Tel-Kar first appeared in Venom: First Host #1. During the Kree-Skrull War, the Kree, desiring to replicate the Skrull‘s shape-shifting abilities, they obtain the newborn Venom, which had been outcast from the other symbiotes, on Gorr‘s planet where Knull had created the symbiotes. Tel-Kar is recruited to be bonded to the newborn symbiote in order to infiltrate the Skrull army. Tel-Kar’s body is biologically altered so he can have full control over the symbiote’s mind to the point of erasing its memories. He successfully infiltrated the Skrull army discovering various secrets. However he blew his cover up in order to save some Kree refugees and handed the symbiote to them to return it to Hala. Then Tel-Kar was betrayed by Ronan the Accuser who used a Kree Sentry to capture Tel-Kar and was given to the Skrulls as a war criminal. Separated from Tel-Kar after his capture, the symbiote goes on to be bonded to Spider-Man.
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Batman Movie Special (1989)
The comic adaptation of the Hollywood movie by Dennis O’Neil, Jerry Ordway & Steve Oliff.
Dark Reign: Young Avengers (2009)
The 2009 Dark Reign: Young Avengers limited series written by Paul Cornell, and Mark Brooks, introduced a new group consist of Enchantress, Executioner, Coat of Arms, Egghead, Big Zero and team leader Melter, who are powered teens calling themselves the Young Avengers. After Secret Invasion, all the Young Avengers remained under low profile during Norman Osborn’s Dark Reign, who sent this version of Young Avengers and send them to battle only to fall against the original Young Avengers. They join forces with the genuine Young Avengers to battle Norman Osborn‘s Dark Avengers.
Venom Inc. (2018)
Peter Parker, Eddie Brock and Flash Thompson have one major thing in common – the Venom symbiote changed all of their lives. The inky black alien life-form is doubling down on our heroes – and they’re not the only ones about to be put through the ringer. VENOM INC. kicks off here and rolls into AMAZING SPIDER-MAN & VENOM as a familiar face rises to new levels of villainy!
Cable V1 (1993)
Shortly after Blood and Metal, Cable was given his own ongoing series titled Cable. Issue #6 (Dec. 1993) confirmed the character to be Nathan Christopher Summers, the son of Cyclops (Scott Summers) and Madelyne Pryor (Jean Grey‘s clone) who had been taken to the future in X-Factor #68 (July 1991), introduced by writer Chris Claremont, and appeared in Uncanny X-Men #201 (Jan. 1986). The series ran for 107 issues from May 1993 until September 2002 before being relaunched as Soldier X, which lasted 12 more issues until Aug. 2003.
Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage (1995)
Marveldom is in a state of shock after the stunning revelation in Spectacular Spider-Man 226 that Peter Parker is the Spider-Clone! Wow, where does the web-slinger go from here? Meanwhile in Springville, Pennsylvania; the Jackal releases his new and improved Carrion virus and kills the city’s entire population! As news of the massacre spreads, the Scarlet Spider and the New Warriors rush to the keystone state! But so does Spidercide! In a forest just outside of town, the confusing battle takes place! The New Warriors vs. Spidercide vs. the Scarlet Spider! Can Ben Reilly convince the warriors that he’s on their side before Spidercide escapes?
The Question (1987)
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)
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.
Mighty Avengers V2 (2013)
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)
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.
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