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War Between The Realms!
If you were Pluto, permanent custodian and virtual prisoner of the Grecian netherworld, it's not clear what inciting war between Olympus and Asgard would get you as far as freedom from your assigned...
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When Lands The Conqueror!
In the brief history of the original Avengers lineup, surely one of the most memorable stories to this day remains the team's encounter with Kang the Conqueror, their persistent nemesis from the future...
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The Surfer, The Stranger, and The Judgment!
With the world-devouring Galactus having devoured five of the Elders of the Universe in retaliation for their plot to end his existence, Galactus has charged his herald, Nova, to find and retrieve the...
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Lo... The Leader!
 OR: "Holy Crud!"Given the longevity of the mentally mutated menace known as the Leader, and the fact that he's arguably become a staple of Marvel villainy, it's fair to wonder why the man has seldom...
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Beware The Body Snatcher!
With the return of the nefarious Leader, things aren't looking so good for the military personnel stationed at the newly constructed Project Greenskin base, the research/containment facility charged...
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A Tale Of Two Ragnaroks
If you're a longtime Mighty Thor reader, you've been witness on more than one occasion to the Asgardians having to deal with the coming of Ragnarok--the prophesied twilight of the gods when their world...
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"The Final Victory Of Dr. Doom!"
With the successful launch of the first Fantastic Four annual in 1963, FF readers were no doubt looking forward to seeing Marvel deliver on another annual the following year. Needless to say, the...
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Childhood, Interrupted
For a while during the 1970s and into the '80s, it seemed the odds were going to be stacked against Franklin Richards, the son of Sue and Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four, no matter how many readers...
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A World For The Taking!
As if we humans don't have enough to worry about from preying on each other, whether in brutal war or heinous criminal acts, humans in the fictional world of comic books were subject to attack and...
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Worlds Will Fall To... The World Beyond!
Having spent nine years (!) writing the continuous adventures of Thor in Journey Into Mystery, Mighty Thor, fifteen issues of The Avengers, and numerous guest appearances, Stan Lee would relinquish the...
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...In The Cause Of Death!
The universe is in deadly danger! The shadowy hand of the being known as Infinity extends its grip across the stars to engulf world after world, causing them to disappear into its Stygian darkness...
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For My World To Live, Your Children Must Die!
Can YOUName This Marvel Villain??Continued »»»
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The Trials and Tribulations of Iron Man, 1963-1977
When it comes to design and engineering, few would argue that Tony Stark has made his mark in the field and then some, with the Iron Man armor being perhaps his crowning achievement in terms of making...
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The Mission Within The Mission
With Avengers writer Roger Stern establishing his own pace for the book in 1983 as he redefined the characterization and chemistry of the team (while of course providing the adventure and action...
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Lo! The Less-Sinister Lethal Legion!
Having had occasion recently to come across a cover of an unpublished cover of The Avengers from 1970, I found myself asking the same question that usually comes to mind in such instances: What...
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Dr. Strange--Disciple Of Evil!
Other than on rare occasion, you wouldn't be likely to encounter circumstances where Stephen Strange would find cause to clash with the Ancient One, the wise sorcerer who turned his life around and...
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The Frightful Fours
Just how many lineups have the Frightful Four gone through in their nefarious career of frightfulness? Just a glance at one or two Wikis on the subject had your humble host deploying his boot skates...
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World At War!
When one imagines the apocalyptic imagery of an entire world attacking the deadly, galaxy-spanning ravager known as Galactus, it usually takes the form of the planet's desperate population marshaling...
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Elegy For Johnny Storm
Researching for a comics blog tends to take you all over the place in terms of getting the details right, but, given the general time frame of posts appearing in the PPC, it's a rare day when I'll find...
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What's green, immensely strong, leaps, and wears ripped purple pants? Don't...
During his second and final stay at Marvel Comics from mid-1976 to early 1978, Jack Kirby took on a number of creative projects of which he assumed control as both artist and writer, while choosing to...
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