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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)

(Cover date: April, 1984)

(Cover Date: June, 1985)

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: November, 1984)

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

(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: 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.

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.

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

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)

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)

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)

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: January, 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)

(Cover Date: October, 1985) Another fine effort by Mr. Mazzucchelli.

(Cover Date: February, 1986)

(Cover Date: March, 1986)

(Cover Date: April, 1986) Santa Turk makes Matt's bad day even worse.

(Cover Date: May, 1986)

(Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: July, 1986)

Vizier Z gives Lord Papal intelligence on the Monarchy's military operations & tells him that he has redeployed its forces to leave Jewelworld defenseless to an attack. Dreadstar tells his team about his million year old past, including how he acquired his sword. He tells them who he thinks Vizier Z may be from his past. Oedi is ambushed by Z when going to get military intelligence from King Gregzor. (Cover date: January, 1984)

While the Instrumentality invades the Monarchy's throneworld, Jewelworld, Dreadstar confronts Vizier Z in the palace & is overcome when a cyborg King Gregzor strikes him from behind. While Dreadstar is strung up, Z reveals that he is a Zygotean who survived the destruction of the Milky Way one million years ago & seeks vengeance against him. He tells Dreadstar that he will be killed by a nuclear bomb in one hour. Before that happens, a ship is shot down overhead & lands where Dreadstar & the immobilized Gregzor were left. (Cover date: March, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover date: December, 1984)

(Cover date: February, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986)

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

(Cover Date: April, 1966)

(Cover Date: May, 1966)

Reed, Sue, Johnny, Ben & Alicia all live happily in Liddleville. Some are haunted by dreams of going into space in a rocket & of having super-powers. Reed is a struggling professor. Ben is married to Alicia & owns a restaurant. Alicia is no longer blind. What is going on, & who is behind it all? (Cover date: November, 1981)

After the Surfer determines that Reed is no longer on Earth, the FF go to the Watcher for help to find him. They find him among the ships of those who survived the destruction of their worlds by Galactus. They discover that Reed has been sentenced to death for saving Galactus' life, which lead to the destruction of the Skrull Throneworld. (Cover date: December, 1983)

Reed is put on trial by Shi'ar Majestrix Lilandra for saving the life of Galactus, which later lead to the destruction of the Skrull Throneworld. The Watcher leads the defense of Reed by arguing that Galactus is an essential force of the universe that must be preserved. (Cover date: January, 1984)

(Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: May, 1985) [Revisits the origin of Doctor Doom]

(Cover Date: January, 1986) The welcomed return of the real Jean Grey.

(Cover Date: February, 1986) No woman has ever lost her husband like poor Peggy McArthur.

A very intriguing first issue.

(Cover Date: May, 2022) Summary: Magneto shocks everyone when he unexpectedly resigns from the Quiet Council. The council considers the contenders to replace him. Hope convinces the majority of the council that she should be a member. Enraged at not being selected, Selene uses her magic to transform the External Gate to Arakko into a huge monster. Sinister is revealed to be using his "Moira Engine" to manipulate the future course of events on Krakoa.

(Cover Date: July, 2022) Summary: Storm & Magneto team up to bring down Selene's monster. After Dr. Nemesis warns that they might damage space by hurting it, they cease their attack. Hope & Exodus join their powers to protect the inhabitants from the monster. Sinister turns into a chimera to battle the monster. When the monster explodes, Nightcrawler rescues Sinister, who was blown out into the ocean. Destiny tells Hope that Selene will be vulnerable in London at a specific time. Hope uses Magik's power to teleport to London with a rifle & kills Selene with a bullet made of mysterium. When Selene is resurrected on Krakoa, Exodus uses his power on Selene's mind to remove the monster from existence. After a Quiet Council meeting, Destiny collapses due to the monster's effect on her, & she repeats Sinister's words from their meeting in 1919.

The very dense plot is reminiscent of Stan Lee's great stories in his hayday. You don't see that much with today's comics. The artwork was superb.
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(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: At breakfast, the team talks about the boys at Lila's party that Amara missed. For fun, Dani shows her heart's desire: Empath. Amara gets angry at her for doing so & leaves the room. In her room, she reads a letter from her father asking her to return home. The Hellions are watching TV at breakfast & see footage of Cannonball crashing into a tower, which freed Bird Boy. The Hellions decide to go capture BB first, assuming the NM's are involved. The NM's see BB on TV & decide to rescue him, thinking that he is a mutant. Tarot creates a winged creature from one of her cards to provide transportation. Magik teleports the team, along with Brightwind, to the city. They find BB as the Hellions swoop in on them. Dani lands Brightwind as team members are about to fall off. Dani & Amara fly after the Hellions & are attacked by Tarot's creatures. Amara burns Tarot's cards, causing the Hellions to fall, until Tarot creates another winged creature to save them. The creature slashes at Brightwind, causing Brightwind to land hard. Dani falls off & hits her head. Amara tells Warpath to get away from Dani. Empath uses his powers to manipulate Amara, who has feelings for him. Magik & the others teleport to the scene with fish. Cannonball beats Jetstream to Bird Boy & carries him into Magik's teleportation disk, & the team disappears. In the Danger Room, they find that Bird Boy is most comfortable in a desert island setting. Doug says that BB is so alien that he can't understand him. Amara tells the team that she is transferring to the Massachusetts Academy to resolve her feelings for Empath. Comments: It is unclear at this point whether Amara's feelings for Empath are genuine or were created by Emma Frost.

The Hobgoblin uses Norman Osborn's Green Goblin gas to give himself super-strength. Liz & Harry tell their friends that they are expecting. When Spidey & Black Cat go out "super-heroing" together, the Hobgoblin attacks them, & Spidey has to worry about keeping the Cat from being harmed during their fight. (Cover date: December, 1983)

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: (Continued from ASM #293) Spidey-Kraven takes out some thugs engaged in a drug shipment. He kills one of them. He leaves when the police arrive on the scene. A woman is kidnapped by Vermin off of a sidewalk & becomes his next victim. A police car sees him in the street. Vermin crashes through the front window & throws an officer to the street, where he is swarmed by rats. The female police officer shoots at Vermin & grazes him. Vermin licks her face because she reminds him of his mother & leaves her alive, although now traumatized. MJ goes to Joe Robertson's apartment to tell him about Peter's absence, but she leaves quickly without telling him anything. Joe seems to suspect that Peter is Spidey. Kraven releases a rat & tracks it to Vermin's sewer location as Spidey-Kraven. They get into a ferocious fight, where Vermin bites him a couple of times. Kraven knocks Vermin unconscious. He carries Vermin's body out of the manhole & onto the street. A hand emerges from Spidey's grave, which is covered with spiders.

This is a very strong start to this series. It has an intriguing premise and many interesting questions are raised. I hope King can satisfactorily deliver on them. A few other questions came to mind that were not addressed. What happened to the fake IDs that were supposedly used? How was the sniper rifle smuggled into the convention? How did the FBI know that Myerson was "missing" when he was a known recluse? The artwork is not my favorite style but it works.

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(Cover Date: July, 1987) Summary: SS is attacked by the Champion, who seeks to kill him to prevent SS from interfering with the Skrulls' plan to blackmail Galactus to destroy the Kree. With the help of the FF, SS is freed from the confines of Earth. SS rescues Nova from the Skrulls, & in exchange, he receives a full pardon from Galactus for his prior transgression against him.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: Mantis has nursed SS back to health after his battle with the Runner. SS tells her how he became involved with the Elders. Mantis tells SS of her background & how she fed him information about the Elders on Panamint. On Kree-Lar, the Kree Supreme Intelligence deduces from reports that the Skrulls have lost their shape-changing power. In the Andromeda Galaxy, the Skrull ruler is informed of the suicide of the ambassador & crew (last issue). A Celestial is seen standing over the city. SS & Mantis fly to the living planet Ego where the Elders are meeting. Grandmaster tells the others that they are now immortal since they are barred from Death's realm. Grandmaster tells them that Galactus must die in the next phase of their plan. SS & Mantis are detected by Ego. SS escapes from Ego's tentacles then rescues Mantis from the grasp of the Champion. They escape back into space.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: The Obliterator has followed SS & Mantis & attacks them in space. SS drives the Obliterator into a planet, & the two escape. The Skrull king, Kylor, tries to talk with the Celestial standing on his world. He recounts how the Celestials' gene experiments in the past lead to the creation of the Skrulls & Dire Wraiths. The Skrulls attack the Celestial but to no effect. SS & Mantis land on a plantworld. Mantis expresses her feelings for SS & tries to convince him to feel the same. The Obliterator strikes from above, & Mantis engages in combat with him. The Obliterator disintegrates Mantis. A Kree spy lands on the Skrull planet to confirm that they have lost their shape-changing power but is soon detected & captured. SS fights against the Obliterator & wins by making his weapons useless. No longer having a purpose, the Obliterator wants to die but cannot due to the Grandmaster beating Death. Mantis reappears, having transferred her life essence to the plantlife & creating a new body. Based on the information extracted from the Kree spy, the Skrulls are sending an armada to attack the Kree first.

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: The Skrull armada destroys a Kree oupost, but bypasses another Kree base due to a spy among the Supreme Intelligence's staff. The Obliterator tells SS & Mantis of his origin & why the Elders wish to destroy Galactus. SS & Mantis reach an understanding with each other. SS receives a message from Shalla-Bal that the Kree fleet is threatening Zenn-La.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: SS destroys two Kree Destructoids who have invaded Zenn-La. SS bids an unemotional farewell to Shalla-Bal. Mantis listens in on the Elders' meeting on Earth. They have 5 of the 6 soul gems needed to destroy Galactus. Mantis is captured, but manages to send out a mental energy beam into space before succumbing to the plants trapping her. SS meets with the Supreme Intelligence on Kree-Lar. The Supremor agrees to leave Zenn-La alone but not Earth. SS is hit by a ray from the sixth soul gem on the Supremor's forehead. The Contemplator, who has come to bargain for the soul gem, watches nearby.

Most of this issue felt like a rehash of what happened previously, but I realize it is all necessary to set up the future issues in this series. I did enjoy seeing Black Cat & Hobgoblin in this issue. Zdarsky is skilled at writing the characters' dialogue. I'm not sure I understood Chip's depiction of the skulls in the story unless it was to suggest that PP does not exist under the symbiote suit. The artwork was just serviceable..too bad for this story.
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 Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow #2 Aug 2, 2021

(Cover Date: August, 1986)

The Terrific scenes are .... Terrific! How does Superman talk to Adam on the airless moon? What is up with Alanna's smoking & why is her nose always red? (I'm catching up on this series after reading good things about it.)

Terrific's report is interesting to read which is why I am giving this issue a high rating. However, it feels like his report is conjecture rather than a presentation of facts. What source did he use for the previous Pykkt invasions? The Rannians didn't share their information with him. There is no evidence that Strange is colluding with the Pykkts in their war against Earth. Maybe the Pykkts are a lot smarter than he gives them credit for & Batman's tactics are not perfect. Terrific has no evidence that Aleea is NOT dead, it is just speculation. Remember that Strange recruited all the races on Rann to fight against the Pykkts. Why is it so difficult to believe that Rann might win? Also, if the Pykkts have so much honor & grace, why would they let their soldiers be slaughtered by Strange & his forces?? I like that this issue focussed on Alanna in the present.

Adam's odd behavior in this issue makes one wonder if he is a type of Manchurian Candidate. I expect King to throw another curve ball in the series finale.

I liked it. The story was good, and the artwork was great. The dialogue was a little awkward at times, but these are criminals and not Rhodes Scholars. If Waller is that important, why did she have no security? I didn't realize that Luke Cage, ur Pebbles, had crossed over into the DC universe. I haven't followed Red Hood, but I really liked how he was written in this issue. I don't read Suicide Squad but picked this up because the premise sounded interesting.

(Cover date: September, 1980)

(Cover date: January, 1981)

(Cover date: February, 1981)

On Magneto's island, the X-Men, without their powers, must find a way to destroy Magneto's device to manipulate the Earth's crust, which is the key component of his plan to take over control of the world, believing it is necessary to save mutantkind. (Cover date: October, 1981)

Kitty & Storm, in Emma Frost's body, travel to the X-Mansion to attempt to free their companions who are being held by the Hellfire Club & their mercenaries. Little does the Hellfire Club know that they are also holding Kurt's love, the sorceress Amanda Sefton. (Cover date: December, 1981)

In order to prevent a Shi'ar incursion on Earth to find Lilandra, Xavier requests an opportunity for the X-Men & Corsair to find her first. They are joined by the Avengers' Tigra in their search. When they zero in on her location in NYC, they find Deathbird & her Brood allies waiting for them. (Cover date: March, 1982)

The X-Men & Illyana are transported to Belasco's magical limbo where the rules of time & space do not apply. They get help from an unexpected ally to fight against the Dark Ones disciple Belasco & his evil demon S'ym. (Cover date: August, 1982)

While in his catatonic state, Xavier relives his meeting with Gabrielle Haller & Magnus (Magneto) 20 years earlier in Israel. After Xavier frees Gabrielle from her own catatonia, she is kidnapped by Baron von Strucker of Hydra who needs the information planted in her subconscious mind by the Nazis. (Cover date: September, 1982)

Wolverine finds himself on an alien world pursued by the Brood, but how did he get there? (Cover date: October, 1982)

After Angel is kidnapped by Sunder, the X-Men go into the sewers to find him & are attacked by the Morlocks, led by Callisto, who wants Angel for her love slave. (Cover date: May, 1983)

Rogue comes to Xavier asking for his help since she can no longer control her mutant powers, much to the objection of Carol Danvers (Binary) & the X-Men. (Cover date: July, 1983)

In the Alley, the kidnapped Kitty is presented to the Morlocks in a wedding dress. At a hospital morgue, Storm, Rogue & Wolverine have come to identify Kitty's body. Wolverine says that it is not Kitty due to the scent. At the X-Mansion, Xavier is hit by a powerful extraterrestrial psychic blast. Callisto reminds Kitty of her commitment to stay with Caliban if he helped the X-Men. For his amusement, Masque changes Kitty's face until Callisto orders him to stop. Storm, Rogue & Wolverine arrive in the Alley. Leech robs them of their powers. Kitty tells them that Callisto had agreed to help Peter for her joining them. At the X-Mansion, Rogue absorbs Peter's power, returning Peter to normal, then the Morlock Healer heals him of his numerous mortal wounds. Seeing that Kitty is unhappy to leave the sun, Caliban releases her from her vow due to his love for her & leaves her with a rose. (Cover date: March, 1984)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

(Cover Date: May, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1985) The government sanctioned Freedom Force comes after Magneto with the X-Men standing in their way.

(Cover Date: December, 1985) First appearance of Fenris.

(Cover Date: February, 1986)

After Rachel had stolen his life essence to battle the Beyonder, she is haunted by nightmares of Wolverine trying to kill her for not asking his permission. (Cover Date: July, 1986)

(Cover Date: December, 1986) Morlock Massacre tie-in. First mention of Mr. Sinister & his plan.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: Kraven fights against a panther & a gorilla. He recalls that he came to this country after the Russian revolution as a child. His herbs, roots & potions have kept him young, but he thinks he will die soon. Spidey stops by a tavern to pay his respects to the late Joe Face. Kraven immerses himself in spiders & eats mouthfuls of them. Peter wakes up from a nightmare & goes out web-slinging, but not feeling right. Kraven is stalking Spidey & is followed by his henchman in a helicopter. Spidey is hit by a dart from Kraven, which drugs him. He alternately sees Joe Face & Kraven. After Kraven hits him in the head with a pole, he throws a net over Spidey that he is unable to break. Spidey is shocked to see Kraven approach him with a rifle. After Spidey tells him that it isn't his style, Kraven shoots him. Spidey lies in a coffin in the cemetery near Kraven's manor. The coffin is lowered into the hole. Kraven shows both sadness & elation. Kraven's henchman begins to fill the hole with dirt.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: Spidey hallucinates about seeing Ned Leeds, being a spider & crawling naked through a tunnel where Kraven is waiting to shoot him. He reaches the surface & staggers to Kraven's estate. He finds a newspaper that indicates that he has been buried for two weeks. He realizes that he was shot with one of Kraven's jungle potions. Vermin is trapped in an electrified cage. Spidey returns back to the apartment to see MJ. Later, despite MJ's protests about his condition, he leaves to go find Kraven. He enters Kraven's penthouse through the skylight where Kraven is waiting for him.

(Cover date: April, 1982)

(Cover Date: November, 1986) Morlock massacre tie-in
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 X-Men (2021): Hellfire Gala 2023 #1 Aug 3, 2023

(Cover Date: August, 1984)

Cover Date: October, 1984)

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(Cover Date: August, 1985)

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)

(Cover date: July, 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)

(Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1985)

(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: 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: 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: September, 1986)

(Cover Date: January, 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: 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: 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: April, 1967)

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

(Cover Date: December, 1968)

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 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)

(Cover date: April, 1984)

(Cover date: May, 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: 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: July, 1985) 😄

(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.

(Cover Date: July, 1986)

(Cover Date: September, 1986)

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(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)

(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: October, 1964)

(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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 Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #76 Oct 22, 2021

(Cover Date: October, 1964)

(Cover Date: May, 1965)

(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: 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: 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.

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: April, 1983)

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)

(Cover date: April, 1984)

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)

(Cover date: February, 1985)

(Cover Date: May, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1985)

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

(Cover Date: August, 1985)

(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!

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: 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: 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: 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: 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)

(Cover Date: November, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1986)

(Cover Date: March, 1986)

(Cover Date: May, 1986)
8.0
 Batman (2016) #93 Oct 24, 2021
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 Batman (2016) #94 Oct 25, 2021
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 Batman (2016) #100 Oct 26, 2021
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 Batman (2016) #104 Oct 27, 2021
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 Batman (2016) #106 Oct 30, 2021
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 Batman (2016) #107 Oct 30, 2021

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.
8.0
 Batman (2016) #112 Sep 16, 2021

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.

8.0
 Batman (2016) #116 Nov 14, 2021

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.

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?

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.

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

(Cover Date: November, 1968)

(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: December, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1986)

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

(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: March, 1987)

(Cover Date: February, 1965)

(Cover Date: June, 1965)

(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: May, 1980)

(Cover date: January, 1981)

(Cover date: March, 1981)

(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)

(Cover date: December, 1981)

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)

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)

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)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover date: December, 1982)

(Cover date: March, 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)

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)

(Cover date: January, 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)

(Cover Date: May, 1985)

(Cover Date: July, 1985) [Death of Matt's one time fiancee, Heather Glenn]

(Cover Date: August, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1985)

(Cover Date: December, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986)

(Cover Date: November, 1986)
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 Daredevil (1998) #105 Nov 4, 2021
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 Daredevil (2015) #6 May 28, 2021
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 Daredevil (2015) #9 May 28, 2021
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 Daredevil (2015) #12 Jun 2, 2021
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 Daredevil (2015) #13 Jun 2, 2021
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 Daredevil (2019) #28 Nov 10, 2021
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 Daredevil (2019) #29 Nov 10, 2021

I love the focus on Elektra in this issue. What a great character to enjoy.
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 Daredevil (2019) #31 Jan 29, 2022
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 Daredevil (2019) #32 Jan 30, 2022
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 Daredevil (2019) #33 Jan 30, 2022

(Cover Date: February, 2024)

Doctor Strange transports the remaining Defenders, along with the Vision & Scarlet Witch, to Earth-S to join Namor, Hulk, Hellstrom, Nighthawk & Hyperion. The Overmind has conquered that world by mind controlling its leaders & the Squadron Supreme. (Cover date: October. 1982)

(Cover Date: November, 1982)

Hush's derangement is on full display in this issue. I loved seeing Damian give him the full scalpel treatment. Brad Walker's art was a treat.

Another solid installment by Tamaki. The art & coloring are excellent.

Overall, I liked Tamaki's story in this issue, and Bog's artwork was good too. The second story on Vile's background was mildly interesting. I liked the interaction between Vile & Huntress. I like the Huntress' role as Batman's ally in this arc. I hope Worth takes a long timeout nap under the cement, since his confrontations with the Bat were becoming redundant.

I thought both stories were good. Bruce seems to throw caution to the wind by talking to Oracle on his cell phone in a public place. The Jury appears to be hiring retired Imperial Storm Troopers with poor eyesight. A hail of bullets, and Batman has nary a scratch. Red Hood popping up at the end of the second story was a pleasant surprise. It reminded me of Rorschach's eating habits in The Watchmen.

(Cover date: December, 1982)

While Strange & Dane Whitman are aboard a liner crossing the Atlantic, Umar attacks the ship with her mystical powers, thinking that Strange is behind the rebellion going on in her Dark Dimension. (Cover date: February, 1985)

(Cover Date: October, 1985)

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(Cover Date: July, 2024) **SPOILERS** Summary: Valeria Richards finds the barely alive Doom floating in space after his battle with Galactus in his Doom Titan armor. He failed to stop him as did all of the heroes before him. She prepares him for his next battle with Galactus, who plans to use the Celestials' Ultimate Nullifier to destroy & recreate the universe.

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover date: March, 1983)

(Cover date: May, 1983)

Lord Papal of the Instrumentality sends a hit squad to assassinate Syzygy, Oedi & Skeevo while they are conducting business at The Commune. (Cover date: July, 1983)

Dreadstar somehow survives after a ship falls on the Monarchy palace, deactivates the nuclear bomb left by Vizier Z then fights Z to the death as Insty forces take control of Jewelworld. (Cover date: April, 1984)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

The team runs into Tuetun when they take the injured Oedi to see a doctor on Falstarro. (Cover date: July, 1984)

(Cover date: August, 1984)

Vanth & his team are defeated by High Lord Papal & his associates, Infra Red & Ultra Violet. After High Lord Papal breaks his sword, rendering him powerless, Vanth begins to age rapidly, since his sword kept him young. Prior to leaving, High Lord Papal states that they will return the next day to execute the rest of Vanth's team. (Cover date: October, 1984)

Vanth suspects that a member of his team is a traitor for giving the High Lord Papal the location of their secret base. On Caldor, Oedi has Doctor Delphi download information off of the Instrumentality's computer that may identify their traitor. (Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1985)

(Cover Date: August, 1985) Dreadstar & Company battle against Mezlo's horde of cyborgs.

(Cover Date: October, 1985) While fleeing from Instrumentality destroyers, the team loses a member when the teleportation drive on their ship blows up.

(Cover Date: December, 1985) The past relationship between Willow & Doctor Delphi is revealed.

(Cover Date: February, 1986)

(Cover Date: April, 1986)

(Cover Date: November, 1986)

(Cover Date: March, 1987)

(Cover Date: July, 1987) Features the biography of Vanth Dreadstar.

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: Oedi tells Vanth how things have changed during the two years he was in a coma. Those with special powers are associated with those working for Lord Papal, so they remain undercover. He shows him statutes of Skeevo & Gecko Lingus who are regarded as the heroes of the revolution. The names of the others in Dreadstar & Company have been forgotten. Oedi tells him that he is now a cop that hunts down paranormal war criminals. They teleport to the asteroid HQ of his Special Forces Unit. Vanth meets Skeevo who is its figurehead; Oedi is really the one in charge. Syzygy tells him he is trying to locate Doctor Delphi & is preparing for the return of the 12 gods. Willow takes care of her lobotomitzed mother & is constantly haunted by mental babble due to her enhanced telepathic abilities. Vanth meets Iron Angel, a cyborg created by the Instrumentality & who rebelled against them. The cocky Fixx challenges Vanth to a duel. Oedi stops it when Fixx uses his sonics at full power. Vanth meets their former foe, Tueton, who Oedi found was working as a junkyard dog. Vanth decides to join his unit. Oedi gives him his badge.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: Vanth practices with his new Tyrellian throwing darts. Oedi assigns Vanth to a mission with Willow & Fixx to pick up three Insty priests. After landing on Derranus-9, Fixx saves Vanth from being hit over the head with a wrench by an employee at a flyer rental agency, who was working for the priests. Fixx is left behind to handle the paperwork on the dead employee while Vanth & Willow go to the priests' hideout. After a fight, they capture two of the priests alive & kill one. They find Sister Jennifer in the hideout. Willow wants to arrest her for being associated the Instrumentality, while Vanth wants to let her go since she is innocent of any war crimes. Willow attacks Vanth when he resigns & wants to take the sister away. They use their powers against each other until Willow backs down. Willow asks Sister Jennifer what she will do with her freedom. She says that she will continue to evangelize others with the Instrumentality religion. Vanth takes her to a backward world where the sister doesn't speak their language.

(Cover Date: November, 1985)

(Cover Date: February, 1986)

(Cover Date: March, 1986)

After teleporting to Lemuria, Thena & Kro flee the priests' bailiffs & are confronted by Ikaris & High Priest Ghaur while in the Flame Pits viewing the results of "Purity Time". (Cover Date: April, 1986)

(Cover Date: May, 1986) Thena & Kro hide at Sersi's costume party but are found by the Eternals led by Ikaris & the Deviants led by Ghaur. Guest appearances by Hercules, Namor & Angel.

(Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: July, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986) Ikaris frees Sersi from Ghaur's control but is unable to stop him from gaining the power of a Celestial.

(Cover Date: September, 1986)

(Cover date: September, 1963)

(Cover Date: March, 1965) [First appearance of the Inhuman, Medusa]

(Cover Date: December, 1965)

(Cover Date: January, 1966)

(Cover Date: March, 1966)

(Cover Date: June, 1966)

(Cover Date: July, 1966) "Even the fabulous Mr. Fantastic will be no match for me!" says every FF villain.

(Cover Date: August, 1966) I forgot that T'Challa actually smokes a cigarette in this issue.

Doom lulls the Surfer into complacency then siphons his cosmic power from him. Meanwhile, the FF must fend off an attack by the Sandman, who wants to steal Reed's technology to give it to his Frightful Four leader, the Wizard. (Cover Date: December, 1966)

(Cover Date: August, 1967) First appearances of the Kree Supreme Intelligence & Ronan the Accuser.

(Cover Date: October, 1967) Features the first full appearance of Adam Warlock (Him).

(Cover Date: April, 1968)

(Cover Date: May, 1968)

(Cover Date: February, 1969) Summary: In Attilan, Reed, Johnny & Ben unsuccessfully attempt to break out of their holding cell. Reed theorizes that they are being hypnotized to believe the walls are impenetrable. Maximus has his evil Inhumans dress him in his regal attire for his coronation. Black Bolt carefully controls the power of his voice to break the Royal Family out of their holding cell. The Royal Family quickly defeat the Alpha Primitives who attack them. The FF threesome escape from their cell by believing that there are no walls. They are confronted again by Zorr, who they quickly overcome before it can use its hypnotic inducer, as Reed suspected it had. Maximus declares himself Emperor Eternal to the crowd & prepares to fire his Hypno-Gun to subject the rest of the world to his rule. Crystal uses her elemental power to destroy the gun before it can be fired. Maximus flees on the back of Stallior. Black Bolt stops the angry crowd from pursuing & killing Maximus. Maximus & his evil Inhumans escape Attilan in his hidden space ship. Maximus swears that he will return.

After Galactus is left dying after his battle with the FF & Avengers, Reed decides to try to save his life, although Iron Man questions the decision. After Galactus recovers, he still hungers & plans to devour Earth. (Cover date: July, 1982)

After Galactus struggles with his new found conscience, Death reminds him of what his role is in the universe. His now morally bankrupt herald, Nova (Frankie Raye), leads him to the Skrull Throneworld to assuage his hunger. (Cover date: August, 1983)

While Ben, Johnny & Sue are fighting against Tyros for their lives, the Silver Surfer arrives on the scene and a match of cosmic powered entities ensues. At the battle's conclusion, Doom is seemingly vaporized, & the three FF members assume he is dead (bad assumption). Meanwhile, Reed is mysteriously missing. (Cover date: November, 1983)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover Date: October, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1985) So what did Sue actually do to Psycho Man?

(Cover Date: March, 1986) The story explains how Dr. Doom appeared in Secret Wars when he had been presumed dead (his body was disintegrated) at that time.

(Cover Date: April, 1986) The FF's investigation of the dimensional breech to the Negative Zone leads to an encounter with two of its biggest baddies that they never wanted to see.

(Cover Date: May, 1986) Reed makes the supreme sacrifice to stop Annihilus from reaching Earth.

(Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: July, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986)

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover Date: March, 1987) Johnny marries Alicia (or does he?).

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: Crystal arrives at the FF's HQ to see her estranged husband, Quicksilver, who is being detained in a holding cell. The psychopathic Quicksilver assaults her, but she overcomes him with her elemental powers. Ben offers Crystal a position in the FF to replace Reed & Sue. Johnny is angered by Ben's offer to Crystal & gets into a scuffle with Ben. Crystal assures Sue that she will not get between Johnny & Alicia. Reed gives Crystal an enhanced potion that will allow her to better cope with Earth's pollution. After the intruder alarm goes off, the FF find Doctor Doom in the lobby. Doom tells them that he wants Franklin to be turned over to him. (Continued in FF Annual #20)

(Cover Date: November, 1968) Features the first appearances of the big bad bug, Annihilus, & Franklin Richards.

(Cover Date: November, 1985)

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: Dr. Doom requests the use of Franklin to free his mother from Mephisto, but the FF refuse to give him up. Doom attacks them, & Franklin is kidnapped by a robot. The robot drops Franklin off with Doom. Johnny brings the deactivated robot back to HQ. After the FF head for Latveria, Kristoff (who thinks he's Doom) summons the robot to free him from his holding cell. The FF follow Kristoff past the security devices to get into Doom's castle, but they are reactivated when Kristoff detects them. Doom summons Mephisto with a magic spell & offers to exchange Franklin's soul for that of his mother. Kristoff interrupts them when he attacks Doom, thinking he is a fraud. The FF enter the chamber through a hole in the wall created by Ben. Reed follows Mephisto, who has Franklin, back to his Nether-Realm. Franklin attacks Mephisto with his power, & Mephisto sends both Reed & Franklin back. Reed tells Doom that Franklin could have beaten Mephisto if Doom hadn't had psychic dampers in place. The Doom-Bots turn on Doom thinking he is the fraud. Doom flies away to escape them & pledges to deal with Kristoff another day. Kristoff tells the FF that they do not concern him now & that they should leave immediately.

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover Date: March, 1987)

(Cover Date: April, 1987)

(Cover Date: June, 1987) After conquering his self-doubts, Reed saves Kitty's life by reversing her disintegration.
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 Future State: Gotham #5 Oct 7, 2021

(Cover date: September, 1983)

Hawkeye & Mockingbird team up to find out what new lethal weapon CTE is developing & run into "The Silencer" who tries to kill them for it. (Cover date: October, 1983)

Hawkeye & Mockingbird are forced to fight to the death when Crossfire turns his undertaker machine on them. (Cover date: December, 1983)
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 Hellions (2020) #1 Dec 29, 2021

(Cover date: September, 1982)

(Cover date: October, 1982)

(Cover date: December, 1982)

(Cover date: March, 1984)

(Cover date: April, 1984)

Schreck, the last disciple of Thanos, steals Captain Marvel's Nega-Bands & attempts to destroy the Eternals' civilization on Titan for being enemies of Thanos. Hercules is there to stop him. (Cover date: May, 1984)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

The artwork is good, but I wanted to see fewer big splash panels and more story.

I picked this up on a whim (I didn't read Immortal Hulk). It's not bad. Awesome cover. Banner is angry. Hulk is angry. Avengers are clueless. Hulk-Buster Iron Man gets demolished. The twist at the end certainly sets up some potentially interesting storylines for this series. There is also some backstory that we need to learn about. What happened in El Paso? How did Banner gain control? Who or what is Betty?
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 Human Target (2021) #2 Dec 4, 2021

(Cover Date: October, 1985) The story recounts the early tragic life of Bruce Banner.

(Cover Date: November, 1985)

(Cover Date: March, 1986)

(Cover Date: May, 1986) While Doc Samson saves the Hulkbusters from the Hulk, Bruce & Betty actually get hitched even after T-Bolt Ross' interference.

(Cover Date: September, 1986)

(Cover Date: December, 1986)

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: The Stalker chases a teenage girl he blinded out of her bedroom window & into the arms of the Hulk, who protects her from him. The Stalker disappears when the police show up, as does the Hulk who jumps away. The girl is in the hospital after having her eyes slashed by the Stalker. She tells Banner about the attack & a suspect; Banner is pretending to be a psychiatrist. Banner watches Gil Jeffers outside his window. Gil likes to watch nothing but horror movies. As Gil drinks himself to sleep, Banner turns into the Hulk, & the Stalker rises from Gil's body. The Stalker takes the Hulk to a bar where there are four men who assailted a woman & got away with it. The Stalker attacks the men & tells Hulk to kill one to strengthen his dark side. Instead, the Hulk grabs the Stalker, who gets away from him. The Stalker carjacks a police car but crashes into the Hulk. He runs back to Gil's place & tries to wake him up. The Hulk punches through the Stalker who screams. In the hospital, the girl's parents are told that she may regain part of her eyesight. Banner stands by the bed of Gil, who is in a coma. Banner says that the hatred of the Stalker replaced his soul & now there is nothing left but a shell.

(Cover Date: February, 1988) Summary: During a freak snowstorm, the X-Men fly to Dallas in their Blackbird to find Storm. After the Hulk leaves a trail of destruction that leads Wolverine to him, the two get into a savage brawl. It is finally broken up by Clay Quartermain, who talks some sense into both of them. Hulk leaves with Rick & Clay to continue their search for the military's gamma-ray bombs.

(Cover Date: December, 1985) Features the creation of a new Hulk that goes horribly wrong.

After Stark cancels a shipment of electronic components headed to Latveria, Doom's henchmen steal the components from S.I. despite Iron Man's efforts to stop them. Iron Man visits Doom in Latveria, and the two have a disagreement that results in a physical altercation. Doom's assistant, Hauptmann, has his own plans for them. (Cover date: August, 1981)

After Iron Man & Doctor Doom find themselves in King Arthur's Camelot, Doom seeks help from Morgan Le Fey to save the soul of his dead mother, but in return, Le Fey requires that he lead her army of the dead to destroy Arthur. Iron Man sides with Arthur to stop Doom. (Cover date: September, 1981)

Rhodey must determine a way to keep Obadiah Stane from getting a hold of the Iron Man technology to sell to the highest bidder. Stane sends his Knight to remove Iron Man's interference. (Cover date: September, 1983)

(Cover Date: March, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1985)

(Cover Date: December, 1985)

(Cover Date: February, 1986) Madame Masque, her mind in Bethany Cabe's body, plots to assassinate Tony Stark for betraying her & for killing her father.

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

(Cover Date: July, 1987) Roxxon sends Spymaster to terminate the Ghost after he goes rogue when he vows to kill Tony Stark for disrupting his mission at Accutech.

(Cover Date: February, 1988) Summary: Iron Man disables the Beetle's armor after the villain threatens people at a charity auction. Tony agrees to help Nick Fury capture Iron Man, who he had "fired" recently for his recent actions. Tony leads SHIELD to his summer home in upstate NY, where he says Iron Man is hiding. As Iron Man, he ambushes & disables SHIELD's five Mandroids. Later, he meets with Steve Rogers, who is no longer Captain America, to provide him a shield.

Cantwell provides some of Korvac's fascinating backstory, but it is frustratingly incomplete. How did Korvac gain his cosmic powers? How was his mind resurrected into his new android body? We see how the craven coward Korvac was driven insane by the Badoon, which accounts for his bizarre behavior in this series. The exchange between Korvac & Human Torch regarding HT's proffered "rebirth" was interesting. Korvac's first brutal encounter with Iron Man underscores IM's grim determination to eliminate Korvac as a threat. Cafu's artwork was top notch as usual & the coloring complements it perfectly.

Good art & story. I predict Lobo will get loose and seriously mess up somebody in the JLA.
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 Justice League: Last Ride #2 Jul 22, 2021

If you're looking for an action-packed comic, this isn't it, as the JLA take a breather on Apokolips. Fortunately, Zdarsky is good at writing dialogue, so the conversations are interesting. The artwork is top tier.

J'onn's sacrifice was well done by Zdarsky. It will be interesting to see how the rest of this run plays out with the big bads introduced in this issue.
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 Justice League: Last Ride #5 Sep 17, 2021

(Cover date: October, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

Hassle is tracked to the Wreckers' sanctuary where it is attacked by Iron Man 2020 & a Bain robot squadron. (Cover date: December, 1984)

Machine Man goes to Baintronics to negotiate a truce with Sunset, but she instead orders Iron Man 2020 to kill him & her troopers to kill his companions, the Midnight Wreckers. (Cover date: January, 1985)

The artwork is a big step up from the prior two issues. I enjoyed seeing the Defenders guest star in the story, both in the present & in the past when they go after Foolkiller IV. McKay's characterization of each member was really good.

After receiving a message from Angel, the X-Men fly to the Savage Land to stop the menace of Sauron & his mutate allies but instead fall into his trap. In the second story, Hawkeye tries to stop El Aguila from stealing a lethal device at CTE that he was unaware of. (Cover date: July, 1982)

Ka-Zar & Angel devise a plan to free the X-Men from Sauron's thrall. (Cover date: September, 1982)

Natasha is attacked by SHIELD agents as a test of her abilities before a mission. Meanwhile, Fury fills General Sawyer & others in by giving them her biography. (Cover date: August, 1983)

(Cover Date: May, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1982)

(Cover Date: August, 1986)

(Cover date: August, 1984)

(Cover Date: March, 1985)

(Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1969) Summary: Charlie-27 returns to Jupiter to find that his people have been enslaved by the Badoon. He escapes by teleporting to Pluto, where he meets Martinex, who helps him escape from the Badoon chasing him. Charlie-27 & Martinex then teleport to Earth. On Earth, Vance Astro & Yondu are being held before Supreme Commander Drang. Drang has a memory probe placed on Astro's head to learn his tragic story. When Drang orders Astro to kill Yondu, Yondu uses his control of the Yaka arrow against the Badoon to escape. They meet Charlie-27 & Martinex at the tele-port & get into a fight. The group unites to take down the Badoon pursuing them. The group then teleports off Earth to New New York to escape.

(Cover date: February, 1985)

Ben returns to the alternate Earth to find that it has been decimated by Galactus & is now ruled by the Red Skull. He joins forces with his alternate human self to overthrow the Red Skull. (Cover date: June, 1983)

(Cover Date: April, 1987)

(Cover Date: May, 1987)

(Cover Date: July, 1987) After Thor's body is reduced to a pulp after fighting the Midgard Serpent, Mephisto & Hela contest for his soul, while the Avengers try to intervene to save their teammate.

The most interesting part of this issue was Knight's discussion with Dr. Sterman about who he is. The fight scenes were just OK.

(Cover date: November, 1983) [The teaser says it all.]

(Cover date: July, 1984)

Dani seeks out the demon-bear that has been haunting her with the intention of killing it for slaying her parents. (Cover date: August, 1984)

(Cover Date: May, 1986)

(Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover Date: April, 1987) Xavier, Binary & the New Mutants finally put an end to the threat of Magus, at least for awhile.

(Cover Date: May, 1987) An unwilling Magik is forced to return the New Mutants home through Limbo, while Xavier decides to stay behind with the Starjammers & Lilandra.

(Cover Date: July, 1987) Magneto takes the New Mutants to the Hellfire Club Gala, where Cypher manages to make a poor impression with the Hellions.

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: In the catacombs of the Hellfire Club, Karma possesses Tessa to try to learn the whereabouts of her missing siblings from their computer. No information is found as she is seized by Shaw. Dani & Thunderbird agree to the terms of their contest. Illyana teleports in with their graduation costumes in order to better conceal their identities. Rahne uses her enhanced sense of smell to determine that the statuette forgery is connected to Viper & the Silver Samurai. After eavesdropping on the Hellions from Limbo, they go to Shooter's Island & engage Viper's guards. Once they have trounced the guards, they find the Hellions with the beaten & bound Viper & Samurai. The Hellions had planned for the New Mutants to distract the guards, while they went after their two targets. Later, Dani is given a letter from Karma saying that she is leaving the team to look for her siblings. The team debates whether they should help Karma.

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: Sam & Rahne fret over what to wear to Lila Cheney's party. Raek, a party crasher, wants to talk Lila into helping them steal some jewels before they are destroyed. Raek sabotages Sam's dance with Lila using ball bearings. When Sam feels that Lila is going to dump him, Raek talks Sam into taking some drugs to feel better. Raek & his gang fly off with the groggy Sam, intending to drop him into the water to drown. Sam activates his Cannonball power to try to escape, but lacks control due to being drugged. Raek & his gang shoot at him. The other team members see what is happening & go to the garbage barge that Sam has crashed into. Raek & his gang shoot at them, but the team disarms them. Lila shows up on the barge after noticing that they were missing. Dani shows that Raek's greatest desire is the Jewels of Ikerno. Lila says that they had asked for her help before, but she had turned them down. Lila shows Sam that she still cares for him. With Lila's approval, Illyana sends Raek & his gang to Limbo for trying to kill them. Illyana teleports them home, since their clothes are a mess from fighting in the garbage.

(Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover Date: October, 1986) The resolution is rapid & a bit confusing.

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: Doug engineers a Danger Room exercise for the team involving the Teen Avengers. The Impossible Man lands his gigantic green spaceship outside the mansion & says that he is looking for the X-Men (who aren't home). IM demonstrates his shape-changing power to the team. Warlock accepts IM's challenge, & they disappear. The team decides to go after them. They find the two aliens on a Manhattan pier fighting as Hulk & Thing. They disappear, & the team tracks them to a beach in Rio, where they are flexing their manly muscles in front of the ladies. Disgusted by the showing, Sam rockets the two aliens into the ocean, which causes them to return to their normal form. The two aliens disappear after their female audience vents its anger at them for being frauds. The aliens crash the Wimbledon tennis tournament & engage in a tennis match. The team interrupts the match by teleporting onto center court. The two aliens take off again. The team finds them in London fighting as Captain Britain & Captain America, then they change into a variety of characters. The two aliens teleport to Moscow, taking the team with them. Illyana sends Warlock to Limbo, but IM turns into Thanos & demands that he be returned immediately. Everyone then teleports to Tokyo when they are surrounded by Soviet tanks & soldiers. The two aliens fight each other as the Watcher & Galactus then as Godzilla & a giant robot Samurai warrior. Based on the team's suggestion, Warlock wins by changing color, which is something IM cannot do. Later back at the mansion, Magneto finds out what the team was up to in his absence when he sees them on TV interrupting the Wimbledon tennis tournament.
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 New Mutants (2019) #5 Dec 29, 2021

(Cover Date: November, 1985)

(Cover Date: December, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1986)

(Cover Date: February, 1986)

(Cover Date: March, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1985) Guest appearance by Daredevil.

(Cover Date: December, 1985) Guest appearance by Daredevil.

(Cover Date: March, 1986) A tale of a not so typical Christmas Eve for our favorite web-slinger complements of Peter David.

(Cover Date: July, 1986)

(Cover Date: September, 1986)

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(Cover Date: December, 1986) MJ, JJJ & Pete give Robbie conflicting accounts of the attempted bank robbery that they experienced.

(Cover Date: July, 1987) Summary: JJJ hires Silver Sable to apprehend Spidey, who is wanted for the murder of the Blaze. While Spidey looks for the Foreigner, who was responsible for Ned Leeds' murder, he is unaware that Felicia is conspiring with the Foreigner against him.

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: When Peter interrupts her phone call with the Foreigner, the Black Cat uses a smoke bomb as a distraction to escape. Before Spidey can pursue her, Flash shows up & wants Peter to go with him to see Betty. Flash uses some tough talk to make Betty realize that Ned is dead. After overhearing Felicia, Peter goes to see Keating. At his desk, Peter answers his phone, & the Black Cat gives him the Foreigner's address. Silver Sable returns most of Jonah's advance, deciding that she can't work for him. Spidey arrives at the Foreigner's place where Felicia is at. They get into a fight. Spidey determines that Foreigner is getting an edge by using hypnosis on him. After they crash onto the street, the Foreigner disappears, & the police arrive inforce to arrest Spidey after being called by the Black Cat. The Black Cat tosses a photo down to Tork showing that Keating had pulled out the bars to the Blaze's cell. Tork lets Spidey go. Peter returns to his apartment to find MJ is having his door lock replaced. Peter receives a message from Felicia that explains her motivations. After being picked up by her, Foreigner & Silver Sable are at one of his hideaways. Foreigner tells her that he killed Keating & that he & his agents took his place to get inside the police department.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: Spidey crawls through the sewer looking for Vermin & has flashbacks of escaping the coffin & digging through the dirt. He is attacked by rats & beats them off of him. The police find Kraven's confession. Vermin attacks Spidey, & they fight in the water. Spidey finally webs Vermin up. Vermin breaks free when Spidey tells him he is taking him out of the darkness. Vermin follows Spidey up to the surface anyway. Spidey saves Vermin from being hit by a truck. He then webs Vermin up for the police. Spidey tells Vermin that he will talk to Reed Richards to see if he can help him. Spidey returns back to his apartment & a relieved MJ. Kraven is buried on his estate's grounds. His tombstone states "He Died With Honor".

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: A group of psychiatrists argue whether Stan Carter (Sin-Eater) should be released. They review his history & ultimately decide to release him. Upon hearing the news, Spidey decides to go to Carter's home to warn him. He finds Carter now a beaten down man from the injuries that Spidey had given him earlier. Not believing his eyes. Spidey leaves. He encounters Max Dillon (Electro) after he has robbed a store & is fighting against the police. Dillon discovers that Spidey's wall-climbing ability is based on static electricity & causes Spidey to crash to the street. Dillon decides to let him live for now & takes off, leaving a dazed Spidey behind.

Frank learns more of his new role as "Fist of the Beast" of the Hand. The Apostles of War attempt to assassinate Frank for interfering in their operations as weapons suppliers. (Cover date: June, 2022)

Frank reveals his first kill as a 10 year old boy to his Hand followers. He finds out who the leader of the Apostles of War is after leading the Hand against a Hydra stronghold. (Cover date: July, 2022)
8.0
 Rorschach (2020) #2 Jan 24, 2022
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 Rorschach (2020) #4 Jan 25, 2022
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 Rorschach (2020) #6 Jan 26, 2022
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 Rorschach (2020) #11 Jan 27, 2022

(Cover Date: August, 1968) Surfer = 8.0 Watcher = 8.0 Features the origins of the Silver Surfer & the Watcher.

(Cover Date: October, 1968) Surfer = 8.0 Watcher = 7.5

(Cover Date: December, 1968) First appearance of Mephisto.

(Cover Date: February, 1969) Summary #1: In his ethereal form, Loki seeks a pawn to kill Thor for him. He finds SS & uses a temporeal spell to learn SS's background. The Warriors Three warn Thor that Loki plans to kill him after Loki had told them such. Loki goads SS to fight against him when he threatens mankind. When SS passes his test, Loki tells him that Thor is planning to overthrow Odin & that he will free him from Earth if he stops him. After arriving in Asgard, SS confronts Thor at a banquet, but Thor invites him to dine with him, after calming down the Warriors Three. Following a tournament, the champion throws the sword that he won at SS at Loki's urging. Loki then influences SS to attack the Asgardians. Loki tells his minion that he has enhanced SS's power with his magic. Odin is informed of the battle, but Odin declines to intervene due to the pure hearts of the combatants. SS's enhanced cosmic power keeps Thor from using his hammer against him. Under Loki's influence, Balder tries to slay SS. When Thor breaks through the cosmic shield holding his hammer, SS realizes that Thor has been holding back his strength & that he was duped by Loki. With the fighting stopped, Loki sends SS back to Earth. Summary #2: The Watcher recounts the legacy of the tyrant conqueror, Tim Boo Ba, who in the end was drowned by a mom who spilled water on her son's model solar system.

After Reed Richards builds a device to allow SS to break through Galactus' barrier, he returns to Zenn-La to find that the world has been devastated & that Shalla Bal has been kidnapped by Mephisto. (Cover date: June, 1982)

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: SS returns to Zenn-La to find that Shalla-Bal is now the empress of that world. She restored Zenn-La after Galactus devastated it, using the cosmic power that SS had given her. SS restores the home in which he grew up. Shalla meets with a Skrull emissary who wishes to establish a trade agreement. When she declines, the emissary implies that they would treat her world as an adversary. The emissary's aid unsuccessfully attempts to assassinate SS for being the protector of Zenn-La. SS warns the emissary that he will turn on the side that attacks Zenn-La in their upcoming war with the Kree. Shalla tells SS that she cannot marry him due to her duty to rebuild their world & that they need to do it without him. Before leaving Zenn-La, SS removes his home & changes the name on the marker there from Norrin Radd to Silver Surfer.

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: The Collector's wife returns from the dead after 3 billion years due to the Grandmaster. His wife prefers to go back to being dead due to her apathy for living. SS asks him why he aided the Grandmaster when he tried to kill the Avengers. The Collector tells him that he owed the Grandmaster a debt for saving his life. SS is greeted by Espirita who was added to the Collector's collection when she didn't die from the poison (see WCA Annual #2). SS returns Espirita to Earth. She asks him if he is a herald of the Messiah, which he obviously denies. Kree & Skrull ships have an encounter somewhere in the Milky Way. When the Kree board the Skrull ship, they find the Skrull have committed suicide, except for one which is disguised. The Skrulls are protecting the secret that they have lost their shape-changing power. SS is attacked by the Elder, The Runner, who intends to kill him. SS is eventually overpowered, knocked unconscious & crashes into an asteroid. In deep pain, he hears a voice & is greeted by Mantis.

(Cover Date: February, 1988) Summary: SS is caught in a bizarre dreamscape inside the Supreme Intelligence, drawn in by its soul gem. He is rescued by his board & breaks free of the Supreme Intelligence, taking the soul gem with him. Without the soul gem, the Supremor's mind comes apart, since it is no longer able to keep its Kree blue & pink minds together.

(Cover Date: February, 1987) Features the death of Ned Leeds.
8.0
 Spider-Man: Life Story Annual #1 Sep 11, 2021
8.0
 Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow #3 Aug 4, 2021

Zdarsky's script has been fine, but I haven't cared for Ferry's artwork in this series. It is pretty basic stuff. Mary Jane looks like a completely different character. The situation seems pretty hopeless going into the finale. It will be interesting to see how Zdarsky wraps this up, whether good or bad.

The means by which Peter defeated the symbiote was very clever.

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

(Cover Date: October, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1985) Death of a SS member.

(Cover Date: December, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1986) The Squadron surrenders after the Institute of Evil kidnaps their loved ones. The Institute then subjects the Squadron to the Behavior Modification Device causing them to join forces with them.

(Cover Date: February, 1986) The Golden Archer is judged by the SS for his act of using the Behavior Modification Machine on his love, Lady Lark.

(Cover Date: March, 1986)

(Cover Date: April, 1986)

(Cover Date: May, 1986) Tom Thumb travels to the Scarlet Centurion's 41st century to obtain the cure for his terminal cancer.

(Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: July, 1986) Master Menace develops a Behavior Modification Machine to reverse its effects imposed on the Institute of Evil members that were drafted into the Squadron Supreme.

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(Cover Date: December, 1986) Shooter writes with a more mature take on super-heroes in this title.

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover Date: May, 1987)

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: Ken unsuccessfully tries to make a diamond. Ken visits Deb, who was injured when he pushed her away from a car. Myron calls Ken to tell him that a nuclear bomb has gone off in Russia. Ken flies to Russia to investigate. When he arrives, he sees another nuclear bomb go off. He finds a destroyed tank battalion. He follows some deep footprints to find Randy Kellog, AKA Gladiator. Randy is really heavy & strong & is on his way to Moscow to overthrow the government. The Russians were trying to stop him. They get into a fight after Ken tells him that he will start a nuclear war. Unable to physically beat him, Ken picks him up & carries him into space. Ken decides to throw him into the sun, but he then changes his mind, not wanting to kill him. He throws him into deep space instead & feels guilty about having to do so.

King's dialogue is a little awkward in some places but his setup for this series is interesting. I'm curious how the murdered man would have any knowledge of what occurred on Rann during the war.

This is a step up from the prior issue. The Stranges are getting uncomfortable with Terrific's course of investigation and seek to manage public opinion in their favor in case of a negative outcome. The outcome of the duel between Strange & Kklint was predictable & less interesting. I was wondering if the flashbacks represent the idealized events in Stranger's book or are what actually did happen? No Mister Terrific trivia in this issue thankfully.

The scene in the cave with Adam & Alanna drags this issue down. This rest is good. Shaner's art really shines in this issue.

I am not as high on this issue as most of the critics are. The battle scenes are necessary to the advancement of the story but I didn't find them all that compelling. Alanna's killing of the Pykkt during their parlay shows the beginning of her change from innocence to her present cynical self. She tries to win over Terrific to her side, but he isn't buying it, literally leaving her in the cold at the end. Alanna is elusive in telling Terrific what they did to the Pykkts to win & the details of the death of her daughter. She shows little emotion as a mother when the topic is brought up. She treats it as an unfortunate event like a car crash rather than as a murder. Why Adam would be foolish enough to endanger his daughter remains to be seen. Is she being held as a hostage for some reason?

So the Pkkyts slaughter people with 'honor and dignity' but get outraged when Strange doesn't follow their rules in defending Rann? Batman tells Strange that they don't kill but Superman is seen blasting through a Pykkt ship? Strange takes his daughter into a potential dangerous war zone? What was he thinking? The return of Terrific's trivia was annoying. The artwork was great as usual.

Something has happened to Aleea since the last issue. The Stranges say she is dead, but Terrific doesn't think so. He hasn't told us why yet. The JLA release their preliminary report publicly to distance themselves from Strange for PR reasons. Did Terrific ever get the Pykkt files to complete his report? Terrific is angered at Alanna's defense of what was done to the Pykkts. Does he really understand what the Rannians suffered? Strange leads his forces to remove the entrenched Pykkts from the city, but the JLA doesn't approve of the tactics he employed? Remember the scene where the Pykkt airships were bombarding the city? What is so 'honorable' about that? I just hope King can satisfactorily wrap up this series in the next three issues.

Overall, I enjoyed this series, but it certainly ended on a downer. Adam was killed in the last issue so there was no new revelation there. In her grief, Alanna blames Terrific for screwing up her life. We see at the end that Alanna was the author of the book and was the one who left out the inconvenient truths because it wasn't the story she wanted to tell. Under the weight of the responsibilities put on him, Adam reached the breaking point where he would do anything to protect his family & Rann. However, as Alanna realizes, the Pykkts will again be back to attack Rann seeking vengeance since they failed to conquer Earth with Adam's help.

Torch & Thing = 7.5 (early Kang appearance) Dr. Strange = 8.0 (Clea guest stars) (Cover Date: July, 1965)

(Cover Date: December, 1986)

(Cover Date: May, 1987)

(Cover Date: June, 1987) Summary: SF is onboard the Horde smugglers' ship enroute to the big Horde ship that will destroy Los Angeles. Aline mourns the recent death of Harold. They enter the Horde ship's docking bay under fire. Once they get inside, Jelene rigs some visual reader / translators for them. Radian & Marathon fight off Horde attackers. Aline finds the Horde commander. The Horde commander shows her the severed head of Clint from the Black Watch. Jelene finds the crystalline communications nexus of the ship. She finds a room of alien artifacts that the Horde has plundered. Aline fights against the Horde commander. She gets a message from Louis that they are leaving with something important that they've discovered. She escapes the commander & finds the others near the escape pods. Over the other's objections, Marathon decides to stay behind to kill the Horde commander. The others leave in an escape pod with the other pods launched to serve as a diversion. Jelene shows them the memory crystal she took from the nexus. Aline shows Jelene Clint's Black Watch patch that she took.

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: Scatterbrain crashes while pacticing with his flight shoes due to a panìc attack by Scaredycat. The team threatens the guards in front of the room that Adept is being held in. She is studying the data downloaded from the Horde ship. Commander Nion orders the guards to let them in. While they are having pizza together, the alarm sounds. Marathon, thought dead, breaks through the door. Marathon tells them how he killed Stark Fist & escaped from the Horde ship. The Horde's Great Elders proclaim that Thundercrush will replace Stark Fist. The alarm goes off for another Horde attack. The team insists that Adept go with them. Nion suffers a heart attack arguing with them. They go to Hershey, PA & engage the Horde. One of them places something in Radian's collar. The Horde then retreats. Radian finds a miniture video cassette while undressing & plays it. It shows the Horde Gentle Inquirer with a member of the Black Watch. He tells Radian that they have found a cure to the early death from the Morituri process & to call the code number on the cassette to parley. Scaredycat tells Radian that she intercepted a communication where the last Morituri scientist is being ordered to stop working on a cure for the early mortality & to work on creating more adepts. Radian decides to call the code number after hearing this.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: A cartoon character on TV tells kids about the Horde & Strikeforce Morituri. Dr. Tuolema confronts Commander Nion about undergoing the Morituri Process without his knowledge. Gentle Inquirer tells Hammersmith that they have intelligence on the location of the parents of a dead Morituri. Radian finds Marathon burning a M on his face with an industrial laser. Scardeycat intercepts the end of a transmission between Radian & an unknown party. As the Horde strike alert goes off simultaneously with an override, Radian orders the team to the launch site. Scatterbrain uses his power to disable Adept's guards. The Horde detects the general area of SM's launch. Radian tells the team that he ignored the orders not to launch. He tells them that Harold's parents are onboard. They find a Horde warp-ship hovering by a ship on the ocean. They overcome Hammersmith after a brief fight. The team gets on the Horde ship with Hammersmith, who was left alive. Radian talks to an unknown party that they are onboard. When Radian is accused of being a traitor, he says it is a matter of life or loyalty. The Horde warp-ship escapes from the Gentle Inquirer's ship before it can intercept them. Angered by this, the Gentle Inquirer tells Thundercrush that Hammersmith has been kidnapped by SM. Thundercrush orders a nuclear strike against the area that SM's ship was launched from.

Not as good as the first issue but it was still a good read. Azzarello's dialogue was clunky in some spots. We don't know Waller's fate in this issue. Will we see her again? I can't believe that the teaser gave away the ending. Whoever wrote it at DC should know better.
8.0
 The Joker (2021) #2 Oct 30, 2021

A step down from the prior issue in quality from a writing standpoint but still good. (I'm ignoring the very dull Punchline story in my rating.)

Tynion's take on the Joker is spot on with his dialogue & brutality. March's artwork is great as usual. Punchline story... meh, don't care. DC needs to drop it & give us a break on the price. $6 for a comic is too much. I wouldn't buy this series ordinarily but I know the quality will be good.

(Cover Date: December, 1985)

(Cover Date: October, 1966)

(Cover Date: November, 1966) First appearance of the High Evolutionary.

(Cover Date: January, 1967) The teaser above says it all.

(Cover Date: September, 1968)

(Cover Date: October, 1968) Mangog sure likes to remind everyone that he has the strength of a BILLION BILLION beings!

(Cover Date: January, 1969) Summary: The Rigelian colonizer, Tana Nile, takes Thor away in her spaceship after asking for his help against the threat of Galactus. After meeting with Odin, the Recorder leaves for Rigel. Thor thwarts a Taurian who attempts to hijack their spaceship. Galactus finds Ego, the Living Planet. Thor & the Recorder leave Rigel to find Galactus. The Wanderers, victims of Galactus, follow Thor's ship seeking a place of sanctuary. Thor's ship is accidentally destroyed by Ego's eye blasts, as Ego tries to defend itself against Galactus' predation.

(Cover Date: February, 1969) Summary: Thor & the Recorder float helplessly in space after their ship is destroyed in the crossfire between Ego & Galactus. They are picked up by the Wanderers & restored to health. Ego & Galactus continue their battle. The Wanderers' ship is damaged by meteors that Galactus had flung at Ego. Thor hurls his hammer at Galactus, causing him pain. When Thor engages Galactus at close range, Galactus grabs him & hurls him at Ego. Ego uses a ray to cushion his fall. Thor finds the Wanderers & the Recorder on Ego, having been rescued by it. Thor builds up the energy in his hammer & hurls it at Galactus. It drives Galactus back to his Visi-Sphere. The Visi-Sphere then enters Galactus' giant star craft & departs. Ego forms a human avatar & tells the Wanderers that they can make it their home.

(Cover Date: March, 1969) Summary: Thor & the Recorder are hurled to Rigel, thanks to Ego. After the Recorder completes his mission, Thor pleads with the High Commissioner to not have the Recorder deactivated, feeling that it has a soul. Thor returns to Asgard & is met by the Warriors Three. They then meet with Odin, who uses the spatial screen to learn more of Galactus. They watch Galactus destroy a world & feed off of its energy. Odin goes to the first world that Galactus destroyed. It still shows remnants of the advanced civilization that once lived there. Odin goes back to when Galactus was born. The world was being attacked by an alien armada. An incuba-cell was unlocked above the planet to reveal Galactus. Galactus destroyed the armada, but, craving more energy, he destroyed the planet also. Odin says that he has seen enough & leaves. Torger tells Thor that Sif has gone to Earth to investigate a sensed, unknown danger in his absence & has not been heard from since. Balder is haunted by dreams of Karnilla. Thor heads toward Earth to find Sif.

(Cover Date: June, 1969) Summary: After the military honors them, Thor, Balder & Sif enter the Atomic Research Center to find the unknown being that Pluto feared. Him (Adam Warlock) sheds his cocoon & meets them. He tells them how he was caught in a meteor trap in space & that he reformed his cocoon to protect himself. Unknown to Him, the trap belonged to the Watcher, who placed him in a satellite headed back to Earth. Him decides that he wants Sif as a mate & flees with her by creating a spatial vortex. Thor creates a similar vortex with his hammer to follow them to some alien world. Him fends off Thor's attack with his powers. The Norn witch, Haag, reaches through the space pool to grab Balder to bring him to Karnilla. Thor uses flames from his hammer to drive her away to free Balder. An angry Thor finds that Him & Sif have disappeared & swears vengeance against Him.

This issue has the backstory of how both Gabriel & Firelord came to be heralds of Galactus. (Cover date: April, 1981)

(Cover date: November, 1983) [The beginning of Walt Simonson's classic run!]

After Beta Ray Bill tells Odin & Thor of the flight of his people from an exploding galactic core & their being pursued by demons, Odin orders that Thor & Bill fight to the death to determine who will possess the hammer Mjolnir. (Cover date: December, 1983)

In Nidavellir, Odin requests that Eitri the Dwarf forge a uru hammer for Beta Ray Bill to use in his fight against the demons that are pursuing his people. However, before Eitri will do so, he requires that Sif must defeat their champion, Throgg. If Sif fails, she will become Throgg's slave. (Cover date: January, 1984)

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(Cover Date: September, 1985)

(Cover Date: October, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1985)

(Cover Date: December, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1986) Thor battles against the Beyonder's creation, Kurse, while the Beyonder watches on in order to gain insight into human nature.

(Cover Date: May, 1986)

(Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: July, 1986) Thor is forced to fight Balder, who has been enchanted by the three lovely women in the floating castle.

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(Cover Date: November, 1986)

(Cover Date: December, 1986) Morlock Massacre tie-in.

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover Date: May, 1987) It's great that Walt brought FFF back. I remembered him from a story in Fantasy Masterpieces #2 (April, 1966).

(Cover Date: July, 1987) Summary: (This story takes place during the events of Mephisto #4.) The Frost Giants witness the aftermath of Mephisto's confrontation with the Avengers & Thor's spirit. Loki summons the Destroyer to kill the Frost Giants, since they had tried to kill him previously. The Destroyer senses Thor's spirit & fights it on the mystic plane to make it his own. However, Thor prevails, takes over control of the Destroyer & dons the helmet's wings, belt & cape from his lifeless body.

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: Hela summons Loki (in spirit form) to witness her final victory over Thor. Thor, his spirit inside the Destroyer, crashes his way into Hel. Balder, still ill from the plague, confronts the Frost Giants invading Asgard. Thor asks Hela to restore his body, otherwise, he will destroy her realm & her. She refuses, believing he would not destroy the balance of the 9 worlds. Thor destroys Hela's skeleton soldiers that attack him. Kurse comes to Balder's aid to fight against the Frost Giants. Hela realizes that Thor's spirit in the Destroyer would kill her. She tries to destroy Thor's body, but he encases it in crystal before she can do so. Volstagg avoids the fight with the Frost Giants but inflicts harm through his clumsiness. Hela moves Thor's body in front of the Destroyer's disintegrator beam, which destroys its crystal casing. Thor doesn't allow Hela to touch the body. Hela calls for Loki's help, but he does nothing due to her jabs against him. Thor tells Hela to remember all of Asgard's foes he has sent to her realm. Hearing his words, Hela touches Thor's body to restore it to health. Loki shows Thor that Asgard is under attack by Frost Giants. Thor returns his spirit to his body & encases the Destroyer in crystal so that others do not possess it. Hela returns Thor to Asgard with the ablility to die once more. On arrival, Thor sends the giants fleeing. Utgard-Loki offers to help cure the Asgardians' plague in return for their freedom. Balder talks Thor into not killing him. Later, having learned from Hela that Loki was behind the plague, Thor pays a visit to Loki. Thor breaks Loki's arm with his hammer as a warning to Loki to not confuse his forbearance with weakness.

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: Thor & the Warriors Three find a griffin that has killed a farm family. Thor pursues it through a dimensional rift. He is met by a group of fighting mad Celtics & the god Leir in Avalon. The Celtics accuse Thor of murdering an innocent family. Thor & Lear fight until they see the griffin. They send it fleeing through the rift. When Thor follows it through the rift, he finds that Fandral & Volstagg have slain the creature. Thor bids farewell to Balder to return to Earth. He finds himself floating in space, since Asgard's tie to Earth was previously severed due to Surtur damaging the Rainbow Bridge.

(Cover Date: April, 2024) Good dialogue, nice visuals, but there's nothing really special about this from a story standpoint: bad guys preying on the innocent.

(Cover Date: May, 2024) **SPOILERS** Summary: Okoye tells T'Challa that the people fear him because of his search for spies. T'Challa meets with Matron Imala who tells him of their prophecy of a "woman of light" who will enter his life. While the Dora Milaje are fighting against Moon Knight's troops on the perimeter of Wakanda, BP arrives in his ship to finish the battle. Moon Knight meets with the spy (image hidden) inside of Wakanda, who will send them more information. The Wakandan war council discusses the possible identity of the spy among them. Faxul & Anon say they have deduced Moon Knight's hiding place. BP's airship is shot down enroute to the location. BP is ringed by MK's soldiers who fire at him, & he slumps to the ground. The soldiers are hit by lightning from above. BP looks up to see Storm floating above him.

(Cover Date: June, 2024) **SPOILERS** Summary: After Shuri practices her fighting skills against a robot, she is challenged by Okoye because Shuri will not tell her where T'Challa is at. T'Challa hunts with Killmonger in the wild. Killmonger tells him that he left Wakanda due to a difference in beliefs with those of that nation. Killmonger takes T'Challa to a tunnel opening carved in the form of a black panther. They jump down a shaft where there are vibranium crystals present at the bottom. They then float down another shaft, thanks to Ororo's wind power. They find themselves in a temple built by an unknown civilization. They show T'Challa a large glowing green orb in a room that is surrounded by skeletons. They tell him that this is what Moon Knight is looking for.

It's an intriguing start. (We're basically paying an extra buck for copies of penciled pages that I neither wanted nor needed.) (Cover Date: August, 2023)

(Cover Date: April, 2024)

(Cover Date: May, 2024) Summary: May helps Pete pick out a pattern & colors for his Spidey suit. Ben & JJJ check out the office space they rented. After Pete arrives, he tells them that the Bugle is not running any stories on the Goblin. Ben says their map shows the places that the Goblin has hit, which are owned by Fisk. While on a stakeout, Spidey gets involved in a fight between the Goblin & Bullseye. Bullseye causes a crane to fall on Spidey. When Bullseye has the Goblin defeated by using his armor piercing cards, Spidey knocks him out from behind. Goblin takes the unconscious Bullseye away hooked to his glider. Goblin takes control of Spidey's suit to reveal Pete's face. Goblin then reveals his own face. The two introduce themselves to each other.

(Cover Date: March, 1965) [First appearance of Ka-Zar]

(Cover Date: May, 1965)

(Cover Date: November, 1965)

After Cerebro detects two new mutants, the team of X-Men who are recruiting Kitty Pryde to their school are ambushed & captured by the Hellfire Club's mercenaries lead by Emma Frost (White Queen). (Cover date: January, 1980)

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(Cover date: December, 1980)

(Cover date: March, 1981)

D'Spayre creates fearful visions from Scott's past in order to lead him to hopelessness & death. He gets an unexpected assist from Man-Thing during his struggle to not succumb to the demon. (Cover date: April, 1981)

(Cover date: May, 1981)

(Cover date: June, 1981)

(Cover date: July, 1981)

Xavier is worried because they have not heard from Magneto in a long time. He sends the X-Men to scout Magneto's base in Antarctica. They find that the base has been cleansed of lava, but Magneto is nowhere to be found. Instead, they run into a deadly adversary from their past who seeks vengeance against Storm. (Cover date: September, 1981)

After Kitty's parents withdraw her from Xavier's school, Storm drives Kitty to her new school, the Massachusetts Academy, where Storm encounters Emma Frost. Shortly thereafter, the Hellfire Club launches a Sentinel attack against the X-Men at the mansion. (Cover date: November, 1981)

After the Shi'ar Majestrix Lilandra is kidnapped & the Starjammers are framed for it, Corsair flees to Earth, while being pursued by a Shi'ar Dreadnought, to get the X-Men's help. At the mansion, he finds Cycops & Storm, & they are immediately besieged by the alien Sidrian bounty hunters, against which they must fight for their lives. (Cover date: February, 1982)

(Cover date: April, 1982)

(Cover date: May, 1982)

Due to the threat implied in Senator Kelly's anti-mutant comments on a TV program, the X-Men & Carol Danvers go to the Pentagon to erase its files on the X-Men & unexpectedly have a deadly encounter with Rogue & Mystique. (Cover date: June, 1982)

After Storm is bitten by Dracula, the X-Men fight against him to keep a willing Storm from becoming a vampire & his bride. (Cover date: July, 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)

Storm challenges Callisto to a duel to the death for leadership of the Morlocks in order to save the lives of Kitty & Angel. (Cover date: June, 1983)

After the X-Men arrive in Tokyo for Logan's wedding, they tangle with Viper & the Silver Samurai. SS claims Mariko's father's criminal organization due to being his bastard son. (Cover date: August, 1983)

Wolvie & Rogue seek the head of the Yakuza in order to find Viper & Silver Sumarai then realize that Mariko is being left under protected at the hospital where the other X-Men are being treated after being poisoned by Viper. (Cover date: September, 1983)

Scott & Madelyne become engaged, but Scott has some doubts about who she is. Meanwhile, Mastermind is lurking in the background & is working to make things miserable for Scott. (Cover date: October, 1983)

Mastermind, through his power of illusion, has the X-Men believe that Cyclops is the Dark Phoenix, who they try to neutralize. Using the danger room to aid him, Scott must find a way to convince them that Mastermind is the one who is actually behind the attack on them. (Cover date: November, 1983)

While headed to an island for their honeymoon, Madelynne's & Scott's seaplane goes down in the Pacific after being hit by lightning. While working on repairs, they are attacked by a giant squid. Callisto talks to Caliban about Kitty breaking her promise to him. Wolverine visits Mariko in Japan whose mind has been cleared of Mastermind's influence but she still won't marry him. Val Cooper proposes to Gyrich the formation of a mutant team to combat the X-Men. (Cover date: December, 1983)

Mystique fights to the death against the "X-Men" in Arcade's Murderworld. Colossus is ambushed by the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants enroute to the Lincoln Center with Kitty. (Cover date: January, 1984)

Kitty goes to the Baxter Building to get help for the frozen & critically injured Colossus. Storm & Wolverine arrive to help Nightcrawler & Amanda in their battle against the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Mystique plots to kill Xavier & to return Rogue back to their family. (Cover date: February, 1984)

(Cover date: July, 1984)

(Cover date: August, 1984)

After Rogue leaves the X-Men, Storm tracks her down & lets her experience her powers & personality. They are attacked by Gyrich who is equipped with Forge's power neutralizing gun but without Forge's approval. (Cover date: September, 1984)

After rescuing Storm from capture by Gyrich, Storm & Forge learn about each other while she stays in his penthouse in Dallas. Meanwhile, an angry Rogue finds Gyrich's associate, Val Cooper, & unexpectedly with the Dire Wraiths that want to assimilate her. (Cover date: October, 1984)

Storm helps Forge & his foster father, Naze, fight off a swarm of Dire Wraiths who have invaded Forge's skyscraper. Colossus & Rogue arrive to lend help, but the group is then besieged by shadow beings. (Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover date: December, 1984)

(Cover date: January, 1985)

(Cover date: February, 1985)

(Cover date: March, 1985)

(Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: August, 1985) The X-Men encounter anti-mutant hate & hysteria while being studied by the Beyonder.

(Cover Date: January, 1986) [First appearance of Nathan Christopher Summers, the future Cable.]

(Cover Date: March, 1986)

(Cover Date: April, 1986)

(Cover Date: May, 1986)

(Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986) Severely wounded by Wolverine, Rachel is pursued by the X-Men & the Hellfire Club; both groups are then confronted by Nimrod.

(Cover Date: September, 1986) The X-Men & the Hellfire Club are forced to work together to stop Nimrod before it kills all of them. Meanwhile, Spiral seduces Rachel with visions of personal change to place Rachel under her control.

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(Cover Date: November, 1986)

(Cover Date: January, 1987) Psylocke joins the X-Men.

(Cover Date: February, 1987) Dazzler joins the X-Men.

(Cover Date: March, 1987) The most interesting element in this issue is when Maddie Pryor dreams of the fiery plane crash that she supposedly walked away from, unharmed.

(Cover Date: April, 1987)

(Cover Date: June, 1987)

(Cover Date: July, 1987) Summary: After Havok has nightmares about the X-Men, he goes to NYC to determine whether the X-Men are in trouble. After he leaves, Polaris is assaulted by the Marauders who intend to kill her. Havok finds the X-Men in the Morlock Tunnels, & after a brief skirmish, he finds out they plan to fake their deaths & had wiped his mind previously to keep it a secret from him. Polaris defeats the Marauders & reveals that she is actually their teammate, Malice, who has possessed her.

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: In a dream world, two eagles interact, symbolizing Storm's & Forge's past relationship. On a mountaintop, Storm tells Wolverine to take over leadership of the X-Men while she goes to see Forge about getting her powers back. In Dallas, she finds his skyscraper empty. She is confronted by Forge's holgrams of her & him & by laser beams from his security system. She eventually runs into the shaman Naze, who had turned the holograms & security systems on to test her. When she decides to leave, he convinces her that they have to find Forge to deal with the threat of the Adversary. After she agrees to help him, Naze casts a wicked smile.

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: Mr. Sinister is angry at the Marauders for not killing Madelyne Pryor & sends them back out to finish the job. Dazzler practices her skills in the Danger Room against "Rogue". The real Rogue confronts her about it. Dazzler reminds her that she did try to kill her more than once. Naze (Adversary) meets with Storm in the Grand Canyon to find Forge. After getting a call from Madelyne, the X-Men arrive at the hospital in San Francisco where she has been located by Psylocke. They find that the Marauders are present there also. They save Madelyne just in time from being killed by Scalphunter. The X-Men are attacked by the other Marauders. Rogue flies away with Madelyne, but they are enclosed in steel girders by Malice/Polaris & dumped in the bay. Dazzler, who hitched a ride using Longshot's grapnal, manages to free the two underwater with her laser power. When they rise to the surface, they are greeted by Malice/Polaris again, but Madelyne is out of sight.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: In San Francisco Bay, Malice-Polaris hovers threatenly over Rogue & Dazzler in the water. She is hit by a plasma bolt from Havok. Rogue flies her & Dazzler to shore then collapses due to her prior ordeal. Rogue flies away to find Madelyne. Dazzler absorbs the sound in the area to recharge her powers. She is scolded by Havok for it. Havok realizes that the woman he attacked is Lorna & is hit by a blast from her. In the Rockies, Storm & "Naze" are attacked by Eye Killers. They use fire to vanquish them. Malice-Polaris is joined by Vertigo, Harpoon & Arclight to attack the X-Men on the beach. At the Golden Gate Bridge, Wolverine & Longshot are looking for Madelyne & are met by Scalphunter, Scrambler & Sabretooth. Wolverine has a brief fight with Sabretooth, severely wounding him. Wolverine is forced off the bridge by Scalphunter, but Rogue catches him. After falling off of the bridge, Longshot has found Madelyne in the water. The Marauders leave, believing that Madelyne is dead, since Scalphunter saw no signs of her. Seeing a flare, Malice-Polaris decides to leave Havok alive to torment him & dares him to fire at her. He does so in anguish, but she is shielded & flies away.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: Crimson Commando & Stonewall have their sentences commuted in exchange for joining Freedom Force. Super-Sabre shows up to join the group. Destiny has a premonition that the X-Men are going to die. Storm is with Naze in the Rockies. Naze collapses, saying he is ill from the venom of the demons they fought. Rogue scouts the Bay Area for any signs of the Marauders. She joins Longshot, Dazzler & Wolverine, who are practicing their combat skills. Madelyne stands at the top of a cliff, thinking about her tragic life since she married Scott. Storm prepares a restorative brew for Naze, but he won't drink it unless she does, saying she was infected with venom also. A giant bear breaks into their shack & knocks her outside into now freezing weather. She is then attacked by a giant snake. The snake is destroyed by explosions, & Storm sees Forge. Forge's hand turns to metal claws, & he grabs her. She stabs him with her knife, & he collapses. She returns to the shack, where things appear as they were before. Storm tells Naze that she must destroy the now evil Forge, much to Naze's delight. Havok climbs to the top of the cliff where Madelyne is standing. He tells her what happened between him & Polaris & talks her out of giving up.

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: In the Yellowstone mountains of Wyoming, "Naze" tells Storm about the nature & motivations of the Adversary. Mystique tells Rogue about Destiny's premonition that the X-Men will die in Dallas. Dazzler shows off her light powers at a club, which doesn't make Wolverine happy. Longshot & Havok rescue a woman from being kidnapped by a group of punks. Storm climbs the mountain that Forge is on & fights off demons. After reaching the summit, she stabs Forge with her knife. Forge says that he was trying to close the gate, not open it. As the demons renew their attack, Storm & Forge fall off the peak & are drawn into the gateway. "Naze" destroys the mountain & says the world is now his with the twosome removed.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: After encountering some anti-mutant hostility from youngsters & a strange woman in Edinburgh, Colossus leaves with Magik's help to rejoin the X-Men. The X-Men are at Forge's Eagle Plaza in Dallas looking for Storm. They are confronted by Freedom Force, who intend to take them into custody, & a battle ensues between the teams. After Rogue is captured & Wolverine is wounded, the X-Men retreat into Eagle Plaza. Destiny foresees that they will die at dawn if they are in the building.

After a Shi'ar scout is killed & Reed, Johnny & Ben are teleported away, Sue seeks the X-Men's help to rescue them. They arrive at Arkon's world to find that it has been conquered by the Badoon. The team must find a way to rescue Sue's family & Arkon and to put an end to the Badoon's rule. (Cover date: October, 1981)

(Cover Date: December, 1985) [Continued from New Mutants Special Edition #1.]

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: Horde easily overpowers the X-Men, Captain Britain & Meggan. He coerces them to steal the Crystal of Ultimate Vision from the Citadel of Light & Shadow by threatening to destroy the world. After Horde transports them to the Citadel, each member of the team is faced with their greatest desire. Wolverine is the only one left in the end. Horde kills him, but Wolverine is resurrected by the Crystal from a drop of blood. Wolverine kills Horde & resists the power of the Crystal. He destroys the Crystal. Everyone is back in the mansion with a fleeting memory of what happened. Unknown to them, the Crystal is a test of a race's maturity. Thanks to Wolverine, humanity has passed its test by denying its temptation of power.

(Cover date: January, 1983)

(Cover date: February, 1983)

(Cover Date: November, 1985)

Story details why Quicksilver's & Crystal's marriage ended. (Cover Date: July, 1986)

This series starts off well enough but by the end gets bogged down with its multiple minor storylines and excessive dialogue. The Black Freighter story was tedious to read and just a distraction from the main story.

(Cover Date: June, 1986) One of the best issues of Web to date. Solid script & artwork.

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: Spidey recalls the death of Ned Leeds & the appearance of the new Hobgoblin. Richard Fisk's girlfriend, Dina, wonders what has happened to him. Richard goes to a confessional to confess his sins to a priest. He relates how he met Ned Leeds, who was trying to get information from him to write an expose about his father, the Kingpin. Triggered by his father's treatment of his mother in dealing with Daredevil, Richard decides that he needs to take down his father. After contacting Ned to get information, Ned reveals to him that he is the Hobgoblin. Ned helps him create his alter ego, the Rose, behind which to run his criminal organization. Richard tells the priest of how Ned became obsessed with Spidey & became more arrogant & evil. He recounts how badly his father treated his mother by bringing her back from Europe. He confesses that he killed a police officer that he only meant to wound. He leaves the confessional & goes to his father's penthouse HQ, where he tells his father that he'll work for him.

(Cover Date: September, 1986) Warlock of the New Mutants guest stars in the first story. Great artwork by Art Adams.

Hawkeye summons Tigra, Iron Man & Wonder Man to join the West Coast branch of the Avengers. An intruder is detected in the compound, who turns out to be the Shroud. He was sent by Jessica Drew to check up on Tigra's welfare. The Shroud declines Hawkeye's offer of membership, stating that it would conflict with his own plans. (Cover date: September, 1984)

(Cover date: December, 1984)

(Cover Date: October, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1985) The Grim Reaper is not only a nut job but is also an admitted racist.

(Cover Date: December, 1985) [The Thing joins the WC Avengers (or maybe not).]

(Cover Date: April, 1986)

(Cover Date: September, 1986) Zzzax, Quantum & Halflife converge in LA to cause trouble, & the WCA's arrive to put them down, but find out it's a trap set up by a former foe.

(Cover Date: December, 1986) Introducing the new & improved Tigra.

(Cover Date: May, 1987)

(Cover Date: June, 1987) Despite the cover, Dr. Hank Pym & Moon Knight are not actually voted in as official WCA members in this issue.

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: Hank Pym works with Reed Richard to repair the FF's time machine. In ancient Egypt, the team fights against Rama-Tut's loyalists, & they retreat to safety in the temple of Khonshu. Based some mental prodding by Khonshu, Hawkeye decides to work on weapons that will later be used by Moon Knight. While Hank & Reed work, Moon Knight thinks about his history. In 1876, Mockingbird goes to Spirit Peak to find Night Rider. She knocks him off the peak during their fight. She refuses to save him & lets him fall to his death. The time machine is successfully repaired. Hank, Moon Knight & Espirita go back to ancient Egypt to rescue those trapped there. Mockingbird witnesses Night Rider's funeral being conducted by the Commanches. Hawkeye & others then ride up on horses, & the couple are happily reunited. As the group heads back to the present, Hawkeye says that they still need to tie up one loose thread: Dominus, the being who sent them into the past.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: Cancer chairs a meeting of the human Zodiac to discuss the threat of the LMD Zodiac. Scorpio reveals himself to be the LMD, & the rest of the LMD Zodiac burst into the room. Scorpio kills all of the humans, except Taurus, with his venom blast. Taurus escapes from him in a crowded shopping mall. Bobbi meets with a SHIELD agent to find out what's going on with Nick Fury. Hank practices using the Rover against Iron Man. When they are done, they find Taurus waiting for them. Iron Man calls for the WCA to meet at the compound. Taurus tells them that he wants their help to destroy the LMDs. Taurus uses his knowledge to predict where the LMDs will strike. The LMDs strike at the Breeder's Cattle Auction in Wichita to steal money. The WCA show up to engage them in fighting. Hawkeye accidentally kills Sagittarius after getting bumped by the LMD Taurus. Pisces tells her team that they must retreat to avoid disaster. Scorpio releases the cattle to serve as a distraction. Back at their base, an angry Scorpio sends the others away. He thinks about how he has died & come back. The Zodiac Key tells him that it has recreated him after he died, since he was the first to hold it in this realm. Using the Key, Scorpio creates a new Sagittarius, who is a duplicate of Hawkeye.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: The team arrives at the Denver Mint to find Zodiac stealing its silver, but they get away via the Zodiac Key. With Van Lunt's help, the team finds Zodiac in Death Valley & engages them in battle. The Key resurrects the destroyed Zodiac members & sends everyone to the Realm of the Brotherhood at Scorpio's insistence. Zodiac collapses, now cut off from their Zodiacal energy. Hawkeye & the real Tigra stop fighting the Brotherhood once the Key returns. The Brotherhood sends the team back to their own dimension, but telling them that the Key will return to create conflicts for them.

(Cover date: December, 1980)

(Cover date: December, 1981)

Thor takes the cavern tunnel to ancient Hyboria rather than to Troy, and after a tussle, he becomes Conan's traveling companion. Not knowing who he is, Thor meets with the god Crom. Crom hurls his hammer away so that Thor does not interfere with the events of this age. Thor's & Conan's search for the hammer leads them to Thoth-Amon. (Cover date: June, 1983)

Mordo, the Sorcerer Supreme, confronts Dormammu when he plans to invade Earth's dimension. Dr. Strange becomes involved in events when he is perceived as a threat to Mordo's master's agenda. (Cover date: August, 1983)

Uncle Ben provides guidance to Peter during his early career as Spider-Man. (Cover date: August, 1984)

(Cover date: October, 1982)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover date: December, 1982)

(Cover Date: March, 2005)

(Cover Date: February, 1986) It's sad to see the beginning of the unraveling of Scott's & Madelyne's marriage. Rusty "Firefist" Collins makes his debut.

(Cover Date: March, 1986) Features Vera 2.0.

(Cover Date: July, 1986) The first full appearance of Apocalypse.

(Cover Date: September, 1986) Freedom Force and X-Factor meet in Central Park at the same time that the X-Men & Hellfire Club are facing Nimrod. FF attempts to arrest Rusty, but he is saved by Skids.

(Cover Date: December, 1986) Morlock Massacre tie-in.

(Cover Date: February, 1987) Features the return of the Master Mold.

(Cover Date: March, 1987) Angel's wings are amputated due to gangrene.

(Cover Date: June, 1987) Caliban joins X-Factor. First appearance of Rictor.

(Cover Date: July, 1987) Summary: Scott, who is distraught over Madelyne's apparent death, is pushed over the edge by a hologram of Phoenix created by Cameron Hodge. This leads to a confrontation with Jean, where Scott believes that Jean is the Phoenix. Warren wakes up in Apocalypse's ship, & Apocalypse begins his transformation into the Fourth Horseman.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: X-Factor is angry at Hodge for his anti-mutant advertising campaign, which increased ant-mutant sentiments among the population. Because of that, Hodge is fired by Scott. Caliban feels that he is useless in a conflict unless he gains physical power. Hodge secretly monitors X-Factor as they prepare to go to the reading of Warren's will. They learn that Warren's fortune has been left to X-Factor but with the funds to be administered by Hodge. They tell Hodge that they quit. Outside, Trish Tilby tells X-Factor that Hodge was in charge of Warren's incompetency hearing. She wants to know why X-Factor hunts mutants since she is against it. Hodge activates his plans. They are attacked by heavily-armed soldiers who yell death to mutant hunters & humans. Bobby creates an ice shield to protect the people. The soldiers retreat when Scott wounds one of them. X-Factor escapes through a manhole when the police come after them. From his ship hovering over the city, Apocalypse watches Hodge express his anti-mutant feelings to the media. His new horseman, Death, is in the background. Back at X-Factor HQ, their young mutant charges, after watching Hodge on TV, go to the basement to unlock the tunnel door for X-Factor. Three of Hodge's soldiers fly through, calling them mutant scum.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: At X-Factor HQ, The Right's Smiley-Face soldiers tranquilize the young mutants & leave Caliban for dead. X-Factor make their way back to HQ through the Morlock tunnels. Boom-Boom arrives back at HQ & sees the soldiers taking the young mutants away. Boom-Boom sneaks aboard the soldiers' plane after creating a distraction. X-Factor finds that Caliban is still alive. He tells them where the soldiers are going. The soldiers take the young mutants to the Arlington Science Museum, with Boom-Boom following. Apocalypse has Warren (shadowed) test out his new wings. Boom-Boom finds the room in which Rictor is being tortured. She creates a distraction & frees Rictor from the machine & from his power-dampening helmet. They are confronted by guards on a catwalk. Rictor uses his power, which causes the catwalk to collapse. While they are hanging on, The Right's Commander appears, who reveals himself to be Cameron Hodge.

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: X-Factor breaks into the science museum where Cameron Hodge is holding their young mutant charges. XF fights against The Right's smile-face soldiers & Hodge. Apocalypse tests Death (Archangel) against his other Horsemen for leadership of the group. The young mutants escape when the power is cut, & Rictor helps fight against the soldiers. Iceman cracks Hodge's ruby quartz armor, allowing Cyclops to take him down. They find that "Hodge" is actually his robot avatar. XF leaves with their charges before Hodge destroys the museum. Apocalypse teleports XF away to be tested against his Four Horsemen.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: The team is transported to his ship & is met by Apocalypse. Apocalypse tells them of his past & his objectives. The team fights the three Horsemen to stop them from destroying Manhattan. Apocalypse intoduces Death (Archangel), who attacks them with knives thrown from his wings. After the team is bound, Apocalypse sends the Horsemen out to attack the humans to create anti-mutant hatred. Caliban joins Apocalypse, asking for an increase in power.

I found the Hordeculture ladies to be both intriguing & humorous.
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I wasn't clear if memories in the Vault would be stored due to the temporal differences. Synch seems to remember what happened but does Wolverine?

(Cover Date: December, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1986)

(Cover Date: April, 1987)

(Cover Date: May, 1987)

(Cover Date: June, 1987)
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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)

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) 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)

(Cover date: May, 1984)

(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)

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)

(Cover date: February, 1985)

(Cover date: March, 1985)

(Cover Date: May, 1985)

(Cover Date: July, 1985)

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

(Cover Date: October, 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: 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: 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: 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: August, 1962)

(Cover date: July, 1963)

(Cover date: September, 1963)

(Cover date: November, 1963)

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)

(Cover Date: June, 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: March, 1965)

(Cover Date: April, 1965)

(Cover Date: August, 1965)

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

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

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

(Cover Date: October, 1967)

(Cover Date: November, 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: 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: 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.

(Cover date: June, 1980)
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 Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #227 Feb 17, 2022

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 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)

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

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

(Cover date: August, 1984)

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

(Cover date: December, 1984)

(Cover date: March, 1985)

(Cover Date: April, 1985)

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

(Cover Date: October, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1985)

(Cover Date: December, 1985)

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

(Cover Date: April, 1987)

(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, 1965) Steve Ditko at his finest.

(Cover Date: November, 1966)

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)

(Cover Date: May, 2023)

(Cover Date: June, 2023)

You know she'll be back someday.
7.5
 Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #27 Jun 14, 2023
7.5
 Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #28 Jul 23, 2023
7.5
 Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #29 Jul 12, 2023

(Cover date: September, 1963)

(Cover date: November, 1963)

(Cover date: March, 1964)

(Cover Date: September, 1964)

(Cover Date: June, 1965)

(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: June, 1966)

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

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

(Cover Date: August, 1968)

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

(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: 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.

(Cover date: July, 1980)

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 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)

(Cover date: October, 1982)

(Cover date: January, 1983)

(Cover date: March, 1983)

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)

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)

(Cover date: May, 1984)

(Cover date: July, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover date: December, 1984)

(Cover date: January, 1985)

(Cover date: March, 1985)

(Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

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

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

(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: October, 1986)

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.

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.
7.5
 Batman (2016): Fear State: Alpha #1 Sep 8, 2021
7.5
 Batman: The Detective (2021) #1 Oct 30, 2021
7.5
 Batman: The Detective (2021) #4 Oct 23, 2021

(Cover Date: April, 1968)

(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: 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.

(Cover date: January, 1981)

(Cover date: February, 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)

(Cover date: April, 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: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: May, 1985)

(Cover Date: August, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1986)

(Cover Date: March, 1986)

(Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: December, 1986)

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

(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.
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 Catwoman (2018) #34 Aug 20, 2021

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

(Cover Date: September, 1986)

(Cover Date: February, 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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 Daredevil & Echo (2023) #1 Jun 6, 2023

(Cover date: April, 1964)

(Cover Date: October, 1964)

(Cover Date: April, 1965)

(Cover Date: January, 1966)

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

(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: February, 1968) Cameo by Galactus.

(Cover Date: March, 1968)

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

(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: September, 1980)

(Cover date: February, 1983)

(Cover date: April, 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)

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)

(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: December, 1984)

(Cover Date: June, 1985)

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

(Cover Date: September, 1986) The mystery surrounding the nature of Madcap kept me interested. Is he an android, alien, mutant or something else?

(Cover Date: January, 1987) A Morlock Massacre epilogue. (Sabretooth acts the way he does because he's like a domesticated cat!)

(Cover Date: August, 1987) **SPOILERS** Summary: A man named Wheeler watches two thugs break the legs of a man as a warning to him for not paying his loan back on time. Hearing the man's screams, DD intervenes & takes the thugs out. While DD is attending to the injured man, Wheeler steals cash off of the thugs. Wheeler then proceeds to lose the money gambling. Back home, Wheeler looks at his golden Wakandan armor & recalls when he worked for the Black Panther & married his cousin. Due to his deadbeat father, Wheeler's son calls the Black Panther, who is in the city, for help. Black Panther intervenes when some thugs threaten Wheeler for the money he owes. Wheeler puts on his armor & robs a bank. He is intercepted by DD & then by the Black Panther who bring him down. DD & Black Panther get into a fight over Wheeler's ultimate fate. Intending suicide, Wheeler lets himself get shot up by police in a helicopter, which causes his armor to start on fire. DD overcomes the Black Panther, then strips the flaming armor off of Wheeler to save his life. Later, Wheeler tells his wife & son that he got a job & isn't gambling anymore.

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: Due to the rain, DD uses a cab to follow another car containing two city politicians who are involved in a drug ring. DD jumps out of the cab onto the top of the other car as Phalen strangles to death Gromosky, who wanted out of the drug ring. DD stops the car, then confronts a group of hitmen that were following. DD takes out the hitmen but the stopped cab is shot up. The cab driver, Nigel, who is a former convict, is held as a material witness. He is also being held on other charges for illegally operating the cab. Tired of waiting, Chance bursts into a meeting of the leaders of the drug ring. The ring's boss hires him to kill Nigel before he testifies before a grand jury. DD waits at the safe house where Nigel is being kept. Chance crashes through the safe house which sends Nigel running outside. DD stops Chance from shooting Nigel. Chance flies away when Nigel enters a nearby truck stop, wearing nothing but a towel. DD follows him inside, where the two are confronted by a group of toughs. Phalen is executed by a police officer working for the drug ring. Later, DD & Nigel get a ride into the city by a truck driver. Nigel leaves DD, refusing to testify, since hearing on the radio that Phalen is dead. Nigel goes to his apartment to find Chance there waiting for him & holding a note from Nigel's wife that she left him. Chance decides to not kill Nigel for beating the odds as an ex-convict & for Phalen being dead. DD comes into the room through a window. Chance flips a coin to decide whether he should kill Nigel, but DD hits it in the air with his billy club. After Chance jets through the window, Nigel finds that the coin has heads on both sides (he lives). DD talks to Nigel in a cab after he testifies to the grand jury. Nigel tells DD that his life is a wreck due to him. Nigel tells him that he is going to go find his wife & kid. He then tells DD to go easier on this cab driver.

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: Bushwacker is killing mutants with artistic abilities. Wolverine & DD converge on him & get into a scuffle regarding his fate. Wolverine wants Bushwacker dead for his crimes, while DD wants to bring him to justice after making a promise to his wife as Matt to not hurt him.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: An environmental group asks Matt for help against a corporation that is illegally dumping its waste. "The General" hires Bullet to pick up a bomber, so that he can escape the law. While Matt is at the environmental group's HQ reviewing their files, the bomber strikes. After the explosion, Matt grabs the bomber, but then gets into a scuffle with Bullet over the custody of the bomber. Bullet shows Matt his government ID (an unspecified agency), so Matt has no choice but to turn the bomber over to him. Comments: Matt does not show up in his DD costume as depicted on the cover.
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I found BMB's dialogue to be clunky in spots, which detracts from the story. Maleev's artwork perfectly fits the dark nature of this series. The plot isn't interesting enough to merit a higher rating.
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7.5
 Daredevil (2015) #8 May 28, 2021
7.5
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7.5
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7.5
 Daredevil (2015) #14 Jun 3, 2021

I hate that King in Black intrudes on the main storyline. I'm sure Zdarsky had no choice in the matter.

Ugh, more King in Black tiein.
7.5
 Daredevil (2019) #34 Jan 30, 2022
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 Daredevil (2019) #35 Jan 30, 2022
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 Daredevil (2019) #36 Jan 30, 2022

(Cover Date: January, 2024)

(Cover Date: February, 2024) Guest appearance by Spider-Man.

(Cover Date: March, 2024) I liked Chichester's portrayal of Matt in this issue. Pitting ordinary citizens against super-villains, just to be slaughtered, seemed kind of dumb to me, but considering that von Strucker is a sadistic, psychopathic Fascist, I guess it fits. Also, great cover by Bagley!

(Cover Date: April, 2024)

If you like a fast paced, action oriented story involving many of Marvel's premier superheroes then this issue is for you. Personally, I am going to skip the next issue since it is not quite good enough to justify the continued outlay.

(Cover Date: July, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1997) Summary: Deadpool takes an assignment to destroy a gamma radiation research facility in Antarctica, where the project leader happens to be Walter Langkowski (Sasquatch). Comments: The cover shown above is not the actual cover for this issue.

(Cover Date: May, 1981)

(Cover Date: August, 1981)

(Cover Date: December, 1981)

(Cover Date: March, 1982)

(Cover Date: March, 1983)

(Cover date: April, 1983)

**SPOILERS** Daimon & Patsy decide to get married & leave the group. Valkyrie is summoned to Asgard by Odin. Iceman shows up to visit his best bud Hank (something tells me he is about to join the team). Hank ponders making the Defenders an actual team. (Cover date: August, 1983)

In the 24th century, Namor, Hulk, Strange & Silver Surfer encounter the Tribunal who begin to relate to them the events they caused that led to the desolation of Earth. It began with aliens who were draining peoples' life forces in order to save their prince & the four's interference to save them. (Cover date: October, 1983)

The Defenders have moved to Angel's Aerie since their brownstone was destroyed by the Secret Empire's robots. With Moondragon having learned the location of the Secret Empire's base from Cloud's mind, the Defenders attempt an assault. The Defenders are overcome by a strength & mind sapping device & the Secret Empire's forces. Professor Power tells them that he is going to get his revenge on Xavier by having the Defenders kill off the New Mutants. (Cover date: February, 1984)

The New Defenders believe that they are fighting the New Mutants until Moondragon puts an end to the illusion. They are inside the Mind Ripper which the Secret Empire is attempting to use to brainwash them. Professor Power plans to launch a satellite that will increase the hatred between the USA & USSR thus leading to a nuclear war. The Secret Empire will emerge from it in control of the world. Seraph, a Soviet agent, frees Cloud from her cell, & they go to help the Defenders. Using Gargoyle's powers, Moondragon frees the team from the Mind Ripper. They are attacked by robots who they overcome this time. The team arrives at the rocket base to attempt to stop the launch & meet opposition from Mad Dog & Mutant Force. Moondragon & Valkyrie are caught on the rocket when it launches while trying to disable it. (Cover date: March, 1984)

(Cover date: April, 1984)

(Cover Date: May, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1985)

(Cover Date: February, 1986)

(Cover Date: June, 1970) Summary: Intending to enhance his night senses using glandular extractions from bats, Kirk Langstrom inadvertently turns himself into Man-Bat. He helps Batman bring down the Blackout Gang who are robbing the museum he works for. Batgirl gets involved in a murder mystery at Hudson College, where Dick Grayson attends school, & may die a death out of Edgar Allan Poe due to it.
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7.5
 Detective Comics (2016) #1034 Oct 30, 2021

Good art & story but nothing special. Along with the prior issue, this is a part of the setup for a hopefully big payoff at the end of this arc.

I liked Tamaki's script in the prior issues of this arc. The parasite & Worth's blowing up a police station with impunity felt like now it's jumping the shark. The artwork was a step down also from Mora. The backup stories I don't care about, just give me my dollar back.

Both stories kept my interest, & the artwork on both was good. Roland Worth is becoming DC's version of the Kingpin.

The good news is that Dan Mora is back on the artwork. Mandy, ur Tamaki, delivers a decent script. Bruce is cleared of Sarah Worth's death thanks to Oracle's help. I don't remember what Bruce's alibi was since Tamaki doesn't mention it. Penguin has decided to go back to being a pain in the ass. Bruce's townhouse is set on fire with no regard to the lives of the other residents. Of course, in the world of Gotham, there are no consequences for such actions by its bad actors. Worth is back too soon from his cement shower as his usual growly, irascible self. The backup story regarding Man-Bat is the best that has been presented to date in this title.

I thought Mandy's story & Bog's artwork were both good. Batman's willpower saves the day in the end. The story with Red Hood was interesting. Overall, not a bad issue.

Could we move off of the parasites, please? The second story was just meh.

(Cover Date: July, 1969) Summary: Nightmare is holding Eternity as his prisoner. In order to save Earth from the menances pulled from across time, Strange agrees to go to Nightmare's Dream Dimension. After Strange fights off his minions, Nightmare uses a counterspell to turn his own Eye of Agamotto against him.

(Cover date: February, 1981)

Mordo kidnaps Morgana Blessing & Clea from his sanctum sanctorum, & Strange follows them to 1943 London where he finds an amnesiac Blessing in a bar with Nick Fury & Dum Dum Dugan. Strange finds Mordo & Clea at Stonehenge entering a vortex. Suspecting that Mordo is being manipulated, Strange follows after them & encounters the unexpected. (Cover date: December, 1981)

Doctor Strange follows Morgana Blessing's soul-shard back to ancient Egypt when Rama-Tut is pharoah & the FF are in his thrall. Also, Clea contemplates leaving Strange due to Morgana's stronger love for him. (Cover date: June, 1982)

(Cover date: February, 1983)

(Cover date: April, 1983)

After the Darkholders resurrect their master, Dracula, they summon the Children of the Night to destroy his enemies, Doctor Strange & Hannibal King. (Cover date: June, 1983)

Dracula assaults Avengers Mansion with his minions to retrieve the Darkhold, but Strange, Wanda & Captain Marvel are there to stop him. (Cover date: August, 1983)

After his daughter Kiko is sexually assaulted & murdered, Strange's power is pushed to the limits to keep her father, Akira Nitobe, master of Kiai-Jutsu, from killing her attacker in revenge. (Cover date: February, 1984)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

(Cover date: August, 1984)

Strange & Hannibal King discover that the surviving Darkhold cultists are planning to bring vampires from other realities into this reality. (Cover date: October, 1984)

With the evil in his sword driving him mad, Strange must find a way to remove it so that the Black Knight can regain his sanity. (Cover date: December, 1984)

(Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1985) [Background on Dormammu & Umar]

(Cover Date: December, 1985)

(Cover Date: February, 1986)

(Cover Date: April, 1986)

(Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986)

(Cover Date: December, 1986)

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover date: January, 1983)

(Cover date: September, 1983)

Dreadstar links to an Instrumentality computer terminal to learn more about the Catorlite mineral that they value. The Insty scientist Mezlo has laid a trap for him in cyberspace & attempts to destroy his mind. (Cover date: November, 1983)

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: Vanth is sent on a mission to check up on a science agent that Oedi has lost contact with. The agent was looking for information to find war criminals. Vanth finds her alive but a village & its people destroyed. The agent had unintentionally rematerialized the pyro-kinetic war criminal, Malchek, from a teleportation unit. Vanth must figure out how to kill Malchek while avoiding being burned to death.

(Cover Date: October, 1985)

(Cover Date: December, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1986)

(Cover Date: April, 1987) Sunspot leaves the New Mutants after unintentionally injuring Cannonball during a soccer match & not getting much empathy from his teammates.

(Cover Date: May, 1987)

(Cover date: October, 1963) [First appearance of the man who will become Kang]

(Cover Date: November, 1964)

(Cover Date: February, 1965) [First appearance of Dragon Man]

(Cover Date: April, 1965)

(Cover Date: May, 1965)

(Cover Date: June, 1965) Featuring lots & lots of Reed's gadgets.

(Cover Date: July, 1965)

(Cover Date: August, 1965) The early Marvel issues were chock full of sexism, but Reed comes across as an exceptional d**k toward Sue in this one.

(Cover Date: September, 1965)

(Cover Date: October, 1965)

(Cover Date: November, 1965) The coming of the Inhumans.

(Cover Date: February, 1966)

(Cover Date: September, 1966) On the way to Attilan, Johnny & Wyatt run into the medieval knight, Prester John, whose Evil Eye may have the power to free the Inhumans.

(Cover Date: October, 1966) Ben thinking with his gonads instead of his brain again.

(Cover Date: January, 1967)

(Cover Date: February, 1967)

(Cover Date: March, 1967)

(Cover Date: May, 1967)

(Cover Date: June, 1967) Deus Ex Machina: Another unlikely gadget that Reed just happened to develop saves the day.

(Cover Date: July, 1967) First reference to the Kree empire.

(Cover Date: September, 1967) Features the introduction & origin of Adam Warlock, who actually isn't seen in this issue.

(Cover Date: November, 1967)

(Cover Date: December, 1967) Similar to the plot in FF #41-43.

(Cover Date: January, 1968)

(Cover Date: February, 1968)

(Cover Date: June, 1968)

(Cover Date: July, 1968)

(Cover Date: August, 1968)

(Cover Date: September, 1968) Reed gives Ben a formula that turns him normal again, but right before the Wizard shows up with his new Wonder-Gloves, intending to kill them.

(Cover Date: October, 1968)

(Cover Date: November, 1968) The explosion that destroyed Toomazooma probably should have killed Reed as well. I guess his super stretchy state makes him resistant to severe physical trauma.

(Cover Date: January, 1969) Summary: Lockjaw teleports into the Baxter Building, followed by the Alpha Primitives, who kidnap Crystal & return to Attilan. Crystal finds that Maximus has overthrown Black Bolt & that the royal family has been imprisoned. The rest of the FF fly to Attilan, where they are met by the large android, Zorr, who overcomes them. Maximus shows Crystal his Hypno-Gun, which he plans to use to conquer the human race.

(Cover Date: April, 1969) Summary: Dr. Doom warns the FF that they must learn to obey his orders in Latveria or they will be punished. Ben attacks his servo-guards & is easily knocked down by a stun blast. Doom lets two test subjects overpower him & lets them flee, holding his guards back from pursuing them. The two men hijack an armored vehicle. It is attacked by one of Doom's new robots, & the vehicle is ripped to pieces. Doom tells Hauptmann that he plans to test his robot army by having them destroy a village that the FF are in. The FF pass out after eating lunch due to a sedative. They are put in the Hypno-Persuader, which conditions their minds to not use their powers. Sue looks at a house, but decides it wouldn't be safe for the other residents. The agent takes her to an unusual looking house with all but the roof buried underground. Doom poses for a portrait without his mask on in anticipation of his ruling mankind. Doom's guard tells him that his robot army has started their surge of destruction toward the target village that the FF are in.

(Cover Date: June, 1969) Summary: As the FF make their way toward Doom's castle, they encounter a series of traps & hazards that Doom has designed to draw them towards him. Sue & Crystal are the first to arrive, where Doom has prepared a banquet for them. Reed, Johnny & Ben arrive in Doom's art gallery & find Hauptmann with a flame thrower about to fry Doom's portrait artist, a suspected SHIELD agent. Angered that Hauptmann will destroy his art collection, Doom sends a hyper-sound blast from his piano at Hauptmann to kill him. He had intended to use it against the FF while playing his concerto for them. Now weary of his game, Doom tells them to leave Latveria. Comments: The ending was rather abrupt. On to the next arc!

(Cover date: April, 1980)

(Cover date: October, 1980)

Diablo sends four elemental beings to destroy each member of the FF. After narrowly escaping death, each being is directed to another member of the FF who uses their powers to vanqish the being. (Cover date: July, 1981)

The FF arrive at Ego the Living Planet, who is intent on destroying Earth for harboring Galactus. After fighting through Ego's defenses, they take a power unit from Ego's propulsion unit. Ben must carry the unit to Ego's brain in an attempt to disable him. (Cover date: October, 1981)

Johnny helps Frankie Raye to unlock her suppressed memories, which reveal her background & the true nature of herself. Despite some hesitation, Ben agrees to let Reed change him back to his human form with his new machine, but something goes drastically wrong. (Cover date: January, 1982)
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 Fantastic Four (1961) #241 Feb 20, 2022

After Sue leaves a TV interview with an aggressive host, she finds that the rest of the FF have been subdued by a strange, but seemingly familiar, young man who demands "the answer" from her. (Cover date: August, 1982)

After the FF deliver Doom's mindless body to the Latverian embassy, they each fall into separate chambers & face a deadly threat from Dr. Doom!? They wonder how that is possible while fighting for their lives. (Cover date: September, 1982)

(Cover date: October, 1982)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover date: February, 1983)

(Cover date: April, 1983)

(Cover date: June, 1983)

With the dimensional tunnel destroyed by Annihilus, Reed must figure out how to safely return them home & to neutralize Annihilus' plan to destroy the Negative Zone & their universe by merging a null-field with a positive field. (Cover date: July, 1983) [Byrne has too much exposition in this issue for me to like it more.]

Doom captures Sue on her way back from a house hunting trip in Connecticut & offers her a chance to defeat him or to help Ben & Johnny who are fighting against the cosmic-powered Tyros (formerly called Terrax). (Cover date: October, 1983)

After Johnny apparently burns to death beyond recognition in a race car crash at Wonderworld, a skeptical Ben goes to see the owner, Alden Maas, on his island to get some answers. Ben learns that Maas is using Johnny to send heat to the core in order to expand the Earth's surface. Ben is fooled by a hologram of Johnny in restraints & falls down a shaft. Upon landing, he is zapped by the Mole Man, who blames the FF for what Maas is doing to the Earth. (Cover date: February, 1984)

Ben falls under the spell of Karisma & tries to kill Sue when she tries to stop his rampage, but she figures out the way to stop them both. (Cover date: May, 1984)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

While Johnny is instructing She-Hulk in the Baxter Building's systems, they are savagely attacked by Doom's mask, which is being remotely controlled by someone from the outside, but Doom's dead, right? (Cover date: July, 1984)

(Cover date: August, 1984)

Johnny feels himself being attracted to Alicia. Sue is distraught over being sidelined by Reed & the loss of her child. Reed must figure out a way to stop Galactus wannabe Terminus from destroying the Earth for its natural resources. (Cover date: September, 1984)

On his 40th birthday, Reed tells Sue that there are gaps in his memories that were probably caused by an alien in the Negative Zone. He recalls his earliest memory: a fight against the giant alien Gormuu. They go to the Richards estate in California with the hope of awakening memories. They find his missing father's lab, which contains a time platform. (Cover date: October, 1984)

(Cover date: December, 1984) [The origin of Kang]

(Cover date: January, 1985)

She-Hulk has pictures snapped of her while sun-bathing on the roof of the Baxter Building by the publisher of a sleazy magazine in a helicopter. Accompanied by Wyatt Wingfoot, she attempts to halt their publication as lawyer Jen Walters. (Cover date: February, 1985)

Cover Date: March, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1985)

(Cover Date: July, 1985)

(Cover Date: August, 1985) Malice hate, Malice kill!

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

(Cover Date: December, 1985) This story touches on the reason that the Human Torch was removed as a character in the 1980's FF Saturday morning cartoon show.

(Cover Date: September, 1986)

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(Cover Date: November, 1986) This reads pretty much the same as every Mole Man tale. Reed & Ben finally clearing the air was good though.

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

(Cover Date: April, 1987) Reed & Sue learn that their son Franklin's mutant powers have reemerged.

(Cover Date: July, 1987) It's rather sick that Quicksilver kidnaps Alicia & leaves her bound in a desolate area of the Bronx to suffer being bitten by rats & assaulted by street gangs.

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: The Inhumans bring Luna & her nanny, Maya, to the FF HQ. Riding his motorcycle, Captain America drops Ms. Marvel (Sharon Ventura) off at the front of the FF's HQ building. The Inhumans take custody of Quicksilver with the hope of curing him of his mental illness. Ben sees Sharon on the street & goes looking for her. He is joined by Crystal, who wonders whether she should stay a member. Suddenly, Diablo & his elementals appear before them. Reed, Sue & Johnny join them, but all are overcome by one of the elementals. They are saved when Sharon knocks out Diablo, but Ben has to stop her from killing him. Sharon tells Ben that she hates men after what she has gone through. After they talk through it, Ben tells her that she is joining his FF.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: Reed, Sue & Franlin say their goodbyes to the others before heading to their home in Connecticut. Diablo lies in the hospital with his limbs in casts from the beating he took from Ms. Marvel. He accesses the Elixir of Rejuvenation in his mustache to fully heal himself. He recalls his past from when he studied alchemy in the ninth century to when Ben freed him from his tomb. In their apartment, Johnny & Alicia see their furniture transmute into monsters, & Johnny flies them to join the others. Hearing of the transmutations, Reed has Franklin send his dream self to find out what is happening. Franklin reports that the hospital has been turned into a castle. Sue talks Reed into not going back. The FF fight against Diablo's transmutations outside & track him down in the castle. After overcoming his defenses, Diablo is captured when Ms. Marvel grabs ahold of his wrists. Later, Franklin reports back to Reed that the others look happy. Reed, Sue & Franklin walk to their new home.

(Cover Date: September, 1964)

(Cover Date: October, 1965) A tale of two goofy devices, one by Doom & one by the Watcher, that results in mindless fun.

(Cover Date: November, 1966)

(Cover Date: November, 1967) FF = 7.5 SS = 7.5 First appearance of Psycho-Man.

(Cover date: September, 1983) [The teaser says it all!]

(Cover date: August, 1984)

(Cover Date: January, 2023) A lighthearted romp with loveable characters but not a lot of substance.

After Mockingbird's apartment is destroyed in a bomb blast, Hawkeye & Mockingbird are attacked by the assassins Oddball & Bombshell while following a lead on the deadly weapon that CTE has developed & is selling. (Cover date: November, 1983)

(Cover date: November, 1982)
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 Immortal Hulk #10 Jan 1, 2022
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 Immortal Hulk #16 Jan 1, 2022
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 Immortal Hulk #39 Jun 6, 2021

(Cover date: April, 1980)

(Cover date: April, 1981)

(Cover date: June, 1983)

Banner/Hulk dictates the memoirs of his life as the Hulk. When the Soulstar power core is installed in Banner's new science observatory & releases Zzzax, Banner/Hulk must find a way to stop it before it consumes the life energies of the people present. (Cover date: July, 1983)

AIM agents rebel against MODOK, and failing to kill him, drive him away. The Abomination attacks Banner, intending to kill him, after having been coerced by MODOK to do so. General Ross, accompanied by Betty, arrives at the observatory expecting Banner to be dead per his agreement with MODOK. (Cover date: November, 1983)

After the Abomination delivers Kate Waynesboro to them, AIM transforms her into Ms. Modok to defeat Modok, but when Modok & the Hulk show up things do not go according to their plans. (Cover date: December, 1983)

(Cover date: May, 1984)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

(Cover date: July, 1984)

(Cover date: August, 1984)

Nightmare manipulates the savage Hulk into attacking Doctor Strange. Strange attempts to waken the last vestige of Bruce Banner in Hulk's mind in order to save him. (Cover date: September, 1984)

His Bruce Banner psyche now gone, the mindless Hulk goes on a rampage through NYC. Various heroes try to stop him: Gab Jones & SHIELD, Human Torch, Iron Fist, Power Man, the Avengers & Thor. Finally, Doctor Strange decides that the best course of action is to exile the Hulk to another dimension where he will do no harm. (Cover date: October, 1984)

Hulk enters a reality where he is beaten by Maktu, the Iron Knight, & is held prisoner. He is saved from death by a green woman who is a fellow prisoner & who is to be Maktu's bride. The woman hopes that Hulk is the champion who will set her free. (Cover date: December, 1984)

(Cover date: February, 1985)

(Cover Date: March, 1985)

(Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: May, 1985)

(Cover Date: July, 1985)

(Cover Date: August, 1985)

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

(Cover Date: December, 1985) First issue by John Byrne.

(Cover Date: January, 1986)

(Cover Date: February, 1986)

(Cover Date: April, 1986) Doc Samson gets into a tussle with the Hulkbusters which proves to be deadly.

(Cover Date: July, 1986)

(Cover Date: November, 1986) Rick Jones transforms into a Hulk.

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover Date: May, 1987) Peter David begins his long run as the regular writer on this title.

(Cover Date: July, 1987) After Banner is arrested, the Hulk finds himself drawn into the tragic relationship between a domestic abuse victim & her sheriff husband.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: Clay Quartermain is reproached by the SHIELD Council for his failure to get rid of the Hulk. Angry at having to become Banner again, the Hulk slams his fist into a building. Banner is knocked out by falling debris as the building collapses & is taken inside the home of a man named Dick. The man hopes to receive a bounty for reporting Banner to X-Factor as a mutant. Banner calls Gamma Base, & Rick subtlety warns him to not return. Banner is out walking when X-Factor arrives at Dick's home. Banner runs from X-Factor, thinking that they are SHIELD agents. Banner turns back into the Hulk & confronts X-Factor by throwing a train boxcar at them. Their fight ends up inside a printing company. They continue their fight until the Hulk is encased in ice by Bobby. Scott calls Quartermain to come get the Hulk, since X-Factor has no means to contain him. The SHIELD Council tells Quartermain to send as many people as necessary to end the menace of the Hulk.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: Betty leaves the hospital with Ramon. The note she leaves for Bruce is blown under a cabinet. Hulk has been encased in ice by Iceman. A SHIELD force is on its way to pick up the Hulk. When it arrives, Quartermain stops Saunders from shooting the Hulk with a laser cannon. The Hulk arrives at Gamma Base & breaks out of the ice. The Hulk fights against Doc Samson & X-Factor. The SHIELD Council tells Quartermain that they don't need Banner alive anymore, since they have perfected the gamma bomb. They tell Quartermain to do his duty. After getting knocked out by Samson, the Hulk is held in kinetic bonds. A shadowed figure (Quartermain) is secretly setting bombs around Gamma Base. Agent Trump, Quartermain's second-in-command, orders the SHIELD agents to take out X-Factor & Samson. They fight back. Iceman frees the Hulk from his bonds. The Hulk & X-Factor rout the SHIELD agents & break out to the outside. The sun is rising, & much to the Hulk's dismay, he turns back into Banner. Before Trump & his agents can gun the group down, Quatermain's bombs start to go off. Quartermain picks them up in a van & drives away as Gamma Base is being destroyed. Later, X-Factor leaves in a rental car to go pick up their plane. When Bruce mentions Betty, Quartermain starts to tell him what happened to her. Samson digs out from under the rubble to find Gamma Base has been destroyed.

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: Bruce, Rick & Clay flee in a van to avoid being captured by SHIELD agents. Along the way, Bruce/Hulk are plagued by Mercy, an alien angel of death, who kills people with an inner desire to die. Banner's personality decides he really wants to live, & the Hulk manages to defeat her in the end by blowing up a gas station.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: Hulk, Rick & Clay go to a SHIELD safehouse in Boulder, CO to find the location of the gamma bombs & Betty. They find that the caretaker's foster son is "Ashcan" (see PPSSM#118). After Ashcan blasts the Hulk, the Hulk chases the kid to a carnival. The Hall of Mirrors brings back memories of Bruce being abused by his father, while Ashcan remembers killing his own abusive father. Hulk brings the kid back to the safehouse, where Rick talks him into leaving the kid with his foster father.

After Hulk enters a missile silo base and is attacked by jet fighters, Hulk and Banner are separated with Banner gaining the Captain Universe powers. Thinking the US has been attacked, a nuclear missile is launched. Banner must try to stop the missile while the Hulk is trying to destroy him because of his hatred for him. (Cover date: August, 1981)

(Cover Date: February, 2023)

(Cover Date: September, 1968)

(Cover Date: November, 1968)

(Cover Date: April, 1969) Summary: After his battle with the Mandarin, Iron Man, along with Janice, watch the ambulance take the fallen Stark LMD away. At SI, IM beams instructions to the LMD so that the ambulance drivers find it alive & well. The LMD is returned to SI by police helicopter, & Tony locks it in his vault. Sitwell is supervising the recovery of the ship that Whitney Frost escaped in & crashed in the Everglades. Janice tells Tony that her lawyer, Vincent Sandhurst, is pressuring her to sell her company to Tony. Sandhurst needs his fee to care for his brother, Basil. Upon returning home, Vincent finds his brother has become the Controller. They recall how Basil had worked for Cord & was badly injured in a chemical fire. The Contoller moves in an exo-skeleton powered by the mind. Basil shows Vincent his Mind-Wave Absorbatron that he has connected his servants to tap their mental forces. Basil attaches a disc to the unwilling Vincent's forehead to connect him remotely with the Absorbatron. Tony & Janice drive to the town where Vincent lives to settle the sale. Tony finds the people in a restaurant are all wearing discs. The Controller pulls Janice out of the car, attaches a disc to her & flies away. Tony follows as IM & forces the Controller to the ground. The Controller is not fazed by IM's repulsor rays. He knocks IM down & puts a disc on him. He then flies away with both IM & Janice in his arms to be added to the Absorbatron.

(Cover date: April, 1980)

(Cover date: September, 1980)

(Cover date: October, 1980)

(Cover date: January, 1981)

A caustic liquid left over from the Blacklash attack at SI damages a circuit board at the top-secret lab annex, which activates the GARD system. Scott Lang is trapped inside the lab & must use his Ant-Man abilities & some help from ants to survive against a system designed for killing. (Cover date: October, 1981)

(Cover date: November, 1981)

Within the Heaven's Hand secret facility in East Germany, Iron Man is strung up in front of a laser cannon that will fry him if he moves. He must figure out a way to escape before the Living Laser can power up the Soviets' new weapons-based satellites. (Cover date: December, 1981)

(Cover date: March, 1982)

After an amnesiac janitor remembers that he is Diablo, he gains access to the S.I. lab & attacks Iron Man with a variety of threats created by his potions. (Cover date: June, 1982)

(Cover date: December, 1982)

(Cover date: March, 1983)

Rhodey must learn the capabilities of the Iron Man armor on the fly to keep Magma from destroying Stark International's infrastructure & from killing the incapacitated Tony. (Cover date: May, 1983)

While Cap is confronting Tony in a bowery hotel about his drinking problem, Firebrand sets the place on fire to kill the two. Fortunately, Iron Man (James Rhodes) shows up looking for Stark as Obadiah Stane moves closer to taking over S.I. (Cover date: July, 1983)

Iron Man "rescues" Indries Moomji from the Sisterhood of Ishtar at Obadiah Stane's request in the hope that she might help Tony to stop his incapacitating drinking. (Cover date: August, 1983)

Iron Man (James Rhodes) races to retrieve the old Iron Man armors from under the sea before Nick Fury gets to them, but he runs into Krang who is willing to kill him to secure the armors for himself. (Cover date: October, 1983)

In California, Iron Man & the gang are lead into a deadly water trap set out by Aquarius & his henchmen. (Cover date: August, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

Iron Man tries to stop the Termite from sabotaging equipment at an electronics plant that Circuits Maximus now has a contract with but is unsuccessful. Rhodey finds that Tony is working on a new suit of armor & gets angry about it. (Cover date: December, 1984)

(Cover Date: May, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1985)

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

(Cover Date: October, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1986) Ka-Zar visits the WCA compound while seeking some purpose to his life after the destruction of the Savage Land by Terminus.

(Cover Date: March, 1986)

(Cover Date: April, 1986)

(Cover Date: May, 1986) Iron Man is the only thing standing between the evil madman Goliath & the deaths of Hawkeye & Mockingbird at his hands.

(Cover Date: July, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986) Guest starring Werewolf by Night.

(Cover Date: September, 1986)

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(Cover Date: November, 1986) Featuring the death of Dominic Fortune & the reappearance of the Iron Monger.

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover Date: March, 1987) Features the death of supporting character, Clytemnestra Erwin.

(Cover Date: April, 1987) Features the return of Tony's prior antagonist, Justin Hammer.

(Cover Date: May, 1987)

(Cover Date: June, 1987) First appearance of the Ghost.

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: The Ghost returns to his lab to repair his damaged circuits. Iron Man stops the anti-meat lunatic Flex from destroying a burger place. The Ghost crashes a presentation by Tony only to find that Tony is a hologram & the audience are security guards. Iron Man appears but must deal with Anson grenades released by the Ghost at the guards. The Ghost disappears to go destroy the Beta Particle Accelerator but is repelled by the energy field surrounding it. Putting his life in danger, the Ghost pushes toward the generator anyway. His overloaded circuits melt through the floor. Iron Man finds only the remains of the Ghost's suit. Later, following a successful presentation, Tony has raised enough funds from investors to keep Accutech & Stark Enterprises from going bankrupt. Rhodey tells Tony that they found an unreadable cassette in the Ghost's remains. The cassette had the name of the man at Roxxon who had hired him to destroy Accutech.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: In Guatemala, Force goes rogue & scuttles a mini-sub of his boss, Justin Hammer. Tony & Rhodey meet Rae LaCoste at a jewelry boutique. She takes them to her salon where Tony gets a new hair style. Force lands at Stark Enterprises, & being not able to vocalize, he convinces Iron Man that he means no harm. Due to Hammer's Safelok program, Force is unable to communicate & to take off his armor without being electrocuted to death. IM is able to safely remove his armor. Force tells Tony that he wants to quit working for Hammer because he has become revulsed at what he was doing. Tony takes him to the police department, since he is still is a wanted criminal. Hammer's insider in the police department lets him know that Force is being held there. Hammer sends Beetle, Blacklash & Blizzard to kill Force. The hit squad breaks through the police protection to Force's cell, where Tony is. Tony doesn't have his IM armor with him & wonders how to stop them.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: Rhodey drives a ram tank into the cell area to disrupt Beetle, Blacklash & Bizzard from killing Clay Wilson (Force). Tony & Clay use the tank to escape. Tony arranges with the authorities to have Wilson held at Stark Enterprises for his protection. Hammer meets with the three super-villains to tell them that they will get another opportunity. Scott & Cassie Lang unpack at their new house in LA. Tony leaves a tip at the LAPD for Hammer's mole that Wilson is at Gunshot Gulch, a deserted theme park. The three villains arrive at the park & are confronted by Iron Man accompanied by Wilson. Rhodey has the animatronic cowboys open fire on them while IM attacks. Wilson appears as Force to free IM from Blacklash's snare. Force uses an EMP to shut down the weapons systems of the villains & inadvertently of IM. Rhodey fights against Blacklash & takes him dowm. A building falls on the Beetle during his battle with IM. As Blizzard is defeated by Force, the other two villains fly away. To end the assassination attempts, Tony reports to the police cheif that Force was accidentally killed. He gives Wilson a job in one of his subsidiaries under an alias.

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: After examining Force's armor, Tony finds that it incorporates his own technology. He hires Scott Lang (Ant-Man) to download data from Justin Hammer's computer. Tony discovers that Spymaster stole his technology & sold it to Hammer. He has a list of supervillains that Hammer sold his technology to. Iron Man neutralizes Stilt-Man's & the Controller's armor after a fight with them. He obtains the Mauler's armor without a fight. Tony doesn't get good news from his lawyer on the legal front & decides to use any means necessary to recover his stolen technology.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: Iron Man stops the Raiders from stealing the cargo from an Air Force plane & renders their armor useless. Although a name was erased during the download, Tony believes that Stingray was the name on Hammer's list that his armor technology was sold to. Tony flies to the Avengers' Hydro-Base to meet with its guardian Stingray. Stingray refuses to turn over his suit for inspection to IM & flees underwater, with IM giving chase. IM manages to stun Stingray unconscious, but then finds that he isn't using his technology, since his negator pack has no effect. Later, due to the bad PR that has been created, Tony announces to the press that Iron Man has been fired.

Iron Man is involuntarily drawn to Olympia where the Eternals have been put into a mindless state by the Deviants and who are being killed to transfer their immortality to the Deviant leader Tode. (Cover date: November, 1983)

Erik Josten, the original Power Man, goes to Dr. Karl Malus to see if he can restore his power. Malus recreates Baron Zemo's process & also gives him Pym's growth serum. After telling Malus that he won't work for him, the new Goliath goes on a rampage in LA & is intercepted by Iron Man. With his new powers, Goliath easily defeats Iron Man & flings him into the Mojave Desert. Later, Iron Man agrees to team up with his fellow West Coast Avengers, Hawkeye & Wonder Man. Their initial confrontation with Goliath is a disaster, & they retreat. Deciding not to fight strength against strength, they use Hawkeye's magnesium flare arrows & Iron Man's ultrasonics to disorient Goliath. In response, Goliath grows to 200 feet then collapses, becoming comatose due to the strain on his body. Witnessing his fall, Malus pities Goliath for his failure after having so much potential for greatness. (Cover date: October, 1984)

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: Once a local hero & a Roxxon agent, Stratosfire goes rogue after her friend is killed by Roxxon for not keeping her silence. She destroys a nuclear power plant & defeats Iron Man who tried to stop her. She then attempts to destroy a new aircraft carrier. She is about to kill Iron Man with her microwaves but is driven off by the newly returned Sunturion. Next, she attempts to destroy a space shuttle on a "Star Wars" mission, but IM & Sunturion are there to protect the spacecraft. While IM pleads with her to stop, Sunturion activates Roxxon's Zed Control inside her, causing her to explode. Sunturion loses his power from the explosion. He promises to not reveal IM's identity.

(Cover Date: March, 2023) The Kingpin gets taken behind the woodshed.

(Cover date: August, 1962)

(Cover Date: January, 1965) [Tales of Asgard - Story of Odin's adoption of Loki]

(Cover Date: August, 1965) [First appearance of the Warriors Three]

(Cover Date: September, 1965) [Thor meets Cap's Kooky Quartet for the first time]

(Cover Date: October, 1965)

(Cover Date: November, 1965) Loki brings the ever annoying Absorbing Man to Asgard to take on the Big Guy.

(Cover Date: December, 1965)

(Cover Date: February, 1966)

(Cover Date: December, 1986)

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: Justice seeks help from Keith Remsen (Nightmask) about the recurring dream he is having involving Daedalus Darquill & Damon Conquest. Nightmask finds that Justice's world is actually a dream dimension reality created by the sleeping Darquill. Justice is actually a narcotics cop who was investigating Darquill & who was somehow caught up in the dream.

(Cover Date: February, 1988) Summary: Justice has terminated three paranormals in different cities who had used their power for evil purposes. Charley of DP7 becomes interested in the deaths after hearing that one victim had been at their clinic. Justice encounters the paranormal, Playback, while she is investigating one death for the Chicago police. He later rescues her from a man she had helped send to prison.

(Cover date: December, 1984)

(Cover date: January, 1985)

Cat trains little Illyana to fight so that she may survive in Belasco's Limbo. When Cat attempts to return Illyana home, she instead delivers her into Belasco's hands. Cat suffers Belasco's punishment for defying him. (Cover date: January, 1984)

This story is from the "doubt I should be a superhero anymore" trope. The narrator is the deceased Karen Page, which I thought was strange. I didn't care for the artwork in the first two issues. Foggy looked like Meatloaf. Kirsten looked like a completely different character.

The artwork is back to being subpar as in the first two issues. McKay writes the Kingpin well as the ugly thug intent on destroying anyone who gets in his way in achieving wealth & power.
7.5
 Marauders (2019) #10 Jan 28, 2022

(Cover date: May, 1982)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover date: January, 1983)

While on an assignment for SHIELD, Natasha goes undercover to find her father figure Ivan Petrovich. After she is uncovered, she fights her way out of a top-secret research facility. Later, she is attacked by six assassins in Hong Kong who were sent by an unknown man whose motives are also unknown. (Cover date: November, 1983)

(#1) After Black Widow subdues the other assassins that are after her, she is saved from death at the hands of Iron Maiden by SHIELD agent James Woo. They track Iron Maiden to the sewer where they take care of her but fall in the darkness to Snap Dragon. (#2) An assistant editors month story featuring Ann Nocenti & Roger Stern. (Cover date: January, 1984)

(Cover Date: July, 1985)

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1985) Cameo by Daredevil.

(Cover Date: September, 1986) Features a full-length Alpha Flight story.

(Cover Date: July, 1987) This is a little confusing if you don't know the background to the Questprobe series.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: The Norns foresee that dark forces gather to prevent the wedding of Mord & Una, but the Warriors Three may vanquish the threat. While crossing a bridge, Hogun runs into an obnoxious troll who he ends up tossing off the bridge. Having not been invited to the wedding, Loki decides to cause havoc to prevent the wedding. At the wedding rehearsal, Mord turns into a white goat & runs away. Una's mother, Sunna, finds a disguised Loki with a brown goat & tells him that it is the bewitched Mord. Loki tells her that there is a fruit at the far end of Elf Wood that will change Mord back. Hogun arrives at an inn looking for Volstagg & Fandral, who are not present. Sunna arrives with the goat & requests Hogun's help, since the wedding must take place on Midsummer's Eve. Mord's squire accompanies him on his journey. After the squire annoys Hogun while traveling through the thick woods, Hogun tells him to go back home. Hogun is then besieged by fairies who want to play games in exchange for a secret path through the Elf Wood. Hogun declines, & the fairies trip his horse. The goat falls off a cliff into a pond, & Hogun dives in to rescue it. Hogun reaches the far end of Elf Wood & finds the squire with his horse waiting. Hogun climbs the tree to gather the fruit from the top limbs. He is attacked by the guardian serpent & is wrapped in its coils. Hogun agrees to allow the fairies to save him. The squire tickles the serpent's belly with a feather, which puts it to sleep. The fairies hoist the squire to gather the fruit. The fruit is fed to the goat but nothing happens. The group laughs at the joke that was played upon them.

(Cover date: May, 1984)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

(Cover date: July, 1984)

The heroes & villains watch helplessly as Galactus builds his world-devouring machine. (Cover date: September, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover date: January, 1985)

(Cover date: February, 1985)

After Devil-Slayer rescues Spidey from the Serpent Men, he enlists his help in freeing the rest of the Defenders, who have been possessed by the spirits of the Serpent Men from limbo as a prelude to their conquest of the world. (Cover date: November, 1981)

(Cover date: March, 1983)

After kidnapping & threatening to kill Wanda, the Vision allows Necrodamus to take possession of his body. Wanda & Spidey must then stop Vision / Necrodamus from razing a nearby town by destroying the Vision's body. (Cover date: June, 1983)

Frog-Man, the son of retired villain Leap-Frog, wants to collect the reward money for the capture of the White Rabbit but gets in Spidey's way while pursuing after her. (Cover date: July, 1983)

After leaving Spider-Man, Reed goes to the Fennhoff Institute to investigate why Every-Man (Larry Ekler) had become more demented due to his stay there. He falls into the trap set by Dr. Faustus to drive him mad. (Cover date: September, 1983)

Jack of Hearts escapes from the armored SHIELD agents holding him at his home and then goes to ESU to see Marcy Kane. The SHIELD agents follow him there, and Spidey gets involved in the skirmish between them. (Cover date: October, 1983)

(Cover date: July, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

After Spidey & Marrina are taken captive by the Collector, Alpha Flight responds to Marrina's distress signal. In the process of trying to free Spidey & Marrina & avoiding capture themselves, they damage the Collector's spaceship, forcing the Collector to abandon his prizes. They allow the Collector to repair his ship & depart since his menagerie contains different Plodex from across the stars that the heroes didn't want released on Earth, otherwise mankind would be exterminated. (Cover date: October, 1984)

A shrunken Thing & Puppet Master are besieged by the childlike Modred's toys, which have been animated by his magic while dreaming.
7.5
 Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #85 Feb 16, 2022

(Cover date: May, 1983)

(Cover Date: June, 1987)

In Westchester County, the Micronauts are repairing their microship due to damages sustained in their battle with the Death Squad. Argon's genetically engineered creation, Huntarr, attacks them, & their fight spills over into the X-Men's Danger Room, where Nightcrawler is the sole X-Man on duty in the mansion. (Cover date: January, 1982)
7.5
 Moon Knight (2021) #2 Oct 14, 2021

(Cover date: March, 1983)

The New Mutants are ambushed by Gyrich's goons & Shaw's Sentinels at a mall in Salem Center. Dani has an encounter with the Brood queen in the Danger Room. (Cover date: April, 1983)

(Cover date: May, 1983)

After Karma makes a deal with her corrupt uncle, the New Mutants go to California to rescue Dani from the clutches of Viper & Silver Samurai. Meanwhile, Xavier assists Team America in retrieving the crystal from an AIM base in Mexico. (Cover date: August, 1983)

(Cover date: September, 1983)

The New Mutants are used by a senator in a plan to eliminate his rival senator (Amara's father) to clear his path to becoming the emperor of New Rome. The priestess Selene captures Dani & Amara to be sacrificed in the lava to extend her life. (Cover date: December, 1983)

Magma's power manifests which she uses to battle against the lifeforce vampire Selene. Sam, Roberto & Rahne become involved in the struggle for power between Lord Gallio & Senator Aguilla.(Cover date: January, 1984)

There is friction between Kitty & the New Mutants who feel that Kitty looks down at them. Amara has doubts about staying with the New Mutants, but after talking to Xavier, she decides to stay. Doug Ramsey & Kitty unknowingly hack into Shaw's federal Sentinel program, causing destruction to a Sentinel & angering Gyrich, who intends to track them down. (Cover date: March, 1984)

The demon S'ym comes to the X-mansion from Limbo to take Illyana back to Belasco, but he finds that she is a more formidable opponent than he planned on, plus she gets an assist from the New Mutants & Stevie Hunter. (Cover date: April, 1984)

(Cover date: May, 1984)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

While Dani undergoes extensive surgery in the hospital to save her life, the New Mutants fight off the Demon Bear that has come to finish her off. (Cover date: September, 1984)

The Demon Bear transports the New Mutants to the Badlands to more easily defeat them. It turns two humans from the hospital into demons to aid it. Illyana must maintain her wards around the operating room to keep the Demon Bear from killing Dani. After a fierce battle between the two forces, Illyana uses her Soulsword to split the Demon Bear in two, & Dani's parents emerge from it. They had been drawn into the Demon Bear by some malevolent force. Back at the hospital, Dani is alive but is paralyzed from her wounds. Storm summons the Morlock Healer to heal her. Xavier says the malevolence behind the Demon Bear is something that only Doctor Strange can deal with. (Cover date: October, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover date: December, 1984)

(Cover date: January, 1985)

(Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: May, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1985)

(Cover Date: July, 1985) [First appearance of future X-Factor member, Strong Guy]

(Cover Date: December, 1985)

(Cover Date: February, 1986) When the Beyonder removes the evil within Illyana, she transfers her magical power to Kitty, which leads to an invasion of other dimensional demons that the NM's must somehow repel.

(Cover Date: March, 1986) The maniacal Beyonder kills the New Mutants!

(Cover Date: July, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986)

(Cover Date: September, 1986)

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(Cover Date: November, 1986)

(Cover Date: December, 1986) Morlock Massacre tie-in.

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

(Cover Date: March, 1987) Magneto recalls his tragic life as a child during the Holocaust.

(Cover Date: June, 1987)

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: Magneto tells the team that they need to practice in the Danger Room. When he turns off the environment that is running, he sees Bird Boy, who starts to panic. After trying to catch him, they calm him down with food from a refrigerator that Illyana teleports in. Magneto tests Bird Boy using Cerebro, & he registers as an anomaly, neither human nor mutant. Rahne asks Doug to talk to Bird Boy, but Doug refuses since he doesn't consider BB to be human. The team says goodbye to Amara before she leaves with Emma Frost to attend the Massachusetts Academy. The team decides to take BB to the mall, & they dress him up in clothes to hide his appearance. At the restaurant, BB creates a big mess while they are eating. They leave to go to the movie theater. In the theater, BB flies toward the screen after seeing an advertisement for burgers. Cannonball catches him, & Illyana transports the team back to the school. Magneto has learned of what happened at the restaurant & tells them that BB is to be turned over to the authorities at once. Seeing Rahne cry over this news, Doug tries to talk to BB & succeeds, learning some of his background. A happy Rahne tells the others that BB should stay now & join their team. Comments: Magma leaves the team in this issue & joins the Hellions.

(Cover Date: February, 1988) Summary: On Paradise Island, the team escapes from the Ani-Mator's capsules & defeat his loyal Ani-Mates. Joined by Sunspot & Warlock, they fight against Hodge & his Smiley-Face soldiers with the help of Bird-Boy's Ani-Mate friends. Doug is killed when he protects Rahne from being killed by the Ani-Mator. Hodge is apparently killed when his aircraft is destroyed by a sea-dwelling Ani-Mate. Magik sends the Ani-Mator to Limbo for his crime.
7.5
 New Mutants (2019) #10 Dec 31, 2021

(Cover date: November, 1980)

The Ringer is forced to fight Spidey, otherwise, a super-villain will detonate a bomb that he has attached to his waistband. (Cover date: September, 1981)

Spidey is ambushed by Kraven & must fend off the various weapons that Kraven uses against him without his spider-sense, which has been dulled by Calypso's drumming. Meanwhile, things are looking up between Peter & Marcy Kane. (Cover date: April, 1982)

(Cover date: August, 1982)

(Cover date: March, 1983)

Spidey tries to reason with the Gladiator (Melvin Potter) as armed criminals turn him against the police who are pursuing them. Earlier, in the hospital, Doc Ock tells Spidey that he plans to kill both him & the Black Cat tomorrow for foiling his plans. (Cover date: April, 1983)

(Cover date: May, 1983)

Spidey shows the Black Cat his apartment ; she is unimpressed. He gives her some brief background on his life before he pulls off his mask. Startled, she tells him to put it back on so she can continue living out her fantasy with him. They leave the apartment to go roof hopping together. Spidey wonders if he really isn't Spidey first. They hear a scream & track down & take out some punks who mugged a couple. Spidey & Cat head off to Felicia's place while Peter's phone rings (MJ perhaps?). (Cover date: February, 1984)

Black Cat searches for someone who can give her super-powers so that she doesn't endanger Spidey when they engage super-powered foes. She is approached by Wilson Fisk who offers to give her powers in exchange for her service to him. Unknown to her, Fisk plans to use her in a scheme to destroy Spidey. (Cover date: April, 1984)

After believing that his best friend Unus has died, the grief stricken Blob goes on a rampage in Manhattan, & Spidey & the Black Cat are determined to stop him. (Cover date: June, 1984)

The Answer schemes to bring Spidey & the Black Cat back together in accordance with the Kingpin's plan for them. The Answer also steals a corpse from the city morgue & brings it to the Kingpin. Who is it & what does the Kingpin want with it? (Cover date: August, 1984)

With the help of the Answer, Kingpin resurrects Silvermane to become his chief assassin. Spidey runs into Silvermane who is chasing one of the Kingpin's rivals, & he finds himself overmatched by Silvermane's strength & about to be killed. (Cover date: September, 1984)

After Kingpin realizes that he has lost control of Silvermane due to Dagger, he orders the Rose to set up a phony drug deal to attract Cloak & Dagger. He feels that Silvermane is seeking Dagger since she took his lifeforce. Spidey & Black Cat converge on the well publicized phony drug deal to find Cloak & Dagger. As Silvermane & the Rose's henchmen arrive on the scene, there is a struggle between the different parties over Dagger. The Answer flies in to abduct Dagger, believing that she may be able to cure the Kingpin's ill wife, Vanessa. (Cover date: October, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover date: January, 1985)

(Cover date: February, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1986)

(Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986)

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover Date: June, 1987) Nice cover by Al Milgrom!

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: Spidey crashes into a warehouse to find a crippled Hobgoblin. He tells Spidey how he poisoned Harry in order to coerce his help. He relates how he stole the Kingpin's ledger then was injured in a fall when the Kingpin's henchmen shot up his glider. Hobgoblin lost the ledger, so he gives Spidey a tracer that is covered with toxin. He will give Spidey the antidote when he gives him the ledger. Spidey goes to Curt Connors for help, but there isn't sufficient time to develop an antidote. Spidey goes to a mobster's yacht & fights through his henchmen to recover the ledger. He goes to Connors' house to check on the status of obtaining an alternative antitoxin & finds the Kingpin's henchmen there. The Kingpin offers him the antidote in exchange for the ledger. Spidey delivers the antidote to Harry, then goes after the Hobgoblin. He can't get to HG because he is behind a transparent barrier. HG tells him that he doesn't have the antidote & wouldn't let him live before disappearing beneath the floor. Spidey finds the Kingpin outside waiting for him. KP calls him an amateur for letting HG escape.

The Power children are endowed with super-powers by a dying alien who had come to warn their father that his prototype energy generator will destroy the Earth. The alien was mortally wounded by the war mongering Snarks who want the blueprints to the generator & have kidnapped the children's parents. (Cover date: August, 1984)

Power Pack decides to destroy their father's matter / ant-matter converter before it can be tested, which would lead to the destruction of the world. (Cover date: September, 1984)

After the Power kids return home to look for food, Alex, Julie & Katie are captured by Snarks to be used as weapons. Jack follows them aboard the Snark ship & releases them from their constraints. (Cover date: October, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

Jack & Alex go out looking for Spider-Man & find him. Julie & Katie rescue Dragon Man from the gangsters that were using him to raid warehouses. (Cover date: January, 1985)

(Cover Date: March, 1985)

(Cover Date: October, 1985) Guest appearance by the Warriors Three.

(Cover Date: December, 1985) Franklin Richards joins Power Pack as a member.

(Cover Date: January, 1986)

(Cover Date: March, 1986)

(Cover Date: May, 1986) The Snarks return to Earth to abduct the Power kids & to steal their powers to be used in their game of thrones.

(Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: July, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986)

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(Cover Date: December, 1986) Morlock Massacre tie-in. Power Pack rescues Leech & Caliban from death at the hands of the Marauders.

(Cover Date: November, 1986)

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover Date: March, 1987)

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: While Tyrone is in his astral form, his body is kidnaped from Sanctuary. He goes to a location where he views a live video from a masked man, a corporate spy, who wants him to eavesdrop on a meeting, or he will kill his body. Tyrone recruits the other members of the team to help him. They learn the location of the spy's home from one of the spy's employees. Stalker leaves the others behind, wanting to prove his worth. Stalker holds the spy's family at gunpoint, forcing the spy to deliver Tyrone's body. The rest of the team then shows up, & Tyrone gets back into his body. Wayne neutralizes the spy's hidden guards & wipes the others' minds. Afterwards, the team is angry at Stalker for recklessly acting on his own, since people could have been easily killed.

(Cover Date: July, 1987) Summary: Frank goes after the drug operation that was behind the death of his Vietnam vet friend.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: Frank is in Missouri & is looking to buy a house to take a break from his war. He notices a bank robbery is in progress across the street, & after a firefight, he takes off in pursuit of the robbers' car. He takes out a trailing truck which blew up a pursuing police car & which tried to take his van out. The getaway car blows up when he locates it. He captures a sniper left behind who tells him under Frank's coercion that a white supremacist group, the Army of the New Revolution, is behind the robberies of Jewish banks to finance their group. Frank gets the name & location of their leader. Frank meets with Colonel Fryer in Kansas on the pretext of buying property. He tells Frank about his group. When Frank attempts to take Fryer, Fryer's guards appear to hold him at gunpoint. Frank manages to take out the guards & chases after Fryer. After he is wounded by a grenade thrown by Fryer, Frank rigs a trap using gasoline from a caterpillar. He manuevers Fryer into the right place & uses his lighter to set the gas, & thus Fryer, on fire.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: Frank meets with Microchip about building a new battlevan & meets his son, Junior. While Frank meets with a weapons dealer, the man is killed by a sniper. Frank kills his assassin & finds a Church of the Saved flyer on the man. Junior hacks into the New York Times library to find info on the church. Frank meets with an ex-cop Martin whose wife left him for the church. Frank goes to the church, asking for soup. Martin shows up with a gun threatening to kill Reverend Smith, & Frank throws him out. Brother Gresham sets up a meeting between Smith & Frank. Junior creates a false identity for Frank. Frank meets with Smith & is affected by his touch. Smith sends Frank with a team to retrieve a tape of a TV documentary about him. After breaking in, Gresham is shot, but Frank shoits the man. Thinking he is dead, Frank turns his back & is shot. The big man Keena carries him out & back to the church for tratment. Smith's touch seemingly saves his life. Frank meets Martin's wife after his recovery. Frank discourages Keena from following him after he leaves the church. Frank recovers the tape from the dead man's apartment. Back at his warehouse base, he watches the tape. He sees Smith execute a man in cold blood, then he hears a man tell Smith that they have the plutonium. Comments: Frank doesn't wear his Punisher uniform in this issue as shown on the cover.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: Frank goes with Reverend Sammy Smith & his followers to their compound in Guiana. Frank stops an assassination attempt against the reverend, who claims it was a CIA agent. Frank stops the reverend from ordering his followers to commit mass suicide when he believes that the CIA is coming for him. After Smith is shot during a struggle with Frank, Frank leaves him to die. Frank leaves, pretending to be a CIA agent, as the congressman arrives at the compound to investigate the cult. Back in the US, Frank returns cult member Vicki & her daughter home to the husband she left.

(Cover Date: February, 1988) Summary: The Mecozzi crime family is suspected of killing the Rosetti garbage men outside of the warehorse where Frank is living as a move to take over the waste control business. The trail leads to a toxic waste dump where the Mecozzi mobsters are involved in selling plutonium to Arabs to make a bomb. Frank is in a firefight with the mobsters when an armed force from the Rosettis arrives.
7.5
 Punisher (2022) #1 May 1, 2022

(Cover Date: February, 2024)

(Cover Date: March, 2024)

(Cover Date: April, 2024)

(Cover Date: May, 1985)

(Cover date: June, 1982)

(Cover date: July, 1982)

(Cover date: April, 1983)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

Through their sorcery, the Dire Wraiths create a black tunnel connecting the sun to their black sun & Wraithworld with the intention of overlaying them and killing off humanity in the process. (Cover date: December, 1984)

(Cover Date: January, 1986) Rom & his companion Spaceknights fight to the death against the second generation Spaceknights who have wiped out the humans on Galador & have destroyed the Spaceknights' humanity.

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover Date: December, 1985) Guest appearance by Gladiator & the Shi'ar Imperial Guard.
7.5
 Rorschach (2020) #12 Jan 27, 2022

(Cover Date: August, 1985)

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

(Cover Date: October, 1985) [Features the death of Alison Blaire!?]

(Cover Date: November, 1985) First appearance of the mutant, Boom-Boom. The Beyonder takes on the Celestials for the hell of it.

(Cover Date: December, 1985) Guest appearance by the Watcher.

(Cover Date: January, 1986) Mephisto comes up with a plan to destroy the Beyonder (along with part of the universe) but it is foiled by one Benjamin Grimm.

(Cover Date: February, 1986)

(Cover Date: March, 1986) The story felt rushed. The artwork looked rushed. Shooter's dialogue is clunky at times.

(Cover Date: April, 1969) Summary: At FF HQ, Reed, Ben & Johnny rush to Reed's lab to find his prototype Space-Scrambler has been taken. SS uses the Space-Scrambler on Galactus' barrier, but it doesn't work & explodes. SS wakes up to find himself in the home of Al Harper, who saw him fall from the sky. Harper, a physicist, says he needs money to build equipment to help SS. SS enters a bank to steal money, but he soon changes his mind. SS meets a man in an alley who was roughed up by thugs from a gambling parlor when he realized the game was rigged. SS wins money at the parlor & gives some to the man. Harper builds a device that SS uses at the barrier. This attracts the attention of the Stranger, who has come to Earth to erase all of its life because of man's savagery. The Stranger recalls his prior trips to Earth & the super-powered beings he encountered. The Stranger tells SS his intentions & vanishes. SS tells Harper, who tries to tell the authorities, but they don't believe him. Harper rides with SS to find the Null-Life Bomb with his Geiger-Scope. SS drops him off & is confronted by the Stranger again. SS then has a battle against the gigantic Stranger in the city. Harper is jumped by suspicious men because of his device, but he manages to get away. Harper finds the bomb & deactivates it. However, he dies from the poisonous vapor released by the bomb. The Stranger leaves Earth after the bomb is disarmed, because a man sacrificed his life to save others. Later, SS leaves an eternal flame at the grave of Al Harper.

(Cover Date: June, 1969) Summary: SS flies faster than the speed of light to go into the future to escape Galactus' barrier. He finds both Earth & Zenn-La in ruins & lifeless. SS finds a world with primitive brutes who beat him into unconsciousness. He is picked up by the Overlord's emmissaries & is taken to him. The Overlord tells SS that he has decimated all life in the universe. After the Overlord kills a dancer that looks like Shalla Bal, an angry SS attacks him to avenge her death. He finds that his cosmic blasts cannot harm the Overlord. SS is struck down by the Warlord, but he is saved from the disintegration chamber by the last survivor of Zenn-La. The man tells SS of the origin & history of the mutant Overlord. The Overlord has been listening to the conversation, & his soldiers storm in to kill the Zenn-Lan. SS goes back in time to prevent an atomic pile from blowing up & changing the Overlord's father's genes. This erases the Overlord from ever existing.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) HE = 8.0 CM = 7.0 HE Summary: After a training session, Hawkeye tells Mockingbird about his & his brother Barney's early life. He tells her how he met Swordsman & Trick Shot at a carnival. Trick Shot trained him to become a master archer after Swordsman tried to kill him to keep him silent after he stole the carnival's receipts. Trick Shot has Clint accompany him when he murders & robs Marko. Clint shoots Barney who is working with Marko. Clint refuses to go with Trick Shot to take Barney to the hospital. Trick Shot tells Clint that he will kill him later when he becomes more experienced. Hawkeye shows Mockingbird the one-way plane ticket to Paris that he received from Trick Shot. CM Summary: While flying over Switzerland, Captain Marvel is hit by a energy beam from Picaro that causes her to lose control & that drains some of her power. She finds that Picaro is holding Prof. LeClare & his associates & is threatening to kill them, unless she lets him absorb her powers. She leads Picaro away from the lab, then merges with him, causing him to overload from absorbing her power too fast. The resulting explosion destroys a mountaintop. The unconscious Picaro is taken away by the authorities without his exo-suit.

(Cover Date: July, 1968)

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(Cover Date: March, 1987)

The artwork is good. King's pacing is slow in this issue. I'm sure this is to stretch this out to 12 issues. The amount of trivia is annoying and may be considered as taking shortcuts in the writing. Since Terrific knows all the answers, why not use the T spheres' audio to learn something NEW? How does Terrific know that Aleea is still alive? Tell us! Strange might want to bone up on how to survive in the desert before his next trip there. He didn't know that heat fouls up the jetpacks beforehand?

This series feels like a rollercoaster ride in its quality. We find out what happened to the man who accused Strange of war crimes in the first issue finally. The flashback is a bit confusing. Strange is being teleported to random places in order to break him? His torturer appears psychedelic to Strange whenever he teleports? So what is Batman going to do now after Strange kills the Pykkt scout?

(Cover Date: July, 1963) [Dr. Strange story only]

Torch & Thing = 7.0 Dr. Strange = 7.5 [First appearance of Clea] (Cover Date: November, 1964)

Torch & Thing = 7.0 Doctor Strange = 7.5 (Cover Date: January, 1965)

NF = 7.5 DS = 7.5 [It's interesting that the concept of Nick Fury LMDs are introduced in this first installment.] (Cover Date: August, 1965)

NF = 7.0 DS = 7.5 (Cover Date: September, 1965)

NF = 7.0 DS = 7.5 (Cover Date: October, 1965)

(Cover Date: November, 1965) NF = 7.0 DS = 7.5 [First appearance of the cosmic entity Eternity]

NF = n/a DS = 7.5 (Cover Date: December, 1965)

NF = 7.0 DS = 7.5 (Cover Date: January, 1967)

(Cover Date: November, 1967) NF = 7.5 DS = 7.5

(Cover Date: June, 1987) C&D = 7.0 DS = 7.5

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover Date: March, 1987)

(Cover Date: April, 1987)

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: D'Cheir of the cat-like Mellidar is treated as a pet by the Horde. She has a vision of her people being enslaved by the Horde. She shared a vision with her friend, Lalla'ch, of how the Horde betrayed a benevolent race to gain their space travel technology. She recalls when the Black Watch landed at the Horde base. The Black Watch fights against the Horde with their powers to gain access to a building. They are looking for the throne room. Lalla'ch decides to help the humans much to D'Cheir's dismay. Lalla'ch leads the Black Watch to a room full of enslaved humans in chains. The Horde guards show up & kill Lalla'ch to D'Cheir's horror. Clint kills the First in the Field but is then killed by its tentmate, Clawswipe. The remaining two members of the Black Watch then flee. The enslaved humans are set on fire by the Horde to serve as a funeral pyre for their fallen leader. D'Cheir thinks about what she could have done to help the humans but then goes back to acting like a pet. Comments: Strikeforce Morituri does not appear in this issue.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: Radian tells the team that he is no traitor. His plan was to capture the Horde ship that they are in. Harold's parents are on the ship, having been on the cruise ship that the Horde captured. Harold's father accuses the team of killing his son. The ship arrives at Jupiter, the site of the main Horde fleet. Dr. Tuolema takes Commander Nion into a jungle setting to try to cure her power-induced illness. The Horde captain attacks the team & is quickly put down. The ship enters the Horde's orbital base, & the team encounters Horde resistance. Blackthorn accompanies Adept to the captured alien artifact room where Adept can analyze them. After a hug earlier, Adept tells Blackthorn that she is pregnant, which she didn't know. The team fights against more Horde resistance. The others leave as Marathon begins to power himself up. As the ship speeds away, the Horde base is blown up by Marathon. At the same moment, Nion passes away.

Competently written & nicely illustrated. This first issue has a fantasy feel to it.

I am not a Superman reader but I picked this up because of Morrison. The artwork is top tier but the story was just OK. I didn't follow some of the dialogue probably due to not being familiar with Black. I'm not sure whether I will pick up the next issue unless I hear good things about it.

Better than the last issue. I didn't care for the change in artists in the flashback scene. How the team accessed June's dreamworld & the physics supporting it were a little confusing.

This started out interestingly enough with Superman's confrontation with Brainiac & UH but limped to the finish with the meh battle between the Authority & UH's hired rogues.

(Cover date: September, 1963)

(Cover Date: September, 1964) [Rating is for IM story]

IM = 7.5 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: December, 1964)

IM = 7.5 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: January, 1965)

IM = 7.5 CA = 7.5 (Cover Date: March, 1965)

IM = 8.0 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: April, 1965)

IM = 7.0 CA = 8.0 [Fun fact: The rare metal Nautilium causes oxygen to become moist.] (Cover Date: June, 1965)

IM = 7.5 CA = 7.5 (Cover Date: July, 1965)

(Cover Date: May, 1966) IM = 7.5 CA = 7.5 [First appearance of Peggy Carter.]

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.5 (Cover Date: August, 1966)

IM = 7.5 CA = 7.5 (Cover Date: September, 1966)

IM = 7.5 CA = 8.0 (Cover Date: October, 1966)

IM = 7.5 CA = 7.5 (Cover Date: November, 1966)

IM = 7.5 CA = 7.5 (Cover Date: December, 1966)

IM = 7.5 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: January, 1967)

Giant-Man = 7.5 Hulk = 7.0 (Cover Date: March, 1965)

Sub-Mariner = 7.5 Hulk = 7.5 (Cover Date: October, 1965)

Sub-Mariner = 7.0 Hulk = 7.5 (Cover Date: November, 1965)

Namor = 7.0 Hulk = 7.5 (Cover Date: December, 1965)

Namor = n/a Hulk = 7.5 First appearance of the Abomination. (It's a good thing that Emil Blonsky had stretchy underwear on when he became the Abomination!) (Cover Date: April, 1967)
7.5
 The Death of Doctor Strange #1 Oct 13, 2021

Lots & lots of narrative/dialogue in this issue. The Joker appears in one whole panel. What happened to the Talon that was watching Barbara? Punchline story was just meh.

While Alicia lies in her hospital bed, Ben tells her about his lost love from college who wishes to see him again. (Cover date: August, 1983)

Despising that Ben is part of Alicia's life, the newly reincarnated Puppet Master mind controls Wonder Man, She-Hulk & Spider-Man to attack him. (Cover date: November, 1983)

After gaining control of the Thing, the Puppet Master confronts human Ben in his mind to torment him & to tell him of his plan to destroy the FF. (Cover date: December, 1983)

She-Hulk runs into the depressed Ben on the street & buys him a beer to get him to talk to her. An armored car heist happens outside the bar, which the two heroes put to a stop. Ben goes to the hospital to see Alicia & is spied on by an elderly janitor. The janitor flashes back to ancient Egypt, where he was a wizard for the pharaoh. He cast a spell on a slave who was an unfortunate pawn of the cruel queen. The wizard developed a potion that has extended his life to the present day. He confronts Ben to tell him that the slave has been reincarnated in Ben's body & is finally in a worthy body for his revenge. Ben crushes the wizard's tablet that releases a mist which changes him into the slave but with an orange, rock-like skin. (Cover date: February, 1984)

Ben tells Alicia that he wants to change his relationship with her & tells her about his first hours after becoming the Thing. Ben, Reed & Johnny investigate the alien structure in Central Park & disappear inside it. (Cover date: April, 1984)

(Cover date: May, 1984)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

Ben discovers the riddle of Tarianna's people within Doom's castle on the Beyonder's world. (Cover date: July, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover date: February, 1985)

(Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: March, 1966) Nice wordplay between Thor & Herc as they tussle.

(Cover Date: April, 1966)

(Cover Date: May, 1966)

(Cover Date: December, 1966) The Man-Beast intends to kill all living beings inside Wundagore Castle. Thor & the High Evolutionary must team up to stop a creature who has evolved over one million years.

(Cover Date: March, 1967)

(Cover Date: April, 1967) How was Ulik able to lift Thor's hammer?

(Cover Date: May, 1967)

(Cover Date: December, 1967)

(Cover Date: January, 1968)

(Cover Date: February, 1968)

(Cover Date: March, 1968)

(Cover Date: April, 1968)

(Cover Date: May, 1968)

(Cover Date: June, 1968)

(Cover Date: July, 1968) Dumb Plot Point: Thor fights against ... Muggers, Inc.!?

(Cover Date: August, 1968) If Mangog can't win by sheer strength, he can always talk the Asgardians to death.

(Cover Date: December, 1968) Resolves the mystery of Donald Blake's existence. I expected something more profound from Stan. Volstagg had an unwitting role in the creation of Blake?

(Cover Date: April, 1969) Summary: Back in the city, a military convoy leads Thor to a mystic funnel that Sif had disappeared within. Thor is grabbed by figures within the funnel & is pulled inside. Thor fights against the Mutates & sees that Sif is being held by their leader. Thor engages the human-hating Mutate leader in combat & drives him off to free Sif. They find themselves in a post-apocalyptic world where nuclear radiation changed men into Mutates. They see the City Atomic Research Center that was located where the funnel was at. They find Pluto outside, who tells them his time funnel was designed to capture Thor. He tells them that he found the Mutates in time & space & turned them into his allies. He created the time funnel to transport the research center into the future for its scientific secrets. Thor & Sif are struck down by a Mutate wielded Pluto-made weapon when Thor attempts to attack Pluto in response. Inside the building, lies the cocoon of Him (Adam Warlock).

(Cover Date: May, 1969) Summary: Thor, Sif, Balder & soldiers battle against Pluto & his beastial mutates from the future outside the Atomic Research Center, where Him (Adam Warlock) is kept inside. Pluto wants to destroy Him as a possible threat before he conquers Earth. Pluto's plan draws the attention of his monarch, Zeus.

(Cover Date: July, 1969) Summary: Thor tracks down Him (Adam Warlock) who has abducted Sif to be his companion. Overcome by Warrior Madness, Thor attempts to kill him. Him forms a cocoon & escapes into space. Odin decides that Thor will be sent to find Galactus to redeem himself for succumbing to the Warrior Madness. Thor & his companions arrive back in Asgard, & Thor goes to meet his father, sorry for what he has done.

(Cover date: March, 1980)

(Cover date: April, 1980)

(Cover date: March, 1981)

Outraged by Thor's interference in men's inclination toward evil, Mephisto encourages people in the city to commit acts of evil. When a group of rioters falls into a chasm & Thor attempts to rescue them, he finds himself in Hell and confronted by Mephisto & his minions, who want to slay him. (Cover date: August, 1981)

(Cover date: November, 1981)

At Cape Canaveral, Thor & astronaut Diane LaMarr try to stop Man-Beast from hijacking a rocket to Counter-Earth, so that he can destroy it. (Little does Man-Beast know that Counter-Earth isn't there anymore!) (Cover date: March, 1982)

(Cover date: April, 1983)

Thor is struck down by the Crusader & is taken to Asgard by Sif to save his life. Odin tells him why he has not been able to beat the mortal Crusader. After returning to Earth, Thor reflects on his role there & his relationship with Sif. He finds the Crusader & resumes their fight with renewed confidence. (Cover date: May, 1983)

Blake is questioned in the death of Jane Foster. Thor fights against the recent victims of the resurrected Dracula who have become vampires. Sif is singled out & attacked by Dracula. (Cover date: June, 1983)

Thor & Sif enter Kamo Tharnn's Runestaff to look for Jane Foster but find that she is not there. Jane's fiance, Keith Kincaid, determines where Jane is located while treating Tharnn. (Cover date: September, 1983)

After attending the wedding of Jane Foster, Sif decides to return to Asgard as Thor is unwilling to give up his life on Midgard. (Cover date: October, 1983)

Thor, Bill & Sif find the fleet of Bill's people being pursued by a swarm of demons. Sif stays behind to protect the fleet while Thor & Bill go to find the source of the demons: Bill's homeworld. At the moment that Sif is about to be overwhelmed by the demons, she is joined by Bill's A.I. spaceship, Skuttlebutt. Thor & Bill throw their hammers in union at the portal that the demons are coming through to destroy it. Sif sees the demon swarm fade away. Back in Asgard, Sif tells Odin of the ordeal that Bill went through as related to her by Skuttlebutt. Odin bestows a gift to Bill where he can return back to his prior self when he strikes his hammer, Stormbreaker, on the ground. Sif decides to return to Skuttlebutt with Bill to join him on his quest. Meanwhile, the dragon Fafnir destroys a tanker off of Cape Cod, killing the crew aboard it. (Cover date: February, 1984)

In an abandoned NYC subway tunnel, Lorelei attempts to use Fafnir the dragon in her scheme to make Thor her own but instead becomes a thrall of him herself. Nick Fury helps Thor establish a civilian identity since he can no longer turn into Donald Blake. At a construction site, Thor sees Lorelei dangling from a crane, & as he attempts to rescue her, he is attacked by Fafnir. After they fight, Fafnir flees to the river & escapes when Thor summons storm & lightning with his hammer. Thor hears the call of a Viking warrior in the language from a thousand years ago & plans to seek it out. (Cover date: March, 1984) [Cameo by Clark & Lois?!]

(Cover date: April, 1984)

Thor takes Eilif the Last Viking with him to battle Fafnir the Dragon to save NYC & to gain the glory in combat necessary to enter Valhalla. (Cover date: May, 1984)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

(Cover date: July, 1984)

Malekith the Dark Elf releases his hounds to find Roger Willis, who has the Cask of Ancient Winters that he wants. Fortunately, Thor shows up in time to protect him. (Cover date: August, 1984)

Thor & Roger travel to the Realm of the Dark Farries to free Melodi from Malekith's clutches. Balder fights off a great sand devil to save the life of a woman, who reveals herself to be one of the Norn Sisters of Fate. (Cover date: September, 1984)

(Cover date: October, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover date: January, 1985)

(Cover date: February, 1985)

(Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: July, 1985)

(Cover Date: August, 1985)

(Cover Date: March, 1986) The final showdown between the frogs & rats (with a few alligators thrown into the mix).

(Cover Date: April, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986) In the Old West, the card shark, Sundance, is drawn into the struggle between Thor & Loki to recover the stolen Apples of Idunn.

(Cover Date: September, 1986)

(Cover Date: April, 1987) Thor dons a new suit of armor to protect his bones from breaking. Guest appearance by X-Factor's Iceman.

(Cover Date: June, 1987) Not much story since it is all splash panels.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: In 2587, Dargo & Salla are late for a meeting of the Thor cultists. The members dress up one like Thor. One member unsuccessfully tries to lift Thor's hammer. The Chairman of the Corp meets with Loki (in disguise) to get rid of the cultists, since their work performance is costing his company money. Loki & his demon horde attack the cultists at their next meeting & begin to slaughter them. During the chaos, Dargo grabs the hammer & gains Thor's powers. He creates a tornado to expel the demon horde. Dargo returns to his apartment & instinctively strikes it on the ground to return to normal. During a protest march against the Corp, the protesters are attacked by Corp's security forces & the demon horde. Dargo turns into Thor to fight against the antagonists. He is confronted by Tyrus, Ruler of the Rock Trolls, Tyrus tells Dargo that the real Thor is in a prison that he cannot escape from without his hammer. Their battle ends up burying the troll underground. When the Chairman threatens to sue Loki, Loki burns his contract with the Chairman & then kills him. As the protesters overrun the Corp, Dargo opens a portal to send the hammer back to the real Thor. Since the hammer is gone, Loki & his demon horde depart. Dargo & Salla talk about the future now that they have won back their freedom.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: Thor finds himself in space, instead of Earth, & travels to a nearby world. He finds that the world has been judged for destruction by Arishem the Celestial. The planet is run by pirates, lead by their warlord Pegas, who are attempting to escape their world in time. Thor battles the Celestial to save the people, but it is to no avail. Exitar the Exterminator arrives, who dwarfs even Arishem.
7.5
 Ultimate Invasion (2023) #2 Jul 30, 2023

(Cover Date: March, 2024) Almost all of this issue deals with the status quo of the Peter Parker of Earth 6160 & his family. I really didn't get interested in it until Tony Stark shows up near the end. I'll probably pick up the second issue just to see where it goes from here.

After Magneto & his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants conquer the small country of Santo Marco, the X-Men attack them at Magneto's palace to drive them out. However, Magneto has a backup plan to destroy both the country & the X-Men with a nuclear bomb if they are successful. (Cover date: March, 1964)

The X-Men see the Toad (in disguise) at a televised track meet & recognize him as a mutant due to his athletic abilities. When the spectators turn hostile, the X-Men go to his rescue. On the subway back to the X-Mansion, they recognize that the new mutant is their old foe, the Toad. The X-Men are ambushed by the rest of the Brotherhood at the subway station. Magneto takes the Angel hostage before the Brotherhood retreats & takes him to Asteroid M. There he is tortured by Magneto while being interrogated as to the location of the X-Men's base. The X-Men hitch a ride with the Toad on the shuttle craft back to Asteroid M. There, they once again battle the evil mutants to rescue the Angel. Cyclops tries to convince Quicksilver & the Scarlet Witch to join them. (Cover date: May, 1964)

After the X-Men graduate from Xavier's school, Xavier appoints Scott as the team's leader while he takes a leave of absence. Magneto goes to the carnival to recruit the Blob to his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Hank & Bobby go to a Greenwich Village coffee shop to celebrate. Scott calls the team back together after the Blob's memory is returned. Magneto challenges the X-Men to meet the Brotherhood in battle at a designated location, otherwise, he will take over the city. Magneto has a trap waiting for them that involves the unwitting Blob. (Cover Date: September, 1964)

Beast quits the X-Men after being pursued by an angry, anti-mutant mob despite saving the life of a boy. He meets the mutant Unus in the ring after taking up a pro wrestling career. Unus decides to take up a life of crime & takes away the booty of some bank robbers. Detected by Cerebro, Unus is confronted by the X-Men, & they fight essentially to a draw. Beast returns with a possible solution for defeating Unus, but the other X-Men are suspicious of his motives, thinking he may join the evil mutants. (Cover Date: November, 1964)

Xavier confronts his nemesis, Lucifer, in his Balkan cavern. Lucifer has created a gigantic atomic bomb that will destroy the Earth if his heartbeat stops. The X-Men have been summoned to Europe to assist Xavier, if necessary. The Avengers have also come to Europe since Thor has detected evil impulses there through his uru hammer. The X-Men must stop the Avengers from assaulting Lucifer's lair for fear that it may result in Lucifer's death, hence setting off the bomb. (Cover Date: January, 1965)

(Cover Date: July, 1965) [Origin of Xavier & Juggernaut]

(Cover Date: September, 1965) It's funny that Angel thinks that his punches will actually hurt Juggy.

(Cover Date: December, 1965)

(Cover Date: January, 1966)

(Cover Date: April, 1966) Stan introduces an interesting new super-villain in his final X-Men script.

(Cover Date: February, 1967)

(Cover Date: April, 1967) Wacky Moment: The Cobalt Man's armor is designed to turn radioactive & explode after two hours.

(Cover Date: June, 1967)

(Cover Date: August, 1967) From the superheroes fight due to a misunderstanding trope.

Storm, Kitty, Spider-Woman & Stevie Hunter go to a nightclub to hear Dazzler sing. They are followed by Caliban who kidnaps Kitty to be his companion. In the Bermuda Triangle, Scott & Lee explore the alien city that rose from the sea & run into the last person Scott wants to see. (Cover date: August, 1981)

Kitty has a heart to heart talk with Storm about her recent change in character. Kitty accompanies Doug Ramsey on a visit to the Massachusetts Academy, & she finds Emma Frost unexpectedly alive & well. Following the source of Xavier's severe psychic attacks, the X-Men disappear into a gigantic structure in Central Park. (Cover date: April, 1984)

(Cover Date: July, 1985)

(Cover Date: September, 1985) Kitty & Colossus are kidnapped by Arcade to fight against "Doctor Doom" in Murderworld in order to save his life.

(Cover Date: May, 1987)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

In a fantasy tale, a young Kitty joins Lockheed's crew after her parents are murdered by the White Queen. Years later, Lockheed is kidnapped by dragons. They track Lockheed to the dragons' homeworld in a black hole where Kitty has a final confrontation with the White Queen. (Cover date: September, 1984)

(Cover Date: January, 1987) Art Adam's artwork is great, but I hated the pacing of this story.

(Volume 6 | Cover Date: October, 2024) **SPOILERS** Summary: At Teotihuacan in Mexico, Rogue, Gambit & Wolverine fight the man-eating dragon Sadurang to get it to leave the location. Gambit keeps its Eye of Agamotto as collateral. Before departing to Antarctica, the dragon tells them that something "ruinous" will happen to them in the future: Endling.

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover date: December, 1982)

(Cover Date: October, 1985) The zombie element of this story is just plain weird. Wanda shows that she is not to be trifled with!

(Cover Date: December, 1985)

Vision & the now pregnant Wanda must once again deal with the bigots in their neighborhood, but they get assistance from the magicians Illusion & Glamor. (Cover Date: January, 1986)

(Cover Date: February, 1986)

(Cover Date: March, 1986) The Toad tries to spoil our favorite couple's Thanksgiving.

(Cover Date: April, 1986)

(Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: September, 1986)

(Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: May, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1985)

(Cover Date: October, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1986)

(Cover Date: July, 1986) Peter & Joy Mercado travel to a town in Appalachia Virginia to cover a story for Now Magazine & run into its unfriendly inhabitants who are willing to use force to protect a secret.

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: Peter attends Ned's funeral & sees Betty home afterwards. He blames himself for Ned's death. Richard Fisk is questioned by Joy Mercado as to why he is at the funeral. Richard tells Alfredo & Dina about his former business relationship with the Hobgoblin. As Keating & Kingsley are arguing about going to prison due to their ties to the Hobgoblin, they are interrupted by the Rose's hitmen. Kingsley is wounded while Keating manages to escape out the window. Later, the Rose returns to his penthouse to find that his two hitmen have been killed by the new Hobgoblin (Jack O'Lantern). Hobgoblin flies off after deciding to let the Rose live for now. Wolverine finds a brooding Peter by the dock when a gang attempts to mug them. They fight back & send the gang fleeing. Hobgoblin finds Alfredo in one of his hideouts, looking for evidence against Richard. After avoiding the Hobgoblin's finger blasts, Alfredo flees in his Porsche. Spidey & Wolverine pursue the gang, & Spidey webs them up for the police. Hobgoblin chases after Alfredo, whose car goes off the dock with a blown tire, but he is rescued underwater by Spidey. Wolverine tells Spidey that he is not responsible for Ned's & Charlie's deaths in Germany, & he needs to let it go. Comments: After a number of inventory stories, Web finally ties back to the other Spider-Man titles.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: A Skrull wins a bet with another alien by subduin̈g the Watcher using one of Galactus' lost weapons. The Skrull & the Watcher have a bet based on the winner of a football game that Spidey is playing with some kids. If the Watcher wins, he gets his freedom & Galactus' weapon. If he loses, he gives his arsenal to the Skrull & loses his life. Despite interference from the Skrull, Spidey's team wins after making a huge comeback. The Watcher sends the Skrull to Las Vegas, where he has been transformed into a Joker playing card, watching the bettors but unable to bet.

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

When the Shroud's associates are roughed up, Wonder Man, Tigra & the Shroud find out that Graviton & the Blank are behind it in order to gain control of the West Coast mobs. (Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover Date: January, 1986) [Guest appearances by the Thing & Firebird.]

(Cover Date: February, 1986) Guest appearance by Jack Russell as the Werewolf by Night.

(Cover Date: March, 1986)

(Cover Date: May, 1986)

(Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: July, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986)

(Cover Date: November, 1986)

(Cover Date: January, 1987) Hellcat & Tigra team up to capture Whirlwind in San Francisco.

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover Date: March, 1987)

(Cover Date: July, 1987) Summary: In the Old West, Mockingbird, Rawhide Kid & Two-Gun Kid go after Night Rider. The team in ancient Egypt battles Rama-Tut's robots & palace guards in his sphinx & are unable to get help from the FF & Dr.Strange in time. Moon Knight delivers Hawkeye's message from Espirita's Bible to Dr. Pym. Reed Richards tells Pym that their time machine was destroyed by Dominus & his desert creatures.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: Wonder Man has a mock battle with flying bad guys prior to a preview of his latest movie. In a hot tub, Bobbi lies to Clint about what happened between her & Phantom Rider. Frenchy arrives in the moon-chopper at the WCA compound. Moon Knight tells him that he is going to stay with the team, so he doesn't have a need for him. GM's girlfriend asks him why he stays with the WCA when he could do better financially as an actor. Hank & Espirita say goodbye to each other as she is going to leave to seek a better understanding with God. After an appearance on The Tonight Show, Wonder Man is attacked by the Abomination, who is jealous of his new fame. WM takes a pounding from the Abomination. He manages to electrocute the Abomination with stage lights to weaken him, & then knocks him unconscious. Afterwards, WM is shocked to find out that none of the fight was filmed, since the film crew thought it was another publicity stunt. In the sauna at the WCA compound, WM tells Clint that being an Avenger is more important to him than being an actor (so he's staying).

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: Hawkeye is ambushed by the Zodiac androids & is taken captive. The android Sagittarius, who looks like Hawkeye, joins the team at their compound. Mockingbird asks Fury for his advice about telling Hawkeye of Phantom Rider's death. Mockingbird tries to confess to "Hawkeye", but he acts uninterested. She hits him & realizes that he is an android. She attacks him & is joined by "Tigra", & together they destroy the android. "Tigra", who is actually the new Leo in disguise, contacts Scorpio to tell him that their plan was successful.

(Cover date: February, 1980)

(Cover date: April, 1980)

(Cover date: October, 1982)

(Cover date: October, 1983)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

After his love Mariko returns his letters & refuses to take his calls, Logan travels to Japan to learn the reason why. (Cover date: September, 1982)
7.5
 Wolverine (2020) #12 Jan 28, 2022

(Cover Date: March, 1986)

(Cover Date: April, 1986) The rest of X-Factor find that the kidnapped Beast has reverted back to his original form thanks to the unauthorized experimental treatments administered by Dr. Carl Maddicks.

(Cover Date: May, 1986) After Tower fails, Frenzy attempts to capture Rusty for her unidentified master, but X-Factor stands in the way.

(Cover Date: June, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986)

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

(Cover Date: April, 1987) Scott finds Maddy Pryor dead in Alaska, or is she? Angel attempts to commit suicide after losing his wings.

(Cover Date: May, 1987) An issue focused on Rusty & Skids.

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: While Jean & Scott clean up the debris on the roof from their prior conflict, Scott wonders out loud if he should leave or if the team should be disbanded. Hank, Bobby & Caliban are looking for Boom-Boom, but Bobby is having trouble controlling his powers due to Loki. On the ship, Apocalypse's three Horsemen squabble amongst themselves. He sends them out to attack & defeat X-Factor. Jean tries to train Leech on how to control his power after a mishap on the roof earlier. The three mutants lead the Horsemen to Central Park to minimalize the damage & casualties. They are joined by Jean & Scott in the battle. Plague touches Beast, who collapses from sickness. Iceman creates an ice dome to protect them from the Horsemen's aerial assault. Jean knocks Plague off her "horse" with a tree. On Cyclops' orders, Iceman uses his power to encase the Horsemen in ice. Apolcalypse then teleports his Horsemen away. As the team leaves the park, Scott has refound his confidence & purpose.

(Cover Date: October, 1986)
7.5
 X-Force (2019) #7 Dec 29, 2021

(Volume 7 | Cover Date: September, 2024) **SPOILERS** Summary: After Forge creates a device to show where the world is "fracturing", the team heads to Japan to find a gargantuan flesh-consuming fungoid creature that escaped from a Nathaniel Essex lab. Joining the team, but not a member, is Deadpool who provides the means for defeating the creature.

Good, but not great story. Scott is likeable as the father figure in this issue. Yu's artwork was fine. (I don't understand why some other reviewers were down on it.)
7.5
 X-Men (2019) #8 Nov 21, 2021

There's not enough going on in this issue to merit a higher rating.
7.5
 X-Men (2019) #17 Dec 29, 2021

I didn't find this first issue all that compelling. Introductions, fight a monster, bad guy working in the background. The artwork was good though.
7.5
 X-Men (2021) #6 Jan 28, 2022

(Volume 7 | Cover Date: September, 2024) **SPOILERS** Summary: Cyclops' X-Men team travels to Santo Marco to free Wolverine from the Orchis Fourth School & to find six new mutants, who turn out to be Orchis agents. Comments: Having to scan for the last page was a dumb idea by Marvel. I couldn't even read the dialogue on my phone. This issue was already overpriced.

(Cover Date: July, 1987) Summary: The X-Men & Avengers converge on Singapore to find Magneto. Magneto is with a group of mutants who rescued him from the police. Magneto decides to turn himself in for trial when he finds that Captain America harbors no anti-mutant feelings. Magneto uses his helmet to influence the chief justice's mind because he fears that his death could lead to the extermination of mutantkind. After hearing the chief justice's words before his release, Magneto wonders if the outcome would have been the same.

(Cover Date: September, 2023)

(#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)

(Cover date: April, 1984)

(Cover date: June, 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)

(Cover date: January, 1985)

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

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

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

(Cover Date: March, 1987)

(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: 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: 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: 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: March, 1963)

(Cover date: May, 1963)

(Cover date: October, 1963)

(Cover date: December, 1963)

(Cover date: January, 1964)

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

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: July, 1964)

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

(Cover Date: February, 1965)

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

(Cover Date: March, 1967)

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

(Cover Date: December, 1967)

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

(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, 1980)

(Cover date: April, 1980)

(Cover date: May, 1980)

(Cover date: July, 1980)

(Cover date: August, 1980)

(Cover date: January, 1981)

(Cover date: February, 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 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)

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)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover date: December, 1982)

(Cover date: January, 1983)

(Cover date: February, 1983)

(Cover date: May, 1983)

(Cover date; June, 1983)

(Cover date: December, 1983)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

(Cover date: July, 1984)

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

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

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

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

(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.

(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.

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

(Cover date: January, 1964)

(Cover date: May, 1964)

(Cover Date: July, 1964)

(Cover Date: August, 1964)

(Cover Date: November, 1964)

(Cover Date: December, 1964)

(Cover Date: January, 1965)

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

(Cover Date: July, 1966)

(Cover Date: August, 1966)

(Cover Date: September, 1966)

(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.

(Cover Date: January, 1967)

(Cover Date: February, 1967)

(Cover Date: March, 1967)

(Cover Date: April, 1967)

(Cover Date: May, 1967)

(Cover Date: June, 1967)

(Cover Date: July, 1967)

(Cover Date: August, 1967)

(Cover Date: September, 1967)

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

(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: 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.

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)

(Cover date: March, 1980)

(Cover date: April, 1980)

(Cover date: May, 1980)

(Cover date: June, 1980)

(Cover date: August, 1980)

(Cover date: September, 1980)

(Cover date: January, 1981)

(Cover date: February, 1981)

(Cover date: March, 1981)

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

(Cover date: May, 1981)

(Cover date: June, 1981)

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)

(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)

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 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)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover date: December, 1982)

(Cover date: February, 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)

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)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

(Cover Date: September, 1967)
7.0
 Avengers (1963) Annual #11 Mar 19, 2022

(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).

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.

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.

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: May, 1968)

(Cover Date: June, 1968)

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

(Cover Date: August, 1968)

(Cover Date: September, 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: 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: April, 1980)

(Cover date: July, 1980)

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)

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)

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)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover date: March, 1983)

(Cover date: April, 1984)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

(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)

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

(Cover Date: October, 1985)

(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)

(Cover Date: May, 1968)

(Cover Date: June, 1968)

(Cover Date: July, 1968)

(Cover Date: August, 1968)

(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: November, 1985)

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: June, 1964)

(Cover Date: August, 1964)

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

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

(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: 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: 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: 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.

(Cover date: January, 1980)

(Cover date: March, 1980)

(Cover date: July, 1980)

(Cover date: November, 1980)

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)

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)

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)

(Cover date: May, 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)

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: November, 1984)

(Cover date: February, 1985)

(Cover Date: October, 1986) DD tracks down Hyde after a money heist & unknowingly stops him from drinking the potion that would make him permanently human. A brawl ensues during which Hyde compares his monster self to Matt's DD identity.

(Cover Date: December, 1986)

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover Date: March, 1987)

(Cover Date: April, 1987) (Features Todd McFarlane's first artwork at Marvel.) Is the Trixter the son of a devil?

(Cover Date: May, 1987)

(Cover Date: June, 1987) From the overused "our hero against the drug dealers" trope, which was common in the 70s & 80s. It appears that Nocenti is setting up Karen's departure from the book. The Voodoo angle here is just dull.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: Agent Crock fends off an alligator in the sewer. He jiggles a wire in his head to remember when his mother flushed his baby alligator down the toilet. A CIA doctor & his associate discuss administering Project Reptile to Crock & Hazzard to make them more effective in combat. Hazzard's body lies on a table after having been shot by Black Widow. BW arrives at Matt's place with her outfit torn, having been attacked by Crock, who was sent to bring her in. BW blames herself for Hazzard's death & is haunted by the memory. Matt tells her she didn't kill Hazzard. He had pulled the trigger himself. Matt tells BW that she is going to fight & save Crock. Crock tugs a wire to recall when he tested his girlfriend's love on a cliffside. She had let him fall. He tugs another wire to remember when he kissed a girl & she embarrassed him in front of other kids. He confronts her now about why she wanted him to kiss her. DD & BW are in the sewer looking for Crock & are attacked by alligators. They find him, but BW gets clawed on the leg. While he is fighting Crock, DD tells BW to tackle him. While they are scuffling, BW touches the wire with memory of him & his girlfriend by the cliffside. As he falls in the memory, BW catches him from going off an edge in the sewer. BW says she's no longer dwelling on Hazzard's death & is ready to take the CIA doctor down who is responsible for this.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: DD races against the skateboarding Fat Boys. Karen shows Matt her new free clinic. Matt listens in to Karen's phone call with a man whose landlord is trying to force him out. Matt tells her that he is through with the law. Later, DD breaks up an argument between the man & the landlord. Matt rescues a boy from a pond who is blinded by chemical waste in the pond. Matt sees a tanker truck leaving the area. Foggy tells Glori that he will defend the Kelco chemical plant against its pollution charges. Kelco is owned by the Kingpin. DD sneaks into Kelco to investigate & is attacked by a robot, which he destroys. Later, Matt gives a statement to a police officer with the boy & his father present. He loses credibility when the officer notices that he is blind. Bushwhacker breaks into an apartment & murders a young mutant woman. He returns home to his wife & gets angry at her when she finds his bullets under the bed. Wolverine finds the dead mutant's body & swears to kill Bushwhacker. Matt researches Kelco's affiliates at city records. Matt returns to the clinic & sees the renter, who has been roughed up because of DD's involvement. He tells the renter that he will help him from a legal standpoint. Bushwhacker's wife shows up at the clinic. She tells Matt that she needs help to protect her husband, since someone wants to kill him. Comments: Another Wolverine guest appearance in this era to boost sales.

(Cover Date: February, 1988) Summary: After Bullet frames the eco-terrorist group that is harassing Kelco Industrials for murder, DD tracks him down to bring him to justice. After a fight, Bullet surrenders himself to the police, but is later released without charge. Matt loses his faith in the laws if people like Bullet are above them.

(Cover Date: September, 1967)

Pretty uninteresting tale by Parks.
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(Cover Date: April, 2024) A step down from the prior three issues. The loose ends are tied up quickly.

(Cover Date: March, 2024) Unfortunately, there is not much substance to this issue. A guy loses his arm & is able to walk away from it without bleeding to death??

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Dazzler follows Terrax into a black hole with the purpose of extracting him so that he can be punished by Galactus for abdicating his position as his herald. (Cover date: January, 1982)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover date: December, 1982)

(Cover date: January, 1983)

(Cover date: February, 1983)

Hulk saves whales from being slaughtered by Russian whalers with Valkyrie & Hellcat getting caught in the middle. Nighthawk stops the hijacking of an airplane over the city. Afterwards, he finds out that he has a slew of legal problems to deal with. (Cover date: October, 1980)

The Defenders attend the funeral of Patsy's mother. Since Kyle's penthouse is sealed due to legal issues, the team stays at Patsy's mother's home in New Jersey. Daredevil is captured by Fem-Force who are working for the Mandrill. (Cover date: November, 1980)

The Defenders & Daredevil must keep the vengeful Mandrill from killing his father, who abandoned him as a child, by exposure in the core of a nuclear power plant. (Cover date: January, 1981)

(Cover Date: March, 1981)

The Defenders must win three contests against Satan's manifestations (Throg, Satannish & Mephisto) in order to keep their world from becoming part of Hell. (Cover date: October, 1981)

The Defenders go to Gargoyle's home town of Christiansboro to save it from ruin. They find the townspeople gone, and the town haunted by ghosts. They then encounter the bizarre being behind it all. (Cover date: January, 1982)

Years ago, Eric Simon Payne killed the family of reporter Ian Fate when he was a mob hitman. Now, Fate, a master of mystic arts, has put Devil-Slayer's wife in another dimension to be torn apart by the demons there as revenge. Devil-Slayer, accompanied by Dr. Strange, Beast & Wonder Man, must find her in time to save her life. (Cover date: February, 1982)

Enchantress threatens to destroy the true body of Valkyrie resting in Niffleheim unless the Defenders retrieve the Rose of Purity for her so that she can be Love's lover. (Cover date: June, 1982)

Devil-Slayer is in the Negative Zone with the thought of killing himself for the sins he committed in his past. Accompanied by the spirit of Sunshine, he sees various people from his past. (Cover date: August, 1982)

(Cover date: December, 1982)

Vandroth takes control of the Defenders' minds, except for Dr. Strange, who must figure out the means to defeat her. (Cover date: May, 1983)

While Beast, Gargoyle & Iceman are visiting at Vision & Scarlet Witch's home, they are attacked by the Secret Empire members Seraph, Cloud & Harridan who wish to capture the Vision for their leader Number One to study. Meanwhile, Silver Surfer, Strange, Hulk & Namor are taken to the 24th century by the Elf to show them what they have allegedly done to the Earth. (Cover date: September, 1983)

The Tribunal convince the original Defenders to leave the group to save Earth in the future. Working for the Secret Empire, Mad Dog & the Mutant Force attack the super-heroes attending Patsy's & Daimon's wedding. After the melee is over, the new Defenders are born as an official team. (Cover date: November, 1983)

After Angel leaves disgusted from the new Defenders first meeting & the rest of the team follows him, they run into Leviathan who was released from his cell in the SHIELD Manhattan complex by the Secret Empire agents inside SHIELD. (Cover date: December, 1983)

Cloud flees from the Secret Empire & is pursued by their robots. She seeks sanctuary with the Defenders after having found out the truth about the Secret Empire. The Defenders are attacked by a swarm of robots at their brownstone & are defeated. Cloud is recaptured, & the Defenders are left lying in the ruins of their brownstone. (Cover date: January, 1984)

The Walrus & Frog-Man interrupt Hank's lecture at Brooklyn College. The Walrus wants to kill Hank to make a name for himself, while Frog-Man wants to join the Defenders. (Cover date: May, 1984)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

In San Francisco, the Defenders are drawn into helping Cutlass & Typhoon whose clients are being murdered by a mysterious group of assassins. (Cover date: July, 1984)

The hired assassin, Manslaughter, toys with the Defenders in their Aerie before killing them one by one, or so it appears. (Cover date: August, 1984)

A wizard hold Gargoyle at his command to fight against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Cloud changes into a man & professes his love for Moondragon. After Gargoyle transports the Wizard to Colorado, the Defenders come to find him & are met by a giant menacing Gargoyle. (Cover date: October, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover date: December, 1984)

(Cover date: January, 1985)

(Cover Date: March, 1985)

(Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: July, 1985)

(Cover Date: August, 1985)

(Cover Date: October, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1985) Andromeda joins the team (for four issues). The team helps Cloud to determine who or what she is.

Guest appearance by the sentient Cosmic Cube. (Cover Date: December, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1986)

The plot draws from the tired "for revenge" trope.

Batman & Nightwing take down some fleeing bank robbers...it's hardly anything original. Just meh.

It was just OK, not much exciting going on in this issue. I didn't care for how Evely depicted Batman.

I thought the main & backup stories were both pretty mediocre. Jason is going to lead a team of freaking zombies now? I'll probably skip that one.

(Cover date: June, 1980)

(Cover date: December, 1980)

(Cover date: April, 1981)

(Cover date: June, 1981)

Strange helps Brother Voodoo to regain his brother's loa (soul), which his been possessed by the demon Damballah. (Cover date: August, 1981)

Strange inadvertently leaves the Orb of Agamotto unattended, allowing Mordo a pathway to Earth. While Strange is meeting with writer Morgana Blessing about the occult, Mordo attacks Strange through her mirror. They fall into a void where Strange must protect Blessing while trying to overcome the magic of a more powerful Mordo, who is intent on destroying him. (Cover date: October, 1981)

Strange must find a way to stop the future Dormammu's incarnation in 1943 London by German Viscount Krowler during a German air raid bombing, which involves the sacrifice of his beloved Clea. Nick Fury & his commandos are sent to Baskerville Castle looking for Nazi spies & stumble into the ritual taking place there. (Cover date: February, 1982)

(Cover Date: August, 1985) [Clea's mother revealed]

(Cover Date: June, 1987)

(Cover Date: July, 1987) Devil Dinosaur & Moon Boy make an appearance.

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: Some team members find that their powers have been inexplicably increased. The Vanisher sends the team out to forage. Boom-Boom & Gomi run into a rogue Jamie. Previously left behind for good reasons, Moon Boy & Devil Dinosaur decide to go out foraging themselves. Alarmed at their absence, team members go look for them. The real Jamie is drawn to the rogue. The rogue says that he wants to live a life of his own. The team converges around the Madroxes. Devil Dinosaur accidentally steps on Don the blue lobster.

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: Gomi mourns the death of Don the Lobster while his friends console him. Moon Boy tries to tell Bobby that Devil Dinosaur is sorry for killing Don. Ariel reminds Chance of their mission to deliver mutants to their bosses. Jamie tells his double that he won't absorb him since it doesn't feel right. Bill decides to go after Devil Dinosaur but attacks Moon Boy instead. Bobby tries to keep DD away from Bill. Siryn breaks up the fracas with a sonic scream. Warlock starts to act of character. Jamie's other doubles disappear. Bobby accuses Chance & Ariel of splitting them up based on whether they care for others. Boom Boom throws a time-bomb at Chance for being a jerk but it doesn't explode. The mutants' powers no longer work. Ariel feels someone is canceling their powers. BB's bomb then goes off. The other Jamie says that a latent mutant's reading was off the scale while monitoring Cerebro. He also says that Cerebro is reading the two Jamies as distinct individuals. Feeling that they are in danger, Ariel transports them to her home planet, the Coconut Grove.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: The denizens of Coconut Grove forcibly give Chance a makeover until Ariel puts a stop to it. Boom-Boom blows off the seat of Bobby's pants for making fun of Chance. Unipar tells Boom-Boom that there have been no mutations on their world for millions of years, so mutants are considered special. The Vanisher calls a meeting of the Fallen Angels. Madrox tells Chance & Ariel that he detects that they are developing mutant abilities, but they deny it. Siryn's, Madrox's & Vanisher's powers double after Chance is scanned, but she denies any involvement. Ariel's armed associates arrive to arrest the Fallen Angels. The mutants find that their powers have now vanished. Gomi is immune, since he is a cyborg, & uses his telekinesis on the armed aliens until they subdue him. The mutants are corralled together by the threat of the aliens' disruptors. Unipar shows up & says Chance is included since she is a mutant. Ariel goes to leave but is caught in a force beam. Unipar tells Ariel that she is a mutant also.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: In the Coconut Grove, Bill the cyborg lobster roams free, while the Fallen Angels, along with Ariel, have been imprisoned by Unipar with their powers dampened. Unipar tells them that they will be doing genetic & cellular examinations on them to learn about their mutations, so that they can use it on their own population, which doesn't mutate. One of the Madroxes is killed when he tries to stop another one from being taken. Unipar decides to take the two remaining Madroxes & Sunspot. Bill takes out the guards at the Fallen Angels' cell to free them. After some discussion about Ariel having betrayed them, Ariel is freed from her special prison that she could not teleport from. Their powers returned, they overcome the attacking guards & go look for the kidnapped others using Cerebro. Boom Boom blows a hole to their holding cell. Jamie creates multiple versions of himself then merges to heal his injuries. Chance doubles Sunspot's power to fight against the guards. Unipar threatens to have them shot, but Ariel talks him out of it by threatening him with Devil Dinosaur. Ariel takes the FA's back to Beat Street. Bobby & Warlock decide to go home to the New Mutants. Siryn & Jamie decide to stay to guide the team.

(Cover date: November, 1961)

(Cover date: January, 1962)

(Cover date: March, 1962)

(Cover date: May, 1962)

Holding Sue as a hostage, Dr. Doom sends Reed, Johnny & Ben back in time to find Blackbeard's trunk of mystic gems. (Cover date: July, 1962)

Dr. Doom manipulates Namor into a planting a device in the Baxter Building that allows him to tow it toward the sun. After realizing he has been deceived, Namor rescues the FF & himself from the death that Doom planned for them. (Cover date: September, 1962)

Kurrgo, through his robot, turns mankind against the FF & coerces them to come to Planet X to save it from destruction by a collision with a runaway planet. (Cover date: October, 1962)

The Puppet-Master attempts to destroy the FF by controlling the Thing but fails. He then tests his power further by creating a prison riot which the FF must put down. (Cover date: November, 1962)

(Cover date: January, 1963)

(Cover date: March, 1963)

(Cover date: April, 1963)

(Cover date: July, 1963)

(Cover date: August, 1963)

The Watcher warns the FF of the threat of the Molecule Man, who has the power to destroy their reality. After the FF's futile attempts to defeat him, Reed eventually determines the Molecule Man's weakness & exploits it to defeat him. (Cover date: November, 1963)

(Cover date: December, 1963)

(Cover date: February, 1964)

(Cover date: April, 1964)

(Cover date: May, 1964)

(Cover Date: June, 1964) [Why is Ben so short on the cover?]

(Cover Date: July, 1964)

Cover Date: August, 1964)

(Cover Date: September, 1964)

(Cover Date: October, 1964)

(Cover Date: January, 1965)

(Cover Date: November, 1966) Klaw's bombastic diatribes really grow to be tiresome.

(Cover Date: April, 1967)

(Cover Date: March, 1968) Dumb Plot Points: The Surfer wantonly destroying buildings without any regard for the loss of human life & showing little remorse for it afterwards. The "Sonic Shark" missile, & its chasing down the Surfer.

(Cover Date: December, 1968) Crystal replaces Sue on the FF. The Wizard pesters the FF again with his new, improved Wonder Gloves.

(Cover Date: March, 1969) Summary: The FF are flying home from Attilan in an Inhuman-built gyro-ship when they are intercepted by a squadron of SHIELD jets. A man attempts to escape from Latveria but is met by Doom & his robots at the coast. Having landed, Fury shows the FF the robotic arm that they have captured. Johnny destroys it with a flame blast when it attacks them. Fury assigns the FF the mission of finding out about the secret army that is using the robotic arms. Later, suspecting Doom is behind the secret army, the FF travel undercover by car through a communist country & into Latveria. Their car is pulled apart by magnetic forces, & they are attacked by Doom's robot guards. After Crystal is taken captive, they fight back against the robots. The three male members are stunned or gassed into unconscious. The next morning, they wake up in beds & are greeted by servants. Watching them on a video screen, Doom says that he has hypnotized the FF so that they cannot use their powers. The FF meet in the public square where a festival is being held to honor them. Reed tries to walk away but is knocked down by a stun blast. An onscreen image of Doom appears telling them that nobody leaves Latveria & to be happy or die.

(Cover Date: May, 1969) Summary: With their powers diminished, the FF must find a way to stop Doom's rampaging robot army from destroying a Latverian village & its people.

(Cover Date: July, 1969) Summary: After battling Dr. Doom, the team returns to the Baxter Building & are happy to see Franklin (still unnamed) & Alicia. They travel to the mysterious house that Sue has selected & explore the inside. The FF move their belongings to the new house. Reed trips its defenses. The Mole Man then moves upward to the surface & unveils his ray machine, which is designed to make the surface dwellers blind as a prelude to its conquest. While having dinner together, the team loses their sight, & the Mole Man arrives to announce his presence to them. Comments: Sue has an odd taste in houses, & she picked this one out without ever having been inside?!

After Reed, Sue & Ben are hit by a Skrull aging ray, Johnny seeks help from others, and in desperation, revives Reed from stasis to find a solution. (Cover date: January, 1980)

Blastaar breaks through the barrier to the Negative Zone & attacks the FF when they return to the Baxter Building. Meanwhile, Reed's friend, Professor Randolph James, uses his evolution-accelerator on himself after being badly beaten up by thugs. (Cover date: February, 1980)

(Cover date: March, 1980)

(Cover date: May, 1980)

(Cover date: June, 1980)

(Cover date: July, 1980)

(Cover date: August, 1980)

(Cover date: November, 1980)

(Cover date: January, 1981)

(Cover date: April, 1981)

(Cover date: May, 1981)

(Cover date: June, 1981)

As the city crumbles around them, the FF rescue people who are in danger. After Reed determines the cause of the destruction, the FF take their rocketship into space to find its source. Meanwhile, common man Skip Collins may be the city's savior without even knowing it. (Cover date: September, 1981)

Ben's Aunt Petunia asks the FF To come to her hometown of Benson, AZ to solve the mystery of why some of its residents have been dying of fright. Is the little girl Wendy at the center of it? Meanwhile, a very ill Crystal is about to give birth during an Inhuman civil war. (Cover date: February, 1982)
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 Fantastic Four (1961) #242 Feb 24, 2022

(Cover date: March, 1983)

(Cover date: May, 1983)

Johnny & Ben team up with the Mole Man to put a stop to Alden Maas' mad plan to super-heat the Earth's core to expand the crust. Mole Man brings along his pet monster, Giganto, to break through Maas' defenses. (Cover date: March, 1984)

(Cover date: April, 1984)

(Cover Date: December, 1986)

(Cover Date: May, 1987)

(Cover Date: June, 1987)

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: The Torch hears a plea for help from a butler & a maid. The maid tells him that the mysterious Fasaud physically threatened her to learn the location of their employer Gregory Dunbar. Johnny goes to FF HQ to get help from the others. Fasaud appears in the CBS Studios & attacks Dunbar. The FF arrive at the studios & fight against Fasaud. Fasaud causes Johnny's heat to increase to a dangerous level, & he flies outside. Ben hits Fasaud with cable insulation causing him to disappear. Johnny loses consciousness & falls from the sky. Sharon declines to catch him because she is adverse to touching a man. Crystal uses her elemental powers to blow up a hot dog cart to cushion Johnny's fall. Dunbar tells Ben that Fasaud was an oil minister for Aquiria. While in Cairo, Dunbar exposed Fasaud's secret life. Fasaud tried to kill him with a knife that missed him but cut into a camera. Fasaud flickered & disappeared from existence. Ben tells Sharon that she will be off the team if she continues to act the way she did toward Johnny. Sharon promises to do her duty from now on. On the way back home, Ben thinks that if Sharon doesn't work out that he could be responsible for the dissolution of the FF.

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: Ben & Sharon go to Aqiria to find Fasaud. Back in NYC, Fasaud interrupts a lunch between Johnny, Alicia & Crystal. Johnny & Crystal combine their powers to create a thunderstorm to defeat Fasaud. Back in Aqiria, Ben & Sharon find a space shuttle launch site. They are struck down by Fasaud with the approval of the sheikdom's king & the US ambassador.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: Ben & Sharon escape from their constraints & fight through the Aqirian king's forces. They commandeer a space shuttle to fly to a satelitte that Fasaud uses to transport around the world. Fasaud fights them on the shuttle, but they succeed in blowing the satellite up. Fasaud is now trapped on the shuttle, but he has control of it. Ben disables the control systems, & the shuttle crashes to Earth. Due to exposure to cosmic rays, Ben finds that he has mutated further, & Sharon now looks like Ben's original form.

(Cover date: July, 1963)

(Cover Date: June, 2023) I just couldn't get into this. The prior one-shot was better.

This was a step down from the first issue. The artwork is good, but I was underwhelmed by the writing. There are too many big gaps in the story for my liking. I probably won't shell out the 5 bucks for the next issue.

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(Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1985)
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 Immortal Hulk #9 Jan 1, 2022
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 Immortal Hulk #11 Jan 1, 2022
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 Immortal Hulk #14 Jan 1, 2022

(Cover date: May, 1962)

(Cover date: March, 1963)

(Cover Date: February, 1969) Summary: The alien warlord brings the Hulk to his planet as an offering to the Galaxy Master. When the Hulk attacks him, the Galaxy Master uses various transformations to try to kill him. The alien princess sees this as a golden opportunity to dispose of their tyrant. She recalls how the Galaxy Master conquered her world & destroyed other worlds that were seen as a threat to it. She orders her planet's forces to attack it. Hulk is spared from being sent to the core of planet due to the distraction caused by the attack. The princess' ship is destroyed, & the Galaxy Master captures her in a tractor beam. Hulk leaps into the beam which carries him inside the Galaxy Master. Hulk destroys its brain, then saves the princess from falling to her death. While fleeing, the warlord falls to his death in the chasm created for the Hulk. The princess agrees with the Hulk's demand for him to leave her world. However, the Hulk also demands that the spaceship leave immediately before the cabin is pressurized properly. After liftoff, the Hulk changes back to Banner, who cannot breathe properly due to the thin air.

Hulk destroys the Flame of Life Tower in El Dorado, causing the flame form of Tyrannus to hurtle uncontrollably into space. (Cover date: January, 1980)

After Hulk interrupts a ceremony at Graumann's Theater in L.A. & causes trouble, he is confronted by It, the Living Colossus, which is controlled initially by Bob O'Bryan & then by evil Doctor Aloysius Vault. Hulk grinds It into dust, which leads to the death of Vault. (Cover date: February, 1980)

(Cover date: March, 1980)

(Cover date: July, 1980)

(Cover date: January, 1981)

(Cover date: May, 1981)

(Cover date: June, 1981)

Assisted by the Teen Brigade, Rick & Betty plan to take Banner to get the help necessary to cure him of being the Hulk. The Corruptor, who has his own sinister plans for the Hulk, sends his henchman, Night Flyer, to find him. (Cover date: October, 1981)

The Corruptor threatens to have evil Hulk kill Betty & the Teen Brigade, unless Rick summons the Avengers. The Corruptor plans to gain control of the team as they battle the Hulk. However, it's not the Avengers who get the summons, but the Rangers, who arrive on the scene & fight against the Hulk. (Cover date: November, 1981)

The Avengers & Hulk find the Leader's spaceship but must then fight through a horde of Humanoids to gain access inside.(Cover date: May, 1983)

Hulk is transported to the 41st century whose society's reason for existence is to make war with each other due to the influence of Kang. (Cover date: August, 1983)

Banner gets an assistant from SHIELD at his Northwind Observatory, much to the displeasure of his sentient Recordasphere. Modok breaks into Project Earthfall to break one of Hulk's old foes out of cryogenic storage with the approval of General Thunderbolt Ross. (Cover date: September, 1983)

Bruce goes to Mexico City, accompanied by Kate Waynesboro, to build a gammascope to increase the country's food supply. They attend a performance of the Circus of Crime in a small town. Banner is recognized as the alter ego of the Hulk due to their first meeting long ago. Ringmaster hypnotizes Banner into turning into the Hulk to humiliate him. However, he loses his control of Dragon Man, & the two begin to fight. During the melee, Kate fires Cannonball into the Ringmaster, knocking off his hat, which Dragon Man stomps on. No longer being controlled, Dragon Man flies away, while the Hulk is dejected at having become a monster again. (Cover date: February, 1984)

A man tries to assassinate Banner to get revenge for a time the Hulk battled the military, which resulted in the destruction of the man's hometown & subsequently his personal life. (Cover date: March, 1984)

Boomerang kidnaps Kate to force Banner to use his gammascope on former mob boss Max Stryker in the hope of curing his cancer. (Cover date: April, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover date: January, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1986) A dip in quality with Byrne's departure as writer.

(Cover Date: March, 1987)

(Cover Date: April, 1987) Features the death of General Thunderbolt Ross (or does it?).

(Cover Date: June, 1987) The Leader is restored to his former gamma-spawned brilliant self with the help of the gray Hulk.

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: Bruce Banner is rescued off the top of a narrow butte by a helicopter. Hulk had left him there before sunrise, so that Banner doesn't work on a cure. Betty is in a hotel room with Ramon. Betty is questioning her marriage to Bruce. At Gamma Base, Rick is determined to be "Hulk free". Bruce, with Rick, confronts Betty in the hotel room. Ramon punches Bruce but is then knocked out by Rick. After Bruce spends some intimate time with Betty, he changes back into the Hulk, having been unaware of the actual time, & crashes out of the hotel room. Hulk is attacked by the gamma-spawned monster, Half-Life, who tries to absorb his life energy. Hulk leaves Half-Life in pieces. Later, Bruce, now left on a mountain, realizes that Half-Life was created by a gamma bomb that he designed.

After Hulk is captured by the Reds while trying to help a Green priestess, he becomes the savior of the oppressed Greens in winning their freedom against their brutal Red overlords. (Cover date: August, 1983)

(Cover Date: May, 1968)

(Cover Date: June, 1968) First appearance of Janice Cord.

(Cover Date: July, 1968)

(Cover Date: August, 1968)

(Cover Date: October, 1968)

(Cover Date: December, 1968) This issue reveals the life story of Whitney Frost leading up to how she became the Big M.

(Cover Date: January, 1969) Summary: At a Chinese curiosities shop, a hooded figure receives a crate containing the Hulk. After testing the Hulk, the hooded figure sends the Hulk to kidnap Janice Cord. Tony is meeting with Janice & her attorney regarding the sale of her company to him. Hulk leaps away with Janice with Iron Man in pursuit. They skirmish along the way, until they arrive at a power plant. They fight there until the Hulk falls into an electrical generator. The "Hulk" is shown to actually be a robot & collapses from the damage sustained. The hooded figure is revealed to be the Mandarin, who states that he has confirmed that Tony Stark is Iron Man.

(Cover Date: February, 1969) Summary: The Mandarin completes his lab beneath Mei-Ling's shop. He creates fake photos of Tony Stark with communist agents. Reporters interrupt Tony's date with Janice Cord to ask him about the photos. Tony leaves them without comment. Since Tony has not responded about the photos, the government, represented by Senator Byrd, cancels their contracts with SI. Tony receives a call from Mei-Ling to come to her shop if he wants a solution to his dilemma. Outside the shop, Iron Man runs into Fury & Sitwell who want him to meet with SHIELD's executive committee. IM flees from them & avoids the SHIELD heli-carrier. Tony goes to Cord Lab to hide & runs into Janice. He convinces Janice to trust him despite her doubts. IM crashes through the skylight of Mei-Ling's shop & is confronted by the Mandarin. The Mandarin animates two stone statutes that attack IM. IM quickly shatters the two statues into pieces. He follows the Mandarin into his lab. They have a brief skirmish before IM is immobilized by neutralizer rays. The Mandarin boasts that he is going to remove IM's helmet to prove he is Tony Stark & then destroy him with his power rings.

(Cover Date: March, 1969) Summary: With IM caught in his neutralizing rays, the Mandarin uses his power ray to remove IM's helmet. To his surprise, the face that is revealed is not that of Tony Stark. IM tells the Mandarin to turn on the TV. Stark is seen meeting with the media at his lodge. The Mandarin leaves IM in Mei-Ling's custody & teleports to the lodge find Stark. IM makes Mei-Ling angry about the Mandarin's lack of love. She slams a door while leaving, which causes a damaged lamp to fall in front of the neutralizing ray, freeing IM. Tony takes off his mask & flies to his lodge. He recalls the Stark LMD that he secretly built in Cord Labs. The Mandarin enters the lodge & strikes down the Stark LMD when it fails to obey him. IM shows up & gets into a fight with the Mandarin, ripping off his teleportation belt. The Mandarin's robot reserve teleports into the lodge, but IM easily destroys them. Worried about Tony, Janice runs into the lodge, & the Mandarin takes her as a hostage. The Mandarin takes her to his aircraft, which was piloted there by Mei-Ling. IM crashes into the craft. When the Mandarin is about to kill Janice, Mei-Ling steps in front of his power ray due to Janice's love for Tony. IM punches the Mandarin into the instrument panel, which causes the airship to go out of control. IM flies away with Janice as the airship crashes into a mountain. Back at the lodge, they see the Stark LMD being loaded into an ambulance to be taken to the hospital. Comments: The scene on the cover of the prior issue actually takes place in this issue.

(Cover Date: May, 1969) Summary: Iron Man fights against the Controller aboard a train carrying his Absorbatron to NYC, where the Controller plans to use it to vastly increase his mental energy.

(Cover Date: June, 1969) Summary: The Night Phantom destroys a Stark project plant on a small Caribbean island. Tony meets Travis Hoyt, a wheel-chaired writer who is opposed to the plant. After inspecting the ruins of the plant, Tony's jeep is upended by the Night Phantom. Tony wakes up to find himself with Janice Cord who is visiting her friend Hoyt. Hoyt reveals to Janice that he is the Night Phantom & got his strength from an underground radioactive pool. Iron Man finds the cavern that they are in. Hoyt tries to throw Janice in the pool, but she catches herself on the ledge. IM fights against Hoyt using his repulsor rays. As he pulls Janice to safety, Hoyt throws himself into the pool to gain additional strength, but falls through a crack. On the flight home, Tony is torn between being with Janice & putting her at risk while he remains Iron Man.

(Cover Date: July, 1969) Summary: After the Red Ghost helps the Unicorn recover his memory & repairs his equipment, he coerces him into stealing Tony Stark's cosmic ray intensifier, which leads to a conflict with Iron Man. The Red Ghost uses the device to give himself & his apes super-powers.

After learning of the deaths of employees at his branch in Hong Kong, Tony Stark works with a mystic to eliminate the threat of the All-Devourer and its servants. (Cover date: January, 1980)

Tony Stark runs into the Hulk, who is blocking traffic on the Long Island Expressway. After the Hulk changes back into Banner, Iron Man takes him to Stark International, where they jointly develop a pulse regulator to stop Banner's change into the Hulk. (Cover date: February, 1980)

(Cover date: March, 1980)

(Cover date: May, 1980)

(Cover date: June, 1980)

(Cover date: July, 1980)

(Cover date: August, 1980)

(Cover date: November, 1980)

(Cover date: December, 1980)

In his prototype space armor, Iron Man joins Sunturion to destroy the Soviet attack drones that were sent to destroy the Roxxon space station. When Iron Man begins to disable the station's solar panels due to its illegal operation, Sunturion attacks Iron Man to stop him. Their battle sends the space station's core hurtling toward Earth. (Cover date: February, 1981)

(Cover date: March, 1981)

(Cover date: April, 1981)

(Cover date: May, 1981)

(Cover date: June, 1981)

After SI's branch in Costa Diablo is taken over by a military junta, Iron Man goes there to rescue the employees but finds more resistance than he expected. (Cover date: July, 1981)

Released from his cryogenic chamber during the Blacklash attack on S.I., the mad Unicorn hunts down Iron Man to kill him in the belief that it has been ordered by his master, the Titanium Man. (Cover date: January, 1982)

(Cover date: April, 1982)

Tony & "Steven Grant" visit Project Neptune to find that it has been taken over by AIM agents in order to extort technological secrets. After the AIM agents leave, Iron Man must hold a damaged airlock shut while "Grant" escapes to the surface & as Moon Knight looks for the airlock's designer. (Cover date: August, 1982)

After two remote controlled WWII era fighter planes attack Stark International inflicting damage, its employees begin acting irrationally, & Tony must figure out the cause before his business is ruined. (Cover date: September, 1982)

(Cover date: October, 1982)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover date: January, 1983)

(Cover date: February, 1983)

(Cover date: April, 1983)

(Cover date: June, 1983)

Iron Man enters the vortex at the Daughters of Ishtar and finds a giant alien guarding a portal against invaders. Believing the cause is good, he lends a hand to help the weakened alien. Meanwhile, Tony spends the night with a homeless man in a cardboard box. (Cover date: November, 1983)

To help fund Erwin's startup company, Rhodey takes a job as a bodyguard for a man who was hired by the president of a Latin American country to gather intelligence on the rebel forces opposing him. Rhodey has the misfortune of running into the Flying Tiger, who is working for the rebels. (Cover date: December, 1983)

(#1) "Iron Man" Mikey is dismissed from the kid Avengers, since the real Iron Man has resigned from the team. A bully takes his place as "Iron Man" & terrorizes other kids. Mikey returns as "Iron Man" to take the bully down. He is happily reinstated back into the group. (#2) Tony makes a bet with a police officer that he can't stay sober until midnight. Tony wins the bet but finds out how difficult it is to resist drinking & that his friends want nothing to do with him until he admits that he has a drinking problem. (Cover date: January, 1984)

Tony gets drunk with a woman named Gretl in the Bowery. He finds out that his bank account has been frozen due to Obadiah Stane. In Hong Kong, Rhodey accepts a guard job on the wharf for movie producer Winston Phlan who tells him that his film shipments are being ruined somehow. While on guard duty, Iron Man is attacked by Radioactive Man, as ordered by his employer. The machine components that Radioactive Man was guarding are damaged in the fight. Iron Man dumps Radioactive Man, along with the components, into the water. Radioactive Man swims away, ending their fight. Radioactive Man's unknown employer expresses his anger at him for his failure. (Cover date: February, 1984)

Radioactive Man is punished by the Mandarin for allowing Iron Man to destroy his equipment shipment in Hong Kong. Iron Man is lured to the Mandarin's secret mountain base in Red China by a giant hologram of himself. Iron Man succumbs to the Mandarin's power rings, & his will is taken over. Mandarin then orders the helmetless Rhodey to cut his throat with a sword. (Cover date: March, 1984)

Rhodey stops from cutting his throat after a severe headache causes the Mandarin to lose control of him. After escaping, Iron Man (Rhodey) diverts Chinese fighter jets to fire their missiles at the Mandarin's mountain base. Iron Man destroys the Mandarin's machine that is killing the Chinese rice crop in order to start a war with its neighbors. After returning to NYC, Iron Man checks out the alien structure in Central Park & vanishes within. (Cover date: April, 1984)

(Cover date: May, 1984)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

(Cover date: July, 1984)

After an accident at the San Andreas Fault turns a scientist into Vibro, Iron Man is caught between Vibro & the businessman that he wants to kill who he blames for his condition. (Cover date: September, 1984)

After Vibro escapes from jail, he seeks vengeance against his former employer Fortney & Iron Man, & he threatens to level a town unless they come to him. In their initial encounter, Vibro's power causes Iron Man to lose control of his armor. Morley theorizes that Vibro's power is somehow connected to the fault. Iron Man draws Vibro away from the fault so that his power is weakened. Iron Man takes Vibro into custody after threatening to drop him from a height in the jeep he was using to pursue Iron Man. (Cover date: October, 1984)

(Cover date: January, 1985)

(Cover date: February, 1985)

(Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: July, 1985)

(Cover Date: August, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1986) Stark unwittingly provides the means for AIM to conquer the nation of Boca Caliente.

(Cover Date: December, 1986)

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: IM demolishes some old dilapidated buildings for an urban renewal project. At the new Stark Enterprises building, Tony find that Mrs. Arbogast has returned to her former job as office manager. Rhodey returns to his condo to find Marcy Pearson, a fellow employee he has been dating, waiting for him. Tony is holding a housewarming party in the evening. While Tony is flying to the party as IM, he removes a burning fuel truck & delivers a pregnant woman to the hospital. IM then provides aid during a mudslide & rescues a cat from a tree. Tony finally makes it to the party to find that most people have left. He meets a female party crasher who wants to be an actress & was hoping to meet the right people. Off of the coast, Force uses his power blasts to sink a merchant ship with the crew on board. He flies over to his unknown boss' submarine & thinks about his next target: Iron Man.

(Cover date: December, 1982)

(Cover Date: April, 1968) IM = 7.0 SM = n/a

(Cover date: September, 1962)

After Loki frees himself from his tree of imprisonment, he goes to NYC to use Thor as his pawn for creating mischief there. (Cover date: October, 1962)

(Cover date: January, 1963)

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(Cover date: July, 1963)

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(Cover Date: March, 1965) [The news reporter in the main story carries dynamite sticks with him in case he ever needs them. 🙄]

(Cover Date: April, 1965)

(Cover Date: June, 1965)

(Cover Date: November, 1986)

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(Cover Date: May, 1987)

(Cover Date: June, 1987)

(Cover Date: July, 1987) Justice stalks a serial killer who targets "Good Samaritans".

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: Now: Justice is attacked by Damon's Hounds of Winter at a gas station. He destroys them by blowing up oil barrels with his sword. Prior: Webstral finds the injured Justice in the desert after his battle with Black Justice. Now: Justice escapes two cops who are harassing him for vagrancy. Prior: Webstral tells Justice that his total corruption was the source of the Black Power used by Damon to conquer Spring. Justice became totally corrupt when he killed Black Justice in anger. Webstral creates an illusion showing the aftermath of the conquest of Spring by Damon. Webstral sacrifices himself to cleanse Justice of his corruption & to restore him to full health. Now: Justice vaporizes two muggers who were going to kill him.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: Justice surveys a fast food restaurant where the people inside were executed by the "Takeout Killers." A FBI agent tells Justice to leave or he will be arrested. Later that night, Justice goes inside the restaurant & finds a message on a wall written in blood. Justice shakes down a weapons dealer to get information on the couple who committed the killings. Justice goes to a McDonald's, where the couple was headed, & runs into the FBI agent, who wants to take him in for questioning. Pushing the agent aside, Justice finds the couple threatening the people inside. The man throws a pipe bomb. Justice protects the people from the explosion using his Shield, but is knocked out. Justice wakes up in an ambulance. He sees the FBI agent, who handcuffs him, & tells him the couple is still inside with hostages. Justice breaks his cuffs & drives a police paddywagon through the wall. He saves the hostages from another pipe bomb using his Shield. The FBI agent tells Justice that the couple slipped away after the blast. He argues with the agent about pursuing justice now & takes off. Later, the couple go to an empty diner, where Justice is waiting for them. Justice uses his Sword to vaporize them. Comments: Tom Grindberg's pencils remind me of Neal Adams.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: Justice is working as security at a LA nightclub. He sees a drug deal take place & knocks down the dealer with his shield. He is attacked by the druggie who has super-human strength. He uses a mild dose of his shield to put him down. The drug dealer gives Justice the name & location of his supplier. When the police arrive, the nightclub owner talks them out of arresting Justice. Damon Conquest & Rebecca are on a boat near Catalina. His hitman tells him that Andrew Markham refuses to distribute their merchandise despite his son Peter's insistence. At a hotel, Justice meets with Andrew & shows him the drugs he confiscated. In private, he tells him that his son provided them to the dealer at the nightclub. A woman, who took the drugs, goes crazy & attacks people. Justice knocks her into the pool with his shield. Justice returns to find Andrew dead & Peter barely breathing. Justice goes after the hitman, who turns into a cacodemon. Justice is losing the fight until he remembers the cacodemon gets its power from the earth. He uses his sword against its human-like shadow, causing it to dissolve. Peter accuses Justice of killing his father. Justice is about to kill him, but he sees that his aura is not completely black. Justice tells him that he is the one who killed his father by selling the drugs & knows that he will have to live with that in his conscience.

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: Justice pursues a sex offender from NYC to the Southwest & kills him. He is bitten by a poisonous snake & becomes unable to read a person's aura. He follows a group of eco-terrorists to learn more about them, but is unable to prevent them from being killed by the authorities.

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 Legends of the Dark Knight (2021) #7 Aug 31, 2021
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 Legends of the Dark Knight (2021) #8 Aug 31, 2021

In Limbo, Cat rescues little Illyana from Belasco's clutches after Storm fails to do so. Storm decides to make Illyana her apprentice in sorcery to Cat's objection since it will make her more susceptible to Belasco's corruption. (Cover date: December, 1983)

Illyana strikes out at Cat after she eats her pet Squidge, which thereafter alienates the two. Storm warns Illyana to not attempt to destroy Belasco until the time is right at the risk of losing her soul. Illyana's mutant power to create "stepping discs" manifests itself. Illyana witnesses a younger Storm try to destroy Belasco, but she becomes corrupted in the process. She then sees the older Storm struck from behind by Cat while she is confronting Belasco. Illyana fights against Cat & snaps her neck. Belasco tell Illyana that he is going to offer Storm's soul to the Dark Ones as a sacrifice, therefore damning her soul. (Cover date: February, 1984)

In Limbo, Illyana kills the alternate Ororo so that Belasco cannot sacrifice her soul to his masters, the Dark Ones. As punishment, she is banished to Ororo's former domain while a blizzard rages. She uses the giant oak tree that Ororo created to sustain her. She uses its lifeforce & her own remaining magic to create her Soulsword. With it, she is able to revert Belasco to his human form & defeat him, causing him to flee. She could have killed him but didn't. She uses her "stepping disk" mutant power to return back to the X-Men's timeline, but now seven years older than when she first arrived in Limbo. (Cover date: March, 1984)
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 Man Without Fear (2019) #1 Nov 5, 2021

Matt's struggle with his pain and fear concludes in this issue with the expected result. There's not enough going on here to merit a higher rating. I found the artwork to be subpar again.

(Cover date: March, 1983)

(Cover date: May, 1983)

(#1) Man-Thing becomes involved with a rock band who signed a contract with Satan through his agent, Eblis. (#2) Mowgli protects the old wolf leader Akela from being killed by the younger wolves in the pack at the urging of the tiger, Shere Khan. (Cover date: July, 1983)

(Cover date: March, 1984)

(#1) During WWII, the Skywolves go to Poland to rescue a downed pilot held by the Nazis. (#2) During a storm at sea, Namor tries to rescue a white stallion from a sinking pirate ship. (Cover date: September, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover Date: March, 1985)

Daredevil = 7.0 Spidey = 7.0 (Cover Date: July, 1986)

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

Wasp crashes her ship while escaping Magneto & runs into the Lizard. Doom reconstructs Klaw who was trapped as energy within Galactus' ship. Cyclops, Wolverine & Rogue battle a team of villains that Doom had sent to a volcanic land for some mysterious purpose. Galactus continues to work on his energy converter while the heroes plan an attack if necessary. (Cover date: October, 1984)

(Cover Date: December, 1967) First appearance of Captain Marvel 1.0 (Mar-Vell).

(Cover Date: March, 1968) First appearance of Carol Danvers (future Ms. Marvel).
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 Marvel Team-Up (1972) #102 Jun 16, 2021
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 Marvel Team-Up (1972) #103 Aug 18, 2021
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 Marvel Team-Up (1972) #104 Sep 28, 2021
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 Marvel Team-Up (1972) #105 Dec 1, 2021

After Man-Killer kidnaps a female revolutionary at the courthouse, Spider-Man & She-Hulk track her down only to find out that she is planning to set off a truck bomb to kill a group of businessmen, including JJJ! (Cover date: July, 1981)

Spidey joins forces with the mercenary Paladin to bring an end to the menace of the "Street Stalker" (Thermo) who has been draining the body heat from his victims in order to fuel his powers. (Cover date: August, 1981)

After Dazzler saves Spidey from being killed by Thermo, a weakened Spidey develops the means to nullify Thermo's powers. When Dazzler & Thermo's wife are kidnapped by Thermo's Satanic followers, Spidey & Paladin come to their rescue and implement their plan to take down Thermo. (Cover date: September, 1981)
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 Marvel Team-Up (1972) #112 Jan 20, 2022

After Quasar is attracted to Lightmaster's hidden laboratory under the ESU campus, Lightmaster takes control of his power-bands. With his new found power, he attempts to destroy the meddling Spider-Man and to recreate his physical body. (Cover date: January, 1982)

After Aunt May's purse is pick-pocketed by one of the vigilante Young Watchers, Peter suspects that the group is not what it appears to be. After initial resistance, he is joined by the Falcon into monitoring the group when his nephew expresses his doubts about their altruistic motivations. When Falcon's nephew goes missing, Spidey & the Falcon discover who the man is behind the group. (Cover date: February, 1982)

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 Marvel Team-Up (1972) #115 Feb 16, 2022

Spidey & an aged Dominic Fortune must stop Turner D. Century from killing people under the age of 65 in order to restore the way of life as it was in the past. (Cover date: August, 1982)

(Cover date: October, 1982)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover date: December, 1982)

(Cover date: February, 1983)

Babysitter Kitty Pryde follows her two charges below ground after they are captured by the human Morlocks. She finds Spidey who was captured earlier after being knocked unconscious while preventing two subway trains from colliding. (Cover date: November, 1983)

Daniel Steyr, owner of a security company, wants Spidey's webbing formula to use in making bulletproof body armor for policemen. He uses a sham demonstration involving Wonder Man, who is working for him, to attract Spidey & then has him be captured by the Mauler. Wonder Man, realizing he's been used by Steyr, goes to locate & rescue Spidey. (Cover date: December, 1983)

Spidey & Nick Fury search for an actress who is engaged to a former Howler & who was kidnapped by a Maggia Dreadnought. The Howler got into a business dispute with a Maggia mob boss who wants to ruin him. (Cover date: March, 1984)

(Cover date: May, 1984)

(Cover date: June, 1984)

(Cover date: November, 1984)

(Cover date: December, 1984)

Spidey & Cannonball team up to stop the Incandescent Man from running amok in Times Square after his escape from Project Pegasus. (Cover date: January, 1985)

After Purple Man inadvertently disrupts Kingpin's heroin shipment & is brought to him, Kingpin uses him in a scheme to bring his superhero adversaries together to eliminate them. (Cover date: August, 1981)

After a fight with street punks, the injured Rahne & Sunspot are kidnapped by the mob & injected with a new drug in order to control them & use their powers for their purposes. Spidey, Cloak, Dagger, Cannonball & Psyche come to their rescue but are they too late? (Cover date: October, 1983)
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 Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #72 Jun 16, 2021
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 Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #73 Aug 18, 2021

Pretty bland even though the Avengers are in it. Annihilus & Blastaar are one dimensional villains.
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 Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #76 Dec 9, 2021

Ben is outraged at a TV show based on the Thing & starring Wonder Man. When he goes to the studio to stop it, he is attacked by a mind-controlled Wonder Man. The villain controlling Wondie is found to be implementing a plan which has dire consequences for the future of humanity. (Cover date: August, 1981)

Thinking that Ben is somehow responsible for the appearance of Star-Dancer & the dome that she placed over their town, the fearful people of Hartsdale, MA threaten to kill Alicia if she does not send the alien away. Blue Diamond, a superhero from the 1940's, comes to her defense, while Ben tries to break through the dome. (Cover date: September, 1981)

Modok's synthoids are abducting the homeless in the Bowery to be used as test subjects for his experimental Virus X. When Ben interferes with an abduction, he is taken to Modok also. Namor is in the city & returns to the Bowery, where the Human Torch found him years ago. Namor agrees to help the people there find their missing friends. (Cover date: November, 1981)
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 Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #82 Jan 20, 2022

Ben goes to Canada to find Dr. Walter Langkowski to treat his friend Goliath, who is dying of radiation poisoning. He finds Sasquatch instead, & the two get into a brawl. Meanwhile nearby, Shaman finds the Sacred Tomb of Ancient Shamans & releases the evil Ranark the Ravager who wants to purify the world. (Cover date: January, 1982)

The god-like Ranark creates chaos throughout Canada by destroying the modern technogical achievements he sees as an afront to his traditional way of life. Ben joins with Alpha Flight to stop him, so that Walter Langkowski can aid his friend, Bill Foster, who is close to death from radiation poisoning. (Cover date: February, 1982)

At a Renaissance festival, Ben & Spidey fight against a sorcerer from another dimension who has possessed the magician working at the festival. (Cover date: August, 1982)

After speaking with Dr. Strange & Reed, Ben goes to Egypt to investigate what is going on & finds the Sphinx, who is attempting to recreate his Ka stone that was destroyed by Galactus. (Cover date: September, 1982)

(Cover date: October, 1982)

(Cover date: February, 1983)
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 Moon Knight (1980) #13 Jan 19, 2022
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 Moon Knight (1980) #18 Feb 19, 2022

Moon Knight tries to stop the mutant Bora who has been targeting Russian ballet dancers who have defected. (Cover date: January, 1984)

(Cover Date: July, 1985)

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

The New Mutants track down the person who has been harassing Stevie Hunter, confront him at a school dance & learn what is behind his abnormal behavior. (Cover date: June, 1983)

Viper coerces Team America into working for her, otherwise, she will kill Dani (Psyche), who was captured earlier by Silver Samurai at a fair that the New Mutants were attending & at which Team America was performing. (Cover date: July, 1983)

The New Mutants accompany Roberto's mother on an expedition into the Amazon rain forest, where they meet unfriendly natives & are betrayed by crew members working for Roberto's corrupt father. (Cover date: October, 1983)

Roberto confronts his father about putting his & his mother's lives at risk to exploit the Maderia region for his business. After Amara is harassed at the beach while with Dani, she subconsciously unleashes her mutant magma power. The hot Rio sun causes her to become disoriented, causing her to hallucinate about destroying the city. She is found by some kids & later tracked down by the New Mutants using Rahne's sense of smell. She recovers after ice is used to bring down her body temperature. She tells the others that she will be joining them to learn to use her powers, just as her father had wished her to. (Cover date: February, 1984)

(Cover date: February, 1985)

(Cover Date: March, 1985)

(Cover Date: August, 1985)

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

(Cover Date: October, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1985)

(Cover Date: January, 1986) Magneto takes on some frat boys after they assault Dani.

(Cover Date: April, 1986) Cameo appearance by the Frog of Thunder.

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: While the team is studying for midterms, they are also trying to teach Bird Boy how to speak English. They make some progress by using food from McBurgers. They find that Bird Boy is afraid of wild animals. After seeing the full moon, Bird Boy leaves & gets food from McBurgers for his "many friends". When the team catches up with him, Mirage projects the North Atlantic island he is from & the creatures he is afraid of. Doug says that Bird Boy's friends may die tonight if they fail a test. Illyana transports them to the island, where they are surrounded by savage creatures.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: After arriving on Bird Boy's island home, the team follows the new lot of half-starved Ani-Mates, who are Bird Boy's friends, through a deadly maze, drawn by the promise of food. The maze is the Animator's method of weeding out those he considers unworthy of life. The team is assaulted by the maze's traps & is captured by the Animator's Ani-Mate soldiers & put into manacles. They are sentenced to death by the mad Animator, who is collaborating with the Right.
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 New Mutants (2019) #2 Dec 29, 2021
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 New Mutants (2019) #6 Dec 30, 2021

Boy, I really didn't like how rushed this felt to close this arc. It could have been so much better if Hickman had cared. Sunspot's ego-centric personality gets old fast too.

I recall similar mutant-hunting creatures in Excalibur many years ago.

(Cover Date: November, 1986)

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover Date: March, 1987)

(Cover Date: April, 1987)

(Cover Date: June, 1987) Probably the best issue of this series to date, which really isn't saying much.

(Cover Date: July, 1987) While having trouble separating his dreams from reality due to his "nightmasking", Nightmask encounters a mysterious, lovely woman who reoccurs in his dreams.

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: Nightmask helps a woman overcome her fear of driving after her husband was killed in an accident that she believes was her fault. Lucian receives a letter from a Mambo in Haiti & believes he has been cursed with bad luck for not attending his mother's funeral. Keith dreams of being swallowed by a giant snake & then witnesses a Haitian ritual involving Lucian. While heading to a conference with Keith & Teddy, Lucian departs the plane after he realizes he has someone else's briefcase. He is taken captive at gunpoint outside the gate & is driven away. Meanwhile, Keith & Teddy are on their way to New Orleans.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: In Haiti, Keith & Martine are speeding in a jeep to get to Tullius' humfo before a voodoo ceremony begins involving Lucian & Teddy. They learn from a man they almost run over that a human sacrifice will be taking place. Martine takes them to Mambo Matilda to get her help. The mambo explains to them that in Haiti that twins share one soul, & it is accepted if one kills the other. The mambo gives him his Nightmask costume that Martine saw in Keith's dream. At the humfo, Teddy is laid down by Lucian who is tied to a pole. Nightmask shows up & is beaten & put in chains. As the mambo taught him, Nightmask channels the white snake god to free himself. Tullius channels the chain beast, & the two fight each other. Nightmask is struck down by Tullius. Teddy throws Nightmask a bottle of perfume, which he sprays on Tallius as the white snake sprays venom on the chain beast. The mambo says the chain beast spirit has deserted Tullius. Lucian tries to reconcile with his brother, but Tullius runs away, still hating him. Later, the group is with Lucian at the site of his parents' graves. Keith asks the mambo if she can heal Teddy's crushed legs. The mambo implies that she must learn to live with them as one of her crippled spirits does. Comments: This is the last issue of this series, & the first New Universe title to be canceled, I believe. It was plagued by mediocre storylines throughout its run.

Spider-Man protects the guests from Morbius after he attacks Marcy Kane at a Halloween party in Chip Martin's Long Island mansion. (Cover date: January, 1980)

(Cover date: February, 1980)

(Cover date: March, 1980)

(Cover date: April, 1980)

(Cover date: May, 1980)

(Cover date: June, 1980)

(Cover date: July, 1980)

(Cover date: August, 1980)

(Cover date: September, 1980)

(Cover date: October, 1980)

(Cover date: December, 1980)

(Cover date: January, 1981)

(Cover date: February, 1981)

(Cover date: March, 1981)

After Toy breaks into a woman's safe, Spider-Man tracks him to the Terrible Tinkerer's lab where he is besieged by the Tinkerer's toys. (Cover date: April, 1981)

(Cover date: May, 1981)

(Cover date: June, 1981)

After Jack O'Lantern & his goons take a hospital hostage, including Aunt May's fiance, Spider-Man comes to their rescue. (Cover date: July, 1981)

Killer Shrike, unable to control his armor, abducts Marla Madison at a party that JJJ is hosting in her honor & flies her to a Brand Corp secret lab. She works to help the being that brought her there, while a trailing Spidey fights against Shrike & Brand security. (Cover date: August, 1981)

As part of a crew filming Spidey for a TV show, Gibbon attacks Spidey to get revenge for his last defeat. Unknown to Spidey, the Beetle is watching them & waiting for an opportunity to strike with his newly enhanced armor. (Cover date: October, 1981)

(Cover date: December, 1981)

After Gold Bug steals the irradiated gold from Peter's experiment at ESU, Spidey tracks down Gold Bug to warn him that the gold will kill him. Spidey finds the heavily guarded gold has been delivered to Gold Bug's Maggia partners. (Cover date: January, 1982)

After Spidey suspects Molten Man of causing the fire at a new hospital, he finds him inside the NJ home of Harry & Liz Osborn, where MM wants to kill Liz for leaving him for dead at that location earlier. (Cover date: February, 1982)

(Cover date: May, 1982)

(Cover date: July, 1982)

Silvermane's organs are transplanted into a bionic body. He seeks revenge against Cloak & Dagger for trying to kill him earlier, & Spidey tries to stop him. (Cover date: September, 1982)

(Cover date: January, 1983)

(Cover date: February, 1983)

Spidey battles Doc Ock ad nauseum to save his & Black Cat's bacon from the deep fryer! (Cover date: June, 1983)

(Cover date: July, 1983)

Spidey tracks down the kidnapped infant son of a city councilman running for mayor who JJJ endorses. Felicia is finally released from the hospital. (Cover date: November, 1983)

After the Fly realizes he is becoming more fly than human, he seeks revenge on Spidey & JJJ for their roles in creating him. (Cover date: January, 1984)

Hyde chases after Cobra from Ryker's Island Prison from where he was held with the intent of killing Cobra for betraying him. Spidey & Black Cat interfere to stop Cobra from being killed. Spidey tells Black Cat to stay back so that she isn't hurt or killed. Hyde hammers Spidey into a brick wall which leads Black Cat to think he's dead. After Cobra dons his costume, he shoots Hyde with his Cobra venom darts. Black Cat causes a wall to fall on top of both of them. Afterwards, Black Cat feels that she must acquire super-powers in order to fight along side with Spidey. (Cover date: March, 1984)

(Cover date: May, 1984)

(Cover date: December, 1984)

(Cover Date: April, 1985)

(Cover Date: May, 1985)

(Cover Date: July, 1985)

(Cover Date: August, 1985)

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

(Cover Date: February, 1986) The Beyonder talks a lot about what his fate should be, plus the artwork just isn't very good.

(Cover Date: April, 1986) Predictable. Thugs threaten May & her friends, & Spidey saves the day.

(Cover Date: May, 1986)

(Cover Date: January, 1987) The Mauler is looking for his infant son in the hospital, and Spidey is standing in his way. As expected, destruction ensues.

(Cover Date: March, 1987)

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: Peter convinces an orderly, Mary, to switch the patients' medication. Peter & Mary attempt to lead Vicky & Zero away but are confronted by the doctor, armed guards & Brainstorm. Peter is locked in a cell with Brainstorm. Peter eventually beats him unconscious after a tough fight. Frank Gibbs holds the doctor at gunpoint so that he can free his wife. They leave in a car with Peter. Peter returns with Ben Urich the next day to find that the Arranger is meeting with the press to blame everything on the doctor. The Gibbs family leaves town to start a new life far away from the Kingpin.

(Cover Date: October, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: In New Mexico, Puma goes through a ritual to prove he is worthy of his power. His uncle tells him that he must express a measure of gratitude to Spider-Man for helping him against the Beyonder. On their honeymoon, Peter & MJ arrive at their villa in the south of France. At a restaurant, MJ encounters some her acquaintances to Peter's dismay. Returning to their villa, they find Thomas Fireheart (Puma) waiting for them. Fireheart offers him a job in his company, including a role working as Spider-Man. The next night, Peter comes to his office to tell Fireheart he is still undecided but will give it a shot. Fireheart gives him a mission to recover one of the Ova Ignata from St. Victor's Basilica where it has been hidden by a smuggler. Fireheart gives him a copy of his Spidey uniform. Spidey finds the webbing is too brittle & has to concoct a new batch that is acidic. At the basilica, Spidey is confronted by three ninjas, who he drives off. He finds the egg & is confronted by an armed "priest" who wants the egg. An armed drone stuns the "priest" with a ray. After watching on video, Fireheart reveals that it is actually a test he created. Spidey avoids the drone, but then has to rescue the "priest" after the drone knocks him off a balcony. The egg is knocked loose from Spidey's hand by the drone & is ruined by Spidey's acidic webbing. Angered at probably losing the job, Spidey tears the drone apart & sees Puma's electronics inside it. MJ is at a hotel with her friends. Fireheart is there also waiting for Peter. Fireheart criticizes Peter for his work attitude in front of her. Peter shows up with the destroyed drone & torn up costume. Peter tells him that he was using sensors in the costume to gather data on him as Spidey. Fireheart tells him that the job offer was legitimate & that he wanted a trial run to see how he performed. Peter is angry that he wasn't able to earn the job on his own. Days later when Peter & MJ are about to leave, Fireheart shows up at the villa to apologize & reiterates that the job offer still stands. To make things even between them, Fireheart agrees to destroy his files & data on Spider-Man.

The Power kids unwrap their parents from their suspended animation cocoons but decline to tell them what actually occurred. Blaming the kids for the destruction of the energy converter & believing they are mutants, Carmody hunts them down with the intention of killing them. (Cover date: December, 1984)

(Cover date: February, 1985)

(Cover Date: April, 1985) [Guest stars Marrina of Alpha Flight]

Power Pack teams up with Marrina to locate Snake Eyes & to move it to the Arctic to put it in a state of hibernation until the Collector comes back to pick it up. (Cover Date: May, 1985)

The Pack goes into the storm sewer to rescue a kitten & encounters alligators?! (Cover Date: June, 1985)

The Morlock Annalee wants to kidnap the Power kids to replace her late children that were murdered by surface dwellers. Other Morlocks help her in order to put an end to her mental broadcasts of misery. Guests stars Kitty Pryde & Nightcrawler. (Cover Date: July, 1985)

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1985) Guest appearance by Franklin Richards.

(Cover Date: February, 1986) Mighty Mouse doesn't save the day.

(Cover Date: April, 1986) The thugs Moe & Larry are shockingly blood-thirsty to shoot their guns at kids.

(Cover Date: February, 1987) The FF run into Maraud in Snark space while looking for their son. The Power kids take Franklin back to Avengers mansion where they meet Jarvis, Hercules & Black Knight.

(Cover Date: April, 1987)

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: After drug addict, Rip, is shot to death by police after robbing a store, Alex vows to destroy the drug supplier. The Pack follows a drug dealer to his crack house. They go back home, since they need to go to a school play. At the play, Alex feigns illness & goes to the crack house. After the play, the other Power kids say they are sick also & go to bed. They arrive at the crack house to find Alex fighting the mutant group Trash. Trash has been hired to protect the crack house. The two groups fight against each other. Both groups exit the crack house when there is an imminent gas explosion caused by Trash. The crack house is left burning. The Pack returns home to their beds before their parents come in to check on them.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: The Garbage Man roughs up Trash's team members for allowing his client's crack house to be destroyed. Alex gets involved in a scuffle between a crack dealer & Johnny Rival. Johnny tells Alex to get lost since he blames him for his brother's death by the cops. Trash lets Power Pack follow them to Garbage Man's hideout. They fight against Trash & all end up getting knocked out. Garbage Man orders their deaths using a drug overdose. Trash refuses to kill them & fights against the Garbage Man. They wake up PP & free PP from their bindings to help them fight against Garbage Man. They knock GM into a hole in the floor then escape the building when Cap creates an explosion. Alex wants to take Trash in because they're criminals. Alex & Legs get into an argument about the societal differences in their lives. The groups separate. Legs concedes that they will never be heroes since they need to make money illegally.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) Summary: Sunspot & Warlock chase after the Vulture after he robs an armored truck but lose him in an old building. Franklin sees a silhouette of them flying while dreaming & thinks the Snarks have returned. He sends his dreamself to tell Power Pack. Franklin leads them to where Sunspot & Warlock are located. A brief scuffle ensues until they recognize each other. Looking to do something heroic, Sunspot saves a disabled car's occupants from a gang. After they fix their tire, the car is pursued by the police, to Sunspot's dismay. PP then stop the car for the police. Sunspot & Warlock go after the black-costumed Spidey, thinking he is a cat burglar. PP arrive to tell them who it is. PP come up with a plan to dress Julie up as a super-villain that Sunspot can defeat. Julie expands to 8 feet & they use a sheet & other items to make her look like a monster. Franklin & Katie summon Sunspot for help. He tries to strike her multiple times but can't connect, since she can change her density. Warlock tries to stop him. Sunspot hurls stairsteps at Julie. The kids think she's dead, but she rematerializes from her gaseous form. Sunspot is mad at them & himself. Warlock decides to take Sunspot back home. Arriving at their home, the kids find that their parents have been looking for them. Dad grounds the oldest three for two weeks. Comments: This issue is an epilogue to Fallen Angels #8.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) Summary: After both kids have acted irresponsibly due to being bored, Katie & Franklin see Madcap on TV & seek him out to take them on an adventure. Of course, Madcap acts zany the whole time. Their adventure ends when they stop Madcap from interferring in a botched bank robbery to avoid a shootout & help the police capture the robbers. After being around Madcap, the two kids have learned a lesson about how to act responsibly. Comments: The scene on the cover does not take place in the story.

(Cover Date: February, 1988) Summary: After a power blackout, Katie goes out to find her mother. Worried, the others follow her, & they encounter Pestilence, who is making civilians sick. They provide assistance to X-Factor & Death (Angel) when Apocalypse's ship knocks off the antenna to the Empire State Building. They stop the ship from damaging the Statue of Liberty & cause it to crash into the harbor. They manage to return home just as their mother arrives.

Namor meets with UN officials about Atlantis' possible entry into the UN. On the way home, he is met by Dragonrider & her giant sea dragon, who try to kill him. Arriving at Atlantis, he finds the city in ruins from Dragonrider's attack while he was in NYC. (Cover date: September, 1984)

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

(Cover Date: January, 2024) Features the death of Mr. Hyde? I didn't read much of the prior Punisher series, so I don't know what happened to Frank Castle, but why does the Marvel Universe need another Punisher?

(Cover date: April, 1981)

(Cover date: July, 1984)

(Cover date: August, 1984)

(Cover Date: June, 1985)

Cover date: February, 1980
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 Savage She-Hulk (1980) #14 Sep 11, 2021

(Cover Date: July, 1985)

(Cover Date: December, 1987) HE = 7.0 MB = 7.0 HE Summary: Hawkeye practices for his benefit performance with Wonder Man & Mockingbird looking on. Before the performance starts, the clowns are gassed unconscious by Trick Shot & replaced by his henchmen. They then try to kill Hawkeye during the performance. Despite a broken bow, Hawkeye manages to take them out. MB Summary: Mockingbird hitches a ride on a traffic helicopter to go to Hawkeye's charity show at the LA Coliseum. In the dressing room, she finds the clowns have been gassed unconscious & is attacked by Trick Shot's henchmen. Mockingbird sends them on the run after a fight, but they take a hostage with them. Mockingbird pursues them, causes their van to crash & frees the hostage. Mockingbird then fights the henchmen again. Trick Shot shoots a flaming arrow at the ruptured gas tank, but Mockingbird manages to stop it in time. Later, she shows the gas arrow to Hawkeye, who turns pale after seeing it, remembering the man that it belongs to.

(Cover Date: February, 1988) HE = 7.0 MK = 7.0 Summary HE: Hawkeye flies to Paris to find Trick Shot, but he is ambushed by Trick Shot's hired assassins Batroc, Zaran & Machete. Summary MK: Moon Knight goes to an isolated estate to meet with a crime boss to get information on Cornelius Van Lunt (Taurus). Instead, he encounters a series of deadly traps & the Shroud, who he fights when attacked by him.

NF = 7.0 DS = 7.5 (Cover Date: February, 1967)

NF = 7.0 DS = 7.0 (Cover Date: May, 1967)

(Cover Date: October, 1963) [Rating is for Human Torch story]

(Cover Date: April, 1987) C&D = 7.0 DS = 7.0

(Cover Date: May, 1987) C&D = 7.0 DS = 7.5

(Cover Date: July, 1987) C&D = 7.0 DS = 7.0 C&D Summary: Cloak reverts to normal due to excess light from Dagger. He collapses due to accumulated exhaustion & is approached by Nightmare in disguise who wants him to lure Dr. Strange to his dimension. DS Summary: Sensing an evil in Hong Kong, DS finds there "The Wings of Needless Sorry", which causes people to despair to their destruction over that they love the most.

(Cover Date: August, 1987) C&D: 7.0 DS: 7.0 Summary #1: Exterminators spray a poison gas at night to kill an infestation of rats. In his waking dream, Tyrone talks with the disguised Nightmare who wants him to bring Dr. Strange into his dark dimension. Cloak scares a group of people away from their abandoned church who are meeting to express their concerns to an official about the spraying. Cloak & Dagger hear the screams of boys being attacked by rats & follow the kidnapped ones into Vermin's underground lair. After Vermin threatens to kill the kids, Cloak envelopes him in his cloak, but then releases him after sympathizing with his plight. When Vermin begins to flood the chamber, Cloak envelopes the kidnapped kids & Dagger in his cloak to escape to safety. Summary #2: Strange & Rintrah go to Kamar-Tai to ask Jigme to lead them to the lamasery. Jigme declines to help them until Strange convinces him that he is the Sorcerer Supreme. They are attacked by an elemental force along the way, & Jigme is mortally injured after falling off of a cliff. Valkyrie comes to claim him, but Strange refuses to let her have him. Valkyrie offers him the help of some of the Defenders, & Strange reluctantly lets Valkyrie have him. In a blinding snowstorm, Valkyrie then leads them to the Ancient One's lamasery.

(Cover Date: September, 1987) C&D: 7.0 DS: 7.0 Summary C&D: A girl enters the confessional in the abandoned church where C&D reside. She talks about her boyfriend who stole the experimental Opti-Link & has turned to a life of crime. After listening in, Dagger convinces Cloak that they should try to reform Zapper than destroy him. Zapper & his gang rob armored car guards. After Zapper hits Dagger with his optic beams, Cloak engulfs him in his cloak, & Zapper is shown what his future life may be like. Zapper decides to turn himself in to the police & do his time so that he can be with his girlfriend. Summary DS: Strange & Rintrah enter the lamasery to find a young female tourist sitting by a fire. When Strange shows her his old room, the "girl" reveals herself to be Erlik Khan, who is no longer bound by the talismans that Strange destroyed. Strange's spells don't work on him as he is battered by Khan. Strange summons the New Defenders to come to his aid. Khan then disappears while telling Strange his transformation to evil is almost complete. Rintrah holds the body of the girl, saying he doesn't remember anything. Valkyrie tells Strange that she died many days ago.

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Summary: Tyrone has dreams of the disguised Nightmare suffering & of Cloak throwing everyone into the darkness. Dagger assures him that she will be there to keep the dark at bay. Sensing Strange's presence, Cloak & Dagger go to to the lamasery & find the New Defenders present. Dagger senses that they have no aura of living light. Valkyrie says that they are from the Land of the Dead after their fight with the Dragon of the Moon. Seeing Strange, Cloak asks for his help for his dreams. Strange uses his Eye of Agamotto on Cloak & is seized by Nightmare's giant hand. Everyone is pulled inside Cloak except for Rintrah. They find themselves in Nightmare's dream dimension with a giant Nightmare. Nightmare tries to squeeze Strange to death in his hand, but Strange turns to streamers & reforms. Nightmare puts Strange into a cage, & the New Defenders attack to free him. Cloak's shadow turns on him, while Dagger attempts to prevent it with her light daggers. Saying that Cloak must die for them to survive, Strange shoots a mystic bolt at Cloak. Valkyrie & the New Defenders escort Cloak through a portal to the Land of the Dead. Dagger grabs ahold of Cloak to stop him. Filled with the light from beyond the portal, Dagger attacks Nightmare with her more powerful light daggers. Feeling pain, Nightmare sends Cloak, Dagger & Strange back to the lamasery. Strange says that he had to deceive her about killing Cloak.

(Cover Date: November, 1987) C&D = 7.0 DS = 7.0 Summary C&D: Tyrone has a nightmare of being engulfed by the darkness within him. He feels that he is a failure now that he is normal. He goes to Mr.Jip's Shoppe of Wonders for help. The proprietor gives him a small black cube that will grant his heart's blackest desire. While Tandy is showing him the new dance she learned, Tyrone decides to use the cube. He changes back into Cloak. Tandy slaps him for giving up his normal life, something she can't do, & decides to leave him. Summary DS: Strange watches natives in Africa at a temple to one of the dark powers he has released. Strange reads to Rintrah from the journal of the Ancient One, where he writes abouts his doubts of Strange succeeding him. Strange's old foe, Kaluu, shows up. Strange tells Rintrah of Kaluu's violent past. Kaluu justifies his actions to Strange. Kaluu tells Strange to use his dark magic fully & to become his disciple to fight against the dark powers on Earth. Strange reluctantly agrees to join him.

(Cover Date: December, 1987) C&D = 7.0 DS = 7.0 Summary C&D: With Dagger now departed, Cloak looks for criminals to feed upon & causes a blackout of the city. He runs into Dazzler, who is unable to feed him with her light powers. Cloak resists the urge to take her life energy. He is attracted back to the church, where he finds Day & Night. Day knocks him out with a light bolt, then Mr. Jip makes his appearance. Summary DS: Strange & Kaluu arrive at the temple of Ghaszaszh Nyirh of the Old Ones in Africa. The starving natives have come to the temple for food. They place a spell within a child to gain entry into the temple. The demon within is destroyed when they activate the spell, but it is replaced by something else that recognizes them.

(Cover Date: January, 1988) C&D = 7.0 DS = 7.0 C&D Summary: After they meet in a hair salon, Black Cat shows Dagger how she should live her life to be more like her. After she returns to the church to see Cloak, she finds Mr. Jip restraining Cloak. Jip says that Cloak is lost to her now, but it doesn't make any difference, since he is going to kill her anyway. DS Summary: At Strange's insistence, Kaluu uses black magic to save the people from the exploding temple. They enter Ghaszaszh Nyirh's temple to confront him. GN takes the form of Clea to fight them. GN delivers a deadly blow to Kaluu, but DS refuses to abandon him. After GN takes out DS's left eye, he leaves the temple, as Kaluu commanded. Kaluu, looking like a bug on DS's face, orders DS to seal the gate with his black magic, & the temple disappears. Kaluu reappears & tells him he has paid a price for rebelling against the path he is now on.

King's dialogue is good, but his story in this issue is just not that interesting. The highlight is Evely's artwork. Apparently, Supergirl's wounds in the last issue were not that severe even after taking 3 arrows to the chest. I didn't get that. It was left unclear what Krypto's fate was. The idea of an interstellar bus service was amusing. The red kryptonite actually working as planned seemed like a stretch.
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 Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #3 Aug 19, 2021

(Cover date: March, 1963)

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(Cover date: March, 1964)

(Cover date: April, 1964)

(Cover date: May, 1964) [Rating is for IM story]

(Cover Date: June, 1964) [Rating is for IM story]

(Cover Date: July, 1964) [Rating is for IM story]

(Cover Date: August, 1964)

(Cover Date: October, 1964)

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: November, 1964)

IM = 7.0 CA = 6.5 (Cover Date: February, 1965)

IM = 7.5 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: May, 1965)

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 [Ugh, more alien antagonists in IM's story.] (Cover Date: August, 1965)

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 Iron Man risks his life for American pride! Stan's dialogue was pretty corny in this story. (Cover Date: September, 1965)

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: October, 1965)

(Cover Date: November, 1965) IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: December, 1965)

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 The start of the great Gene Colan's run on Iron Man. (Cover Date: January, 1966)

IM = 7.5 CA = 6.5 Wacky Moment: Cap thinking that the Sleepers would bore to the center of the Earth & set off a bomb that would shatter it to pieces. (Cover Date: February, 1966)

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 [First appearance of Sharon Carter.] (Cover Date: March, 1966)

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: April, 1966)

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: June, 1966)

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: July, 1966)

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: February, 1967)

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 The Master Planner comes across as a second-rate Mad Thinker. (Cover Date: March, 1967)

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: April, 1967)

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: May, 1967)

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: June, 1967)

IM = 6.5 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: July, 1967)

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 (Cover Date: August, 1967)

IM = 7.0 CA = 7.0 Features the introduction of Modok (distorted image & voice only). (Cover Date: September, 1967)

(Cover Date: October, 1967) IM = 7.0 CA = 7.5 Features the first full appearance of Modok.

(Cover Date: November, 1967) IM = 7.0 CA = 7.5

(Cover Date: December, 1967) IM = 7.0 CA = 6.5

(Cover Date: January, 1968) IM = 7.0 CA = 7.5 Guest appearance by the Black Panther in the Cap story.

(Cover Date: February, 1968) IM = 7.0 CA = 7.5 First appearance of Whitney Frost in the IM story.

(Cover Date: March, 1968) IM = 7.0 CA = 7.5 Last issue!

(Cover date: January, 1964)

(Cover Date: September, 1964)

(Cover Date: October, 1964) [Rating is for Hulk story]

(Cover Date: November, 1964) [Rating is for Hulk story]

(Cover Date: December, 1964) [Rating is for Hulk story]

Giant-Man = 6.5 Hulk = 7.5 (Cover Date: January, 1965)

Giant-Man = 6.5 Hulk = 7.0 (Cover Date: February, 1965)

Giant-Man = 7.0 Hulk = 7.0 (Cover Date: April, 1965)

Giant-Man = n/a Hulk = 7.0 (Cover Date: May, 1965)

Giant-Man = 7.0 Hulk = 7.0 The Wasp gets a pet wasp named Boopsie. (Cover Date: June, 1965)

Giant-Man = 7.0 Hulk = 7.0 (Cover Date: July, 1965)

Sub-Mariner = 7.0 Hulk = 7.0 (Cover Date: August, 1965)

Sub-Mariner = n/a Hulk = 7.0 Wacky Moment: General Ross threatens to drop nuclear bombs on the Hulk while he is standing hundreds of yards away. (Cover Date: September, 1965)

Namor = 7.0 Hulk = 7.0 Wacky Moment: Ross fires the Banner-designed T-Gun at the Hulk without any idea of what it does since it was never tested. (Cover Date: January, 1966)

Sub-Mariner = n/a Hulk =7.0 (Cover Date: February, 1966)

Sub-Mariner = n/a Hulk = 7.0 (Cover Date: March, 1966)

(Cover Date: May, 1966) Namor = n/a Hulk = 7.0 Hulk has a tussle with Hercules for a few minutes until the army arrives to drive him away.

Sub-Mariner = 7.0 Hulk = 7.0 It's such a dumb reason that Namor feels compelled to beat down Iron Man. (Cover Date: August, 1966)

Namor = n/a Hulk = 7.0 (Cover Date: September, 1966)

Namor = n/a Hulk = 7.0 (Cover Date: October, 1966)

Namor = 7.0 Hulk = 7.0 (Cover Date: November, 1966)

Namor = n/a Hulk = 7.0 (Cover Date: December, 1966)

Namor = 7.0 Hulk = 7.0 (Cover Date: January, 1967)

Namor = n/a Hulk = 7.0 (Cover Date: February, 1967)

Namor = n/a Hulk = 7.0 (Cover Date: March, 1967)

Namor = n/a Hulk = 7.0 (Cover Date: May, 1967)

Namor = 7.0 Hulk = 7.0 (Cover Date: July, 1967)

(Cover Date: November, 1967) Namor = 7.0 Hulk = 7.0

(Cover Date: December, 1967) Namor = 7.0 Hulk = 7.0

After finding a gang inside his old dilapitated childhood home, Ben tells them of his own troubled youth & his early friendship with Reed. (Cover date: July, 1983)

The Inhumans' dog, Lockjaw, teleports Ben to a small town in order to protect a grossly misshapened child from death at the hands of a murderous mob. (Cover date: October, 1983)

Ben runs into the Swedish villain, Goody Two Shoes, after he robs a bank. Goody gets the best of Ben for a time in a fight that takes them to top of the Empire State Building, then Ben gets really angry. (Cover date: January, 1984)

Alicia follows the path of destruction from the hospital that was left by the ancient Egyptian slave possessing Ben's body. The reincarnated man goes to the UN Building to announce that he is taking over as ruler of the world. Despite the old wizard's protestations, Alicia convinces him to give up the body so that Ben may live his life. (Cover date: March, 1984)

(Cover date: August, 1984)

Gruhl tries to kill Ben with a disintegrator ray gun after they get into a tussle over Tarianna in a bar. In the meantime, the "Yancy Street Gang" play pranks on Ben for damaging their car when Ben's airship crash landed into their city. (Cover date: September, 1984)

Ben falls down a crevice into subterranean caverns with Thing-like beings who are initially hostile toward him. Tarianna tries to find him & is beset by living skeletons that she fights off. She is then kidnaped by a cloaked figure who vanishes with her. (Cover date: October, 1984)

(Cover date: December, 1984)

While looking for the kidnapped Tarianna, Ben is strangely attacked by the monsters he watched in the movies during his adolescence. (Cover date: January, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1985)

Ben runs into a group of Leprechauns who grant him three wishes or does he? (Cover Date: July, 1985)

(Cover Date: August, 1985) [Guest appearance by a young Vance Astro]

While on vacation from his wrestling career, Ben goes to a remote Pacific Island to see Sharon Ventura who is a stunt woman in the filming of "Devil Dinosaur". (Cover Date: January, 1986)

(Cover Date: February, 1986) Wacky Moment: A private investigator shoots a gun with blanks at Vance to keep him from running away.

(Cover Date: April, 1986)

(Cover Date: February, 1967)

(Cover Date: June, 1967)

(Cover Date: July, 1967)

(Cover Date: August, 1967)

(Cover Date: September, 1967)

(Cover Date: October, 1967)

(Cover Date: November, 1967)

(Cover Date: November, 1968) Reprints Thor's first appearance in Journey Into Mystery #83.

Thor joins the Eternals to oppose the forces of Odin & Zeus, who intend to destroy the Eternals' city of Olympia. Odin is against the Eternals' challenge of the Celestials. (Cover date: January, 1980)

Odin decides not to kill Thor & leaves the battle with the Eternals. Zeus & his fellow Olympians then withdraw, since there is no longer any reason to fight. Based on the riddle of Odin telling Thor about "slaying him again" before he departs, Thor seeks Odin's excised eye & finds it ravaging a village of dwarves. Thor battles against the Eye of Odin until he has it constrained. (Cover date: February, 1980)

(Cover date: May, 1980)

(Cover date: June, 1980)

(Cover date: July, 1980)

(Cover date: August, 1980)

(Cover date: September, 1980)

(Cover date: December, 1980)

(Cover date: January, 1981)

(Cover date: May, 1981)

(Cover date: June, 1981)

After Sif rejects Tyr's proclaimed love for her, he develops a scheme to go to Midgard with Odin's approval with the intent of killing Thor. In the Tales of Asgard backup, Odin sends the Valkyries to reclaim Valhalla from Hela. (Cover date: October, 1981)

(Cover date: December, 1981)

The Stark freighter that Blake is working on is captured by a strange craft & taken to an undersea domed city where the crew is met by Bi-Beast. Bi-Beast plans to add them to his work-drones to assist him in destroying humankind. (Cover date: January, 1982)

Bi-Beast escapes police custody with Man-Beast's help. Their ship is damaged by Iron Man's repulsors & crashes into a section of the Everglades inhabited by Man-Thing. Thor & Iron Man come after them & find that they have abducted a group of campers. (Cover date: February, 1982)

(Cover date: April, 1982)

Don Blake inadvertently releases Rimthursar's Menagerie from a silver chalice being exhibited at the Field Museum. After they cause havok in Chicago, Thor tries to return them to the chalice to take them to Asgard, but he runs into a problem. (Cover date: June, 1982)

(Cover date: July, 1982)

Thor transports the Menagerie to Asgard seeking to have Odin restore them to their human form. Thor & the Menagerie help to resolve a war in which Odin has a conflict of interest which the Wolflings were conspiring to exploit. (Cover date: August, 1982)

While traveling with Loki & the Warriors Three, a younger Thor is provoked into fighting the unbeatable Dark Man & is tempted by his lady. (Cover date: September, 1982)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover date: December, 1982)

(Cover date: January, 1983)

(Cover date: February, 1983)

(Cover date: March, 1983)

(Cover date: July, 1983)

After Thor reveals his identity to Kincaid to convince him that Blake is innocent of Jane Foster's murder, the two, along with Sif, go to Kamo Tharnn's planet to obtain the Runestaff to free Jane's life essence from Sif's body. (Cover date: August, 1983)

(Cover Date: February, 1986) Talking frogs?

(Cover date: November, 1981)

(Cover date: October, 1982)

After Marvel Girl joins the team, the X-Men go on their first mission: to free a missile base from Magneto's control. (Cover date: September, 1963)

After the Vanisher steals defense plans from the Pentagon, the X-Men confront him & his band of thugs at the White House when he comes to collect his extortion money. (Cover date: November, 1963)

The X-Men discover another mutant, the Blob, & bring him back to the X-Mansion, where Xavier offers him membership. When the Blob declines, the X-Men then realize their mistake since the Blob now knows their secret identities and location. Recognizing that he is now a threat to the X-Men, the Blob decides to take them out first & leads his band of carnival workers in an attack on the X-Mansion. (Cover date: January, 1964)

After receiving Magneto's invitation, the Sub-Mariner comes to his hidden isle to consider joining the Brotherhood against the humans on the surface world. Concerned that the Sub-Mariner will join the evil mutants, the X-Men go to the isle to prevent this, hoping that he will join them instead. The X-Men end up fighting the Sub-Mariner also while fighting against the Brotherhood after their ship is destroyed by Magneto's giant magnet. (Cover Date: July, 1964) [Iceman weirdly has the ability to make ice cream in this story.]

(Cover Date: February, 1966)

(Cover Date: March, 1966) Wacky Gizmo: Magneto's mutant-creating machine

(Cover Date: May, 1966) Roy Thomas' first X-Men script is just passable.

(Cover Date: June, 1966)

(Cover Date: September, 1966)

(Cover Date: January, 1967)

(Cover Date: September, 1967)

(Cover Date: January, 1968)

(Cover Date: June, 1968) Includes a second short story about Cyclops' recruitment of Bobby Drake (Iceman) to the X-Men.

(Cover Date: August, 1968)

(Cover Date: September, 1968) Includes a backup story describing the Beast's physical & intellectual abilities.

(Cover Date: January, 1969) Summary #1: Erik the Red (Cyclops) puts Mesmero & Magneto's guards on the run when he starts destroying the area around them. With Magneto injured, Cyclops convinces Polaris that he should be in charge. Cyclops summons Jean, Beast & Angel to Magneto's base & joins them when they arrive. Iceman is shocked unconscious by a trap set up by Angel. The X-Men are attacked by Mesmero & the guards, with Angel being captured. A recovered Iceman tells Polaris that she is not Magneto's daughter based on his investigation. Polaris uses her power to free Angel, who is being held at gunpoint. The X-Men flee Magneto's base after he tells them it will be blown up. Summary #2: Beast is captured by El Conquistador, who has kidnapped his parents. Xavier senses Beast is in trouble & senses his location using Cerebro. Beast steals an experimental nuclear reactor for El Conquistador & manages to avoid the guards on the way out. El Conquistador strikes Beast down when he asks for his parents to be released as they agreed.

(Cover Date: February, 1969) Summary #1: Blastaar flies around the Negative Zone, bemoaning the fact that he is unable to conquer worlds as he wishes. Jean is testing one of Xavier's devices for converting matter into radio energy. The device overloads, somehow creating a connection to the Negative Zone, & allowing Blastaar to enter their world. Beast is blasted unconscious by Blastaar. Angel is also knocked to the ground in an aerial showdown with Blastaar. Iceman revives Beast using icy vapors. Jean has Iceman create two ice duplicates of himself, which Jean sends against Blastaar using her telekinetic power. Blastaar destroys them both with his power blasts. However, the water from a melted ice manniquin forms a link with the energy from the device & zaps Blastaar, apparently sending him back to the Negative Zone (the X-Men think he is dead, not knowing his origin). Summary #2: While Hank lies unconscious, El Conquistador's stolen solar generator is about be activated when the sun rises. Waking up, Hank tries to stop him but is thwarted by El Conquistador's kinetic trident. Cyclop, Angel & Bobby burst through the door. They make quick work of the guards. Instead of providing power to El Conquistador's machine, it is directed at him due to a mental adjustment by Xavier outside. The three X-Men have evacuated the exploding building due to Xavier's mental warning, along with Hank & his kidnapped parents. Later at the McCoy home, Hank is in uniform as the newest X-Man. His codename remains his boyhood nickname of Beast.

Kitty tells little Illyana a bedtime story where the X-Men play the role of fantasy characters on a quest to free Princess Jean from her possession by the Dark Phoenix force. (Cover date: January, 1982)

(Cover date: May, 1984)

(Cover Date: October, 1985)

After the Impossible Man steals their mansion, the X-Men pursue him to get it back while he also collects other items from the Marvel universe for his scavenger hunt. Eventually, they end up at the office of Marvel Comics where the staff makes a guest appearance. (Cover date: December, 1983)

(Cover Date: May, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986) Story features the annoyingly lame villain, the Toad King.

(Cover Date: July, 1985) [Another Doc Ock's arms on a rampage story.]

(Cover Date: August, 1985)

(Cover Date: September, 1985)

(Cover Date: November, 1985) Spidey meets the Smithville Thunderbolt.

(Cover Date: December, 1985)

(Cover Date: February, 1986) Flash gives Pete his goofy rationale of why he wasn't a bully in high school.

(Cover Date: March, 1986) Peter finally shuts up Mrs. Muggins, at least for awhile.

(Cover Date: May, 1986)

(Cover Date: August, 1986)

(Cover Date: September, 1986)

(Cover Date: November, 1986)

(Cover Date: December, 1986)

(Cover Date: January, 1987)

(Cover Date: February, 1987)

(Cover Date: March, 1987)

(Cover Date: December, 1987) Summary: A woman is committed to a mental institution by the Arranger so that she doesn't talk about her husband's job with the Kingpin. After Peter runs into her kids, he goes to the institution later as Spidey to investgate & finds the kids on the roof confronting their father. They are assaulted by armed guards, & Spidey is shot while rescuing the daughter, who was tossed off the roof by a guard.

The other WC Avengers conduct a training exercise against Iron Man in their compound's forest. Simon (Wonder Man) runs into The Blank during a bank robbery, & he gets away from him after switching off his force-field. Hawkeye tells the agitated Simon that capturing The Blank is now a team matter. The team searches the LA area looking for The Blank. Hawkeye, Iron Man & Mockingbird find him after he robs an armored car. The Blank escapes them when he causes a gas station to blow up. Back at The Blank's apartment, Graviton materializes when The Blank recharges his force-field belt. Graviton states that he will help him eliminate the troublesome Avengers. (Cover date: October, 1984)

(Cover Date: October, 1986)

(Cover Date: April, 1987)

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: Dominus shows Sunstroke his Master Machine, which is used to conquer worlds by inhibiting the wills of its inhabitants. He tells him of the failures of his predecessor, Lucifer. The WCA's enter the cave to Dominus' base & are attacked by the Desert Dwellers, whom they rout. When they enter the Master Machine, they are hit by brain blasts, which sap their wills, except for Moon Knight, due to his split personalities. Moon Knight subdues the shocked Dominus, who is controlled by the Master Machine. The Master Machine begins to shake itself, not understanding why it failed. The WCA's escape outside the cave & see Dominus' base rocketing into the sky. Iron Man, Wonder Man & Espirita follow in pursuit. When Wonder Man's jets fail, Iron Man is forced to catch him. The two get into an argument whether he needed to be saved, since Wonder Man considers himself to be invulnerable. Back at the WCA's compound, Wonder Man's producer's assistant asks him where he's been since his movie is coming out soon. The assistant tells him that his fans hate his costume, so he needs to change it. After telling the others to mind their own business, Wonder Man wonders whether he should leave the Avengers.

(Cover date: June, 1980)

(Cover date: February, 1981)

(Cover date: December, 1982)

I don't buy Wolverine or Deadpool but thought this might be a fun read. I was underwhelmed by the writing. I had to check the cover to make sure I hadn't bought another X book. Wolvie & Deadpool are hardly even in it. The artwork was serviceable & was nothing to get excited about.

(Cover Date: September, 1987) Summary: While watching TV showing Bobby's icing of Central Park, Rusty & Rictor get into an argument whether mutants can only destroy. X-Factor arrives back at their HQ with Hank sick & Bobby iced up. Both are taken to the infirmary for treatment. After Rusty says he is going to Central Park to melt the ice, he & Rictor get into a scuffle about whether it is wise to do so. Jean shows up to put a stop to it. Later that night, Artie wakes up to find Rusty missing from his bed. Rusty is in Central Park trying to melt the ice off of a tree. It comes down at once & buries him. Through his mental projection, Artie shows Skids & Rictor that Rusty is in danger. Skids & Rictor take the subway to Central Park & tear down X-Factor posters while enroute. Rusty & Skids find a violent gang standing over Rusty. The threesome use their powers to send the gang running. The threesome then combine their powers to remove the ice from Central Park. In the morning, Bobby sees on TV a message in ice that the threesome left about knowing mutants by their deeds.

(Cover Date: October, 1987)

Exposition that was just not that interesting.

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

(Cover date: September, 1980)

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)

(Cover Date: May, 1985)

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

(Cover Date: July, 1965)

(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, 1980)

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)

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: July, 1987) There's an abundance of cringey dialogue.

Bruce Banner shows up at Gordon University at the same time that Dazzler & her band are to perform a concert there. After an unsuccessful attempt to steal top-secret genetic research, Banner transforms into the Hulk & disrupts the concert. Dazzler must then use her light powers to protect the audience from an angry Hulk. (Cover date: August, 1981)

(Cover Date: March, 1986) Reading this was a slog.

In Warren's hometown of Elijah, New Mexico, the Defenders must rescue workers from a factory set on fire by Blowtorch Brand, who is immune to the flames. (Cover date: September, 1984)

(Cover date: February, 1985)

(Cover Date: September, 1985) This series is heading toward cancelation for a good reason.

(Cover date: April, 1984)

(Cover date: December, 1962)

(Cover date: February, 1963)

(Cover date: May, 1963)

(Cover date: June, 1963)

(Cover date: January, 1964)

(Cover date: March, 1964)

(Cover Date: December, 1964) [Too corny even for early Marvel]

At Lost Lake, PA, instead of a vacation, the FF encounter strange, "reverse-evolved", psychic, oil-craving animals & humans (including Sue), which were created by trilobite-like parasites that were brought to the area by a meteor. (Cover date: February, 1981)

Ral Dorn is being pursued by the Dragon Riders who accuse him of killing their dragon younglings. Ral seeks the help of the FF so that he can find Dragon Man, which will allow him to clear his name in a trial by combat against the Dragon Lord. (October, 1981)

The Toad Men invade Earth after General Ross has their scout ship shot down. It isn't the Hulk who ends up saving the Earth but Banner. (Cover date: July, 1962)

(Cover date: September, 1962)

(Cover date: November, 1962)

#1 - Banner is taken in by a mysterious woman named Glazier after she finds him on her Malibu beach. She has plans to add his likeness to her collection of glass statues of men. #2 - While in LA, Banner meets a couple whose son claims that they are aliens. Banner soon finds out the true nature of the boy when he stays with the couple. (Cover date: August, 1981)

Rick & Betty land at the LA airport as Avalanche is tearing up the runway to extort money from the state. Hulk and Landslide arrive to stop him. (Cover date: September, 1981)

(Cover date: July, 1982)

After harvesting lumber for the Canadians who lost their wheat to the insectoid aliens, Hulk decides to go home & is confronted by the National Guard at the US-Canada border who aim to stop him. (Cover date: August, 1982)

SI's PR director Pithins has a son, Gerry, who is targeted for violence at his high school. Pithins later learns the reason why. Iron Man must stop a runaway army tank at a career day carnival at the school before any students are killed. (Cover date: February, 1982)

After his armor & an airplane lose power over Cougar Mountain, Iron Man goes there to investigate & runs into the psychopathic Sonny & his psionically powerful mother. (Cover date: May, 1982)

(Cover date: July, 1982)

Thor travels to the year 2262 to retrieve a cobalt bomb that the time-traveling Zarrko stole in order to become the ruler of his own time. (Cover date: November, 1962)

(Cover date: December, 1962)

(Cover date: February, 1963)

(Cover date: May, 1963)

(Cover date: September, 1963)

(Cover Date: March, 1987) Some clunky dialogue by Englehart.

(Cover Date: April, 1987)

(Cover Date: August, 1987) Summary: From Winterland, Damon Conquest prepares for the assault on the Land of Spring. Justice administers justice to a drug dealer. Rebecca tells Damon of her loathing for Justice. Justice is transported to a desert where he is assaulted by Black Justice. Justice prevails by slicing Black Justice into pieces with his Sword. Rebecca looks over the fallen Justice & decides not to kill him as she had wanted to. Damon plans to infuse Dark Power into his troops at the moment of the total corruption of Justice's soul. Damon talks about his evil plans for Spring after he conquers it.

(Cover date: July, 1984)

Weirdworld = 7.0 Capt. Universe = 6.0 (Cover Date: March, 1986)

Weirdworld = 6.5 Capt. America = 6.5 (Cover Date: May, 1986)
6.5
 Marvel Team-Up (1972) #119 Mar 7, 2022

After Ben crash lands in an experimental jet into the Florida Everglades & suffers a concussion, he recalls a mission he went on with Nick Fury & Howling Commandos during WWII. Swamp Thing is also on hand to help him out. (Cover date: July, 1981)

Moon Knight & Frenchie travel to New Orleans to find Cajun Creed, the killer of Frenchie's former love. (Cover date: September, 1981)

(Cover Date: May, 1987)

(Cover date: November, 1982)

(Cover Date: November, 1986)

Power Man, Iron Fist & Daredevil get between two ballet dancers who want to marry and two Soviet secret agents who want to prevent it on orders from her father. (Cover date: January, 1982)

(Cover Date: August, 1985)

(Cover Date: June, 1987) Ugh, another story about drug dealers.

She-Hulk is lead to a meeting of mobsters by the Seeker, who then tries to kill her, so that crime boss Shade can impress the others that he should be in control of the Los Angeles rackets. (Cover date: October, 1981)
6.5
 Savage She-Hulk (1980) #22 Jan 19, 2022

She-Hulk comes to mob boss Shade's estate seeking vengeance for the attacks on her. She is attacked by The Doc's underground mutations & by the Earth-Lord, a creation of The Doc that has become self-aware. (Cover date: January, 1982)

After She-Hulk fights past Ralphie's super-powered mutations & Shade's assassin squad, she finds The Doc in his impenetrable War-Machine. As her father & friends arrive on the scene, The Doc holds her in a stasis field that slowly begins to kill her. (Cover date: February, 1982)

(Cover Date: May, 1968) DS = 7.0 NF = 6.5 (just weird) Last issue featuring Dr. Strange & Nick Fury.

(Cover date: June, 1963)

(Cover date: July, 1963)

(Cover date: December, 1963)

Namor = n/a Hulk = 6.5 (Cover Date: April, 1966)

Namor = n/a Hulk = 6.5 (Cover Date: June, 1966)

Namor = n/a Hulk = 6.5 (Cover Date: July, 1966)

Thor is determined to put an end to the Bombardiers after they cause an old hotel to collapse, killing its inhabitants. (Cover date: July, 1981)

(Cover date: May, 1982)

(Cover date: October, 1982)

(Cover Date: February, 1968)

(Cover Date: April, 1987) Unfortunately, the plot is more like that of an early 60's Marvel comic.

(Cover Date: May, 1987)

(Cover Date: June, 1987) Web has become the home for not very good inventory Spidey stories.

(Cover Date: July, 1987) Summary: PP travels to California to retrieve his clothes & ID hidden in the Statue of Liberty's torch, which is being refurbished there. He runs into a gang of "avocado rebels" who plan to steal the torch to make a political statement. However, the leader of the gang drives away with it, intending to sell it for millions instead, & Spidey follows in hot pursuit.

(Cover date: April, 1983)

This was a tough one to read through. The artwork was subpar, and the story seemed like something from the 70s.

(Cover date: January, 1983)

(Cover date: January, 1963)

(Cover date: March, 1963)
6.0
 Moon Knight (1980) #14 Jan 20, 2022

The Superman / Black parts were ok. The Nat Irons part was cringe worthy. The Midnighter / Apollo part was meh. The June Moone / Enchantress part I didn't understand. Was it all a delusion in her unwell mind?

(Cover date: May, 1963)

(Cover Date: January, 1962) First "Ant-Man" story.

After a black youth is mistakenly shot by a white police officer, Thor intervenes to separate the protesters from the police at the medical clinic where Blake performed surgery on the youth. (Cover date: September, 1981)

(Cover date: May, 1993)

(Cover Date: May, 2023)

(Cover Date: June, 2023)

(Cover Date: February, 2023)

(Cover Date: March, 2023)

(Cover Date: April, 2023)

(Cover Date: May, 2023)

(Cover Date: June, 2023)

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: June, 2024)

(Cover Date: July, 2024)
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(Cover Date: October, 2023)

(Cover Date: September, 1997)

(Cover Date: August, 2004)

(Cover Date: May, 2005)

(Cover Date: March, 2024)

(Cover Date: October, 1987) Comments: Album issue with no stories, & hence, no rating.

(Cover Date: May, 2024)

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