Wolverine – One-Shots (1990’s)
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I Feel Sick (1999)
I Feel Sick is a comic book created by artist Jhonen Vasquez, with colors by Rosearik Rikki Simons. Published in August 1999 through May 2000, it is a spin-off of Vasquez’s comic book series Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. I Feel Sick revolves around Devi D., who first appeared in Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. Devi, a graphic designer, must face the supernatural and psychological forces that drove Johnny C. to lunacy.
Published by Slave Labor Graphics, it was originally intended as a single paperback but was split into two issues. Vasquez said the creation process of I Feel Sick was cathartic. Devi’s problems working for Nerve Publishing and neglecting her own work are reminiscent of the pressure Vasquez experienced working on Invader Zim, an animated television series he created for Nickelodeon.
The Punisher: The End (2004)
The Punisher: The End is a one-shot title published by Marvel Comics under the MAX imprint as part of their The End series. The story focuses on the Punisher‘s final days in a post-apocalyptic future. The date of the events are described in the opening page of the comic in one word, “soon”.
Dungeons and Dragons – Forgotten Realms (2012)
Forgotten Realms is an ongoing series that released five issues between May and November 2012; it was based on original characters in the Forgotten Realms setting. It was written by Ed Greenwood, creator of the setting, with art by Lee Ferguson and Sal Buscema.
X-Force V3 (2008)
A new X-Force ongoing series was launched in February 2008, written by Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost and drawn by Clayton Crain.
Cyclops forms a black ops incarnation of X-Force that uses lethal force to permanently deal with threats against mutants. Warpath, Wolfsbane, Wolverine and X-23 form the starting lineup, with Angel, Domino and Elixir joining soon after. Yost had at one point stated that Deadpool would join the cast to bring more diversity to the team, but this did not happen until after his run and the launch of Uncanny X-Force. This team does battle Red Hulk and his team, consisting of Deadpool, Punisher, Electra and Thundra, as they try to hunt down Domino.
DC Universe: Rebirth (2016)
Geoff Johns described the 80-page one-shot as “re-laying the groundwork for DC’s future while celebrating the past and present. It’s not about throwing anything away. It’s quite the opposite.” On the initiative, which was described as a rebirth of the DC Universe, Johns call Rebirth more “in the same vein as Green Lantern: Rebirth and The Flash: Rebirth. Some things alter and change, but it’s more character-driven, and it’s also more about revealing secrets and mysteries within the DC Universe about “Flashpoint” and The New 52 that are part of a bigger tapestry.” The Rebirth initiative will reintroduce concepts from pre-Flashpoint continuity, such as legacy, that were lost with The New 52 and build “on everything that’s been published since Action Comics #1 up thru The New 52.”. Lee said that Johns “came up with this brilliant story [for the DC Universe: Rebirth Special] that basically allows us to seat the New 52 within the continuity that preceded it. So it really synchronizes and harmonizes pre-52 with New 52 continuity”.
Secret Invasion: Thor (2008)
During the 2008 “Secret Invasion” storyline, Thor rescues and heals Beta Ray Bill, who after being temporarily given Mjolnir, aids Thor in defending Earth against an invading force of alien Skrulls. Due to Loki’s deception, Thor battles and kills his grandfather Bor, and is banished from Asgard. With Thor’s hammer Mjolnir damaged in that battle, Thor seeks out Doctor Strange, who is only able to repair the hammer by transferring the Odinforce from Thor to Mjolnir, binding the two in a symbiotic relationship. With the repaired hammer, Thor is able to draw out the imprisoned Sif, and return her to her own body, thereby restoring Loki to his male body in the process.
Uncanny Inhumans (2015)
Spinning out of the events of the Inhuman ongoing series, this series had a special issue 0 and continued after the events of the Inhumans: Attilan Rising Secret Wars mini-series. This series was accompanied by the Uncanny Inhumans Annual. The series ended with issue 20, after the events of Inhumans v.s. X-Men. David Soule also ended his 4 year run on the various Inhumans series with this volume. The Inhumans’ story continued in the Inhumans Prime one-shot and the ongoing Royals series.
X-Treme X-Men V1 (2001)
Volume 1 of the series originated as part of a revamp of the X-Men line of comics in 2001. Prior to this revamp, Claremont was writing both of the main X-Men titles (Uncanny X-Men and X-Men, the latter of which became New X-Men, and then X-Men: Legacy). He was removed from both core X-titles by Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada when his storylines fell apart due to editorial interference by the previous editor-in-chief in a failed attempt to capitalize on the first X-Men movie. Quesada offered Claremont the opportunity to write only one of the core X-titles (while allowing new X-writer Grant Morrison to have partial storyline input) or to write a third, new core X-Men title. Claremont chose the latter. That title was dubbed X-Treme X-Men.
In May 2004, prompted by Grant Morrison‘s departure from New X-Men, Marvel felt that another revamp of the X-Men titles was required. As part of this revamp, called X-Men ReLoad, Chris Claremont returned to writing Uncanny X-Men. X-Treme X-Men was cancelled, with most of its cast and running plotlines being transferred to Uncanny X-Men. Joss Whedon and John Cassaday‘s Astonishing X-Men replaced it as the third core title.
Underworld Unleashed: Abyss – Hell’s Sentinel (1995)
Molly Mayne is the wife of Alan Scott. Alan has miraculously regained his youth, and Molly cannot deal with the fact that she is still a sixty-odd year old woman married to a man in a twenty-year-old body. She takes a mystic candle (supplied to her by agents of Neron) and lights it. She sells her soul to be young again and is driven mad in the process. Molly goes to Hell.
When Sentinel finds out, he is determined to do all that he can to free her soul. He enlists the aid of the world’s most powerful occult mystics, including Zatanna, the Phantom Stranger, Fate and Jim Corrigan. After making a pit-stop at Tannarak’s bar, they travel to Hell where they confront a host of villains including Neron, Blackbriar Thorn, Blaze, Satanus, the Spectre and the Demon.
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