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In The Future Waits--My Executioner!
When the Hulk began sharing half of those old Tales To Astonish stories, things were not only going well for the Hulk--they were going pretty well for readers, too. The Hulk was actually getting a lot...
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The Middle American Avengers
It's no wonder that the Sons of the Serpent, that group of power mongers who costume themselves in (what else?) serpent garb and excel in sowing discontent and outright discord in the public in order...
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Prey of the Frog-Man!
Can YOUName This Marvel Villain??As you can see by the kinds of heists she pulls, our special holiday villain, the White Rabbit, isn't too particular about her sources of ill-gotten gains:So, pulling...
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If This Be Doomsday!
An excellent story which I think any comics reader could sit down with and enjoy from cover to cover is one that I've never hesitated to recommend: the four-part Doctor Strange #s 10-13, which first...
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This Isn't The Planet You're Looking For
Let's see--we were reviewing Doctor Strange #s 10-13. Where did we leave things?Yikes, that's right! The Earth has been destroyed. And you and I are dead.The End.But it looks like there's a body in all...
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When Calls Terrax!
John Byrne was just ten issues into his memorable run as both writer and artist on Fantastic Four when, in May of 1982, he put together his own "Galactus trilogy" that would arguably give the 1966...
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Auntie Dame
We've seen many a funny panel where Ben Grimm, the Thing, speaks fondly (as well as colorfully) about his Aunt Petunia:And so, over time, we readers got a delightful mental picture of Petunia, as well...
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Shall Earth Endure?
Recapping from Part One of John Byrne's "Galactus trilogy":Terrax the Untamed has come to Earth looking for the Fantastic Four, in order to make use of their resourcefulness in destroying the being who...
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The Barbarian Who Tested The Waters!
I have a confession to make:I've never read one page of one issue of Conan the Barbarian.But before you start pelting me with tomatoes, in my defense I can tell you that I've read stories which...
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I have three cats.Trust me when I tell you they're enough of a handful without also being mutants. Â
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My Girlfriend, The Herald
With its dramatic cover paying homage to the image of the giant hand of Galactus from the 1978 The Silver Surfergraphic novel, Fantastic Four #244 gives us the sense that the ending to John Byrne's own...
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Woman To Piranha
There's a reason why you don't see too many super-heroes on the talk show circuit. It's probably the same reason they don't book many public appearances--you're just asking for one of their enemies to...
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When Stalks The Landlord!
To give you an idea of where you're headed with this post, let's take you back a bit to when the Fantastic Four introduced us to their new skyscraper headquarters in the heart of Manhattan. Even so...
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Mismatch Of The Gods
Thor vs. Pluto!Gee, it doesn't look like much to get excited about, does it?Pluto is the ruler of the Grecian "netherworld"--an abode of demons and the damned, surely, but not necessarily of the dead....
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The Icy Touch of Death!
It's funny how some comics stories turn out to be such good reads when they follow up on the more major events that preceded them. That doesn't always turn out to be the case; in fact, in most cases,...
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When Wakes The Golem!
Can YOUName This Marvel Villain??You rarely hear the words "benevolent dictator" used together in the same sentence, and you won't be hearing them anytime soon when referring to our man Draxon...
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Here's Glove In Your Eye
You can't help but be intrigued with this eye-catching cover:I mean, what's Cap going to do, somersault his way out of this?It turns out Dragon Man has been found and reactivated by the villain...
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Death Takes A Holiday
The cover to Thor #190 happens to be one of my favorite Marvel covers of all time. I didn't have the good fortune to experience the giddiness of seeing it on the comics rack; instead, I read the story...
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Make Way For The Invulnerable Human Torch
The closest I can come to figuring out how this fight came about:...is that Alicia Masters was doing some banking business (probably making a withdrawal in order to employ more men to cart in all that...
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Foes By Default
Rogues galleries seem to have gone the way of the dinosaur--but have a look at this unexpected collection from the 14th Fantastic Four annual, courtesy of artists Keith Pollard and Pablo Marcos!Aside...
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