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Technical Difficulties
Gentle readers, please forgive the peppering of placeholder icons which have multiplied here at the PPOC in numbers that even Jamie Madrox couldn't muster. Your innocent host was investigating a...
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When Comes The Snowpocalypse!
There's not much I can do to help those of you in the northeast battening down the hatches right now in preparation for a massive winter storm headed your way.But since you're already in a shivery...
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All Targets: Eliminated!
Wow! Who's this bruiser?For the Fantastic Four's sake, let's hope he doesn't live up to his name!Fantastic Four #184 finds the FF recovering from a life-or-death battle involving the Brute, who's the,...
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Beware The Mighty Thorr!
We know that Thor, the God of Thunder, first cut his teeth in comics battle by challenging the Stone Men of Saturn--but awhile back, we saw that the inspiration for Thor might have come from another...
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No Peace In The Promised Land
In 1981, writer Bill Mantlo decided to yank the incredible Hulk out of the States and send him on a tour of "Eurasia" and the Middle East, while taking the opportunity to introduce new super-heroes...
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The Crypt And The Chaos!
Welcome to Part Two of our look at a few stories presented within the pages of Incredible Hulk where writer Bill Mantlo throws the spotlight on super-heroes which originated in countries to the east of...
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The Mad Master of Time!
I have no idea how many of Marvel's heroes have fallen victim at one time or another to attacks which age them to frailty--but what do you say we give Hank Pym a crack at it?Heh heh--"isn't it time,"...
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Make Way for--Kid America!
Good grief--first Hank Pym is turned into an old man, and now this??Fortunately for Cap, there's no villainy at work here. It looks like Cap is trying to find a way to blend in while investigating the...
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When Wakes The Presence!
With the Hulk's wanderings in the Middle East coming to an end, after meeting Sabra in Israel and then the Arabian Knight in Egypt, writer Bill Mantlo has him winding up in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan,...
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Face It, Tiger--NOW You've Hit The Jackpot
Despite her hidden-in-shadows buildup during several issues of Amazing Spider-Man, followed by her knock-em-dead introduction on the final page of issue #42, it was a long road bringing Mary Jane...
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The Cone Of Violence
(with of course a fond nod to the high-security device from "Get Smart")Deadly danger beckons when the members of the Fantastic Four find themselves having the same "dream"--in actuality, a disturbing...
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The Presence And The Parasite!
In his tours through Israel, Egypt, and now the Soviet Union, the incredible Hulk seems to have found as much conflict with enemies as he did in the States. Now, after battling the Soviet...
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Captain America and the Falcon: Partners In Harlem
Seventeen issues after his introduction in the pages of Captain America in the fall of 1969, the Falcon would receive cover billing in the mag, joining Cap as the third partner of his career:But did...
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The Monster Tilts The Streets!
This street corner isn't safe no matter HOW you look at it:In this pair-up featuring the cover of Fantastic Four #105 and its later rendering in the FF reprint mag, Marvel's Greatest Comics, there's a...
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Thunder in the 31st Century!
Thor Annual #6 is proof that a comics story need only have the basics to be good, satisfying entertainment. Heroes! Villains! A diabolical plan! Mix all of that in with a noted writer paired with...
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Never To Be A Fearless Front-Facer
How many of you knew ye these?I don't recall seeing or hearing of any kid bragging about holding one or more of these Marvel "ranks," so I can only assume those in my neighborhood who qualified for...
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Fight Of The Flags!
It HAD to happen! U.S. vs. U.K. in a battle royale!(Clearly one of these fighters could use a jet pack right about now.)C.A. had met Captain Britain in an issue of Rom, but not in the kind of brawl...
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That Crash You Heard Outside Might Be--The Monstroid!
Back when Marvel Team-Up was just beginning to catch on, some readers were wondering if this concept was realistic, comic book or not. As one letter-writer put it, "Spider-Man doesn't belong as part of...
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It's The New Me! ... Scratch That, It's The Old Me!
OR: "My New Style's A Bust!"If you were a reader of Amazing Spider-Man during 1968-70 and you happened to blink (and who wouldn't?), you might have missed a startling change in the appearance of one...
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THIS POST RATED "G" (For "Grisly"!)
THE FOLLOWING POST CONTAINS VIOLENT SCENES THAT SOME READERS MAY FIND DISTURBING.VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED.Man, what a warning to slap on a comic book post--but I had no choice! Because we're about to...
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