought to justice. (Cover date: July, 1982)

After a concerned Betty Leeds calls him, Spidey follows Ned & Marla Madison to a dive bar where they are meeting an informant about the Brand Corp. The Cobra attacks them when he thinks the informant is talking about him, & Spidey steps in to keep them from being killed. (Cover date: August, 1982)

Mr. Hyde chases after Spidey, wanting him to give him his former partner, Cobra, & Spidey does so by adding some sticky webbing. Spidey follows them to Cobra's penthouse where Hyde plans to take revenge on Cobra for abandoning him in prison. (Cover date: September, 1982)

The search is on for Nose Norton who has incriminating information on the Brand Corp. Ben Urich & Peter Parker find him & encounter the Tarantula, who has been hired by Brand to kill Norton. (Cover date: October, 1982)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover date: December, 1982)

(Cover date: January, 1983)

(Cover date: February, 1983)

(Cover date: March. 1983) [First appearance of the Hobgoblin]

(Cover date: April, 1983)

(Cover date: May, 1983)

(Cover date; June, 1983)

The Mad Thinker sends his most powerful android against Spider-Man in order to study his spider-sense. Amy Powell puts the move on Peter when someone from his past shows up at his apartment. (Cover date: July, 1983)

MJ shows up to rescue Peter from the clutches of Amy Powell, but she still doesn't show much interest in him. (Cover date: August, 1983)

Spidey encounters a gang of thugs hired by the Hobgoblin who are stealing chemicals from an Oscorp warehouse & who use the Hobgoblin's weapons against him. (Cover date: September, 1983)

The Hobgoblin gains super-strength after testing one of Osborn's formulas, which also happens to explode in his face. He challenges Spidey to a fight in Times Square to teach him fear. The Hobgoblin dies during the battle or does he? Plus, the Leeds are playing matchmaker with MJ & Peter. [Hmmm. I wonder where this is headed?] (Cover date: October, 1983)

The Watcher shows the reader the daydreams of Black Cat, J. Jonah Jameson, Mary Jane Watson & Spidey / Peter Parker. (Cover date: November, 1983)

(Cover date: December, 1983)

(#1) Spidey battles Thunderball, who has both the Asgardian powered wrecking ball & the Wrecker's crowbar, along the Long Island Expressway, which ties up traffic to the dismay of the drivers. He uses a local electrical power station to defeat his opponent. (#2) Spidey visits a boy, Tim, who collects Spider-Man memorabilia, after reading an article about him in the Bugle. Spidey answers all of his questions & even reveals his secret identity to him. Afterwards, we learn that Tim is dying from terminal cancer. (Cover date: January, 1984)

The Hobgoblin meets with a group of businessmen that he intends to blackmail, including J. Jonah Jameson & Harry Osborn. Spider-Man intervenes but is hit with a pumpkin bomb containing a gas that nullifies his spider-sense & knocks him out. The Hobgoblin decides then to kill him. The Kingpin blocks the killing goblin blast, & the Hobgoblin decides not to challenge him & leaves. After Spidey wakes up, Kingpin tells him that the Hobgoblin is a potential threat to his interests, & he would prefer that Spidey takes him down. (Cover date: February, 1984)

Spidey is chased out of the club by the businessmen that Hobgoblin is attempting to blackmail. Harry tells Peter that Hobgoblin may be a club member. Spidey questions some of the club members, including "Roderick Kingsley" & JJJ, whether they may have a clue as to Hobgoblin's identity but this proves fruitless. Spidey finds JJJ writing a story about his involvement in creating the Scorpion. Spidey tells him not to publish it to save his career. Peter finds his old spider-tracer, since his spider-sense was neutralized earlier by the Hobgoblin's gas. Spidey surprises Hobgoblin in his lab. When Hobgoblin activates his automated ray cannon, he realizes that Osborn's journals are in danger of being destroyed. He throws a pumpkin bomb at the cannon, resulting in a large explosion that is seen by the people outside. JJJ sees the smoke from his window, then gives the copyboy his Scorpion story to be published in the Bugle. (Cover date: March, 1984) [Note Stern's clue in this issue that the Hobgoblin may be a club member. This eliminates other candidates who are not.]

(Cover date: April, 1984)

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(Cover date: August, 1984)

After Spidey breaks up his fencing operation, the Rose hires Puma to kill him. (Cover date: September, 1984)

Black Cat saves Spidey just as Puma is about to slash his throat, & they escape for the moment. Puma returns later to Peter's apartment when MJ is present. Puma decides not to finish off Spidey when he is injured in a fall since it would not be honorable. Puma learns later that the Rose has called off the hit after meeting with the Kingpin. After Peter returns to his apartment, a worried MJ is there waiting for him. She reveals to him that she knows his secret. (Cover date: October, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover date: December, 1984)

(Cover date: January, 1985)

Hobgoblin holds a very pregnant Liz & MJ as hostages until Harry delivers his father's journals to him. Of course, the Hobgoblin doesn't play fair, & it's up to Spidey to save his friends before they are killed. (Cover date: February, 1985)

(Cover date: March, 1985)

(Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: May, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1985) [First appearance of Silver Sable]

(Cover Date: July, 1985) 😄

(Cover Date: August, 1985) Some funny parts by Peter David but not much of a plot.

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

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(Cover Date: December, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1986) From the scientist who was wronged by the company & now seeks revenge troupe.

(Cover Date: February, 1986) Based on his tribe's prophecy, Puma goes to NYC to kill the Beyonder, asks a reluctant Spidey to join him & is gobsmacked when he finds him.

Mephisto wagers with the Beyonder for the fate of existence that Spidey will forego his sense of responsibility when tortured by the demon Zarathos. (Cover Date: March, 1986)

(Cover Date: April, 1986) Spider-Man no more? Only until the Hobgoblin shows up.

After Flash denounces him on TV, the Hobgoblin frames him as the Hobgoblin, & Flash is soon defeated by Spidey & is taken into custody by the police.

Kingpin story - 8.0 Wendigo story - 7.0 (Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: July, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986) Yep, no Spidey in this issue. While Silver Sable works on capturing Jack O'Lantern & his band of mercenaries, she is also looking for the street punk that she saw murder a woman in cold blood.

(Cover Date: September, 1986)

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

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(Cover Date: December, 1986)

(Cover Date: January, 1987) The Punisher makes an appearance.

(Cover Date: February, 1987) The identity of the Rose is hinted at.

(Cover Date: March, 1987)

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(Cover Date: May, 1987)

(Cover Date: June, 1987) Jack O'Lantern assumes the role of Hobgoblin after Ned Leeds is murdered by the Foreigner's hitmen. It was later retconned that Ned Leeds was not the actual Hobgoblin, but he had been brainwashed into thinking that he was. Since the actual Hobgoblin had super-strength, he would never have been physically overpowered by the hitmen as Leeds was.

(Cover Date: July, 1987) Kind of a ho-hum issue until the very end.

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: MJ turns down Pete's marriage proposal & leaves to see her sister in Pittsburgh. Alistair Smythe sends his new Spider-Slayer to kill Spidey for crippling him in their last encounter. Spidey is saved by a bulldozer driver after the Spider-Slayer gases him. Spidey inflicts additional damage, but the Spider-Slayer gets away. MJ calls Pete to come to Pittsburgh after encountering an unseen person in her sister's house. After repairing the Spider-Slayer, Smythe tracks Pete to the airport & finds out that his plane has departed for Pittsburgh. Smythe decides to follow him there.

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: In Pittsburgh, Spidey web-slings his way to his hotel. Smythe has his crated Spider-Slayer loaded on board a 747 bound for Pittsburgh. Peter goes to Gayle's home & finds MJ with her estranged father. They leave after an argument, & MJ tells Peter about the stolen manuscript scheme that her father & sister are involved in. MJ decides that she is going to help her father. In prison, MJ walks away after talking to Gayle. Peter convinces Gayle to help MJ. MJ & Peter retrieve the manuscript at its hidden location at Duquesne University. The Spider-Slayer finds them there, & Peter leads it away as Spidey. The Spider-Slayer catches Spidey by a bridge & holds him underwater. MJ, in pursuit, slams a car into its leg, which frees Spidey. The Spider-Slayer pursues Spidey up Mt. Washington with MJ following in the trolley. MJ hits the Spider-Slayer with a bat while it is pummeling Spidey. The Spider-Slayer grabs MJ & is about to deliver a lethal blow when an enraged Spidey attacks it from behind. Spidey rips open the Spider-Slayer & pulls Smythe out, warning him to never harm anyone else again. Later, Peter & MJ go to Gayle's house to deliver the stolen manuscript to her father. The police come out of another room & arrest him. MJ says that she didn't want to put Peter in the position of supporting her when she was doing the wrong thing. Peter & MJ say goodbye to Gayle, who is out on bail, & to her sons. In the Pittsburgh airport, MJ tells Peter that she will marry him.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: (Continued from Web #31) Kraven stands before Spidey's headstone, dressed in Spidey's costume, & starts laughing. A woman caught in the rain is dragged down a manhole by Vermin. MJ is waiting for Peter to come to her apartment to help her move her stuff. In the back of her mind, she imagines that he is dead. Spidey-Kraven enters a room in his penthouse where spiders are kept behind glass panes. Kraven laps at a mind-altering concoction & imagines that he is fighting against a giant spider composed of the thousands of small spiders. Vermin finishes off his meal. He sees a newspaper with a picture of Spidey, which makes him afraid. (Vermin had a bad encounter with Spidey & Cap previously.) As he eats a rat, Vermin hears MJ walking over the manhole cover above him & wonders what it is. She is out in the rain looking for Peter. She encounters two creeps. Kraven continues to fight against the giant spider & is covered by it, symbolizing his surrender to becoming Spider-Man. MJ is running from the two creeps. As she is caught by them, "Spidey" shows up & beats them to a pulp. As "Spidey" climbs away up a wall, MJ realizes that it wasn't Peter. Vermin crawls out of the manhole to convince himself that he isn't afraid of Spider-Man anymore.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: Vermin tries to break out of his electrified cage. Spidey punches Kraven, but Kraven doesn't retaliate. Kraven tells him that he has proven to be his superior. Kraven dons his regular outfit & leads Spidey to a sub-level where Vermin is caged. Kraven brags that he defeated Vermin alone while Spidey needed Cap's help. Kraven releases Vermin & provokes him into attacking Spidey. After Spidey stops fighting, Vermin jumps him from behind & knocks Spidey senseless. Kraven stops Vermin from doing any further harm & tells him to go. Kraven tells Spidey that he is free to go after Vermin. He also tells Spidey that he will never hunt again. While looking at a picture of his family when he was a boy, Kraven takes a rifle out of a coffin & puts the barrel in his mouth. He believes that he has finally found peace & happiness in his life. He pulls the trigger, & his body falls into the casket. Comments: This issue features the death of Spidey's long-time foe, Kraven. I got Watchmen vibes while reading this.

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: After being shot & patched up, Peter is taken to the Mad Dog Ward. He is sedated so that he can't think clearly. Peter finds that Vicky Gibbs is being held in solitary confinement. The head doctor uses dream manipulation to create a new assassin for the Kingpin, Brainstorm. Objecting to a new type of straitjacket, Peter leads the other patients in an uprising that is quickly put down when they are all sedated. Only the head doctor knows that Peter is really Spider-Man.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: During a rainstorm, Spidey walks & wall climbs back to his apartment since he ran out of web fluid. At a psychiatric facility, Doc Ock has a nightmare about Spidey during his radical sleep therapy. The next day, he has another nightmare about Spidey. His mechanical arms break free of their clamps. Spidey rescues people who are in the arms' path of destruction. The arms break into the facility & rejoin with Doc Ock, who then escapes. Doc Ock returns to one of his secret lairs & coerces his former henchmen into rejoining him. Spidey has the Bugle publish an article that Doc Ock's doctor is going to write a memoir about him. Doc Ock confronts the doctor at the facility. Doc Ock is then surrounded by the police & Spidey. Although Doc Ock is seized with fear at seeing Spidey, his arms lash out at his would be captors. Spidey draws the arms to the facility's basement & uses hot steam to force the arms to withdraw Ock to safety. Back in his lair, Doc Ock plans to destroy Spidey by destroying Manhattan.

(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.

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(Cover Date: October, 1965) Steve Ditko at his finest.

(Cover Date: November, 1966)

(Cover Date: November, 1967) From the super-heroes manipulated into fighting each other by bad guys trope.

(Cover Date: November, 1968) Nice idea, but poor execution.

After Monica Rambeau becomes Captain Marvel, she comes to NYC to seek help from other super-heroes to control her new power before she explodes & devastates the city. (Cover date: October, 1982)

Two of Peter's former high school classmates become involved in a plot to blackmail the Kingpin, & Spidey is there to help one of them out in return for doing him a favor in high school. (Cover date: November, 1983)

(Cover Date: November, 1986)

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: Spidey fights against Electro after his henchmen free him from a police paddywagon. He defeats him with water from a fire hydrant. Robbie Robertson holds a surprise party at the Bugle to congratulate Peter on his upcoming marriage. Peter gives MJ her ring while sticking to the apartment's ceiling. After leaving, MJ listens to a cassette tape from Bruce in his Ferrari. At Aunt May's home, Peter recalls his early days as Spidey & Gwen's death. When MJ arrives, they tell May & Anna that they are getting married. After they leave, MJ gets into Bruce's car with him. MJ shows up at Peter's apartment later & asks him to take her to where he goes to think. He takes her to the top of the Empire State Building. Afterwards, Peter spends the night looking at a picture of Gwen. After MJ & Peter get their marriage license, Peter asks Flash to be his best man. At dinner, Peter is about to tell MJ they should call it off, until she shows him a picture of her wedding dress. At Peter's bachelor party, Peter expresses his doubts about getting married, but Flash & Harry talk him out of calling it off. MJ gets a telegram from the persistent Bruce at her bachlorette party. That night Peter dreams of marrying MJ as Spidey with super-heroes & villains in attendance. Gwen tells Peter goodbye forever. Peter wakes up after the super-villains come after MJ, intending to kill her. MJ is picked up by Bruce after the party. Peter sits at the top of the Brooklyn Bridge holding a picture of Gwen. Both say that they have to make a decision. On their wedding day, MJ arrives an hour late in Bruce's car. Peter then shows up carrying his shoes. They exchange their vows. At the reception, MJ tells Peter that Bruce paid for their honeymoon to Paris, since he wasn't going on the trip with MJ. On returning, Peter carries MJ into their apartment with one arm & their suitcases in the other.

I gave up on ASM months ago but picked this up because of the good reviews. I'm glad that I did. Wells is a good writer, & I liked Gleason's artwork style. So what were the U-Foes up to in this issue?

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I liked Rainbow Rowell's tribute to Omaha in the backup story, since I used to live there.

You know she'll be back someday.

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Count Nefaria decides to eliminate the Avengers for interfering with his Maggia operations in the US. He invites them to his castle & puts them in a trance where he makes images of them. The images go to the Pentagon to declare that they are taking over the US. Once they leave Nefaria's castle, the Avengers are attacked by the US military. After fighting them off, they go back to the castle to confront Nefaria & then must deal with the traps he has waiting for them. After Nefaria is captured, one Avenger is left critically wounded. (Cover Date: February, 1965)

(Cover Date: March, 1965) [There is apparently a lack of competent surgeons in NYC or the USA for that matter. 🙄]

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(Cover Date: August, 1965) The dim-witted Swordsman basically tries to kill Captain America then expects the Avengers to accept him into their ranks.

(Cover Date: September, 1965)

(Cover Date: October, 1965) From the "bad guys frame the good guys for crimes they didn't commit" trope.

(Cover Date: November, 1965) [Ugh, another Ringmaster & his goons appearance.]

(Cover Date: December, 1965)

(Cover Date: January, 1966) Wacky Moment: Ravonna professes her love for Kang even after his troops slaughter her subjects.

(Cover Date: February, 1966)

(Cover Date: March, 1966) Another story from "a villain builds some goofy gizmo that threatens the world & our heroes have to stop it" trope. I wonder how many more issues it will be before Hawkeye shows some maturity?

(Cover Date: April, 1966) Wacky Moment: Attuma states that his flood-tide machine will cause tides that will cover the entire surface world.

(Cover Date: May, 1966) Giant-Man, now called Goliath, rejoins the team to rescue the Wasp from the Collector. First appearance of the Collector.

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(Cover Date: October, 1966) Stan is just mailing it in at this point. Thankfully, Roy Thomas takes over the writing in a few issues.

(Cover Date: November, 1966) Wacky Moment: Goliath doesn't disable the Living Laser's lasers after he knocks him unconscious.

(Cover Date: December, 1966) Yet another plot by Stan involving the overthrow of a dictatorship.

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(Cover Date: October, 1967) Hercules officially joins the Avengers.

(Cover Date: November, 1967) The Human Top becomes Whirlwind.

(Cover Date: December, 1967) First appearance of Dane Whitman (Black Knight II). Captain America resigns from the Avengers. Discloses why Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch earlier joined with Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.

(Cover Date: January, 1968) Wacky Moment: Hank uses ants to stop a cheating gambler at the roulette wheel. First appearance of the new, heroic Black Knight.

(Cover Date: February, 1968) Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch leave the Avengers (no thanks to Magneto).

(Cover Date: March, 1968) Hercules leaves the Avengers, leaving only Hawkeye, Goliath & Wasp as active members.

(Cover Date: April, 1968) Cap recommends that the Black Panther replace him in the Avengers.

(Cover Date: May, 1968) Features the Panther's new look mask & the introduction of Wonder Man's brother, the Grim Reaper.

(Cover Date: June, 1968) It's hard to believe that this is the same Magneto that is featured in Claremont's work.

(Cover Date: July, 1968) First appearance of Ultron-5 (disguised as the Crimson Cowl). Guest appearance by the new Black Knight (Dane Whitman).

(Cover Date: August, 1968)

(Cover Date: September, 1968) Bucky's body is never found, so maybe he could have survived the explosion?

(Cover Date: October, 1968) Features the first appearance of the Vision (natch). Awesome cover by John Buscema.

(Cover Date: November, 1968) Features the origin of the Vision & Ultron-5. The Vision officially joins the Avengers.

(Cover Date: December, 1968) Features the first appearance of a schizophrenic Hank Pym as Yellowjacket.

(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 be Goliath. The Circus is then quickly defeated by the Avengers. Goliath reveals that his personality was changed from gases released from vials he dropped in his lab. Jan tells him that their wedding is still legal whatever his name is.

(Cover Date: February, 1969) Summary: Black Panther recharges the Vision with solar energy through the jewel on his forehead. Dr. Strange appears in his astral form & says that he needs the Avengers' help in order to save the world. He leads them to a graveyard where the Black Knight lies in a coma. Strange relates how BK was hit by a mystic bolt from the Crystal of Conquest by Marduk of the Sons of Satannish. Back in Avengers Mansion, Strange operates on BK to save his life. The Vision tells them of a report of new volcanos in Antarctica. BP receives a call that there is ice forming in Wakanda. BP & Vision go to Wakanda to find the Frost Giant, Ymir. Hawkeye & BK go to Antarctica to find Surtur, the Fire Demon. The Avengers attempt to hold the immortals at bay. Dr. Strange achieves mastery over the crystal & casts a spell that brings the immortals face to face. They strike at each other, releasing a force that sends them back to their own worlds.

(Cover Date: March, 1969) Summary: Black Panther summons his personal aircraft to take the team away from the cold & ice caused by Ymir & to Wakanda. Upon landing, they are attacked by guards until they are ordered by BP to halt. M'Baku, who was acting as chieftain in T'Challa's absence, is informed of their arrival & begins his scheme. M'Baku wants to return Wakanda back to its old ways. At dinner, the Avengers are drugged by the wine. BP wakes up to find M'Baku wearing the forbidden white gorilla suit. The two engage in hand-to-hand combat. BP is manuevered to fall into an atomic furnace but saves himself. When M'Baku is saved by BP from falling into the furnace, he fakes surrendering & then shocks BP with electrical cables. BP wakes up to find himself in bouds underneath the idol. M'Baku strikes the idol, intending to topple it on BP. Vision strikes the wall in their cell nearby, which causes the idol to tilt. M'Baku strikes the idol again, causing it to fall in pieces on top of him. The team rescues BP from his bonds. M'Baku is presumed to be dead beneath the rubble.

(Cover Date: April, 1969) Summary: Black Panther's airship, returning from Africa with the Avengers, loses its autopilot as it approaches Avengers Mansion. The Vision stops the craft on the roof using Hawkeye's magnetic cable & his increased density. They find Hank & Jan inside, having returned from their honeymoon. Hank says that he is giving up his Goliath identity, since it probably affected his mental state. They receive a call from "Nick Fury" who asks them to check up on the Black Widow in the Caribbean. As acting chairman, BP orders Hawkeye to remain behind due to his personal involvement with BW. Later, Hawkeye receives a brief call from BW saying that she is being held somewhere in the city. By the background noise, Hawkeye determines she is being held near Coney Island. He takes Hank's growth serum & dons his new costume. Egghead, Puppet Master & Mad Thinker see Goliath II on top of a train approaching them. They send their giant android, holding BW, to stop him. They exchange punches & get on the Astro-Ride. Goliath shrinks to avoid a punch & catches BW. The android falls off, leaves a big hole in the ground & is presumably destroyed.

(Cover Date: May, 1969) Summary: A death ray from Egghead's space station destroys a small midwestern city. Hawkeye tells the team he has adopted the role of Goliath & breaks his bow. Clint's racketeer brother, Barney, tells the team about his meeting with Egghead regarding the space station. He escaped from being killed by Egghead's robot. The team, accompanied by Barney, take a rocketship to the space station. After the team enters the space station, they are attacked by Egghead's robots. Egghead uses the Puppet Master's radioactive dolls of the Avengers to paralyze them. Barney dies after he jostles the paralysis ray, freeing the team. Goliath tells the team that he is Barney's brother, Clint.

(Cover Date: June, 1969) Summary: To the Swordsman's surprise, Egghead tells him about his time with young Clint Barton at the circus. Swordsman breaks into Avengers Mansion to kill Goliath for Egghead & Hawkeye for himself, but he doesn't know that they have new identities. Clint stops the other Avengers from interfering in his vendetta with the Swordsman. The Swordsman knocks the Avengers out with rays from his sword. He brings Clint to Egghead, thinking he is the Goliath that he wanted dead. As the Swordsman & Egghead fight over the mixup, Clint begins to revive. After the Swordsman is knocked out of a window, Clint uses a makeshift bow & arrow with a cable to save him from falling to his death. Clint feels that he now has closure for capturing the man responsible for his brother Barney's death.

(Cover Date: July, 1969) Summary: As part of a SHIELD test, the Avengers try to damage a cylinder of adamantium, but without success. Under some malevolent influence, Vision later steals the cylinder off the SHIELD helicarrier. Vision shows back up at Avengers Mansion to distract the team before Ultron-6 makes his appearance, wearing his new adamantium body.

Grey Gargoyle overwhelms the Avengers in a surprise attack, but he is subsequently tracked down to his former apartment & defeated. (Cover date: January, 1980)

While Tony Stark & Simon Williams are touring a steel factory in Pittsburgh, "Inferno" is created when a worker with a piece of Thor's Uru hammer is intentionally knocked into a vat of molten metal. (Cover date: February, 1980)

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Very mediocre script by Mantlo. Another forgettable super-villain was introduced. Colan's artwork was serviceable. (Cover date: April, 1981)

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After the Beast's girlfriend, Vera, is poisoned by a Skrull, the Avengers are forced to go into the past to retrieve the two fragments of the Resurrection Stone in order to save her life. (Cover date: July, 1981)

After the Avengers observe extreme weather events around the world, they go to investigate and find the Weathermen are responsible. Meanwhile, Jocasta suspects the Samarobryn weather-monitoring space station may have some connection and goes there to investigate. (Cover date: August, 1981)

After Cap announces that the active Avengers roster will be limited to six members, a number of super-heroes inexplicably show up at Avengers Mansion. After some tussling between them, they learn who is behind it & their reason why. (Cover date: September, 1981)

After her mate Gorn is shot by police while fighting off a gang with his sword, the Elfqueen goes on a rampage in Washington, DC. The Avengers arrive to try to stop her. Since rejoining the Avengers, Hank becomes increasingly hostile toward Jan. (Cover date: October, 1981)

After Yellowjacket/Hank is informed by Cap that he will be courtmartialed in three days for shooting a non-combative Elfqueen in the back, he devises a plan to redeem himself in his unwell mind. When Wasp/Jan tries to talk him out of it, she becomes a victim of his rage. (Cover date: November, 1981)

(Cover date: December, 1981)

After following his board, the Avengers find the Silver Surfer & free him from the Molecule Man's energy-draining molecules which encased him. They track Molecule Man to his domed castle in New Jersey where they attempt to stop his plan to eat planets like Galactus. (Cover date: January, 1982)

The Avengers survive being crushed to death by the Molecule Man due to the Silver Surfer's cosmic power. With a now powerless Tony Stark & Don Blake, they must figure out how to stop Molecule Man from "eating" the Earth in the morning, even if it means killing him. (Cover date: February, 1982)

After Egghead threatens to kill his own niece, Hank Pym is forced to participate in a scheme to steal adamantium from SAC HQ in order to save her life. At SAC, he summons the Avengers, but will they understand what is happening? (Cover date: March, 1982)

(Cover date: April, 1982)

The Avengers are summoned by Moondragon to an alien world in order to help her keep the peace that she created there. The Avengers notice that Drax the Destroyer is not acting like his normal self & that their thinking feels muddled. (Cover date: May, 1982)

After Iron Man convinces Drax that his mind has been manipulated by Moondragon, the Avengers & Drax find that Thor is in love with Moondragon and that he shares her vision for bringing peace to the universe. (Cover date: June, 1982)

The Avengers recruit Spider-Man, Hawkeye, Dazzler, She-Hulk, Black Widow, Spider-Woman & Invisible Woman as potential candidates to fill their two open positions. A pesky wannabe super-villain shows up at Jan's home while the ladies are meeting, & it doesn't go well for him. (Cover date: July, 1982)

After Hawkeye gets a "help" message from the carnival he worked at years ago, he finds that it has been taken over as a training base for hoodlums run by Taskmaster. Fortunately, Scott Lang (Ant-Man) is there to provide assistance to Hawkeye when he finds himself in deep trouble. (Cover date: September, 1982) (Felt like a Marvel Team-Up issue that was rebranded as Avengers)

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The Avengers attempt to rescue Fury & the president from Plant-Man's simuloids who are demanding a $1 billion ransom or they will be killed. Eros arrives on Earth looking for the Avengers. (Cover date: May, 1983)

After Starfox is accepted into the Avengers as a replacement for the injured Hawkeye, he, along with Thor & Captain Marvel, assist the navy in capturing Plant Man's submarine. Meanwhile, She-Hulk & Wasp run into a mysterious invisible barrier in Manhattan. (Cover date: June. 1983)

The Avengers attempt to break through Annihilus' Null Field in time to stop him from destroying their universe & the Negative Zone universe. (Cover date: July, 1983)

The Scarlet Witch tells Wasp, Captain Marvel & She-Hulk about her & Quicksilver's lives from the time of their births to the present. Vision lays inanimate in Avengers Mansion, still not recovered from Annihilus' null-field. (Cover date: August, 1983)

(Cover date: September, 1983)

The Avengers, joined by an uninvited Spider-Man, arrive at Project Pegasus to stop an invasion of the Lava Men before they damage the nuclear research dome. (Cover date: October, 1983)

After the Lava Men depart, the Avengers and Spider-Man fight against Blackout, Electro, Rhino & Moonstone, who are intent on destroying Project Pegasus for holding them captive. (Cover date: November, 1983)

Starfox links the Avengers' computer with the ISAAC computer on Titan which allows the Vision to project himself holographically. Vision uses this ability to lead the Avengers to Moonstone & Blackout for apprehension. (Cover date: December, 1983)

The Avengers appear on the David Letterman Show to gain publicity to benefit Wonder Man's acting career. They are attacked by mechanical devices built by two-time loser, Fabian Stankowicz, who is looking to make a name for himself by defeating the Avengers. Fortunately, Mockingbird is there also to help put an end to Fabian's threat. (Cover date: January, 1984)

The Avengers arrive in San Francisco at Tigra's request to try to save Spider-Woman who is in a comatose state. Feeling that it is beyond their skills, Henry Pym & Dr. Strange are summoned. Unknown to them, Spider-Woman had travelled to the past with Magnus in her astral form to defeat Morgan Le Fay. She is unable to return to her physical body due to a spell cast by Le Fey which accounts for the "ghost" of her that is being seen. Her physical body destroyed, Le Fay plans to take over Spider-Woman's physical body, which will cause Jessica's astral form to fade away. (Cover date: February, 1984)

Responding to the Avengers Emergency Signal, She-Hulk, Tigra, Starfox, Wasp & Shroud pass through Dr. Strange's barrier into Jessica Drew's hospital room. Dr. Strange is using his magic to hold Spider-Woman's astral form together, otherwise, her body will become mindless. Morgan Le Fey shows herself to them from the astral plane. She tells them of her plan to take over Jessica's body when her astral form has faded away. She attacks the group with hazards from the astral plane. Dr. Strange sends Scarlet Witch, She-Hulk, Starfox & Shroud to the astral plane to engage her there. After Cap returns back to Avengers Mansion, a powerful surge occurs in the monitor systems that the spectral Vision cannot account for. Morgan creates a giant body for herself out of the substance of the astral plane to fight her attackers. Dr. Strange uses the Eye of Agamotto to send Jessica's astral form to Magnus in the astral plane. Magnus tells her of his history with Morgan. He then sacrifices the last of his magic & his own self to send Jessica back to her physical body. With Morgan's hold on Jessica now broken, the group in the astral plane, along with Strange, are able to defeat her & leave. Jessica is alive & well & is sitting up in her hospital bed. However, Henry tells her that her Spider-Woman powers are now gone due to her ordeal. (Cover date: March, 1984)

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Wasp & Starfox join She-Hulk at Sersi's party where they are attacked by the Delphan Brothers, who wish to kidnap Sersi. Monica reveals to her parents that she is Captain Marvel. The Vision meets with the president at the White House to discuss the Avengers' possible role in government. (Cover date: August, 1984)

Starfox learns of his heritage with the Eternals & participates with them in forming the Uni-Mind. (Cover date: September, 1984)

The Avengers stop Maelstrom from absorbing the energies of the Eternals while they are within the Uni-Mind, thereby killing them. After Maelstrom is "killed" by Deathurge, the majority of the Eternals decide to leave Earth to live among the stars. (Cover date: October, 1984)

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(Cover Date: July, 1985) [First appearance of Nebula]

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(Cover Date: October, 1985) Nebula revealed to be the granddaughter of Thanos?

(Cover Date: November, 1985) [Starfox leaves the team to search for Nebula.]

(Cover Date: December, 1985) A more humble Namor gets an offer from Cap to join the Avengers.

(Cover Date: January, 1986) A seminal issue of the 1980's: The Return of Jean Grey!

(Cover Date: February, 1986) This issue spotlights the Wasp, who battles the woman who has stolen Hank's Yellowjacket technology.

The Avengers battle against the volatile Beyonder to free Captain America from his clutches. (Cover Date: March, 1986)

(Cover Date: April, 1986) The Silver Surfer & Molecule Man combine their cosmic powers to save the Earth from shattering into pieces.

(Cover Date: May, 1986) Three Avengers are drawn to Limbo to be used in a scheme by Kang to defeat a rival variant Kang.

(Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: July, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986)

(Cover Date: September, 1986) After Grey Gargoyle & Screaming Mimi break Yellowjacket out of jail, it's up to Wasp, Paladin & Black Knight to capture them when the other Avengers are not around.

(Cover Date: October, 1986) The Avengers team up with Alpha Flight to free Marrina from the clutches of Attuma, the new ruler of Atlantis.

(Cover Date: November, 1986)

(Cover Date: December, 1986) After infiltrating Avengers Mansion, the Masters of Evil ambush the Avengers as they arrive back at the mansion. Hercules is severely beaten & lies on the brink of death.

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover Date: March, 1987)

(Cover Date: April, 1987) A Wasp-centric issue, but it is notable for what happens at its end. The Wasp resigns as chairwoman & from active duty. She-Hulk & Thor rejoin the team as active members. Doctor Druid is nominated for membership.

(Cover Date: May, 1987) An issue focused on Captain Marvel.

(Cover Date: June, 1987) While recovering from his injuries at the hands of Mr. Hyde, Jarvis recalls his life with the Avengers, from the group's formation to the present.

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: Namor is captured by Neptune & is taken to Hades. Namor breaks free from Hades' guardian, Cerberus. A hooded stranger heals his wounds suffered while escaping & tells him the Avengers are being held in the dungeons of Fortress Tartarus. Namor frees the Avengers from their constraints. The Avengers tell Namor that Zeus holds them accountable for the injuries sustained by Hercules. The Avengers go to free Thor, who is being tortured by Pluto. After doing so, they then take the Pathway of Infinity to go back to Olympus in order to get back home. However, Pluto destroys the Pathway in front of them. The Avengers turn to face Pluto & his unliving legions.

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: Captain Marvel destroys Plutos weapons. The Avengers fight against Pluto's Unliving Legions. Thor fills the gap in the Pathway of Infinity with the gigantic rock that Pluto meant to crush the Avengers with. The Avengers cross the dimensional doorway into Olympus. There, they meet the stranger who shows them what the gods are doing. Namor goes to his old ally, Aphrodite, to seek her help. In the foundry of Hephaestus, Thor retrieves his hammer from him. They are attacked by Hepaestus' golden women automatons. The Avengers save Hephaestus & Athena from molten metal spilled from a giant crucible broken during the fighting. Namor brings in Aphrodite, & the Avengers convince the three Greek gods they are telling the truth about Hercules. They go to Apollo's chamber where Hercules lays. Artemis has brought the Wasp in front of Zeus. Dr. Druid tries to use his mental powers to heal Hercules. Zeus arrives with Ares & other gods & hurls a thunderbolt at the Avengers. Captain America survives but his legs are broken. Those Avengers still standing attack Zeus & those gods who are still supporting him.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: A half-awake Wasp remembers how she was captured by Artemis on a Caribbean beach. She wakes up in Olympus & is met by Hera, who tells her that Zeus' wrath toward the Avengers is wrong. The uninjured Avengers fight against Zeus & the gods loyal to him. Cap, Druid & Hercules are brought by Hermes to a cavern, where Prometheus tends to their injuries. Ares, Artemis & Dionysus are defeated. Prometheus uses the Caduceus of Hermes in a rite to heal Hercules. Zeus tries time & time again to kill Thor, but he is unable to die due to Hela's spell. Seeing the battered Thor, Captain Marvel, Namor & She-Hulk try to stop Zeus but fail due to his overwhelming power. In the cavern, Hercules wakes up & perceives the Avengers there as his enemies who must die.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: The Black Knight arrives on the scene after Zeus takes down Namor & She-Hulk. Elsewhere, Hercules lashes out at the other Avengers. Dr. Druid helps Hercules to remember the events leading up to his injury. The Avengers attack Zeus to strike him down. He responds with a force to knock them all unconscious. As Zeus swears to kill Thor, he is attacked by Hercules, who tries to stop him. Zeus & Hercules fight until Zeus delivers a blow knocking him out. Now recovered, the Avengers show Zeus that he has been fighting his son. Hercules tells Zeus that the Avengers are not at fault. Hera arrives to tell Zeus that Prometheus sacrificed part of his life essence to restore Hercules. The Avengers are treated to Olympian hospitality. Cap & Dr. Druid have been restored to health by Apollo, but Apollo couldn't do so for Thor. At an assembly of the Olympian gods, Zeus orders that no god can set foot on Earth again due to suffering that they have inflicted upon the mortals. Prometheus sends the Avengers back to Earth with a warning of a serious challenge to come for them. Back on Earth, Thor leaves to confront Hela to lift her curse. At Hydrobase, Marrina tells Namor that the Atlanteans left after Neptune carried him off, showing the god had rejected him. A week later, Cap hasn't shown up for their meeting. Captain Marvel wants to find out if he is in trouble.

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: The Fixer controls a scientist to help him escape from prison. The Avengers are summoned to Ohio & battle the Mad Thinker's android, which has been appropriated by the Fixer. After defeating the android, the team finds that the Fixer is actually the scientist. The real Fixer has captured Marrina, who accompanied the team on the mission.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: After the Avengers receive a mental call for help from Mentallo, the team goes to the Fixer's warehouse hideout & battle through his defenses. Mentallo tells them that the Fixer's mind is something alien. After delivering the Mad Thinker's giant android to Hydrobase Island, they find the real Fixer inside the containment tube for the Super-Adaptoid. The "Fixer" contacts Machine Man, promising the return of his lost love in exchange for his assistance.

(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.

(Cover Date: September, 1967)

(Cover Date: September, 1968) A tale from the Marvel Multiverse that features the future Kang as the Scarlet Centurion.

Mystique has Rogue absorb the powers of three Avengers as part of her scheme to break out the other members of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants from Ryker's Island prison. Carol Danvers confronts the Avengers about their non-interference in her relationship with the being Marcus from Limbo. (Cover date: October, 1981)

Due to the Inhumans having recently been discovered by SHIELD, the Avengers are sent to the Moon by the UN Security Council to assess if the Inhumans pose a threat to Earth. The meeting is cordial until Moon rocks begin to be hurled at the Earth, and Black Bolt orders the Avengers' execution. A battle ensues between the two groups, which terminates when the reason for Black Bolt's bizarre behavior is uncovered. (Cover date: November, 1983)

(Cover Date: November, 1985)

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: (Continued from WCA Annual #2) The Grandmaster tells the Avengers of how he used them to triumph over Death. He creates a new game where five Life-Bombs will recreate the universe unless the Avengers can destroy them in time. Opposing them is the Legion of the Unliving. In Hades, Hawkeye, Thor & Hank Pym are confronted by Nighthawk, Executioner & Swordsman. Thor uses his hammer's power to destroy the bomb, but sacrifices his own life. Hawkeye is the only one left alive after the fighting. Captain Marvel, She-Hulk, Moon Knight & Tigra are opposed by Drax the Destroyer, the original Captain Marvel, Death Adder & Green Goblin. She-Hulk, Tigra & Moon Knight are killed by their opponents. Captain Marvel destroys the bomb before she is killed by the combined powers of OG CM, Drax & GG. Silver Surfer finds himself in a meteor swarm & is confronted by Korvac. As Korvac removes SS's protective silver coating, SS rams his surfboard into the bomb to destroy it & killing himself & Korvac. Iron Man, Black Knight, Dr. Druid & Mockingbird face off against Dracula, Red Guardian, Terrax & the original Black Knight. IM beats Terrax but loses the functionality of his armor. Distracted by Dracula attacking Mockingbird, Tony Stark is unable to defuse the bomb before it goes off. Wasp, Cap & Wonder Man confront Bucky, Hyperion & Baron Blood on a frozen planetoid. Wonder Man & Wasp are killed by their opponents. After getting past Baron Blood & Bucky, Cap destroys the bomb with his shield. Hawkeye & Cap reappear before the Grandmaster as the only living survivors. GM begins Round 2 with the fallen Avengers in the Legion of the Unliving. Hawkeye appeals to Grandmaster's fondness for games of chance. Grandmaster picks the arrow without a head & loses the bet, thus freeing Death. Hawkeye tells Cap afterwards that he cheated. Death sends all of the Avengers back to the Astrodome alive & well to resume their baseball game. The Grandmaster is exiled from Death's Realm, thus condemned to eternal life. He swears to get revenge against the Avengers for foiling his scheme.

This is primarily about the gathering of the new team. The battle with Terminus is secondary & provides a fix for those craving action.

(Cover Date: March, 2024) **SPOILERS** Summary: An elderly Cap meets with Luke Cage & Matt Murdock in a park. They talk about the current oppressive government while being monitored. A disgusted Cap sees a promo on TV for a documentary on the Red Skull that is sympathetic toward him. Jarvis' brother, Kyle, tells James Stark that the FBI contacted him about Cap's activities. Cap walks out of a TV show when James attacks his stance regarding the Red Skull & the Avengers' actions on H-Day. Cap's heart races as he thinks back to H-Day. Cap remembers finding Spider-Man near death after being impaled. Cap intervenes when SHIELD soldiers hassle some kids about having an illegal camera & breaking curfew. While Cap is being beaten, the Defenders come to rescue him, then put a hood on him. James arrives at the Raft to see his father, Tony, to glean enhancements to the soldier armor at the order of the president. All that remains of Tony is his head, floating in a vat. Cap is taken to Luke, who tells him that Matt has been killed. Luke talks to Cap about becoming his former self again in order to lead their resistance group. Cap agrees to undergo the super-soldier process after seeing photos of the government's abuses from a SHIELD insider. Afterwards, he says he is going to reassemble the Avengers.

(Cover Date: March, 2024) **SPOILERS** Summary: Cap knocks out two SHIELD soldiers who were harassing a homeless man. At the secret underground base, Rosa tells Cap that he has ruined her life & that they're through as a couple. At the White House, Kyle Jarvis tells the president that they are going to send in the Thunderbolts to deal with the Defenders. Jarvis reminds the president that he is the one in charge. Cap goes to Kamala's home & asks her to join his Avengers, but she refuses. Kamala then goes to listen to the Defenders' pirate radio broadcast. In Times Square on New Year's Eve, the Defenders are attempting to hack into the TV broadcast when they are spotted by SHIELD soldiers & engage with them. Thunderbolts show up forcing Cap to act. Bullseye declines to take Cap out with a sniper shot. The Thunderbolts stand down after shooting a civilian. Cap goes on the air to make his case. The Thunderbolts go after Cap & the Defenders when control over the TV broadcast is regained. They escape on motorcycles. Bullseye again declines to shoot. Jarvis tells James that he wants him to be Iron Man. Jarvis (Red Skull) talks to Ultron, who is trapped inside a computer. The Red Skull found Ultron's head after H-Day. The Skull says that he will turn the world over to him after his departure. Luke & Cap are told that Cap's speech had no positive impact on the populace. Luke tells Cap that they'll do it on their own if they have to. They then receive intelligence on Tony Stark.

(Cover Date: April, 2024) **SPOILERS** Summary: Bullseye gets chewed out by her squad leader for not taking a shot at Cap earlier. Cap goes with Tyler to the Raft to free Tony Stark. Cap is met there by Bullseye who was waiting for him. When James shows up, Bullseye puts a couple of non-lethal arrows in him to shut him up. After securing Tony, Bullseye shows Cap where his shield is at. James reappears as Iron Man. He disables the quintet that Tyler is piloting, & Cap rescues him before it crashes. Iron Man knocks some guards in the river while trying to stop Cap & Bullseye. Iron Man gets Tony from Cap then throws the container into the river. Kamala rescues the people who have fallen into the river & Tony's container. Cap fights against Iron Man. When Iron Man is about to deliver the coup de grace against Cap, he is hit with a lightning bolt from Thor, who has answered the old Avengers' distress signal sent out by Cap earlier.

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: When Thor hits the ball through the roof of the Astrodome during the WCA/ECA softball game, the Silver Surfer enters to warn them that one of the Elders of the Universe has planned to kill them. The WCA's find that the ECA's have all died from an Elder's energy bolt that arrived simultaneously with the SS. SS takes the WCA's in their quinjet to the Collector's spacecraft. The Collector tells them that the shade of the Grandmaster offered the Avengers to Death in exchange for his life. The Collector gives them a poison to drink so that they may enter the Realm of Death. They all die, except for Espirita, who the Collector adds to his collection. In the Realm of Death, the Grandmaster tells the ECA's that the Collector offered the WCA's to Death in exchange for immortality. The Grandmaster tells the ECA's to subdue the WCA's before Death can claim them. The ECA's & WCA's battle each other one-on-one. SS finds Death & asks her to restore himself & the Avengers to life since the doings of the Elders should not be of concern to her. Death reveals her face to the SS. The WCA's win their duels 4-3 & assemble in front of the Grandmaster. Death appears before them, bounded. The Grandmaster says his plan to get Death involved has succeeded. (Continued in Avengers Annual #16)

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(Cover Date: May, 1986)

(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).

(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.

Good art, ok story. We get further insights into the motives of the Unsanity Collective & witness the start of the Magistrate Program. I can do without the goofy Ghost-maker backup. I'd wish DC would get rid of it & save me a buck.

I thought Tynion's script was enough to keep me interested throughout & Jimenez's art was great as usual. Peacekeeper-01 is a worthy addition to BM's rogues gallery.

I agree with most of the critics on this one. This is a good, entertaining, but not great, story with top notch artwork. It sets up an interesting future where Batman will have to contend with the Peacekeepers whenever he ventures into Gotham as long as Nakano is in power. (I ignored the very tedious Ghost-Maker backup in my rating.)

I thought the artwork was great & Tynion's story kept me interested to the end. One thing though. The media is viewing the situation, and they are too dumb to see that the Magistrates are trying to massacre the Unsanity Collective? Again, I don't care about the tedious White Deadpool story.

Aside from the trip to the astral plane, there's nothing really new here. There's lots of exposition that we've already read before. The Clown-Hunter story was a mess.

Better than the last issue. The fight between PK-01 & PK-X with Batman in the middle was good. Molly's belief that people should be cleansed of their "traumas" shows what a flawed character she is. People are stronger than she realizes. So Tim is going to hang with a serial killer now? Seems out of character for him.

There's not a whole lot that's exciting or interesting going on in this issue. Scarecrow is going to mess with PK-01's head to forward his Fear State. Bengal is definitely not on the same level as Jimenez. Jimenez does pencil the panels featuring Scarecrow. The Batgirls backup story was OK.

Solid art & story.

I was hoping for something better from Zdarsky.

I think you have to read through this 2- 3 times to get a good feel for King's storytelling. I liked it, and the artwork was great too. I liked the connection to Mask of the Phantasm, which I really enjoyed.

King's script is good, not great, while the artwork is fantastic.

I enjoyed King's script in this installment and the artwork is amazing. King's take on the Joker is spot on. The Joker creates a moral dilemma for Selina in order to reveal her true self. Meanwhile, Helena has suspicions about her mother that she really doesn't want to consider. In the present, Selina has to deal with the Phantasm who is out for her blood.

A little light on the story in this issue but I still enjoyed the read. The artwork is impeccable. I like this series better than King's current Strange Adventures run.

Should I feel guilty for liking this? I liked Selina's interaction with the other characters in this issue. Selina showed that she still has it when she kicks Harley's butt. Andrea doesn't say it directly, but Sal might have been the one who lead her son to the Joker, and he ended up being a test subject for the Joker gas. Her son may have wanted to be part of the Joker cult, which is why he came to Gotham. I am guessing that Selina is the one who thinks she "got it right" since she didn't let Bruce consume her & walked away. She didn't interfere in Sal's execution which is something Bruce would have stopped. We'll have to see if Andrea pays any price for all the killing she has done. Mann's artwork is just gravy on top of a good story.

Another solid installment by King & Mann. So Selena & Andrea are going to kill the Joker...that can only end badly for Andrea.

The question at the end is what did the Joker tell Andrea to keep her from killing him? Andrea then tries to kill Selina which is what she was going to do initially since she is viewed as a Joker accomplice. Her son is dead, that was shown earlier in this series, so what was it?

The worst issue in the series to date. It's spinning its wheels, and there's still another four issues to go.

Bao reminds me of the feisty, but not too bright, little brother who keeps coming at big brother and gets the crap beat out of him each time. Okay, we get it...Bao was bullied at school by the bigoted white rich kids. I bought this book because of Red Hood's all too brief appearance. Punchline was really the star. I found it hard to really care much about Bao. He needs more development other than just being driven by a lust for vengeance.

Solid story & artwork from Taylor & Kubert. I like the overcoat look for Batman by Kubert. Who is the lady leader & the big guy in Equilibrium? Someone we've seen before with an axe to grind? Stay tuned.

I can't believe that Batman laughed at the Joker's joke after all the shit he pulled in this issue.

Beast becomes concerned with Dazzler's safety after she signs with a notorious underground theatre in Hollywood after she is barred from regular work for being a mutant. (Cover date: December, 1984)

Beast is appalled to find that Dazzler has decided to return to the underground theater where gladiatorial type exhibitions are being held for their wealthy patrons' entertainment. (Cover date: February, 1985)

Despite Beast's protests, Dazzler wants to continue to perform in the theater. Beast is captured, drugged & put in the show to fight Dazzler to the death. (Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1985)

(Cover Date: April, 1968)

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(Cover Date: July, 1968) Agent 13's name is revealed as Sharon Carter (finally!).

(Cover Date: August, 1968)

(Cover Date: September, 1968)

(Cover Date: October, 1968) Features a chain-smoking SHIELD agent.

(Cover Date: November, 1968)

(Cover Date: December, 1968) It's a sticky situation for Cap as he tries to rescue his beloved Sharon from the clutches of the **** talking Trapster.

(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 the grave. He then reminisces about how Bucky learned his secret identity & later tragically died.

(Cover Date: February, 1969) Summary: Steve Rogers is out for an evening stroll when the Hulk bursts through a wall, pursued by soldiers. The Hulk is hit by an ionic energy cannon. Rick Jones shows up while Cap is fighting against the Hulk. Rick tries to calm the Hulk but is knocked out when the Hulk destroys the cannon. Hulk then leaps away. Cap takes Rick to Avengers Mansion to recover. Rick appears before Cap dressed in Bucky's outfit. Cap objects at first but then relents. The Avengers' alarm goes off, & the two head into the sewer system, where they are met by a force of Hydra agents, who are going to poison the water supply. Feeling the fighting is too dangerous, Cap tells Bucky to leave. Madame Hydra orders Cap to be killed, & he is attacked by a Hydra agent in a power vest. Cap defeats the agent. Rick comes back to see the Hydra agent holding Cap's shield. Rick charges in to avenge Cap's death. Revealing himself, Cap then uses his shield to break the surrounding water lines. Madame Hydra captures Rick with her whip & then pushes him toward the raging water, where the Hydra agents are being swept away. Cap extends his arm to save Rick from the torrent. Cap compliments Rick on helping him to beat Hydra.

(Cover Date: March, 1969) Summary: Cap receives a mysterious fortune at the arcade. Cap is ambushed by Hydra hitmen but evades their fire. The hitmen run away, & Cap destroys the robot cowboy with his shield that was meant to finish him off. Madame Hydra gives the leader of the hit squad the Warrant of Death for his failure to kill Cap. While he watches old film of Cap & Bucky, Rick questions whether he can be as good as Bucky was. Cap shows Rick some combat gymnastics. Later when Cap is gone, Rick opens a delivered envelope that contains a psychedelic gas & collapses. He is taken away by Hydra agents. Arriving home, Cap tries to stop them, but they escape with Rick. At Hydra HQ, Rick revives & escapes his guards. Cap goes back to the arcade seeking clues & is met by the Hydra robot, Mankiller. Cap destroys the robot with its own miniture missiles. Now at the arcade & with Hydra below, Rick shouts at Cap to get off of the roof. A figure jumps into a hail of bullets from the Hydra agents as it dives into the water. The police fish Cap's uniform & a mask with Steve Roger's facial features out of the water.

(Cover Date: April, 1969) Summary: The police pull Cap's bullet-ridden costume out of the water, but they do not find his body. They assume it has drifted out to sea with the tide. At Avengers Mansion, Iron Man is notified that Cap is dead. IM reviews Cap's career before closing his file: (1) 40's foes: Red Skull, Butterfly, Ringmaster of Evil, Legion of Beggars, White Death, Toadman, Zemo, (2) Death of Bucky Barnes, (3) Frozen in ice, found by Namor, rescued by the Avengers, (4) Allies: Nick Fury & Sharon Carter of SHIELD, (5) Foes: Modok & AIM, Fourth Sleeper, Batroc, Tumbler, Swordsman, Living Laser, Red Skull's Exiles, Trapster, Dr. Faustus. Comments: This is the last issue penciled by Jack Kirby until #193, when he returns to Marvel.

(Cover Date: May, 1969) Summary: Madame Hydra watches a reporter on TV discuss the death of Captain America. She recalls how she survived a war in Europe & how she became Madame Hydra. Still emotional, Rick is unable to tell the Avengers how Cap died. Nick Fury speaks at a memorial for Cap. Gas is released from the coffin, knocking Fury & the Avengers out. They are loaded into coffins by Hydra agents & taken to a cemetery, with Rick tagging along. Rick watches the coffins being placed into graves, when he is discovered by a Hydra agent. Suddenly, Cap appears on the scene with his motorcycle & fights against the Hydra agents. He has Rick shoot the gastank of his motorcycle, causing an explosion that takes out the Hydra agents. Madame Hydra releases Hunter missiles that Cap & Rick avoid. Instead, the missiles destroy a crypt that Madame Hydra is near, her fate unknown. Cap tells Rick that he used a rubberized figure & Steve Rogers mask to fake his death so that he has a secret identity once more.

(Cover Date: June, 1969) Summary: With Steve Rogers now "dead", Cap decides to not return to Avengers Mansion to break with his past. He goes to SHIELD HQ to see Sharon. She is on a mission to monitor a cell of AIM leaders, but against orders, she decides to tackle them herself, thinking Cap is dead. Cap & Rick arrive in time to protect her from the robot, the Walking Stiletto. They team up to destroy the robot just as Fury's agents arrive to round up the AIM leaders. Fearing for her safety, Cap asks Sharon to resign from SHIELD, but she refuses. Depressed, Cap leaves her. Later, he puts on a disguise & finds a cheap hotel to live in. Suddenly, a triumphant Red Skull appears in his room, once again holding the Cosmic Cube.

(Cover Date: July, 1969) Summary: Possessed of the Cosmic Cube, the Red Skull fends off Cap's attempts to stop him. He tells Cap how he located the Cube. The Skull attempts to break Cap by creating surreal conditions with the Cube. Finally, the Skull summons forth Sharon Carter, then switches bodies with Cap to torment him.

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It was interesting to see the revisiting of an old Tales of Suspense story, but Demon Druid was a pretty lame antagonist for Cap. (Cover date: April, 1981)

(Cover date: June, 1981)

A man that Cap knew in WWII asks Cap to talk to his son who has joined a biker gang. When Cap is at the gang's hangout, Doc Ock (!) shows up to grab Cap's shield for study. (Cover date: July, 1981)

Cap goes to California to meet with Galactic Pictures who want to make a movie about his life. Twice the Nihilist Order shows up to kill him but so does the new hero Nomad. What is their connection and who is behind the attacks on Cap? (Cover date: September, 1981)

During a parade to promote the Captain America movie, Ameridroid & the Nihilist Order show up to attack Cap. Nomad again comes to Cap's rescue, but things go terribly wrong for both of them. (Cover date: October, 1981)

The Red Skull tells Cap about his scheme to discredit him in the public eye by using Nomad, Ameridroid & the Nihilist Order. Cap then finds out that it is a part of the Skull's much bigger plan to bring down America, and he tries to stop him before it can be implemented. (Cover date: November, 1981)

After Cap is abducted by Sultan & his Biotrons, Spidey & Nick Fury come to his rescue. Fury becomes grappled to a nuclear missile headed to Washington, DC, while Cap & Spidey find their escape from Sultan's island base isn't as easy as they thought it would be. (Cover date: January, 1982)

After Cap & Spidey save themselves from falling to their deaths, they must still deal with Sultan & its Biotrons who are trying to kill them. Meanwhile, Nick Fury must figure out how to stop the nuclear missile he is riding that is headed toward Washington, DC. (Cover date: February, 1982)

After the psychopath Everyman murders four policemen on TV, he challenges Cap to a duel at the Statute of Liberty to kill him, believing him to be a false symbol of the reality of America. (Cover date: March, 1982)

(Cover date: April, 1982)

Cap & Team America follow the Mad Thinker's giant android, who has kidnapped a Nobel Prize winner, through a teleportation tube. They find themselves in a quaint town where they meet the Mad Thinker's androids of famous thinkers of history. (Cover date: May, 1982)

(Cover date: June, 1982)

Cap & the Howling Commandos assault Hydra Island to free General Sawyer who has the launch codes for the SAC Aerial Command Center bomber that was hijacked by Baron Strucker & Hydra. (Cover date: October, 1982)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

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(Cover date: July, 1984)

Captured, Cap, Nomad & Arnie Roth are tormented by Sister Pleasure & Mother Superior prior to their planned execution at the hands of Zemo & the Red Skull. (Cover date: August, 1984)

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(Cover Date: February, 1987) Let's see, who has messed with Cap's mind in the past?

(Cover Date: June, 1987)

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: After giving up his Captain America identity due to a lack of freedom imposed by the government, Cap runs into an ecological saboteur called Brother Nature, who has acquired the power to control the forces of nature. After Brother Nature is injured during their fight, he learns the background of the man. He uses the experience to decide his future course of action in getting his Captain America identity back.

Watching criminals being killed is the favorite pastime of wealthy & eccentric Samson Scythe. After Scythe lures Cap into a meeting & tells him he would like to start killing heroes instead, Scythe coerces Cap into coming to his estate where he has deadly traps waiting for him. (Cover date: October, 1981)

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(Cover Date: September, 1968) Mar-Vell battles a man turned monster who retains a conscience.

(Cover Date: October, 1968)

(Cover Date: November, 1968) Wacky Moment: Good thing there happened to be an 1890's town full of robots that CM could use to his advantage!

(Cover Date: December, 1968) CM battles against an assassin robot, which Dr. Lawson created for The Organization.

(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, with Cyberex eventually killing the Aakon, & Mar-Vell destroying Cyberex for good this time. Yon-Rogg torments Una about Mar-Vell being with the grateful Carol.

(Cover Date: February, 1969) Summary: On the ship's video screen, Yon-Rogg & Una watch Mar-Vell & Carol kiss on Earth. On his return to the ship, Mar-Vell is given an assignment from Ronan to learn about The Organization as a prelude to forming an alliance with them. Number One executes Number 23 with the Eon-Ray for his failure to capture or kill Lawson. Mar-Vell & Carol bail out of her car when The Organization's agents shoot the Eon-Ray at them. It turns the car to rust & a bird into a pterosaur. Mar-Vell snaps the neck of the pterosaur. The unconscious Carol is captured by the agents, who leave a note for Lawson as to where she can be found. Mar-Vell goes to the location, where he proposes to Number One that they be allies, much to Carol's dismay. When Carol escapes her guards with Mar-Vell's help, Number One realizes he has been decieved. Mar-Vell is attacked by the guards until Number One shoots him with the Eon-Ray. Mar-Vell wrests the gun away before he dies of old age & manages to reverse the ray to save his life. He then turns the aging ray on Number One & his guards. He flies Carol safely away from the crumbling building. Ronan orders Yon-Rogg to have Mar-Vell executed for disobeying his orders. Una flies to the surface to warn Mar-Vell but is struck down by a stun ray from the patrolship carrying the firing squad. As Una wakes up, she sees Mar-Vell standing before the firing squad & telling the officer to do his duty.

(Cover Date: November, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1986) C & D learn a lesson about applying their brand of justice from the Beyonder.

Detective Brigid O'Reily becomes the undead Mayhem after being subjected to poisonous gas & Cloak & Dagger's powers while they are trying to save her life. (Cover Date: March, 1986)

(Cover Date: May, 1986)

(Cover Date: September, 1986)

(Cover Date: November, 1986) Nice pencils by Art Adams.

(Cover Date: November, 1986) An interesting start to this series.

(Cover Date: December, 1986) (Probably the best of the New Universe titles.)

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover Date: March, 1987)

(Cover Date: July, 1987)

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: After Randy rejects Charly's romantic overture for being black, she joins a group of belligerent black paranormals, who believe that they are being discriminated against at the clinic. The group then attacks white paranormals they consider to be rascists, including Randy.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: Lenore becomes addicted to absorbing life energy from others. By doing so, she has become younthful once again. Randy looks for a way to get rid of the antibody that killed a man. The black paranormal gang picks a fight with Randy. His antibodies then appear to protect him. Lenore stops the fight by absorbing the combatants' energy. Later, Randy is able to prevent the antibody from entering him using hypnosis. The antibody finds a home in the orphan boy Evan.

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I keep hoping that this series gets better, but this issue was the most boring to date. I am reserving my rating for the entire series, presuming that I stick with it. (Cover Date: July, 2023)

I was hoping for another Rorschach from King but this isn't that. This issue just plodded along in typical King fashion without a lot interesting happening. King also seems to think that including a lot of profanity makes the storytelling somehow better (it doesn't).

(Cover date: April, 1964)

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(Cover Date: October, 1964)

(Cover Date: December, 1964) [First issue by artist Wally Wood]

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(Cover Date: April, 1965)

(Cover Date: June, 1965)

(Cover Date: August, 1965) DD fights against a Doctor Doom wannabee.

(Cover Date: October, 1965)

(Cover Date: December, 1965) "But, why didn't you spend more time at the office, Matt?" says Foggy when they have no clients.

(Cover Date: January, 1966)

(Cover Date: February, 1966) Ka-Zar talks like the Hulk in these early appearances. All the pirate talk is corny as hell. Stan must have watched a lot of pirate movies.

(Cover Date: March, 1966) One sniper bullet at the military base would have been all that was needed to put an end to the Plunderer's delusional plan for world conquest.

(Cover Date: April, 1966) Wacky Moment: The Ox dresses the unconscious DD up in his clothes in order to mislead the police who are trailing him.

(Cover Date: May, 1966) The DD / Spidey interplay is good. The Masked Marauder talks like a typical cornball super-villain.

(Cover Date: June, 1966)

(Cover Date: July, 1966) Melvin Potter's mental issues are evident in his first appearance.

(Cover Date: August, 1966) Cliche ridden script by Stan.

(Cover Date: September, 1966) The Owl holds a farcical trial for the judge that sentenced him to prison with Matt Murdock being forced to be his defense attorney.

(Cover Date: October, 1966)

(Cover Date: November, 1966)

(Cover Date: December, 1966)

(Cover Date: January, 1967)

(Cover Date: February, 1967)

(Cover Date: March, 1967)

(Cover Date: April, 1967) The Masked Marauder apparently bites the big one.

(Cover Date: May, 1967) Eh, DD shouldn't be fighting against aliens.

(Cover Date: June, 1967) (It's interesting that DD can pull his cowl over his sunglasses, & there's no sign of them afterwards.)

(Cover Date: July, 1967) Wacky Moment: DD disguises himself as Thor using flesh-colored plastic.

(Cover Date: August, 1967) Wacky Moments: A woman tears off a piece of DD's mask as a souvenir. Foggy somehow holds the end of DD's cable while a very blind & powerless DD balances on it to distract Hyde & Cobra.

(Cover Date: September, 1967)

(Cover Date: October, 1967)

(Cover Date: November, 1967)

(Cover Date: December, 1967) Guest appearance by the Invisible Woman.

(Cover Date: January, 1968) Guest appearance by the Fantastic Four.

(Cover Date: February, 1968) Cameo by Galactus.

(Cover Date: March, 1968)

(Cover Date: April, 1968)

(Cover Date: May, 1968) This issue contains a letter from future Marvel editor/writer, Mark Gruenwald.

(Cover Date: June, 1968)

(Cover Date: July, 1968) The Jester is a welcomed new antagonist for DD. Dumb Plot Point: Matt carries a vial of acid with him to dissolve his civilian clothes!? (This issue includes a letter from future Marvel editor/writer, Mark Gruenwald.)

(Cover Date: August, 1968) Karen Page leaves Nelson & Murdock.

(Cover Date: September, 1968) DD is framed for murder by the Jester.

(Cover Date: October, 1968) Wacky Moment: DD assaults a man in the subway to take his rain coat (but leaves cash behind).

(Cover Date: November, 1968)

(Cover Date: December, 1968)

(Cover Date: January, 1969) Summary: DD overhears a mobster telling his associates that Stilt-Man has been hired to eliminate Foggy, who is running for DA. DD tries to take them out but they get away. Returning to the office, Matt finds that Karen is back. He gets everyone to leave when he says he wants the office alone to work, thereby alienating his friends, who are working on Foggy's campaign. That night DD waits in Foggy's office for Stilt-Man to show up. When he does, they get into a fight above the street. Stilt-Man escapes through a perfume factory, which confuses DD's hyper-senses. Sometime later, Matt returns to the office, finding that Foggy has won the election. Foggy is angry with Matt, & the future of the law firm is in doubt.

(Cover Date: February, 1969) Summary: Matt decides to give up being DD due to always sacrificing his love for Karen & his friendship with Foggy. When he is about to put his costume away in the closet, he finds a robot waiting inside. He fights back against the powerful robot, but he is eventually knocked unconscious. As the robot carries Matt away, it hears Willie Lincoln & his dog coming, drops Matt & departs the area. Flashback: In prison, Biggie Benson meets with Starr Saxon. He hires Saxon to have his robot destroy DD for his interference with Willie (see DD#47). At his home, Willie bandages Matt's head. Matt goes home & waits for the robot in his gym as DD. The robot bursts through a wall & tries to grab DD, who has greased his costume. After DD is knocked down, the robot wraps him up in a padded mat & applies pressure to subdue him. Comments: The scene on the cover does not happen in the story.

(Cover Date: March, 1969) Summary: DD escapes from the rolled up mat with his billy club then tries to take out Starr Saxon's robot. The robot grows in size to defeat him. Karen tries to call Matt to patch things up between them. DD manuevers the robot into striking a fuse box. Karen calls Foggy at his DA's office asking if he's heard from Matt. The robot is damaged & heads back to Saxon's lab for repairs, while DD follows it in the street. The robot & DD arrive at Saxon's lab. Saxon throws liquid phosphorus at DD, which starts a fire. Saxon puts the wrong photo in the Aromascope, which causes the robot to go after Biggie Benson instead of DD. DD tries to unsuccessfully stop the robot while Saxon escapes. DD follows the robot into the prison & to Benson's cell. DD is shot by a prison guard while doing so. A weakened DD tries to warn Benson, but Benson knocks him out, just before the robot crashes into his cell.

(Cover Date: April, 1969) Summary: In Biggie Benson's prison cell, DD lies unconscious as Starr Saxon's plastoid grabs Biggie. The plastoid releases Biggie when the guards turn the Stunulator on it. In pain, it grows & falls, killing Biggie. Its mission completed, it shuts down. The doctor gives DD an injection for his bullet wound. DD doesn't stick around to wait for the results of his blood test. Saxon tracks the plastoid's tracer to Matt's apartment & learns that he is DD. Saxon sends a signal to cause the plastoid to explode. DD senses it & hits the plastoid in its chestplate with his cable to stop it. On the way home, DD misses a ledge with his cable & lands hard on a roof. He doesn't feel well. Still intending to give up being DD, he calls Karen to meet him shortly to tell her his secret. Saxon helps Matt across the street when he gets dizzy & calls him Daredevil, shocking Matt. Matt meets Karen at a restaurant. He senses Saxon is standing nearby & runs away to protect Karen. Matt realizes his radar sense is now completely gone. Saxon introduces himself to Karen as Matt's friend & says he wants to talk to her. They leave the restaurant together. The doctor receives the results of DD's blood test. It states that his blood contains radioactive particles & to hold the injection due to a possible violent reaction. A tired Matt lies in a back alley, wanting to go to sleep.

(Cover Date: May, 1969) Summary: The Black Panther is looking for DD to save his life due to a deadly bood condition. BP & DD converge on Matt's apartment where Starr Saxon is holding Karen hostage. DD lets Saxon escape since he knows his secret identity.

(Cover Date: June, 1969) Summary: DD sits on a rooftop wondering how to stop Starr Saxon from revealing his secret identity. He reflects on his life with his father, the accident that blinded him, his early law career with Foggy & Karen, his father's murder & his confrontation with the Fixer & his henchmen when he first became DD. He decides that Matt Murdock should no longer exist to solve his problem.

(Cover Date: July, 1969) Summary: Foggy comforts Karen after they learn that Matt was killed in a plane crash. Matt recalls how he faked his death to keep Starr Saxon from blackmailing him. Mr. Fear challenges DD to meet him at the Central Park Zoo. Fear scoops up DD on his flying platform & attempts to drop him in the polar bear pen. DD escapes & grapples Fear's platform. Fear points his finger at DD, causing him to become afraid, & he falls to the ground. Fear vanishes, & DD is left ashamed for his display of cowardice.

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(Cover date: May, 1981)

The very first face-to-face encounter between DD & the Kingpin, and it doesn't go well for our hero. (Cover date: June, 1981)

Thinking his wife is dead, Kingpin retakes control of the NY mobs. After Bullseye fails to kill DD, Kingpin gives him his files in order to bring down the mob bosses who tried to kill him. (Cover date: July, 1981)

Two reporters are brutally assaulted near the storefront, and Matt's client, Melvin Potter (The Gladiator), is the chief suspect. Matt's secretary, Becky, also believes that Potter attacked her & left her crippled years before. After Potter's social worker is attacked, she gives DD a clue as to where he might find the "Lady Killer" so that he can be brought to justice. (Cover date: August, 1981)

The Kingpin hires the Hand to assassinate Matt & Melvin Potter (Gladiator). Daredevil gets an assist from Elektra who is back in the city. (Cover date: September, 1981)

After an attempted assassination of Foggy by Hand ninjas, a clue is found that leads DD & Elektra to the location of the Hand. They find Samurai warriors and the unkillable Kirigi waiting for them. (Cover date: October, 1981)

As DD searches for Stick, his former sensei, to get help for the loss of his radar-sense, he is followed by Heather, an armored-up Turk & Elektra. Unknown to her, Elektra is being stalked by Kirigi, who seeks revenge for his earlier defeat & near death at her hands. (Cover date: November, 1981)

(Cover date: December, 1981)

While DD is trying to protect a kid, who has evidence linking mayoral candidate Cherryh to the Kingpin, from Kingpin's hitmen, he must deal with Iron Fist & Power Man who Foggy hired as bodyguards for him & Matt. The Heroes for Hire think DD has something to do with Matt's disappearance. (Cover date: January, 1982)

When reporter Ben Uhrich gets too close to the Kingpin / Cherryh connection, he attracts the attention of the Kingpin's newest assassin, Elektra. Uhrich's friend, Daredevil, is there to protect Ben from becoming another dead man at Elektra's hand. (Cover date: February, 1982)

Recognizing Vanessa Fisk in Uhrich's photo, DD & Uhrich go into the sewers to find her and are met by the king of its denizens, who wants them both dead. (Cover date: March, 1982)

While in prison, Bullseye learns from the Punisher that he has been replaced as the Kingpin's chief assassin. After escaping prison, Bullseye tracks down Elektra while she is on an assignment from the Kingpin to kill Foggy. Elektra then must fight for her life against the deranged Bullseye. (Cover date: April, 1982)

Matt believes that Elektra may still be alive & becomes obsessed with finding out, eventually digging up her coffin. Meanwhile, the Punisher is broken out of prison by a federal agent in order to stop the Kingpin's massive narcotic shipment. (Cover date: May, 1982)

After a school girl on Angel Dust dies from her injuries after jumping out a window, DD, her brother & the Punisher converge on the drug dealer who sold her the drug. (Cover date: June, 1982)

DD stops the Punisher from executing the drug dealer, Hogman, who he believes is innocent of murder. After charges are dropped against Hogman, DD must stop both the boy Billy & the Punisher from killing Hogman after he admitted to Matt in court that he really was the killer. (Cover date: July, 1982)

Foggy gets mixed up with mob boss Slaughter & then with the Kingpin while investigating the reason that Heather's company is making explosives. Fortunately, DD is looking out for him. (Cover date: August, 1982)

After Stilt Man is hired by Glenn Industries to sabotage the DA's case against them, Turk steals Wilbur Day's armor & attempts to kidnap the assistant DA, but DD is waiting for him. (Cover date: September, 1982)

DD's hyper senses have become debilitating, so while searching for Stick, the city's lowlifes take advantage of his condition. Meanwhile, Stick & the Seven have become the targets of the Hand. Black Widow runs into the Hand while they are stealing the body of Kirigi from the city morgue. (Cover date: October, 1982)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover date: December, 1982)

(Cover date: January, 1983)

(Cover date: February, 1983)

(Cover date: March, 1983)

(Cover date: April, 1983)

(Cover date: May, 1983)

After an intoxicated Heather tells Tarkington Brown that Matt is DD, Brown sends his murder squad to kill Matt so that he doesn't interfere with his quest for vengeance against criminals. (Cover date: June, 1983)

DD & Wolverine become involved with a Japanese gang who have removed Bullseye from the hospital & are taking him to Japan to repair his spinal injury with the Kingpin's assistance. (Cover date: July, 1983)

DD goes to Japan to apprehend Bullseye. Instead of finding Bullseye on the ship, he finds a woman in chains, who has some connection to the villain Dark Wind. Dark Wind promises to heal Bullseye in exchange for his service. (Cover date: August, 1983)

DD & Yuriko travel to Dark Wind's island to find Bullseye & encounter Dark Wind's assassins & samurai along the way. (Cover date: September, 1983)

On Dark Wind's island, DD, accompanied by his daughter Yuriko, fight through Dark Wind's warriors to find Bullseye. DD ultimately comes face to face with Dark Wind with Bullseye no where to be found. (Cover date: October, 1983)

Despite suffering a broken arm in Japan, DD tracks down Bullseye when he arrives back in NYC with every intention of killing him to put an end to his killings. (Cover date: November, 1983)

With DD out of action with a broken arm, Black Widow helps him track down the man who tried to kill Foggy. The suspects are two brothers who are former Green Berets. (Cover date: December, 1983)

DD has to fight the brutal, ruthless savage, Micah, from an isolated tribe of Englishmen in East Africa, when he is about to kill a policeman for showing sorrow for the death of his wife. (Cover date: January, 1984)

DD breaks up the Trump's & his gang's weapons heist & captures the getaway truck driver. In prison, Matt recognizes the driver as Stymie Schmidt, who bullied him as a kid, but decides to defend him anyway. Later, Matt finds Stymie nearly dead in his prison cell after being shocked by a disguised Trump & gives him CPR to save him. Trump escapes DD through the subway in the crowd. Foggy gets information on Matt's past with Stymie. DD learns from Turk that Trump is raiding the mob's weapons armory. At the armory, DD fights the Trump & knocks him out to leave him for the police. Foggy talks Matt into dropping Stymie as a client, since he is motivated by getting revenge on him. (Cover date: February, 1984)

The media follows Micah Synn & his wife as they enter the subway. They are accompanied by Foggy & Debbie; Foggy makes a statement to a reporter regarding Micah's background. DD, who's been following Micah, knocks him out of the way of Crossbow's bolt. Micah knocks his wife onto the subway tracks. DD keeps her down so that the train passes over the top of them. Crossbow meets with Lord Synn, who wants his relative Micah killed, so that his family name isn't sullied by him. When Micah's wife, Sra, isn't feeling well & Micah laughs, Foggy speculates that this is how his tribe shows concern. Debbie tells Foggy that she wants to invite Micah to their party. Matt tells Foggy that he wants to drop Micah as a client since he is trouble. Foggy speculates that Micah may have family that are trying to kill him, & they should look into it. DD confronts Lord Synn in his hotel room. Frightened, he tells DD that Crossbow is going to be at the Nelsons' party. A bedraggled Tony Stark shows up at the party & immediately starts drinking. Micah & Debbie embrace & kiss while she is giving him a tour of the penthouse. DD finds Crossbow on the balcony & stops him before he can shoot Micah. Micah comes behind DD & tries to hit him over the head with a potted plant. Stark then shows up, distracting DD, & Micah tosses him over the balcony. DD catches himself on the balcony's ledge. He hits Micah in the chin with his baton & kicks Crossbow in the head to knock him out. Foggy & Debbie then arrive on the scene with Debbie in tears. (Cover date: March, 1984)

(Cover date: April, 1984)

(Cover date: May, 1984) [First issue pencilled by the great David Mazzucchelli.]

(Cover date: June, 1984)

(Cover date: July, 1984)

DD is pursued by Mrs. Sterling's exploding little girl robots. Matt runs into his childhood friend, Johnny, who is drawn into the danger. (Cover date: August, 1984)

After Micah Synn's men free Crossbow from his prison detail, Synn uses him to try to kill DD when he comes to his penthouse. (Cover date: September, 1984)

DD rescues two women (one who is Becky) from being sacrificed to Micah Synn's god, Mow. In the aftermath, DD & the Kingpin agree to join forces to bring down Synn. (Cover date: October, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover date: December, 1984)

(Cover date: January, 1985)

(Cover date: February, 1985)

The Gael has managed to escape from prison. DD must find Glorianna before the Gael does, knowing that he plans to kill her. (Cover Date: March, 1985)

DD goes to the airport to stop the Cossack from setting up his blindness transmitter in order to bring down the arriving airplanes. Glorianna is there too to leave the country, but so is the Gael, who wants her dead. (Cover Date: April, 1985)