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EXCALIBUR #111-114 (1997)Kitty Pryde is possessed by Ogun and fights the team. Ogun leaves her body when Pete Wisdom threatens to kill her rather than let Ogun...
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THUNDERBOLTS #5 (1997)Growing Man vs Atlas. Good match up. The Thunderbolts defeat him, but they cheat. Fixer goes...
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X-MEN #7 (1964): 1st CerebroThis issue starts with the X-Men graduating… But they have to be undercover so they don’t get diplomas with their...
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TALES OF SUSPENSE #39 (1963): 1st Iron Man!Exactly. Nobody had seen him before this, and although by now the beats of his origin story are quite familiar, it was by far...
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HERCULES: HEART OF CHAOS #1-3 (1997)Hercules is one of those guys who is really fun when he’s written well. This miniseries was written by Tom DeFalco. Oh well....
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X-MAN #31 (1997)X-Man has been having a lot of done-in-one adventures for a character with “X” in his title. I like that the book is not...
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #16 (1964): DaredevilThis story has beats that are already starting to be familiar. The two heroes meet and fight. And of course it would...
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X-MAN #30 (1997)This issue is essentially a tie-in to Operation: Zero Tolerance, even if it isn’t officially part of that event. After escaping...
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SPIDER-MAN #82-87 (1997-1998)It’s time for a Friends of Humanity arc. Paul Stacy enrolls at ESU–he’s the son of Captain Stacy’s brother,...
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AVENGERS #66-68 (1968-1969): 1st adamantiumThe story starts with a great splash page: Iron Man and Thor rejoin the team in #66, but that’s not the best part of...
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Heroes for Hire #1Yay! Iron Fist and Power Man are back together! Oh nooooo. Black Knight is with them. But wait! When you actually read the comic,...
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SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED #17 (1997)This story reaches back into Spider-Man’s history, twice. First, Captain Stacy’s brother Arthur is trying to find out the...
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SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #19-20 (1997)If you’re a normal human being, you hate Living Monolith–so if I tell you that this story features the character, you might...
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UNCANNY X-MEN #347-350 (1997): The Trial of GambitI know there are people who like Gambit. There must be. But I can’t figure out why, and this story doesn’t help....
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THOR #370 (1986)John Buscema returns to Thor for a one-off filler. It’s a story that takes place in 1875, and shows Thor and Loki getting involved in...
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THUNDERBOLTS #4 (1997): 1st JoltShe appeared in plain clothes last issue, but this is the real debut of Jolt. She shows up at the Thunderbolts’ new base of...
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THUNDERBOLTS #3 (1997)This is a comic for people who love classic comics. Let’s start with the “two teams running at each other” cover, which...
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DEADPOOL #6-8 and DAREDEVIL/DEADPOOL ANNUAL ‘97 (1997): Typhoid Mary Rape StoryShort version: Typhoid Mary falls in love (kinda) with Deadpool, and decides to make him a better killer. Meanwhile Deadpool is struggling...
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X-MEN UNLIMITED #16 (1997)I like the idea behind this issue because it treats the Xavier Institute like a real school.: Emma Frost creates a summer intern program...
