In the Marvel Universe, a Refresher Course in Science goes a Long Way

[shakalooloo]

This came to mind after thinking on the recent flooding of the Baxter Building with sand. Didn't that happen once before? Yes, it did. This was the story that took place in 'Fantastic Four' #61, the issue after the conclusion to the Galactus story, and Doctor Doom stealing the Power Cosmic.

How can one top that? How can Jack and Stan raise the bar with an even more threatening villain? Well, the answer is also a lesson that eXtReMe makeovers of characters with suits of armour was not just a nineties trend, but one with a presence all the way back in 1967...

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Big Girls #4, #5, #6

[shakalooloo]

Only recently realised that I didn't finish posting the latter half of the first volume of the 'Big Girls' series from Image, written and illustrated by Jason Howard. Excuses, excuses, but when lockdown hit at the end of last year I didn't get to my friendly local comic shop, ended up getting the TPB before the individual issues...

Whatever. The important thing is the pinnacle achievement in human imagination: giant women.




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Campisi: The Dragon Incident is a modern-day crime story with a dragon.

[thanekos]

It's written by James Patrick, who's done similar work previously in Kaiju Score.

This story's big monster is rooted in the past. Issue #1 opens in that past, with the " last of [the dragons] " meeting with some humans.

The subject of their meeting was the truce between dragons and humans.

( The humans were the ones raising the question. )

X-Men Unlimited #3 (2021)

[laughing_tree]

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Spectacular Spider-Man #200

[cyberghostface]

“You’ve got two best friends who truly love each other but are also mortal enemies. If that isn’t a recipe for great drama, what is? Harry and Peter are both very complex people, which meant that while the superhero action played out there was lots of room for psychological and emotional exploration.” -- J.M. DeMatteis

Spectacular Spider-Man #200 is in my opinion one of the best Spider-Man issues of all time. Unfortunately Marvel seems to be intent on destroying its legacy; first by cheapening it by undoing Harry's death and then with Nick Spencer trying to 'fix' it by revealing that Harry was dead all along but he went to Hell and came back as a centipede-infested corpse-thing.

Nevertheless with Spencer's run concluding this week, let's take a look back...

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