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Gene Colan's Dr. Doom: King vs. King!
Having previously taken a look at artist Gene Colan's early work with the Master of the Mystic Arts, Doctor Strange, it seems only fitting that we sample the other end of the spectrum and bring...
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Gene Colan's Dr. Doom: Who Shall Possess The Dream Stone?
While some of us may remember writer Gerry Conway's treatment of Dr. Doom from his run on Fantastic Four, his first crack at the character appears to have taken place in the pages of Astonishing Tales...
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Gene Colan's Dr. Doom: The Living Prison!
Having looked at artist Gene Colan's work with Doctor Doom from 1971 as it appeared in Astonishing Tales, followed by a three-part Sub-Mariner story from 1972 where Doom came into conflict with...
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Destroyer! Destroyer!
Let's get right to the pulse-pounding action, shall we?It all begins with this shy, mild-mannered fellow.Who has serious anger management issues.It's not too many of us who would choose to blow off...
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The Recycled Vengeance Of The Destroyer!
It's hard to believe that the Destroyer--a raging powerhouse whose sole purpose in life was to put an end to Thanos, the mad Titan--would once again want to seek out Captain Marvel with the intent of...
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"Slay Your Enemies!"
If you ever looked for a brief change of scenery outside of the regular comics titles you picked up, and yet didn't really want to make a commitment beyond a few issues, you probably sampled a few of...
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At The Will Of Doom!
After foiling a scheme by Doctor Doom that transferred the villain's mind to the body of Daredevil and vice versa, in order to facilitate a scheme of revenge against the Fantastic Four (because...
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The Man And The Monarch!
The Stan Lee Meets... series from 2006 was, in Marvel's promotional words, "a series of stand-alone specials celebrating the 65th Anniversary of Stan Lee's employment at Marvel!" Perhaps "association...
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A Star Is Shorn
We can probably all agree that, aside from her status as one of Captain Marvel's first Earth contacts in the Kree soldier's premiere appearances from the late 1960s (and continuing into his first...
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You Will Become One With The Brood
Even your humble host here at the PPC isn't audacious enough to catalog all of the instances where the crippled founder of the X-Men, Charles Xavier, has regained the use of his legs only to eventually...
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The Vengeance of the Devil Incarnate!
It's been almost six years since our PPC profile on Cyrus Black, the so-called "Devil Incarnate" who had so desperately sought to prove his mettle as a sorcerer by defeating Stephen Strange. Black's...
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"I Fall To Pieces... Each Time I See You Again..."
The combination of being the daughter of General "Thunderbolt" Ross and watching the one you love endure a hunted existence as the Hulk would probably drive anyone over the edge sooner or later--but...
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The Clothes Make The Angel
Where YOU Weigh In on the Pros and Cons of a Character's New AttireFEATURING: The High-Flying Angel Many early readers of Marvel books met Warren Worthington III while he was a card-carrying member...
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The Most Important Choice Of All
Aside from their obvious differences in character and background, Thor and the Silver Surfer have one distinctive feature in common: they are both reviled by the demon, Mephisto, for their nobility and...
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"I, Reed Richards, Being Of Sound Mind And Body..."
Back when MTV was having a heyday with its successful "Unplugged" series of performances, Marvel Editor-In-Chief Mark Gruenwald threw his weight behind producing two 6-issue titles in the mid-1990s...
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"War!" Cries The Raven!
Having just recently taken a glimpse at the original Red Raven, it's almost regrettable that we must follow up with the character by witnessing the finish of his all-too-brief career in a Sub-Mariner...
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The Day Reed Richards Died!
It was something of an eye-opener being witness to the reading of the last will and testament of Reed Richards--but what were the circumstances that led to such an extraordinary gathering?Please take...
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Once More--The Fantastic Four!
Given the grim subject matter, it's probably best if we do a brief visual recap of where we left things last time. And what a visual:Having witnessed the death of Reed Richards at (literally) the hand...
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