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Behold... The Vision!
We're up to the next four issues in our look at the 2008 Avengers/Invaders 12-part series. In Part One, the Invaders are mysteriously brought forward in time, and the Avengers capture and contain them...
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And So, To Depart!
We've been taking a look at the last seven issues that artist Jack Kirby turned in for Mighty Thor, and now reaching the last two before Kirby would leave Marvel Comics in 1970. In the prior issue,...
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It's Always Darkest...
If there's anything that knows how to pile on the hopelessness of a situation, you can bet it's a comic book. So let's check out some of the times in various Marvel titles when all seemed lost, and...
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Not All Followers Are True Believers
There were some interesting thoughts expressed by writer Kelley Sue DeConnick in a recent Time magazine article on the Captain Marvel movie to be released in 2017, as well as observations by the...
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Evil's Stepchildren--The Emissaries of Evil!
The Emissaries of Evil weren't quite as cool as the Masters of Evil--I mean, would you rather be an emissary of evil or a master of evil? You'd rather have "Master of Evil" on your calling card, admit...
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That Wardrobe is SO 1970
In this duplicate Marvel's Greatest Comics cover of the original Fantastic Four #96, there are some curious choices that were made in the revised cover--the most obvious being that all of the major...
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Beware, The Approach of Twilight!
When we last checked in on Surtur, the fire demon who has a crucial role during Ragnarok but often doesn't like to wait until then to bring a fiery wave of destruction to Asgard and the nine worlds, he...
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Face-Off Fury!
There's a time for all-out battle--and a time for putting the slugfest aside and engaging one-on-one in a head-to-head face-off to quickly determine who prevails. Several of our favorite Marvel heroes...
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To Perish By The Sword!
Things didn't look too good for Asgard when, as we saw last time, the fire demon Surtur had arrived at the golden realm and fought his way to within sight of the brazier of eternal flame. Surtur, like...
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They Call Him--Mr. Sensitive
Jeez, Reed, don't hold back--tell us how you really feel about women.
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Assault of the Androids of Death!
It's interesting sometimes to see how heavyweights like the Fantastic Four are given such trouble by villains such as the Puppet Master and the Thinker (who have also combined their talents...
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It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times
The mid-1970s super-group, the Champions, might have had "Most Likely To Disband" underneath their yearbook picture--but amidst their constant efforts to pull themselves together into a credible...
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Unfriendly Skies
Can YOUName This Marvel Villain??Oh, to be a fly on the wall when Marvel staff are brainstorming to create a new villain. After all the villains that have come before, what's left to be tried? And how...
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The Father, The Sons, and The Demon!
It's time for the blockbusting conclusion to the all-out attempt of the fire demon, Surtur, to destroy not only Asgard but all the nine worlds in a massive conflagration that will erupt when he brings...
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And So, To Battle!
While Odin, Thor, Loki, and Surtur took center stage in the Asgardians'battle with the fire demon, writer Walt Simonson took care to provide us with other entertaining scenes with various characters...
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The Shape Of Things To Come
The incident in Stamford, Connecticut, as many Marvel readers know, led to the Superhuman Registration Act and the subsequent "civil war" which pitted those heroes who supported the Act against those...
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My Way Or The Highway
Dissension In The RanksWhen resentments and disagreements boil over,even allies can turn against each other in fierce battle that can bring the house down.(And often does!)FEATURING:The IlluminatiIt's...
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Onward, To Val Halla!
Of all the parts of a comic book for one last set of eyes in the Marvel offices to scrutinize before it heads to the printer, you'd think it would be the first thing a buyer in the store is going to...
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And Coffee Tables Shall Tremble!
A very happy 74th birthday to Rascally Roy Thomas! It looks like Thomas has been busy this year, putting together this 720-page hardcover behemoth:Containing essays by Thomas on Marvel's characters as...
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The Faces Of War
In the pages of Iron Man, we've seen how difficult it was for Tony Stark to shift his company from being a manufacturer of weaponry and munitions to a company instead focused on research and...
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