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The Judgment And The Judged
Can YOUName This Marvel Villain??Whether or not we can apply the word "villain" to this reserved yet highly observant person is a matter for debate, since even the most well-intentioned woman can stray...
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Alone Against The Celestials!
The mighty Thor's encounter with the Celestials in his 300th issue was an epic conclusion to a long build-up of stories involving Odin's involvement with the so-called "space gods," with the Earth...
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Failure... Death... Rebirth!
Yikes! In Parts 1 and 2 of Thor's struggle against the overwhelming power of the Celestials, the Thunder God was last seen piercing the armor of the massive form of Exitar*, the Exterminator, in an...
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Where You Lead, I Will Protest
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:Storm and Professor...
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The Attack of Zodiac!
Perhaps thanks to his exposure in an Avengers story from early 1970, the character of Captain Marvel was able to be brought back in an additional two issues of his original title following a five-month...
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Your Estee Lauder Is My Command
Can YOUName This Marvel Villain??Cross the path of the deadly Karisma, and you're enslaved for as long as it suits her pleasure. And it seems her pleasure is derived mainly from assault and robbery, as...
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This One Has It All!
OR: "Pay No Attention To That Over-Mind Behind The Curtain..."Following the incredible Thing vs. Hulk battle from mid-1971 in the pages of Fantastic Four, writer Stan Lee and artist John Buscema use...
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I'm Not The Conqueror You're Looking For
When the Over-Mind begins to take steps toward his conquest of the planet Earth, those who might have headed off his threat find themselves already having been dealt with--the Fantastic Four, in...
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The Indecipherable Hulk
A man of many talents, Canadian artist Kaare Andrews generally has a lot of irons in the fire at any given time, never being content to just coast on the wave of a completed project before feeling the...
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Disparately Seeking Redemption
Given the nice selection of Incredible Hulk covers from 2002-2003 which featured the artwork of Kaare Andrews, it's difficult to settle on just one of those issues to sate one's curiosity as to how the...
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...From Beyond The Stars!
As world conquerors go, the strategy of the Over-Mind for the planet Earth seems to be "All in good time," as carefully and methodically as he's proceeded thus far. When we first laid eyes on him, he...
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The Earth Trembles When... The Sleepers Strike!
The time was when you couldn't open a Captain America book without tripping over yet another Sleeper--a doomsday device created by the Red Skull during the time of Nazi Germany in the event of the...
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Okay, Axis--Here We Come Again!
In the event that the Axis powers lost World War II, the insidious Red Skull had constructed and hidden no less than five "Sleepers"--doomsday devices that would be activated in twenty years' time to...
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A Cry Of Thunder--A Flash Of Silver!
Since we've already taken looks at some of Marvel's 25¢ issues from the price/format adjustment that briefly went into effect for its titles in late 1971, the PPOC has come to the same conclusion about...
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Anger Issues!
In 1964, the incredible Hulk received a reprieve from his 1½-year hiatus following the cancellation of his first, short-lived title, and returned to comics as a split-feature in the Tales To Astonish...
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Vampire At Large!
Given the bizarre characters that were created as foes for the amazing Spider-Man, perhaps it's not such a stretch to find the book trying to sell us on a character named the Lizard as a viable threat...
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War and Remembrance
If you were one of those who took in Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011, you're no doubt familiar with "Agent Carter," the British soldier who worked with the super-soldier project and...
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Macabre Marvel Monsterpieces!
From about mid-1973 to '74, Marvel's various titles began a blitz of horror-themed house ads that couldn't help but make you curious about what was going on in pop culture that the company wanted to...
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The Mark Of A Marksman
Can YOUName This Marvel Villain??If you have a drive to excel and become better at anything than anyone, having the name of Champion certainly advertises the fact. One of the richest men in the world,...
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How Sharper Than A Vampire's Fangs
The character of Blade, the Vampire Slayer became a fixture not only in the undead life of Dracula, but also acquired a reputation among many of Dracula's legions--a relentless stalker and slayer of...
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