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Everything continues ... to get worse

IRON & FROST #2 continues to explore the fate of Iron Man, Emma Frost and War Machine in the Age Of Revelation future event. And it doesn't look too good for any of them.

T Vernon's AVENGERS #373 continues the final Gatherers arc. The group from multiple timelines are joined this time by an alternate Jocasta and Watcher as Sersi's madness escalates.

In THANOS #3-4 Galactus' plan turns out to be to blow up a pulsar to create a gateway (to the Ultraverse) so that he can get an Infinity Gem (from Rune) to add to the 4 he's already got. So Thanos calls in Gamora and Pip the Troll of the Infinity Watch.

Meanwhile in the Avengers Vs X-Men event X-MEN: LEGACY #267 continues the tale of how the Avengers are unsuccessful in their bid to stop teachers and students from the Jean Grey School from allying with the Utopia X-Men.

--RobFJ

The Fall of Doom!!

It’s over! ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #9 concludes this season’s big event and you won’t believe what happens!

CAPTAIN AMERICA #5 has Cap resigning from the army and joining the Avengers! For a good reason!

From 2008 there’s THE LAST DEFENDERS #4 wherein Nighthawk fails to reform the Defenders for the last time! So what’s next? Wait and see!

In PLANET HULK: WORLDBREAKER #4, the world of Sakaar is indeed being broken but it’s Hulk who must stop it!

THOR #35 pits Thor against Gladiator, the Superman of Shi’ar!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #214, now Dazzler joins the team, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #111, Spidey faces Kraven and the Gibbon, and DAREDEVIL #208, from guest writer Harlan Ellison!

PeterS

Thanos got his own series at last

In NEW AVENGERS #6 the team go after Guru Strange but meet 2 new Killuminati - clones of Captain Britain and Medusa.

T Vernon does AVENGERS #372 which brings Proctor and the Gatherers to the foreground for a final 4-issue arc.

THANOS #1-2 start the Titan's 1st actual series, and he's decided to start making amends for his past misdeeds. But Galactus gets in the way.

X-MEN: LEGACY #266 continues the story of the Jean Grey School during the Avengers Vs X-Men event as some Avengers arrive to ensure no staff or pupils join the Utopia X-Men.

--RobFJ

RED HULK Ends…or Does It?!

RED HULK #10 wraps up the series with Rulk defeating the bad guys and possibly making the biggest mistake of the war!

BLACK WIDOW (2014) #16 features a dark and violent incident from Natasha’s childhood!

THOR (1998) #34 sees a battle between Thor and his female counterpart Thor Girl because why not?!

From 2008 there’s THE LAST DEFENDERS #3 with Nighthawk discovering that if he can’t recruit decent heroes, maybe he can hire ‘em!

The upgraded CAPTAIN AMERICA #108 has Cap facing the Trapster, formerly Paste Pot Pete but still a loser!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #213, Psylocke joins the team, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #110, introducing the Gibbon, and DAREDEVIL #207, DD rescues Black Widow from Hydra!

PeterS

Zombies, Deviants and Celestial Fish

The current Avengers spend their #32 fighting zombies and Kang until help arrives in the shape of their 'enemies' the Twilight Court.

T Vernon's AVENGERS #371 ends the Deviant Delta Force story and that team itself, but not before the Avengers form their own Uni-Mind.

MARVEL'S VOICES INFINITY COMICS #16-17 concludes the America Chavez/Hildegarde/Loki adventure in Weirdworld with 2 separate fishing trips for Celestial Fish.

This week's Avengers Vs X-Men issue WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #10 is an all-X-Men affair where Colossus, Cyclops and Magik make 1 last unsuccessful attempt to get Wolverine to quit the Avengers side. But they do get some other recruits from the Jean Grey School.

--RobFJ

Thor Girl Arrives and She-Hulk Rides into Battle—Twice!

No new comics so here are some offbeat older classics!

THOR #33 introduces the latest Asgardian heroine, Thor Girl! And if you don’t like that name—well, neither does anyone else!

PLANET HULK: WORLDBREAKER #3 from 2023! On a Sakaar a thousand years in the future, She-Hulk joins the fray!

From 2008 there’s THE LAST DEFENDERS #2 with Nighthawk and She-Hulk facing the Sons of the Serpent—and botching it!

BLACK WIDOW (2014) #15 sees Natasha surrounded by invisible bad guys! It’s Bucky to the rescue!

The upgraded CAPTAIN AMERICA #107 has Cap meeting Doctor Faustus, master mindbender!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #212, Wolverine versus Sabretooth for the first time, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #109, Dr. Strange guest-stars, and DAREDEVIL #206, DD beats up Micah Synn for Xmas!

PeterS

New teams and team-ups of heroes

A new team of old Avengers turn up in the Age Of Revelation future in X-VENGERS #1 but they've all been mutated by the X-virus apart from those that were mutants (or a synthezoid) already.

T Vernon's AVENGERS #370 starts a 2-parter featuring a 1-off good team of Deviants calling themselves Delta Force.

MARVEL'S VOICES INFINITY COMICS #14-15 continues the adventures of America Chavez, Hildegarde and Loki in Weirdworld, where they team up with a dog flying a biplane and lizards riding giant frogs.

AVENGERS ACADEMY #31 has clashes, real and fake, between Academy kids and X-kids with not everyone playing for their own team, until the Academy side pretend to be defeated and let the X-kids leave. And even Sebastian Shaw turns out to still be a goodie.

--RobFJ

The Latest Thor and the Last Defenders!

The brand new THOR #3 pits the powerless Thor against a new version of the Sons of the Serpent!

From 2008 there’s THE LAST DEFENDERS #1 with Nighthawk trying to reform the non-team—and everything going wrong! Featuring She-Hulk, Colossus, and many others!

PLANET HULK: WORLDBREAKER #2 from 2023! To save the captive Hulk children from the deadly Sentinels, Amadeus Cho searches for the long-lost Banner!

BLACK WIDOW (2014) #14 has Natasha hunting down the leaders of Chaos, one broken body at a time!

The upgraded CAPTAIN AMERICA #106 has Cap encountering the deepfake technology of an earlier era viz. the Life Model Decoy!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #211, the Mutant Massacre begins, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #108, Flash Thompson in trouble, and DAREDEVIL #205, DD versus an Irish hitman called the Gael!

PeterS

It's all-team week

In T Vernon's AVENGERS #367 the team take time out for their emotional lives and Vision wonders if he has any.

I'm back with America Chavez for an adventure teamed with Loki and Hildegarde the Valkyrie starting in MARVEL VOICES INFINITY COMICS #12-13.

And the Avengers' students get sucked into the Av Vs X-Men event in AVENGERS ACADEMY #29-30 when they have to guard the Utopia Island students even though they're definitely *not* prisoners.

--RobFJ

The Main Event: Captain America Versus Doctor Doom!

It’s true! The brand new CAPTAIN AMERICA #4 pits Marvel’s greatest hero against their greatest villain! Check it out!

PLANET HULK: WORLDBREAKER #1 from 2023 takes us back to Sakaar one thousand years later, after the Hulks have ruined It!

THOR ANNUAL 2001 introduces Desak the God-Slayer, predating Gorr the God-Butcher by many years! Wonder which ex-Batman will play him in the movies!

BLACK WIDOW (2014) #13! Natasha takes on the international assassination agency called Chaos!

And an offbeat Defenders entry, MARVEL TEAM-UP #119, brings together Spidey and that unappreciated Defender, Gargoyle, to address the burning issue of…aging.

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #210, prologue to the Mutant Massacre, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #107, more Spider-Slayer, and DAREDEVIL #204, DD versus Green Arrow…wait, what?!

PeterS

Iron Man's in 1 alternate future and Thanos ends another

Iron Man currently (until January) has no series of his own so the 3-issue mini-series Iron & Frost will have to fill the gap. It's set in the future of the Age Of Revelation X-Men event. In #1 Tony Stark and Emma Frost reunite to oppose Apocalypse' heir Revelation, but she's stuck in her diamond form and Tony's been turned to iron.

T Vernon turns to AVENGERS ANNUAL #22 which gives us the origin of Bloodwraith who showed up in the backup tale in Av#366. Meanwhile the backup tale in this issue stars the Anachronauts from the previous year's Citizen Kang Annuals crossover.

Jim Starlin's MARVEL UNIVERSE: THE END #6 ends with Thanos destroying the universe but then restoring it with 2 differences:- he's dead and characters won't be able to be resurrected anymore. But both changes will be negated by Starlin's next Thanos series.

My coverage of the Avengers Vs X-Men event continues with 2 issues that expand on fights in AvX#2.
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #1 covers Iron Man vs Magneto and Thing vs Sub-Mariner.
UNCANNY X-MEN (2012) #11 has a lot about Colossus/Juggernaut fighting Red Hulk, but also follows Hope Summers' escape from Utopia Island.

--RobFJ

The End of the Hulk?

Yes, indeed! INCREDIBLE HULK #30 sees Hulk losing a fight and changing in a way we could not have imagined! Check it out!

Also new is ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #8! It’s everybody against Doctor Doom! And Doom wins! Bad day for heroes, isn’t it?

In THOR #32, mayhem as Malekith battles Thor in an iced-over Asgard! The good guys win in this one!

BLACK WIDOW (2014) #12 sees Natasha exposed on international television! Not sure who wins in this one! Guest starring Anderson Cooper!

And we have upgraded CAPTAIN AMERICA #105! Cap searches for a giant bomb! With Batroc, the Swordsman, and the Living Laser as speed bumps!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #209, the X-Men and the Hellfire Club versus Nimrod, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #106, the craziest Spidey unmasking ever, and DAREDEVIL #203, DD versus the Trump (no jokes, please)!

PeterS

Kang and Thanos in their own issues

New AVENGERS #31 is a totally Kang issue explaining how and why he and Myrddin are the same person.

In T Vernon's AVENGERS #366 all subplots are suspended for the climax of the current Nega-Bomb storyline. TV gives it 5. Pity about the odd backup story.

MARVEL UNIVERSE: THE END #4-5 sees the bad guy Akhenaten removed from existence but now Thanos has the power of 'God'. He's really trying to do good with it but the other powers won't let him.

NEW AVENGERS #24 is nearly all a flashback to the assembled Avengers planning to attack the X-Men plus Luke Cage putting his superhero 'duty' above his family.

--RobFJ

A Return to Planet Hulk?

It’s true, Greg Pak and Carlo Pagulayan reunite for RETURN TO PLANET HULK, a one-shot addendum to the classic epic!

SECRET DEFENDERS #25 ends this series which had a great beginning but had been going steadily downhill for some time!

In THOR #31, Malekith unleashes eternal winter on Asgard!

BLACK WIDOW (2014) #11 has Natasha teaming up with X-23 on a dangerous mission!

And we have upgraded CAPTAIN AMERICA #104! Cap versus the Exiles,  the band of super-powerful henchmen to the Red Skull! All of them!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #208, the X-Men versus the Hellfire Club, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #105, the return of the Spider-Slayer, and DAREDEVIL #202, two underwhelming stories for the price of one!

PeterS

Humanity menaced by an evil Mr Fantastic, a Kree bomb, a mad Pharaoh and the Phoenix

NEW AVENGERS #5 makes it 2 weeks in a row for this series, but partly because I delayed reporting #4 for a week. This time everyone piles in on Mr Ouroboros (the Reed Richards clone), and even Hulk gets a look in.

In T Vernon's AVENGERS #365 the team, with help from Shi'ar Deathcry, try to stop renegade Kree from wiping out humanity with a Nega-Bomb.

MARVEL UNIVERSE: THE END #2-3 continue the fight against Akhenaten who's taken over the world and killed most superheroes, leaving Thanos, Captain Marvel, the Defenders and a time-travelling Dr Doom to try to defeat him. Oh, and a few fairly-ineffectual gods.

The Avengers Vs X-Men event spreads to the Westchester Jean Grey School for mutants in WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #9. And Captain America scores B-Minus in a Danger Room test.

--RobFJ

More Action from the Exciting Red Hulk Series!

The brand new RED HULK #9 reveals what happened to the Washington Monument last issue! And there’s a fight scene you wouldn’t believe!

BLACK WIDOW (2014) #10! It’s Natasha versus Hawkeye in Pakistan!

In THOR #29, Hogun is dying so Thor puts the beatdown on the Wrecking Crew!

SECRET DEFENDERS #24 has the original Defenders fighting the new group of Secret Defenders just to bollix everything up! Because it’s the Defenders!

And we have upgraded CAPTAIN AMERICA #103! Cap invades Red Skull’s island to rescue Sharon Carter!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #207, Rachel Summers cracks up, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #104, Spidey versus Kraven in the Savage Land with Ka-Zar, and DAREDEVIL #201, Black Widow takes over for an injured DD!

PeterS

More Action from the Exciting Red Hulk Series!

The brand new RED HULK #9 reveals what happened to the Washington Monument last issue! And there’s a fight scene you wouldn’t believe!

BLACK WIDOW (2014) #10! It’s Natasha versus Hawkeye in Pakistan!

In THOR #29, Hogun is dying so Thor puts the beatdown on the Wrecking Crew!

SECRET DEFENDERS #24 has the original Defenders fighting the new group of Secret Defenders just to bollix everything up! Because it’s the Defenders!

And we have upgraded CAPTAIN AMERICA #103! Cap invades Red Skull’s island to rescue Sharon Carter!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #207, Rachel Summers cracks up, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #104, Spidey versus Kraven in the Savage Land with Ka-Zar, and DAREDEVIL #201, Black Widow takes over for an injured DD!

PeterS

Is this the end?

NEW AVENGERS #4 was new last week and the team continue to fight Sub-Mariner controlled by Imperius Rex of the Killuminati.

T Vernon's AVENGERS #364 introduces the Shi'ar Deathcry and some Kree foes, while the Sersi/Proctor mystery continues to build.

In DEADPOOL (1997) #64 the 'hero' is condemned to life by Thanos (or maybe a Thanosi) to keep him out of the arms (literally) of Death.
The real Thanos is definitely in MARVEL UNIVERSE: THE END #1, but possibly the series itself never happens.

And I begin filling in missing bits of the Avengers Vs X-Men event. I start small with AVENGERS VS X-MEN INFINITY COMIC #1 which expands on Nova's dramatic entry in AvX#1.

--RobFJ

The Mortal Thor Returns!

Brand new THOR #2 continues the amnesiac hero’s mission as a vigilante!

SECRET DEFENDERS #23 continues the capital D Defenders: Dr. Druid, Dagger, Drax, and Deathlok!

BLACK WIDOW (2014) #9 teams Natasha unwillingly with the Punisher! Against Crossbones!

And we have upgraded CAPTAIN AMERICA #102! The end of the Fourth Sleeper—but not the Red Skull!

Plus INCREDIBLE HULK ANNUAL #26! Hulk versus Thor! Again!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #206, the X-Men versus the Freedom Force, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #103, Spidey with Ka-Zar in the Savage Land, and DAREDEVIL #200, a final showdown with Bullseye!

PeterS

Endings, sometimes temporary

SUPERIOR AVENGERS #6 is a new issue from my missing week and the series ends with most of the 'heroes' dead, but the comics are now left with an Ava Starr/Ghost to match the films.

In T Vernon's AVENGERS #363 the team beard Proctor and the Gatherers in their den, but they'll recede into the background again until their final run starts in #372.

MADE IN THE USA #5 ends the America Chavez reboot with her back in New York and her evil sister Catalina lost in the multiverse.
The STRANGE TALES: CLEA, WONG & AMERICA INFINITY COMIC online 1-shot picks up the story with AC asking Clea Strange for help finding her sis.

NEW AVENGERS #23 ends the fight with the Dark Avengers, leaving Avengers #24 to deal with Norman Osborn and HAMMER. Next stop Avengers Vs X-Men.

--RobFJ

A Heaping Helping of Hulk!

New today is INCREDIBLE HULK #29: Hulk, trapped by the monsters, battles Red Harpy!

Held over from last week is RED HULK #8 wherein Wildstreak joins Rulk’s team against Doctor Doom!

BLACK WIDOW (2014) #8 pits Natasha against the Winter Soldier during a train robbery!

THOR (1998) #28 features the return of the Wrecking Crew!

And we have upgraded CAPTAIN AMERICA #101! Red Skull and the Fourth Sleeper!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #205, Wolverine versus Lady Deathstrike, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #102, six-armed Spidey versus Lizard and Morbius, and DAREDEVIL #199, DD versus Samurai!

PeterS

A Double Dose of Doom!

The new ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #7 features Reed Richards versus Doctor Doom in an unprecedented battle of magic!

Also new is CAPTAIN AMERICA #3 with Cap confronting Doctor Doom!

THOR (1998) #27 wraps up Thor’s efforts to help Absorbing Man and Titania!

SECRET DEFENDERS #22 finds Shadowoman transforming into a darker heroine, Sepulchre! Guest starring Cloak and Dagger, Drax the Destroyer, and Deathlok!

An improved INCREDIBLE HULK ANNUAL #24 from 1999 is also here!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #204, Nightcrawler’s turn to fight Arcade, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #101, introducing Morbius, and DAREDEVIL #198, DD versus Bullseye in Japan!

PeterS

Things aren't always what they seem

For the 2nd week running we have a new Avengers issue #30 where Kang's enemy Myrddin turns out to be (an alternate?) Kang. Plus Marvel Zombies.

In T Vernon's AVENGERS #362 the secretly-alternate Vision is revealed when he tries to kill the alternate Swordsman.

And in AMERICA CHAVEZ: MADE IN AMERICA #3-4 our heroine learns that the past she remembers is a lie. She's really from Earth and she has a sister gone bad.

Meanwhile in NEW AVENGERS #22 Victoria Hand and Skaar turn out to be really working for Captain America not Norman Osborn.

--RobFJ

And Now…the Return of Captain America!

And we begin a new project: upgrading the earliest Captain America issues on the site! So here’s CAPTAIN AMERICA #100 from 1968 with an improved entry!

THOR (1998) #26! Absorbing Man is back…but things are different this time! Check out that Mike Mignola cover!

BLACK WIDOW (2014) #7 pits Natasha against Daredevil on her latest mission! 

SECRET DEFENDERS #21 has the ad hoc team battling Slaymaker, this series’ craziest villain!

An improved INCREDIBLE HULK ANNUAL #21 from 1997 is also here!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #203, Phoenix versus Beyonder, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #99, Spidey stops a prison riot, and DAREDEVIL #197, DD goes to Japan!

PeterS

From cosmic to soap opera, the Avengers have it all

In new AVENGERS #29 the team pick up their own storyline after One World Under Doom and prepare to seek the Missing Moment, but Myrddin's 1 step ahead of them. And it's all Mr Fantastic's fault.

Another new issue is WEST COAST AVENGERS #10 which ends the mini-series and gets rid of all 3 Ultrons (the good, the bad and the culty).

T Vernon's AVENGERS #361 is nearly all about Sersi who makes Dane Whitman her soulmate, in an Eternal-y way. But the problem is he loves Crystal. And Ikaris doesn't help.

In AMERICA CHAVEZ: MADE IN AMERICA #1-2 we learn about America's childhood in New York. But in the present her powers are failing and someone's stalking her and her family.

--RobFJ