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The Question (1987)

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Created by writer-artist Steve Ditko, the Question first appeared in Charlton Comics‘ Blue Beetle #1 (June 1967). The character was acquired by DC Comics in the early 1980s and incorporated into the DC Universe.

The Question’s secret identity was originally Vic Sage. However, after the events of the 2006–2007 miniseries 52, Sage’s protégé Renee Montoya took up his mantle and became his successor. Following the DC relaunch The New 52, Sage is reintroduced as a government agent.

As conceived by Ditko, the Question was an adherent of objectivism during his career as a minor Charlton hero, much like Ditko’s earlier creation, Mr. A. In a 1987–1990 solo series from DC, the character developed a Zen-like philosophy.

 

What If? V12 (2015)

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In October 2015 Marvel released another five-part series of stories under the What If? banner, this time focused on the 2013 event Infinity which saw the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Inhumans and other groups dealing with a combined threat of a universal incursion by the race the Builders and an attack on Earth by Thanos and his forces. Each issue is a one-shot, and the first four explore a different outcome to the event. The fifth, What If? Infinity: Dark Reign, presents a world in which Norman Osborn and the Dark Avengers had acquired the Infinity Gauntlet during the Dark Reign event.

Michael Moorcock’s, Elric (1983)

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Story by Roy Thomas, adapting the novel Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock. Art by P. Craig Russell and Michael T. Gilbert. Prince Yyrkoon, cousin of Elric believes he should be on the throne of Melnibone, not Elric. While he plots, Elric and his lover Cymoril take a trip to the beach, where Elric dreams of the past, and fears for the future.

Mighty Avengers V2 (2013)

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The team was relaunched in September 2013 under the creative team of Al Ewing and Greg Land. The new team is more street-level, and is led by Luke Cage. The team contains new versions of Ronin, White Tiger and Power Man, plus Blue Marvel, the Superior Spider-Man, She-Hulk, Spectrum, and the Falcon. It ran for fourteen issues.

Elf Warrior (1987)

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Elf Warrior was a four-issue, black-and-white fantasy that ran during 1987. The first adventures of Stormcrest, the Elf Warrior, can be found in the pages of The Adventurers #1.

An evil overlord named Darkos wants to conquer a place called the Brightland, inhabited by humans. Fearful of almost certain destruction, the humans ask their neighbors, the elves, to aid in the defense of the Brightland. Although the leader of the elves refuses, the elves’ greatest warrior, Stormcrest, can see that the destruction of the humans’ territory will bring Darkos to their door. Stormcrest convinces the Woodland Guard, the elves’ elite fighting force, to fight Darkos. To win the battle, they must risk entering the dreaded home of Darkos, facing terrors almost beyond imagining.

Uncanny X-Men V5 (2018)

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Announced in August 2018, Uncanny X-Men (vol. 5) debuted November 14, 2018, with the weekly 10-part “X-Men: Disassembled” arc and follows on from the events of the Extermination miniseries. After this volume, all X-Men titles were cancelled and two intertwining six-issue miniseries written by Jonathan Hickman, called “House of X” and “Powers of X“, began a weekly run in July 2019 and concluded on October of the same year.

Deadman: Love after Death (1989)

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Death is the loneliest state of existence, a fact that Boston Brand never stopped to consider…at least not until he died. But after an assassin’s bullet cuts down the famed circus aerialist, Deadman learns the hard way what it’s like to be truly alone and all he can do is pray that he would one day find love after death. Investigating an abandoned circus in the Wisconsin Northwoods, Deadman comes upon another ghost…the spirit of a female aerialist who was rumored to have been murdered by her husband, the owner of the circus. The two spirits fall in love…but even death can’t protect her from her still-living husband’s jealousy as he unleashes a horde of side show horrors to keep them apart. But that’s only the tip of the supernatural iceberg and something even more sinister is under way.

Painkiller Jane (1996)

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Painkiller Jane was created by Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada for Event Comics in 1995. Originally a five-issue mini-series, the character went on to star in numerous crossover titles with the likes of the Punisher, Vampirella, and Hellboy.

After Event comics, the character was exclusively written by Jimmy Palmiotti and drawn by various artists as it jumped from publisher to publisher. The series relaunched at Dynamite Entertainment with the first mini-series selling out. After that Icon- an independent label for creator owned work at Marvel comics, published two mini-series. The character then came back to PaperFilms, a company owned by Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner where it is currently published. Painkiller Jane has been published all over the world in at least 8 languages to date. The comics have been the basis for a film and television series and is currently in development with Jessica Chastain.

Annihilation (2006)

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205 days after Annihilation Day, Richard Rider has formed an army, the United Front, to oppose the Annihilation Wave. His land-based army includes Drax, Gamora, Ronan the Accuser and Peter Quill, while his outer space forces consist primarily of Firelord, Red Shift and Stardust. They capture one of Annihilus’ queens, who reveals that Thanos, Tenebrous and Aegis had attacked and incapacitated Galactus and the Silver Surfer. Believing the Power Cosmic to be within his grasp, Annihilus orders his troops to kill the remaining former Heralds of Galactus.

Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris (2011)

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Dejaj Thoris is a prominent character in Dynamite Entertainment‘s 2010-11 comic miniseries Warlord of Mars, based on A Princess of Mars. She first appears in issue 4. Dejah Thoris is also the main character of the Dynamite spinoff comic Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris, which ran 37 issues. Set 400 years before A Princess of Mars, the first story arc portrays Dejah’s role in the rise to power of the Kingdom of Helium, as well as her first suitor. The second story arc will depict her as the “Pirate Queen of Mars”, other story arcs are: “The Boora Witch”, “The Pirate Men of Saturn”, “The Rise of the Machine Men”, “The Phantoms of Time”, and “Dual to the Death”. Each were collected into a trade paperback. The entire series is being collected into a series of omnibus volume, the first collecting the first 20 issues. There was also 2 other mini-series, the 4-issue Dejah Thoris and the White Apes of Mars (2012) and the 12-issue Dejah Thoris and the Green Men of Mars (2013–14).