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Avengers 3, Thanos 2

February 3, 2025

WEST COAST AVENGERS #3 tells us that the Ultrons here are just 2 of several Ultron clones who have each chosen to pursue their own path in life. And the Illuminati just don't care.

In T Vernon's AVENGERS #330 the team think they've convinced the Tetrarchs Of Entropy to leave Earth alone. Not!

Thanos is the deus ex machina at the end of SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP #2, taking his Sanctuary spacecraft off Quasimodo which stops his revenge plan against Silver Surfer and the Mad Thinker. The Ben Reilly Spider-Man happens to be there too.
Then in CAPTAIN MARVEL (1995) #5 Grandmaster invites Thanos to a poker game which won't actually be shown until the next CM series some years later.

Lastly in NEW AVENGERS #12 the team are still trying to save/avenge Mockingbird, but they don't realise that Nick Fury found the answer back in 1959.

--RobFJ



It’s Gus Beezer Day!

January 31, 2025

And who is Gus Beezer?

He’s a kid obsessed with superheroes and comic books and the subject of several all-ages comics published by Marvel! Written by Gail (WONDER WOMAN) Simone! And we are adding his complete story today!

THE MARVELOUS ADVENTURES OF GUS BEEZER: SPIDER-MAN has Gus getting in trouble for playing at being Spidey all day! And then he meets his cousin Peter Parker!

THE MARVELOUS ADVENTURES OF GUS BEEZER: HULK! The Big Green Guy has been sighted in Gus’ neighborhood! Will Gus get a peek at his idol?

In THE MARVELOUS ADVENTURES OF GUS BEEZER: X-MEN, Professor X and company are searching for a new mutant—and Gus hopes it’s him!

THE MARVELOUS ADVENTURES OF GUS BEEZER AND SPIDER-MAN! Gus joins his cousin Peter for Career Day at the Daily Bugle! Will Spidey put in an appearance?

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #172-173, Wolverine’s wedding! AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #69, The Kingpin returns! and DAREDEVIL #169, Bullseye goes nutzoid!



Spider-Man becomes a (reserve) Avenger

January 27, 2025

In the new IRON MAN #4 Tony Stark, Ironheart and Scarlet Witch start to deal with the dangerous magic left behind in the Iron Man armours, but along the way discover someone's stealing Stark tech.

In T Vernon's AVENGERS #329 it's time for another lineup change, but they don't realise they're still in the middle of a continued story.

When I go back to following Thanos around I find him bedevilling Silver Surfer in the 1-shots GREEN LANTERN/SS: DEADLY ALLIANCES and SS: DANGEROUS ARTIFACTS. That is the last issue Ron Marz will write with Thanos in until the 2022 SS Rebirth mini-series, set back in this period.

In NEW AVENGERS #11 Mockingbird's still at death's door while back in 1959 Nick Fury's Avengers come up against a Red Skull and a Captain America (there's a lot of them about).

--RobFJ



Farewell to the Old Defenders! Welcome the New!

January 23, 2025

In NEW DEFENDERS #125, the original Defenders take their leave (at least from this book) and a new line-up takes over with a new title!

Fear Itself comes to UNCANNY X-MEN #540 in the person of a supernaturally empowered Juggernaut!

In TIGRA #2, Greer goes undercover at the police academy to fight the conspiracy of crooked cops!

HULK #52 has Red Hulk joining the Legion of Monsters for some sewer-based action!

ASTONISHING THOR #4 sees Thor caught between feuding brothers Ego and Alter-Ego!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #171, Rogue joins the X-Men, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #68, with a “Crisis on the Campus,” and DAREDEVIL #168, the first appearance of Elektra!

PeterS



Is anybody going to save Mockingbird?

January 20, 2025

New AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #5 ends the mini-series with the Emergency Response Squad defeating the Serpent Society. But the team will continue online in the Astonishing Avengers Infinity Comic.

In T Vernon's AVENGERS #328 the Russian story ends and we learn Rage's origin, but his story and that of the other-dimensional monsters continues.

ULTIMATES² #5-6 give us:- The Ultimates/Troubleshooters battle. The history of the 1st Firmament. And Anti-Man sacrificing himself to save Galactus. Plus America Chavez is off to college.

In NEW AVENGERS #10 Nick Fury recruits his team in 1959 and the current team defeat HAMMER but Superia gets away. And Mockingbird's still bleeding out.

--RobFJ



Double Dynamite! A New Hulk and a New Thor!

January 16, 2025

Brand new INCREDIBLE HULK #21 pits Hulk against a giant werewolf! Yikes!

Also new IMMORTAL THOR #19 features a story without Thor—but with multiple artists involved!

In DEFENDERS #124, the non-team comes under judgment by the Tribunal as the Elf with a Gun kibitzes from the sidelines! Warning: It’s the final issue of the series!

TIGRA #1 has Greer taking on a cadre of crooked cops to investigate the murder of her policeman husband Bill!

FEAR ITSELF: SPIDER-MAN #3 pits Spidey against an insane Norse hammer-wielding Ben Grimm!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #170, Storm duelinbg with Callisto to lead the Morlocks, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #2, with the Green Goblin, and DAREDEVIL #167, with DD versus Mauler (who?)!

PeterS



From the unspeakable to the unlistable

January 13, 2025

T Vernon kicks things off with AVENGERS #327 where the Rage/Ramskov story takes a left-turn into a world of monsters led by Ngh The Unspeakable.

In ULTIMATES² #3-4 the Troubleshooters track the team to Galactus' worldship and they fight. Meanwhile Chaos and Order have merged as Logos to replace the Living Tribunal and start reordering the multiverse to their liking, including turning Big G back into the Devourer.

I start a new (double) story in NEW AVENGERS #9 as the team face Superia and her ex-HAMMER Agents, while in 1959 we meet Nick Fury, Nazi hunter. And Mockingbird gets shot.

The above is part of my mission to fill gaps in Avengers series of the Heroic Age. Around that time Marvel scattered extra 'point 1' issues as jumping on points, which unfortunately don't fit into our database well. But we *have* used a trick of adding the .1 as a 2nd story in its parent issue.

To that end I offered to synopsise Secret Avengers #12.1 and add it to Peter's Secret Avengers #12. But he told me he'd already written it but never uploaded it anywhere. So here it is.

--RobFJ



Another Bonanza of Classics!

January 9, 2025

In DEFENDERS #123, it’s the non-team versus the Secret Empire, with many guest stars!

MARVEL PREMIERE #42 gave Tigra another try-out for her own book, battling a mad scientist with a de-evolution ray!

FEAR ITSELF: SPIDER-MAN #2 sees Spidey driven to the brink by the terror in the city! Guest starring Vermin and…J. Jonah Jameson!

In ASTONISHING THOR #3, Thor is caught between the Collector and the Stranger, as Ego’s secret is revealed!

HULK #51! Red Hulk clashes with the band of vampire heroes known as the Forgiven!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #169, introducing Callisto and the MorlocksSPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #1, beginning Spidey’s second (and short-lived) ongoing title, and DAREDEVIL #166, with DD versus Gladiator!

PeterS



3 beginnings and a standalone

January 6, 2025

New this week is AVENGERS #22 where the team try to steal a maguffin but Kang and the Black Cat are after it too. And they're all actually part of a game between Grandmaster and Myrddin.

T Vernon's AVENGERS #326 starts a new international 6-parter introducing Rage and a Russian who will be called Powersurge.

ULTIMATES² #1-2 picks up where the previous series left off as Galactus press-gangs the team into service to save Eternity while Chaos and Order kill the Living Tribunal to take over the multiverse.

In the single-issue AVENGERS ACADEMY #9 Finesse seeks, finds and fights her probable father Taskmaster, and learns that her superpower may have a downside.

--RobFJ



Can’t Wait for the New Cap Movie? Here We Go!

January 2, 2025

The brand new SAM WILSON CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 anticipates the forthcoming CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD by bringing together Sam Cap and Red Hulk—but not the Red Hulk you’re thinking of!

In ASTONISHING THOR #2, the Collector wants to add Thor to his collection—and Thor doesn’t want to go!

HULK #50! Red Hulk returns and he is being haunted by literal ghosts from his past!

In DEFENDERS #122, the original non-team confronts…the Elf with a Gun! Madness!

MARVEL TEAM-UP #125 teams Tigra with Spidey to battle a baddie from her past! A second story features Scarlet Witch and Dr. Strange!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #168, the classic “Professor Xavier is a Jerk;” AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #67, wherein Spidey is shrunk by Mysterio, and DAREDEVIL #165, pitting DD against Doc Ock!

PeterS




A deal, a party, 2 Ultron's and a cosmic fist fight

December 30, 2024

New IRON MAN #3 sees Tony Stark win his takeover war against Roxxon and AIM by business dealing rather than Iron power.

In its companion WEST COAST AVENGERS #2 the team (including an Ultron) face the Hydra Steve Rogers from Secret Empire and then a cult-leading Ultron.

T Vernon brings us a single-issue story in AVENGERS #325 that caps the backup tales in the last 6 issues with a party at Sersi's place.

SILVER SURFER #18-19 finishes the Galactus/Elders Of The Universe/Soul Gems/In-Betweener saga with a punch-up between cosmic entities.

--RobFJ



Some Christmas Cookies! With Extra Spidey and Hulk!

December 26, 2024

In time for the holiday season, we have ASTONISHING THOR #1 wherein the God of Thunder discovers Ego the Living Planet has a destiny!

The Stranger is in trouble in MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE ANNUAL #5 and recruits Hulk and Thing to save his bacon…not that he needs it!

It’s Tigra versus Spidey in MARVEL TEAM-UP #67 for her second bout with Kraven the Hunter!

In DEFENDERS #121, the non-team meets the Miracle Man, who wants to be a god!

Spidey returns to face sheer chaos in FEAR ITSELF: SPIDER-MAN #1, dealing with the alien terror!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL #5, the classic “God Loves, Man Kills;” AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #66, wherein Spidey faces Mysterio, and new reviews for DAREDEVIL #163-164, pitting DD against the Hulk...and Ben Urich!

PeterS



From the beginning of Timely to the ends of the multiverse

December 23, 2024

T Vernon's up 1st again with end of The Crossing Line in AVENGERS #324 as the reformed villain(s) head off to explore the multiverse, never to be heard from again.

The Galactus/Elders Of The Universe/Soul Gems story continues in SILVER SURFER #16-17 with the In-Betweener thrown into the mix.

Luke Cage, Jessica Jones and Ms Marvel face a Doombot in NEW AVENGERS #8, and Jess decides to become a fulltime Avenger (but not as Power Woman).
And in AVENGERS ACADEMY #8 the students learn what Hood did to Tigra and some of them get revenge for her. But she's not happy about that and expels them.

Julio continues to add the occasional milestone comic. This time it's Marvel (Timely)'s very 1st comic, 1939's appropriately-named MARVEL COMICS #1 and its immediate successor MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS #2, introducing Sub-Mariner and the original android Human Torch.
And he's set up a new section in the Image Gallery containing AI Images.

--RobFJ



One Cap, Two Thors, a Pair of Spideys. and Various X-Men!

December 19, 2024

The brand new CAPTAIN AMERICA #16 closes out the run with Thor and Spider-Man as guests!

And of course, Thor also stars in the new IMMORTAL THOR #18, meeting his new son, Magni!

Tigra teams up with the ever-lovin’ blue-eyed Thing in MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #19 to fight the Cougar, a cosmic-powered cat-man!

In DEFENDERS #120, we have another issue centering on the Son of Satan! Too bad!

FEAR ITSELF: UNCANNY X-FORCE #3: The cultists are about to detonate a bomb in NYC, leading to an insane mid-air battle!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #166-167, concluding the classic Brood Saga; AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #65, wherein Spidey goes to prison, and DAREDEVIL #161, pitting DD against Bullseye!

PeterS



Cosmic news flash! Galactus gets indigestion!

December 16, 2024

No new titles this week.

T Vernon continues the multi-team conflict in AVENGERS #323. Last issue's nuclear explosion *did* happen, but Alpha Flight's Shaman saved everybody by shunting them to various pocket dimensions inside his magic pouch.

SILVER SURFER #10 ends the 1st phase of the Galactus/Elders Of The Universe/Soul Gems conflict as Big G swallows some of the EOTU and sends other with the Gems into a black hole.
#15 picks up the story again as the unkillable Elders give him stomach ache and he sends Surfer, Invisible Woman and Mr Fantastic into the hole to retrieve the Gems.

It's Reptil's turn to take centre-stage in AVENGERS ACADEMY #6 as he's elected class leader and leads them against Mentallo.
#7 stars Henry Pym as he's persuaded to abandon for now a risky plan to revive his dead ex-wife, while he switches from Wasp to Giant-Man to take on Absorbing Man.

--RobFJ



Hulk Meets the Wolfman!

December 12, 2024

Specifically, Jack Russell, Werewolf by Night, in the brand new THE INCREDIBLE HULK #20!

MARVEL CHILLERS #7 closes out Tigra’s first solo series by pitting her against Super-Skrull!

THOR: THE DEVIANTS SAGA #5 ends the miniseries by activating the Unbinding Stone, the magical McGuffin that will end the universe! Talk about going out with a bang!

In DEFENDERS #119, enemy weirdo Yandroth makes a comeback—and mind controls the Defenders!

FEAR ITSELF: UNCANNY X-FORCE #2: The cultists terrorize the country with mass shootings and suicide bombings for a very uncomfortable tale

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #164-165, continuing the classic Brood Saga; AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #64, featuring the Vulture, and DAREDEVIL #160, wherein Bullseye captures Black Widow!

PeterS



This time it's Avengers 3, Silver Surfer 2

December 8, 2024

I have 2 new Avengers comics to report on this week.

In AVENGERS #21 the current team clash heatedly with the current X-Men over a baseball match.

Meanwhile the alternative team in AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #4 try to restrain Sorcerer Supreme Dr Doom's abandoned champion/queen Victorious.

And T Vernon continues the multi-team clash in old AVENGERS #322, which ends with a nuclear explosion.

With an Ultimates series (and a short Thunderbolts series) dealt with I'm returning to my Infinity Gems/Thanos/Warlock obsession. Having followed the IG into the Ultraverse I'm back-tracking to fill in the missing Soul Gems (as they were known then) epic that starts in SILVER SURFER #8-9 where the Elders Of The Universe gather them together to use to kill Galactus.

--RobFJ



Meet the Original Hulk!

December 5, 2024

Before there was a big green angry guy, Marvel called a giant orange furry guy the Hulk! It was in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #62 in 1960 that this alien invader tried to hypnotize the world! Oh and he came back in JIM #66! Check out the entry for full details of his oddball history!

FEAR ITSELF: UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 has the mutant kill crew after a cult plotting to wipe out humanity!

MARVEL CHILLERS #6 teams Tigra with the unappreciated Native American hero, Red Wolf!

THOR: THE DEVIANTS SAGA #4 has Thor fighting a T. Rex in the Savage Land!

In DEFENDERS #118, Daimon Hellstrom, Son of Satan, meets his evil(er) twin!

And Anthony Silvestro brings us UNCANNY X-MEN #162-163, kicking off the classic Brood Saga; AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #63, featuring two Vultures, and DAREDEVIL #159, with a contract put out on DD!

PeterS



Terrorists 3, Red Skulls 2

December 2, 2024

2 new issues this week:-

In IRON MAN #2 Tony Stark fights back stealthily against Roxxon by hiring a terrorist to blow up an oil pipeline. And openly against AIM in his dodgy new Iron Man armour but with a really big sword.

Meanwhile in WEST COAST AVENGERS #1 he's started a new team to reform supervillains. Starting with Ultron! and involving terrorists taking over a funicular railway.

T Vernon continues the multi-team saga with AVENGERS #321 which ends with terrorists threatening to launch nuclear missiles.

And THUNDERBOLTS #3-4 ends the mini-series with the team fighting a dragon and making Dr Doom kill the latest Red Skull. Making this the only mini-series to kill off *2* Red Skulls.

--RobFJ



A Hulk Milestone! And Anthony Silvestro—Triple Threat!

November 28, 2024

The new INCREDIBLE HULK #19 is Legacy Number 800 so it’s extra-long and full of goodies including Red Hulk and She-Hulk!

THOR: THE DEVIANTS SAGA #3 has Thor teaming up with Gilgamesh (Remember him? He’s known as the Forgotten One) to invade the Deviants’ stronghold in Lemuria!

DEFENDERS #117 features a rare issue focusing on Over-Mind, the strangest member of a strange team! Check it out!

MARVEL CHILLERS #5 sees Tigra on the trail of Joshua Plague and the Rat Pack!

FEAR ITSELF concludes its stint in AVENGERS ACADEMY #20 with the team holding a post-mortem on their strange adventure! Plus, some weepy goodbyes!

And Anthony Silvestro stakes his claim to greatness, offering UNCANNY X-MEN #161, the first meeting of Professor X and Magneto; AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #62, with Medusa as a guest, and DAREDEVIL #158, Frank Miller’s debut!

PeterS



Teams galore

November 25, 2024

In the new AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #3 the team stop some vampire slayers killing innocent new vampires. And they begin to realise that the Serpent Society are up to something.

T Vernon's AVENGERS #320 adds Alpha Flight to the already complicated clash of super-teams. And a 2nd 'ghost' turns up in the backup serial.

By special request from Julio here's THUNDERBOLTS #1-2 where a team suspiciously like those in the upcoming Thunderbolts* movie kill a Red Skull and destroy a load of his gold under Kingpin's nose.

AVENGERS ACADEMY #5 gives us the background and name of student Striker, and the team have to go public after they're seen fighting Whirlwind.

--RobFJ



Thor Gets Stoned!

November 21, 2024

The new IMMORTAL THOR #17 sees the aftermath of Thor being turned to stone and broken! Can he pull himself together in time?

And with TALES TO ASTONISH #101 we complete the coverage of the classic Hulk/Subby split book!

DEFENDERS #116 is a crazy all-romance issue! Ah, the sight of Defenders in love…too bad about that wicked-looking cover!

Yikes! MARVEL CHILLERS #4 pits Tigra against Kraven the Hunter!

FEAR ITSELF continues in AVENGERS ACADEMY #19: the villains cane be defeated but only by destroying the Infinite Mansion! Who will volunteer to die to make sure that succeeds?

X-Man-Fan Anthony Silvestro chronicles the classic Claremont run with the X-Men facing memorable villains: X-MEN #158, Mystique and Rogue, #159, Count Dracula, and #160, the demon Belasco!

PeterS



Losing count of the teams

November 18, 2024

No new issue to be commented on this week.

T Vernon gives us AVENGERS #319 which is the start of a 6-issue tale of a multi-group international clash, initially American/Russian(X2)/Atlantean.

ULTIMATES #11-12 end this series and the team (and Civil War II) with another Thanos fight, and Galactus laying the ground for the next series.

AVENGERS ACADEMY #3-4 have the students taken to the Raft superprison to scare them straight. But instead some of them try to take revenge on Norman Osborn and spark a breakout. Guest-starring Thunderbolts.

--RobFJ



Cap, Thor and Spidey—the New Warriors Three!

November 14, 2024

It’s true: the new CAPTAIN AMERICA #15 unites the three mighty heroes for an expedition into Dark Asgard!

The classic TALES TO ASTONISH #100 features an issue-long fight between Sub-Mariner and the Hulk!

In DEFENDERS #115, the Defenders are lost in a dimension that strangely resembles the world of Dr. Seuss!

FEAR ITSELF continues in AVENGERS ACADEMY #18 as the super-powered Absorbing Man and Titania invade the Infinite Avengers Mansion to take on the kids!

THOR: THE DEVIANTS SAGA #2 sees Thor searching for Eternals to help him defeat the Deviants—but they are all gone!

X-Man-Fan Anthony Silvestro chronicles the classic Claremont run with X-MEN #156-157 concluding the team’s space battle with Deathbird and the Brood!

PeterS



Ultimately the rest is Avengers

November 11, 2024

The Avengers are back with another new issue this week. #20 tells us what Black Panther was doing inside Meridian Diadem while his teammates were facing Dr Doom last issue.

T Vernon's AVENGERS #318 finishes the Nebula/Stranger story. Spider-Man decides that the Avengers aren't his cup of tea, at least for another 15 (real time) years. But Quasar and Sersi will remain on the team.

Civil War II continues. In ULTIMATES #9 Ulysses warns the team about the approaching ultra-giant Infinaut, who turns out to be friendly when shrunk. But in #10 a warning turns out to be false, which finally splits the team - until Thanos breaks free.

In NEW AVENGERS #7 the team lick their wounds and take time out to hire a nanny for baby Danielle Cage. And Dr Strange officially rejoins them (because he has no current series to inhabit).

--RobFJ


Thor

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