The Shi’ar resurrect the dormant Phoenix Force prematurely and without a host, in hopes of destroying it. The Phoenix escapes to Earth where it resurrects Jean Grey and forcefully bonds with her again, despite Jean’s pleas that it is “too early.” Written by Greg Pak with art by Greg Land.
Greg Pak said “The biggest new character is actually the Phoenix Force it/herself, whom we’re exploring as a thinking, learning sentient creature with a big and terrifying and moving emotional arc of her own.”
In 1995, Marvel Comics issued a Gargoyles comic book series which ran for 11 issues. A 12th issue, to be entitled “The Day the Sun Kissed the Earth!!” was announced at the end of Issue 11, but never published. The books did not directly follow the continuity of the series, but they did reference specific events that took place within it. The Marvel series was tonally darker than the television series, dealing largely with Xanatos‘ experiments to create creatures and machines to defeat the Gargoyles. Greg Weisman, television series co-creator, did not have any direct involvement in the story development of the comic series, but was consulted on some plot points to be sure it stayed within certain boundaries.
Nightstalkers, published by Marvel Comics from 1992 to 1994, featured a trio of occult experts reluctantly banded together to fight supernatural threats. Operating under the business name Borderline Investigations, the team was composed of the vampire–hunters Blade and Frank Drake, who had fought Count Dracula in the 1970s series The Tomb of Dracula; and private detective Hannibal King, also introduced in that previous series, a “neo-vampire” with vampiric abilities but only a craving, not a need, for drinking blood. They are gathered by Doctor Strange in Nightstalkers #1 (Nov. 1992) to battle an immediate threat, but under Strange’s larger, hidden agenda.
Blade vol. 4 by writer Christopher Hinz and artist Steve Pugh, ran six issues, published by Marvel MAX in 2002. It was launched during the time that Blade II was in the theater.
Explore the world of Moebius’s Airtight Garage in this limited series of all-new adventures! A young artist joins a group of soldiers who embark on the greatest adventure of their lives! Plus: an all-new tale of Major Grubert.
The team first appears in The Mighty Avengers #1 (May 2007), written by Brian Michael Bendis and pencilled and inked by Frank Cho. The roster, led by Ms. Marvel, also consisted of Ares, Black Widow, Iron Man, Sentry, Wasp and Wonder Man. In the wake of the superhero “Civil War“, Iron Man recruits Ms. Marvel as leader of the revamped team. Together they select the first roster.
Exploding out of the pages of SECRET WARS, one of the most popular super heroes in the world gets a gigantic new series. From the creators that brought you ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN comes new armor, new supporting cast, new villains and a new purpose that is going to tear itself across the entire Marvel Universe and beyond. Also, who are Tony’s biological parents? The quest begins here!
Man-Thing’s solo title ran 22 issues (Jan. 1974 – Oct. 1975). Following Morrow, the main series’ primary pencillers were, successively, Val Mayerik, Mike Ploog, John Buscema, and Jim Mooney. A sister publication was the larger, quarterly Giant-Size Man-Thing #1-5 (August 1974 – August 1975), which featured 1950s horror-fantasy and 1960s science fiction/monster reprints as back-up stories, with a Howard the Duck feature added in the final two issues. The unintentional double entendre in the sister series’ title became a joke among comics readers.
While she frequently appears as a member of a team, such as the Avengers West Coast and Force Works, Julia Carpenter starred in her own four-part Spider-Woman miniseries which explained her origin and the origin of her enemies, Death Web. As Spider-Woman, Carpenter has appeared as a starring character in Avengers West Coast and Force Works as well as a supporting character in the third Spider-Woman series, whose main character was Mattie Franklin.
The four-issue series revolves around the Punisher hunting down a former 1960s radical who was released from prison only to be horribly disfigured when a bomb he and his friend were working on exploded. After exposure to toxic waste, the disfigured radical becomes almost unkillable due to the chemicals mutating him, giving him an accelerated healing factor.
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