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TSMack reviewed Daredevil #49 May 8, 2024
7.0

(Cover Date: February, 1969)

Summary: Matt decides to give up being DD due to always sacrificing his love for Karen & his friendship with Foggy. When he is about to put his costume away in the closet, he finds a robot waiting inside. He fights back against the powerful robot, but he is eventually knocked unconscious. As the robot carries Matt away, it hears Willie Lincoln & his dog more

Daredevil #49

By: Stan Lee, Gene Colan

Tired of being Daredevil, Matt Murdock decides to pack up the super hero suit. Before the dust can settle, Daredevil’s attacked by Starr Saxon’s robot! But who put out the hit? Willie Lincoln to the (unexpected) rescue.

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TSMack reviewed Captain Marvel #10 May 8, 2024
7.5

(Cover Date: February, 1969)

Summary: On the ship's video screen, Yon-Rogg & Una watch Mar-Vell & Carol kiss on Earth. On his return to the ship, Mar-Vell is given an assignment from Ronan to learn about The Organization as a prelude to forming an alliance with them. Number One executes Number 23 with the Eon-Ray for his failure to capture or kill Lawson. Mar-Vell & Carol bail out o more

Captain Marvel #10

By: Arnold Drake, Don Heck

After failing another attempt in proving his worth to the Kree by forging an alliance with the Organization, Ronan orders to have Mar-Vell executed.

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TSMack reviewed Captain America #110 May 8, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: February, 1969)

Summary: Steve Rogers is out for an evening stroll when the Hulk bursts through a wall, pursued by soldiers. The Hulk is hit by an ionic energy cannon. Rick Jones shows up while Cap is fighting against the Hulk. Rick tries to calm the Hulk but is knocked out when the Hulk destroys the cannon. Hulk then leaps away. Cap takes Rick to Avengers Mansion to more

Captain America #110

By: Stan Lee, Jim Steranko

When a skirmish between the Hulk and Captain America leaves Rick Jones injured, Cap is left with a choice: bring Jones to safety or pursue the Jade Giant?

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TSMack reviewed Avengers #61 May 7, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: February, 1969)

Summary: Black Panther recharges the Vision with solar energy through the jewel on his forehead. Dr. Strange appears in his astral form & says that he needs the Avengers' help in order to save the world. He leads them to a graveyard where the Black Knight lies in a coma. Strange relates how BK was hit by a mystic bolt from the Crystal of Conquest by Mard more

Avengers #61

By: Roy Thomas, John Buscema

While tending to the Vision, Black Panther and Hawkeye are visited by an astral form of Dr. Strange! What does the Sorcerer Supreme need from the Avengers? And why is Black Knight in danger?

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TSMack reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #69 May 7, 2024
7.5

(Cover Date: February, 1969)

Summary: Spidey looks for the Kingpin after he stole the clay tablet from the ESU Exhibition Hall. While waiting, Kingpin slaps a henchman after he mentions his wife. The protesters, including Randy Robertson, are interrogated by the police as to whether they were working with the Kingpin. Gwen gets into a spat with the protesters outside when they menti more

Amazing Spider-Man #69

By: Stan Lee, John Romita Sr.

Scouring the city for the Kingpin, Spider-Man's on a mission to retrieve the ancient tablet that was stolen. But will the police look to Spider-Man as an ally…or a menace?

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TSMack reviewed X-Factor #19 May 6, 2024
7.5

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: While Jean & Scott clean up the debris on the roof from their prior conflict, Scott wonders out loud if he should leave or if the team should be disbanded. Hank, Bobby & Caliban are looking for Boom-Boom, but Bobby is having trouble controlling his powers due to Loki. On the ship, Apocalypse's three Horsemen squabble amongst themselves. He sends th more

X-Factor #19

By: Louise Simonson, Walt Simonson
Released: Jul 29, 1987

X-Factor against the Horsemen of Apocalypse! Can the mutant heroes withstand their destructive powers?

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TSMack reviewed West Coast Avengers #23 May 6, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: Hank Pym works with Reed Richard to repair the FF's time machine. In ancient Egypt, the team fights against Rama-Tut's loyalists, & they retreat to safety in the temple of Khonshu. Based some mental prodding by Khonshu, Hawkeye decides to work on weapons that will later be used by Moon Knight. While Hank & Reed work, Moon Knight thinks about his h more

West Coast Avengers #23

By: Steve Englehart, Al Milgrom

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TSMack reviewed Web of Spider-Man #29 May 6, 2024
7.5

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: Peter attends Ned's funeral & sees Betty home afterwards. He blames himself for Ned's death. Richard Fisk is questioned by Joy Mercado as to why he is at the funeral. Richard tells Alfredo & Dina about his former business relationship with the Hobgoblin. As Keating & Kingsley are arguing about going to prison due to their ties to the Hobgoblin, t more

Web of Spider-Man #29

By: James Owsley, Steve Geiger

Wolverine, no stranger to grief, provides a shoulder of support when Spider-Man is overwrought by Ned Leeds' death.

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TSMack reviewed Uncanny X-Men #220 May 6, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: In a dream world, two eagles interact, symbolizing Storm's & Forge's past relationship. On a mountaintop, Storm tells Wolverine to take over leadership of the X-Men while she goes to see Forge about getting her powers back. In Dallas, she finds his skyscraper empty. She is confronted by Forge's holgrams of her & him & by laser beams from his securi more

Uncanny X-Men #220

By: Chris Claremont, Marc Silvestri
Released: Aug 19, 1987

Storm tasks Wolverine with taking over as leader of the X-Men while she searches for Forge to get him to return her powers. But where is Forge, and why does Naze want to find him so badly?

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TSMack dropped FCBD 2024: Blood Hunt / X-Men from their pull list May 6, 2024

FCBD 2024: Blood Hunt / X-Men

Time once again for a shot of all-new Marvel goodness, absolutely free! First, witness the overture to this summer's major crossover event starring the Avengers - Blood Hunt! And then get a glimpse of the future of mutantkind as Jubilee learns that you cannot go home again!
Exclusive Original Material
Rating: Teen

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TSMack added FCBD 2024: Blood Hunt / X-Men to their pull list May 5, 2024

FCBD 2024: Blood Hunt / X-Men

Time once again for a shot of all-new Marvel goodness, absolutely free! First, witness the overture to this summer's major crossover event starring the Avengers - Blood Hunt! And then get a glimpse of the future of mutantkind as Jubilee learns that you cannot go home again!
Exclusive Original Material
Rating: Teen

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TSMack reviewed Thor #382 May 2, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: Hela summons Loki (in spirit form) to witness her final victory over Thor. Thor, his spirit inside the Destroyer, crashes his way into Hel. Balder, still ill from the plague, confronts the Frost Giants invading Asgard. Thor asks Hela to restore his body, otherwise, he will destroy her realm & her. She refuses, believing he would not destroy the ba more

Thor #382

By: Walt Simonson, Sal Buscema

A giant-sized anniversary spectacular! The Frost Giants lay siege to Asgard, and only Thor can stop them...but he's stuck in the armor of the Destroyer! And only one person can possibly restore the Thunder God to his glory...his most hated enemy, the Prince of Evil himself, Loki!

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TSMack reviewed Strikeforce: Morituri #9 May 2, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: Scatterbrain crashes while pacticing with his flight shoes due to a panìc attack by Scaredycat. The team threatens the guards in front of the room that Adept is being held in. She is studying the data downloaded from the Horde ship. Commander Nion orders the guards to let them in. While they are having pizza together, the alarm sounds. Marathon more

Strikeforce: Morituri #9

By: Peter Gillis, Brent Anderson

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TSMack reviewed Strange Tales #5 May 2, 2024
7.0

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

C&D: 7.0
DS: 7.0

Summary #1: Exterminators spray a poison gas at night to kill an infestation of rats. In his waking dream, Tyrone talks with the disguised Nightmare who wants him to bring Dr. Strange into his dark dimension. Cloak scares a group of people away from their abandoned church who are meeting to express their concerns to an offic more

Strange Tales #5

By: Bill Mantlo, Bret Blevins
Released: May 5, 1987

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TSMack reviewed Silver Surfer #2 May 2, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: SS returns to Zenn-La to find that Shalla-Bal is now the empress of that world. She restored Zenn-La after Galactus devastated it, using the cosmic power that SS had given her. SS restores the home in which he grew up. Shalla meets with a Skrull emissary who wishes to establish a trade agreement. When she declines, the emissary implies that they more

Silver Surfer #2

By: Steve Englehart, Marshall Rogers

Free to travel the cosmos, Surfer makes a triumphant return to Zenn-La. Once there, Norrin discovers that former love Shalla Bal is the newly minted ruler, and has restored the planet to its former glory! But is the romantic reunion too good to be true? Shalla Bal’s priorities have shifted, and Silver Surfer is a shadow of his former self.

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TSMack reviewed Power Pack #31 May 1, 2024
7.0

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: After drug addict, Rip, is shot to death by police after robbing a store, Alex vows to destroy the drug supplier. The Pack follows a drug dealer to his crack house. They go back home, since they need to go to a school play. At the play, Alex feigns illness & goes to the crack house. After the play, the other Power kids say they are sick also & go more

Power Pack #31

By: Louise Simonson, Jon Bogdanove

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8.0

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: When Peter interrupts her phone call with the Foreigner, the Black Cat uses a smoke bomb as a distraction to escape. Before Spidey can pursue her, Flash shows up & wants Peter to go with him to see Betty. Flash uses some tough talk to make Betty realize that Ned is dead. After overhearing Felicia, Peter goes to see Keating. At his desk, Peter ans more

Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #129

By: Peter David, Alan Kupperberg

FRIEND OR FOE? Spider-Man learns he can never trust Black Cat…and finally comes to blows with the Foreigner!

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TSMack reviewed Nightmask #10 May 1, 2024
7.0

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: Nightmask helps a woman overcome her fear of driving after her husband was killed in an accident that she believes was her fault. Lucian receives a letter from a Mambo in Haiti & believes he has been cursed with bad luck for not attending his mother's funeral. Keith dreams of being swallowed by a giant snake & then witnesses a Haitian ritual involv more

Nightmask #10

By: Roy Thomas, Mark Bagley
Released: Apr 28, 1987

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TSMack reviewed New Mutants #54 May 1, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: In the catacombs of the Hellfire Club, Karma possesses Tessa to try to learn the whereabouts of her missing siblings from their computer. No information is found as she is seized by Shaw. Dani & Thunderbird agree to the terms of their contest. Illyana teleports in with their graduation costumes in order to better conceal their identities. Rahne u more

New Mutants #54

By: Chris Claremont, Sal Buscema

Karma acts on the opportunity to use the Hellions to find her lost siblings!

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TSMack reviewed Justice #10 Apr 30, 2024
6.5

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: From Winterland, Damon Conquest prepares for the assault on the Land of Spring. Justice administers justice to a drug dealer. Rebecca tells Damon of her loathing for Justice. Justice is transported to a desert where he is assaulted by Black Justice. Justice prevails by slicing Black Justice into pieces with his Sword. Rebecca looks over the fall more

Justice #10

By: Gerry Conway, Keith Giffen
Released: May 12, 1987

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TSMack reviewed Iron Man #221 Apr 30, 2024
7.5

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: The Ghost returns to his lab to repair his damaged circuits. Iron Man stops the anti-meat lunatic Flex from destroying a burger place. The Ghost crashes a presentation by Tony only to find that Tony is a hologram & the audience are security guards. Iron Man appears but must deal with Anson grenades released by the Ghost at the guards. The Ghost di more

Iron Man #221

By: Bob Layton, Mark Bright

Tony Stark is back in his Iron Man armor and this time he's going to get the Ghost. The Ghost has sworn to destroy all corporations in the name of public service.

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TSMack reviewed Incredible Hulk #334 Apr 30, 2024
7.0

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: Bruce Banner is rescued off the top of a narrow butte by a helicopter. Hulk had left him there before sunrise, so that Banner doesn't work on a cure. Betty is in a hotel room with Ramon. Betty is questioning her marriage to Bruce. At Gamma Base, Rick is determined to be "Hulk free". Bruce, with Rick, confronts Betty in the hotel room. Ramon punc more

Incredible Hulk #334

By: Peter David, Todd McFarlane
Released: Aug 5, 1987

Bruce Banner and Rick Jones go on a city wide search to find Betty Ross...

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TSMack reviewed Fantastic Four #305 Apr 30, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: Crystal arrives at the FF's HQ to see her estranged husband, Quicksilver, who is being detained in a holding cell. The psychopathic Quicksilver assaults her, but she overcomes him with her elemental powers. Ben offers Crystal a position in the FF to replace Reed & Sue. Johnny is angered by Ben's offer to Crystal & gets into a scuffle with Ben. Cry more

Fantastic Four #305

By: Steve Englehart, John Buscema

Torch vs. Thing! With Reed and Susan leaving the team to raise Franklin, it's up to new leader Ben to choose who will fill the gaps! His first pick- Crystal of the Inhumans! But newlywed Johnny's not too pleased about having to work with an old flame!

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TSMack reviewed Fallen Angels #5 Apr 29, 2024
7.0

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: Some team members find that their powers have been inexplicably increased. The Vanisher sends the team out to forage. Boom-Boom & Gomi run into a rogue Jamie. Previously left behind for good reasons, Moon Boy & Devil Dinosaur decide to go out foraging themselves. Alarmed at their absence, team members go look for them. The real Jamie is drawn to more

Fallen Angels #5

By: Jo Duffy, Joe Staton
Released: May 5, 1987

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TSMack reviewed Daredevil #245 Apr 29, 2024
7.5

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

**SPOILERS**

Summary: A man named Wheeler watches two thugs break the legs of a man as a warning to him for not paying his loan back on time. Hearing the man's screams, DD intervenes & takes the thugs out. While DD is attending to the injured man, Wheeler steals cash off of the thugs. Wheeler then proceeds to lose the money gambling. Back home, more

Daredevil #245

By: Ann Nocenti, Chuck Patton

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TSMack reviewed Avengers #282 Apr 29, 2024
8.0

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: Namor is captured by Neptune & is taken to Hades. Namor breaks free from Hades' guardian, Cerberus. A hooded stranger heals his wounds suffered while escaping & tells him the Avengers are being held in the dungeons of Fortress Tartarus. Namor frees the Avengers from their constraints. The Avengers tell Namor that Zeus holds them accountable for t more

Avengers #282

By: Roger Stern, John Buscema

Revenge of the Gods! Namor is captured by Neptune, God of the Sea. After being spirited to the depths of Hades, Namor is saved by a mysterious stranger and is led to the Fortress of Tartarus.

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TSMack reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #291 Apr 29, 2024
7.5

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: MJ turns down Pete's marriage proposal & leaves to see her sister in Pittsburgh. Alistair Smythe sends his new Spider-Slayer to kill Spidey for crippling him in their last encounter. Spidey is saved by a bulldozer driver after the Spider-Slayer gases him. Spidey inflicts additional damage, but the Spider-Slayer gets away. MJ calls Pete to come to more

Amazing Spider-Man #291

By: David Michelinie, Martin

Mary Jane Watson's life is in turmoil- and Peter Parker is the cause! While Mary Jane tries to sort out what she will do next, Spider-Man finds himself face-to-face with a deadly new Spider-Slayer!

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TSMack reviewed Avengers: Twilight #2 Apr 29, 2024
8.5

(Cover Date: March, 2024)

**SPOILERS**

Summary: Cap knocks out two SHIELD soldiers who were harassing a homeless man. At the secret underground base, Rosa tells Cap that he has ruined her life & that they're through as a couple. At the White House, Kyle Jarvis tells the president that they are going to send in the Thunderbolts to deal with the Defenders. Jarvis reminds th more

Avengers: Twilight #2

By: Chip Zdarsky, Daniel Acuna
Released: Jan 31, 2024

With the clock ticking to New Year's Day, and the world against him, CAPTAIN AMERICA must build an army to save America! Will his surviving friends sign up, or is he going to have to lead the ragtag group called THE DEFENDERS against the expert military marksman known as BULLSEYE?
RATED T+

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TSMack reviewed Alpha Flight #49 Apr 28, 2024
7.0

(Cover Date: August, 1987)

Summary: Scramble's touch brings out Whitman Knapp's latent power to split into four separate beings (Manikin). Alpha Flight fight off Omega's attempts to absorb them. Omega destroys Roger Bochs' mind when he begins to rebel against him. Purple Girl gains control of Omega & has him change Madison back to normal. Madison returns to the modified Box robot & more

Alpha Flight #49

By: Bill Mantlo, June Brigman
Released: May 5, 1987

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TSMack reviewed Avengers: Twilight #1 Apr 25, 2024
8.5

(Cover Date: March, 2024)

**SPOILERS**

Summary: An elderly Cap meets with Luke Cage & Matt Murdock in a park. They talk about the current oppressive government while being monitored. A disgusted Cap sees a promo on TV for a documentary on the Red Skull that is sympathetic toward him. Jarvis' brother, Kyle, tells James Stark that the FBI contacted him about Cap's activities more

Avengers: Twilight #1

By: Chip Zdarsky, Daniel Acuna
Released: Jan 17, 2024

In a gleaming new world of prosperity, Captain America is no more. But Steve Rogers still exists, floating through an America where freedom is an illusion, where THE AVENGERS are strangers and his friends are long dead. But is the Dream? How do you assemble Avengers in a world that doesn't want them? PLUS: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of ...

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