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The Sub-Mariner Strikes!
It's interesting to read Fantastic Four #147 in hindsight, since we already know what Namor, the Sub-Mariner, is up to when he makes a blatantly aggressive move against the FF. And if you aren't aware...
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When Awakens Wonder Man!
Notwithstanding the glimpse we saw of him as part of a plot involving the Grim Reaper which bargained to restore him to life, it took twelve years to the month for Marvel to truly resurrect the...
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The Vipers of Venomm!
In Part 1 of writer Don McGregor's story in Jungle Action which, collectively, came to be known as "Panther's Rage," we saw the Black Panther face the formidable threat of Killmonger, only to be hurled...
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Yuck! It's The Return Of The Glob!
It didn't seem likely that the incredible Hulk and the muck-monster known as the Glob would ever have a rematch, considering the burning swamp waters that appeared to seal the Glob's fate in their last...
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"Draw!" Cries The Stranger!
One of the "strangest" battles in comics (and it has some competition), 1976's "Shoot-Out at the O.K. Space Station!" is a bit of harmless fun on the part of writer Steve Englehart and artist Al...
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The Tomb of Diablo!
The ambitious alchemist known as Diablo, introduced in late 1964, went on to have a successful run in Marvel's line of comics well into the next few decades--not bad for a villain whose primary ability...
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Only The Strong Survive!
Following the Paris trial of the mutant known throughout the world as Magneto, the villain set aside his villainy for a time and became Headmaster of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters while Charles...
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...If The Avengers Should Fail!
There was no shortage of Marvel inventory stories in the '70s and '80s, though I've always been curious as to how and why such stories turn out to be set aside in the first place. You could almost hear...
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This Hero Forsaken!
Whether we're talking about Leonard Tippit, Jason Beere, Yandroth, or some other poor devil, the idea of a single individual being responsible for the destruction of the Earth has proven to be very...
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Play It Again, Sue
In the earliest stories of Fantastic Four which featured the Sub-Mariner, readers were strung along as a love triangle developed between Namor, Sue Storm, and Reed Richards, with Sue finding it...
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...And Spidey Makes Five!
We've previously seen a part of Fantantic Four history which dealt with the conflicted feelings of Sue Storm, the Invisible Girl, in regard to both Reed Richards and Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner. And...
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Who Was My Killer??
As disappointing as it was as a comics reader to run into an inventory story that put the brakes on a major story arc and ended up making the inventory story itself the fall guy, in retrospect it's...
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The Day Of The Defenders!
It's unclear whether or not Dr. Strange had the good sense to take further steps in securing the Omegatron--the doomsday device created by the scientist/sorcerer known as Yandroth to explode the...
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Malice By Crimson Moonlight!
Continuing our look at the Black Panther's story arc from 1973-75, Panther's Rage, we last saw the Panther confront and defeat an agent of his mortal enemy, Erik Killmonger--the man called Venomm, who...
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Pilgrims Everywhere Are Curious
Those of you who read Marvel Feature #1 (and/or the scintillating PPoC post reviewing it) which presented the debut of the dynamic Defenders may have been wondering about the very strange inking work...
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...All She Desires!
There were so many characters who were participants in the first Secret Wars series of the early 1980s--and yet, in the midst of the mob, there was the Enchantress, who seemed at loose ends in this...
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From The Grave Comes... Death!
With the capture of both Malice and Venomm, the Black Panther perhaps has reason to believe he's making headway in defeating the plans of Erik Killmonger, the man who has come to Wakanda to overthrow...
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The End Of... SHIELD!?
If you were around in 1966, you had a lot more to be worried about than the Vietnam War, Batman's latest death trap, New York's striking public transportation workers, the flooding of Florence, China's...
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