Another interlude already! This time out, we’ll look at 2 more issues of FF, and take a brief look at what’s going on in the Captain America tie-ins, because… well, because of…
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New Avengers 21
I decided to do it. I’ve decided to look at each tie-in I own and see if they merit inclusion beyond New Avengers, also. But New Avengers for sure. Each issue of…
Civil War 1
Civil War. We made it. Not since Secret Wars II has a crossover engulfed nearly the entire Marvel publishing line, but after the runaway success of this one, it will be the…
Avengers 503 & Finale
Big finish! Yes, really, this story is only 4 issues. Just maximum carnage in minimal space. It opens with a flashback drawn by Olivier Coipel. Real “pre-2012 depictions of women in comics”…
Avengers 502
I mean, haven’t enough of them died already? Jack of Hearts came back and re-died, Ant-Man died, Vision died as much as an android can. And a few of the non-dead ones…
UXM 38 & 39
Wolverine is all face on this cover. This was one of Finch’s early weaknesses, he drew people’s heads too small, like there wasn’t enough room in their skull for a brain. I…
MTU 071
(One of 77) MTU 69’s letter column said that, while the details were up in the air, if things worked out right, MTU 71 was gonna be the craziest issue ever. Instead,…
Dead Man’s Hand
So, just to recap: Gerry Conway made a story about clones. And then Bill Mantlo made a story about a failed clone named Carrion. And then Conway came back and was like…
MTU 139
Not Al Milgrom’s finest hour, this cover. The longer you look at that Spider-Man, the wonkier it gets. Maybe he was especially overworked this month. Looks like an explosive time for our…