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The Fury of Firelord! The Yawn of Thor!
After the battle where Thor finally ended the threat of the Air-Walker, young Kevin Matheson wasn't feeling too inclined to send any Christmas spirit in the God of Thunder's direction:Nor does it seem...
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Home For The Holidays
Generation X had something of a subdued Christmas Eve in its twenty-fourth issue--where, instead of high-spirited snowball fights or grand gatherings of X-folk, the female members of the team take...
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'Twas The Night Before Christmas
We've come to the end of our special Christmas-themed posts, and I can think of no better way of concluding this series than to celebrate Christmas Eve with the birth of a very special son.Though this...
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Sword Under The Stones
Can YOUName This Marvel Villain??Tyrannus goes back quite a ways. He almost seemed to be created as a throw-away villain, with not much thought given to either his origin or his potential. He made his...
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Speak, Lockjaw! Speak, Boy!
In the third issue of The Thing, published in late 1983, you may remember writer John Byrne coming up with this interesting twist to the Inhumans' dimension-traveling dog, Lockjaw, where he becomes an...
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The World's Fastest Man--Or Not
Gosh--ordinarily, this would make a great "Avengers charging into battle" scene, wouldn't it?But actually, it's more like four against one, as the Avengers are out to get one of their own:Remember the...
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Thing's Best Friend
One of the most delightful Marvel tales you'll read comes from the the 2005-2006 series, The Thing, which finds Ben Grimm dealing with his status as a billionaire. In issue #4, writer Dan Slott covers...
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Cuando Contraataca El Matador!
Remember the Masked Matador? Wh... you don't?? Why, he was one of Daredevil's most powerful foes!But Daredevil himself probably holds the same opinion of the Matador as you and I:The Matador got his...
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The Hero Who Wouldn't Die!
When "The Sensational NEW"Captain Marvel ended its five-issue run in late 1970 with issue #21, you can't say they didn't send him out with a bang:Issue #17, which began the adventures of Mar-vell in...
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The Night-Staker!
For those of you who have ever tuned in episodes of the mid-'70s series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, it was just a year after the show ended when writer Marv Wolfman cooked up a clever story which paid...
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Who? What? When? Where? Why??
Wow! Look at all the compelling questions this comic cover is asking:The Avengers sure look like they have a lot going on. Can this one story answer all of these questions? Well, the cover boldly says,...
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"That sly come hither stare... that strips my conscience bare..."
Can YOUName This Marvel Villain??I don't suppose you'd choose a name like Suprema for yourself if you have low self-esteem. On the contrary, this villain was confident enough to aim high with her...
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The Deadly Return of--You Guessed It--Ulik!
I don't know what it is with these two. When it comes to Thor and Ulik, their encounters boil down to a vicious cycle of one knock-down drag-out after another, with emphasis on the "vicious." Ulik is...
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And To The Lab Table I Return
It's the year 2032--and when a team of Avengers arrives back at their mansion after a mission, the passing of decades has naturally brought changes to its membership:Thor, the Vision, and Jocasta are...
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The Hammer and the Hellfire!
Or: "Time Waits For No Man, But It'll Slow To A Crawl for a Thunder God"We've already looked at three battles involving Thor, God of Thunder, and Ulik, the most powerful troll in King Geirrodur's troll...
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Flame ON, Already
Oh, no! The country is in the grip of a polar vortex! What's a Marvel reader to do??Pour on the ice, that's what! Let's start with:The original (chronologically, that is) Jack Frost!Iceman!The evilJack...
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Beware the Troll Supreme!
Ah, the best laid plans of gods and nurses. It's a well-know fact that things can sometimes happen to throw a wrench into a "date night" with your lady love. But spotting a troll army in Central Park...
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My Sweetheart--My Killer!
Given how much enjoyment comics companies have given their readers, and all the creative people busting their butts to put the issues on the racks that you and I devour, it's never pleasant to point...
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I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone
Can YOUName This Marvel Villain??You don't really need a crash course on Dr. Strange's involved conflict with the Undying Ones to get a handle on the Night-Crawler, who had the name long before Kurt...
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