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Hey, Mikey! You're An Avenger!
Not since the likes of Not Brand Echh have we seen a hero using a stew pot to conceal their identity. Of course we're talking about none other than the heroic clod known as Forbush-Man:Leave it to...
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Spectacular Spider-Knees
Ordinarily, any of us might have had the same reaction Al Milgrom had, when discovering that he'd been replaced as the artist on Spectacular Spider-Man on a whim:Well, maybe not the same reaction. But...
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With Hammers In Hand!
For a story that takes place after a major battle issue, Mighty Thor #339 might surprise you at how much of a page-turner it is. In the story thus far, we've been introduced to Beta Ray Bill, a...
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Teacher's Pest
While most of Marvel's titles participated heartily in the craziness that was Assistant Editors' Month, there were some that left less of a footprint or skipped out on the event altogether. For...
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The Coming Of The Man-Thing!
It all began on the fateful day when Ben Grimm, finally free of his existence as the rock-bound Thing, was shown by his former partners to a secret room, where he would discover just who would replace...
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Golden Oldie
This is one team-up we probably didn't see coming:And it's not like we haven't seen this kind of lunacy repeated:Also, it's Assistant Editors' Month, so all bets are off as to whether or not this story...
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Convalescence
After the apparent death of Odin, the mighty Thor departed the halls of Asgard in order to take his solace in Asgard's northern region, where it was said the cold was such that no living thing could...
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Death Waits In The Depths!
Previously, we've seen Tony Stark develop Iron Man armor for missions that called for his armor to include specific features in order to deal with situations than his regular suit of armor was...
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Cap On The Beat
Many of us remember that Captain America worked for a time as a police officer in the NYPD, though it's that "for a time" part that usually trips us up, perhaps because the times when Cap was on duty...
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This Hero Denied!
For all of the times Ben Grimm has turned against the Fantastic Four, there was one tale which explored the possibility of the Thing rejecting the concept of becoming part of the team from its...
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At War With The Hulk!
So far we've taken a look at several customized suits of Iron Man armor that Tony Stark had developed to handle special ops missions. There were his EVA and stealth suits for, respectively, venturing...
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Deadly Exodus
While I didn't much care for the thrown-together way in which a third Summers sibling was created, I thoroughly enjoyed how Vulcan, the flawed, damaged brother to Scott and Alex, was handled vis-Ã -vis...
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If At First You Don't Propose...
In a prior post, we took in the romantic moment when Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson discovered that they were in love with each other. And of course these two went on to eventually tie the knot. But...
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Your Race Must Die!
Can YOUName This Marvel Villain??From a very old form of life on Earth stalks the Inheritor, who emerges from a wrecked space ship to find himself bereft of memory, except for a vague sense of...
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Master Of The Mixing Arts
While artist John Byrne made his first impression on Fantastic Four with several issues during 1979-80, most fans would agree that he made his more celebrated impression on the team when he returned in...
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An Off-Beat Adventure There Was!
Artist Joe Sinnott helps to revamp the cover of Fantastic Four #88 for the FF's reprint mag, Marvel's Greatest Comics, which republishes the story nearly eight years later:With Sinnott being the...
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The Many Days of Doomsday!
Of all the fun sales captions that Marvel has slapped onto their covers ("This one you DARE NOT MISS!!" ... "You won't believe this issue's SHOCK ENDING!" ... et al.), there was one word that probably...
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Enter--The Captain!
Count me among those who weren't really on board with Steve Rogers as "the Captain," the identity he adopted when a Presidential commission forced him out of his role as Captain America. The Captain...
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When Wakes The Demon Druid!
There were often times when writer Gerry Conway would slow the pace of a story to a crawl by wrapping his villain in an enigma, while dealing the hero one setback after another in their attempts to...
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Fading Vision
Many of us lament the decline and eventual loss of this once-great character:So let's throw open the floor and invite your opinion on a thought-provoking question:When did the Vision jump the shark for...
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