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Issue one of the new Ultimates series, already with half a page of backstory to catch up with on the title page - not a good jumping-on point.

Here, as with Spider-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp missed out on their super-hero origin stories thanks to the Maker. Instead, they became a married couple running an exterminator business. Six months ago, Tony Stark gave Hank Pym the 'superpowers in a ball' similar to the one he offered Peter Parker, but it was never cracked open...

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shakalooloo

For those wondering what happened to Skrymir's corpse after Immortal Thor #1, or pondering where Danger is during this whole fall of Krakoa business, turns out they're in Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance #1 this month, an overall very strange issue.

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thanekos

It's Daredevil's enemy Bullseye, seen receiving a book made from a piece of Loki's boat Naglfar at the end of issue #3.

Loki, having retrieved two of the three broken-off-in-issue-#1 pieces, went to get the third from Bullseye.

He met the killer sitting in the aftermath of its use.

( Bullseye met him in turn. )

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Division between man and mutant has increased to levels unprecedented, leading to Captain America forming the Avengers Unity Squad, with an above-average mutant inclusion level. To bring the team's message to the people, they hold a press conference where the team leader gives a speech.

No, wait! Not that one! Alex is on the Dark X-Men team currently, so Captain America will have to stand in to give a speech this time, in the era of the Fall of X...

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shakalooloo

The Hood thinks he's sooooo cool, with his big swirly cloak and two guns. Elsa Bloodstone is not impressed.

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thanekos

The retrieval's on a Kree planet, Kava - the weapon's another piece of Loki's broken boat Naglfar.

The God of Stories, having retrieved one piece in Nidavellir, went to Kava for the second with his friends-from-Young-Avengers-times Hulkling and Wiccan in tow - he'd requested their help, since Kava was part of the Kree/Skrull Alliance.

The three of them were on the planet, in the midst of a festival that abominated a coward and revered a blessing. The coward was Ko-Mir, a hero of the Kree-Skrull War who'd seemingly broken and fled one day - and the blessing was a " private sun " that'd given warmth to the formerly cold Kava, a " migrating gas ball " trapped in the planet's orbit sometime after the slaughter the Skrulls'd visited on a Ko-Mir-less Kava.

( Loki knew that the coward and the sun were connected to each other - and to the Naglfar piece. )

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shakalooloo

Uncanny Avengers (2023) #2

For context, Steve only has a metal arm 'cause that's a brace over his broken bones.

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shakalooloo

As with the Punisher, Ghost Rider works best when going up against the most deplorable adversaries.

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shakalooloo

A long time ago, in a school for the gifted...

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thanekos

In Loki #1, the God of Stories'd gone to the realm of the dwarves because a piece of his creation Naglfar'd ended up there.

He found that what he'd been looking for was now part of an axe - he found that as he was restrained by dwarves.

Semir Thatchbeard, maker and wielder of the Naglfar axe, swung it at Loki's neck.

( Loki shrunk out of the weapon's arc. )

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shakalooloo

So, this issue reveals a hitherto undisclosed part of the Ghost Rider curse: in addition to being compelled to punish those who spill innocent blood, GR must also always act the Good Samaritan, and pick up any hitchhiker they come across. Naturally, this results in a wacky escapade with sliced off faces, bereft of dialogue or sound effects.

On the final two pages, we are introduced to a member of ORCHIS' supernatural division, proving once and for all that the organisation is the friendly face of human superiority.

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shakalooloo

Also, the X-Men save the lives of people that hate and fear them!

X-Men: Before The Fall - Mutant First Strike is probably not going to be the most convoluted title of a book Marvel is going to publish this year, but it's going to give it a try!

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shakalooloo

Ooh, two monthly Ghost Rider titles! Danny Ketch stars in one, in a title set in the past, when he was the sole Ghost Rider, and not every enemy he faced was demonic.

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In the regular, Johnny Blaze-starring, title, Danny in the present day is being used by the FBI to hunt down vampires. Because, I guess, Blade is on vacation or something?

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shakalooloo

In this issue, I turned a page to find a double-page spread advertising Spider-Man's upcoming Dark Web crossover, and I wondered how in the world a story about demons being unleashed merits a tie-in issue with Ms. Marvel, but not Ghost Rider!

But anyway, I'm more annoyed by this issue's clarifications on the limitations of Johnny Blaze's powers.

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So, why am I still reading this series that irritates me so much in places? Well, it still does provide some cool (hot?) visuals:

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shakalooloo

So, we finally learn what fiendish, diabolical scheme allowed the forces of darkness to subvert the Ghost Rider's power through the first arc of this volume. How could they possibly trick veteran demon-fighter and former ruler of Hell Johnny Blaze?

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sadoeuphemist

( from AXIS: Revolutions#1 )

perletwo

So, over in the Flashpoint #5 final pages post a mini-discussion of comicbook moms broke out in the comments. Talk naturally turned to the awesomeness of the Reyes clan and Jaime's mom Bianca Reyes in particular. Oh, the usual suspects were trotted out - "Is. That. A giant. Green. FIST?", "*sniffle* Kick their asses." - and I mentioned that time Bianca took down superpowered thugs with an MRI machine. Response? SCANS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

( Oh, it HAPPENED, all right. )

Hope you survive the reboot, Bianca! Stay awesome!

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Entries tagged with creator: travis lanham

Hank Pym and JVD Join the Ultimates

Ghost Rider and his weird Cameos!

This year's Loki #4 has a magic weapon in the hands of a man who normally improvises.

Speech Time for the Uncanny Avengers

In the Marvel Universe, the Spirit of Halloween is an Extinction-level Threat

This year's Loki #3 has weapons retrieval and acquisition.

Deadpool Gets Serious, and also Gross Nazi Sex

Wolverine and Ghost Rider: someone has to be 'Good Cop'

Professor X is a Jerk... to the Possessed

This year's Loki #2 is weapons-making in Nidavellir.

The Friendly Face of ORCHIS

Nextwave Sound Effects Are Not Dead!

Danny Ketch, Then and Now

Ghost Rider #8 (Legacy #251)

Ghost Rider #7 (Legacy #250, but no special milestone issue...)

Everybody Hates Dr. Strange

Blue Beetle #31: Mama Reyes is Awesome, Part Infinity

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