Civil War is encompassing the entire Marvel Universe and the effects of the war are being felt by every hero, villain, and civilian. Civil War: Choosing Sides One-Shot features five stories that shine a spotlight on the wildcards and impact players whose part in the Civil War has yet to be told, including Daredevil/Iron Fist, U.S. Agent, the Irredeemable Ant Man, Venom, and even…Howard the Duck!?
Eddie Brock, Spider-Man, and the Scarlet Spider were attempting to stop a symbiote invasion of Earth only to be transported to an alien world by a stargate. It is a world that has been completely taken over by symbiotes.
Onyx Overlord is a four-issue mini-series that takes place on an asteroid which holds alternate dimensions in the same place and at the same time. The place is called the Airtight Garage and was created by the mysterious Major Grubert. Grubert keeps tabs on his dimensions from his spaceship, the Ciguri. When an alien presence threatens the Airtight Garage, Grubert employs the help of his Fractal Police squad. The squad, led a man named Dalxtrey, joins forces with a professional tracker named Finnegan. Finnegan is a tough woman who can hold her own in battle and then some. They’ll need all the skills they can muster to combat their arch enemy, a gigantic black figure named the Onyx Overlord.
This series was created by comic legend, Moebius, with scripts by R.J.M. Lofficier and art by Jerry Bingham.
Stray Toasters is a four-issue comic book mini-series created, written and illustrated by Bill Sienkiewicz and published by Marvel Comics‘s imprint Epic Comics in 1988. Although it was critically acclaimed, it never reached widespread circulation like Sienkiewicz’s later works.
The story revolves around criminal psychologist Egon Rustemagik and his investigation of a serial killer who seems to be targeting women.
Morbius was revived in the 1992 series Morbius the Living Vampire, launched as part of the “Rise of the Midnight Sons” crossover story arc in Marvel’s supernatural/horror comics. It ran for 32 issues (Sept. 1992–April 1995). These later stories add to his repertoire of powers the ability to hypnotize others and describe his ability to fly as psionic in nature.
The characters joined forces and secretly work behind the scenes. The Illuminati was established to exist (via story retcon) in their first published appearance in New Avengers #7 (July 2005), written by Brian Michael Bendis. Their history was discussed in the special New Avengers: Illuminati (May 2006). The group was revealed to have been formed very shortly after the Kree-Skrull War.
This one-shot issue was published in March 1993. The story was originally published in graphic-novel form in 1991 as Avengers-Deathtrap: The Vault (1991), but was later reprinted under the Venom label. As a result, the fictional events precede those of Venom: Lethal Protector and are referenced in that series. The issue follows a supervillain prison outbreak at The Vault, led by Brock, that allows the inmates to overrun the prison and take its staff hostage. The Avengers and Freedom Force attempt to defeat the villains in a race against time because the prison’s final fail-safe, a powerful explosive device, has been activated by Vault warden Truman Marsh.
The series was initially written by Steve Englehart and drawn by Al Milgrom and Joe Sinnott. It was the first spin-off series for the Avengers. From issue #42 to 57 the title was written and illustrated by John Byrne. The series was renamed Avengers West Coast on the cover of issue #47 (August 1989) and in the indicia in issue #48 (September 1989). Writers Roy and Dann Thomas and artist Paul Ryan became the new creative team with issue #60 and Dave Ross replaced Ryan with issue #71. The second series was accompanied by eight annuals published from 1986 to 1993.
Writer Brian K. Vaughan has claimed that he had only planned to write Runaways for six months (six issues), but because of the popularity of the series and new ideas from Vaughan, Marvel decided to continue issuing it on a monthly basis.[4] In 2007, Brian K. Vaughan announced his departure from Runaways, deciding to leave the series at the top of its game.[7] Longtime Runaways-fan Joss Whedon was hand-picked by Vaughan to write an arc and finish the second volume; although Whedon had declined at first, he later accepted.
Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme, ran 90 issues (November 1988 – June 1996). The initial creative team was writer Peter B. Gillis and artists Richard Case and Randy Emberlin, with storylines often spanning multiple issues. Strange lost the title of “Sorcerer Supreme” in issues #48-49 (Dec. 1992 – Jan. 1993) when he refused to fight a war on behalf of the Vishanti, the mystical entities that empower his spells. During this time the series became part of the “Midnight Sons” group of Marvel’s supernatural comics. Doctor Strange found new sources of magical strength in the form of chaos magic, as well as a magic construct he used as a proxy. He would form the Secret Defenders with a rotating roster of heroes, and reunite with the original Defenders. Strange regained his title in Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #80 (August 1995).
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