Secret Wars II #9 - Part Two

In the last blog post we left you with The Beyonder deciding that everything is still shit and there's no way he can make it better for himself by being mortal because (quite reasonably, based on his general behaviour and demeanour) everyone thinks he's a twat, and some of those people are quite powerful. So he (again) is contemplating just destroying everything, because fuck everyone else, right?

Secret Wars II #9 - Part One

In 1984 Marvel published Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars, a massive toy advert limited series in which several heroes and villains are whisked away to another world to do battle with each other for the amusement of a being called The Beyonder.

A year later Secret Wars II became the first Marvel Comics Event, with not only a limited series but also an extended storyline that was woven into almost every published title of the time. Now, I could spend time going through the whole thing, but frankly that would take ages and I can't be arsed, so I'm skipping ahead to issue #9 of the main series, which I am assured is proper batshit and probably far more entertaining to write about than Daredevil #1 is proving to be.

Fantastic Four Annual #6 - Part Two

In Part One of this review we left our heroes escaping the power-mad clutches of Annihilus with the Cosmic Control Rod as he prepared to unleash the fearsome Borers upon them...

Fantastic Four Annual #6 - Part One

After my last blogpost I decided to take a break from being mean about classic Marvel comics to prepare for the birth of my daughter, who joined us on a Tuesday in June (therefore not interrupting my Monday comic reading on Marvel Unlimited). So it seems appropriate that I mark my return to this endeavour with the comic that introduced Marvel's first baby: the Fantastic Four Annual #6.

Champions #1

Having spent all this time with the Avengers and Doctor Strange it's time, on request from one of my loyal toleraters, to delve into one of the lesser known Marvel teams: The Champions. Featuring two X-Men, a former assassin, a demonic biker and a Greek god this is already about as batshit as we'd expect from 70s Marvel, so without further ado let's turn the pages of Champions #1!

Avengers #4

To us the ever-changing line up of the Avengers is nothing new. We live in an age where even fucking Deadpool can join, and if there aren't at least two Pandering To SJWs characters for bitter old white guys to get angry about the creative team just aren't trying hard enough. But we're not interested in all that now, because today I am going to analyse the very first time a new member joined the team in Avengers #4...

Captain America Comics #1

Once upon a time, an improbably haired shouty man democratically gained power and then used that power to pursue an agenda of xenophobia and self-interest. But that's enough about Donald Trump, as today I take you back to a time when a person could punch a Nazi without being told that, actually, it was THEM who's the real Nazi. A time before Marvel comics even existed. Today, I bring you the birth of Captain America!