U is for Ultron Ultron first appeared as Ultron 5 in Avengers 54 back in July 1968, written by Roy Thomas and pencilled by John Buscema. Created by Dr, Hank Pym (he of the many identities) he is a artificial intelligence in a synthetic body. As close to a person as possible without being flesh he has … Continue reading My Marvel Life Presents: A-Z of Comics part 21 – U
T is for The Thing First appearing in 1961's Fantastic Four 1, Benjamin J Grimm, the idol o'millions and everlovin' blue eyed Thing was the first great character produced by Marvel Comics under the editorial and authorial stewardship of Stan Lee. His greatness is such that with the exception of Spider-Man who debued in the … Continue reading My Marvel Life Presents A-Z of Comics part 20 – T
S is for Spider-Man 2099 Spider-Man 2099 was the first character in the 2099 line of comics produced by Marvel in the early-mid 90's. The idea was to show a futuristic version of current characters in a post-government corporate run future. We had different versions of the X-Men, Doom, Hulk, Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Punisher and … Continue reading My Marvel Life Presents A-Z of Comics part 19 – S
R is for Rogue There are characters in comics that are wrapped up in one form or another to protect others, Doom Patrol's Negative Man, Negative Woman, Legion of Super-Heroes' Wildfire and Avengers Academy's Hazmat spring to mind. Some others are wrapped up to protect themselves, Thor wearing armour during Walt Simonson's epic run is … Continue reading My Marvel Life Presents: A – Z of Comics part 18 – R
Q is for Quicksilver Pietro Maximoff first appeared in X-Men 4 back in 1964, since then he's been a mutant, not a mutant, good guy, not a good guy, terrorist, leader, father, husband and a dozen other epithets, but most consistently he's been one thing, a massive d**k. Originally a member of Magneto's Brotherhood of … Continue reading My Marvel Life Presents: A-Z of Comics Part 17 – Q
P is for Psylocke / Elizabeth 'Betsy' Braddock, the X-Man known as Psylocke is the twin sister of Brian Braddock the Captain Britain of Earth 616 and the younger sister of Jamie (reality warping mad b@$t@erd) Braddock and one could be forgiven to expect that she would be somewhat in the shadow of her brothers, … Continue reading My Marvel Life Presents: A-Z of Comics Part 16 – P
O is for Onslaught: This was a difficult one to pick, not too many characters of note starting with O. Since I tend to favour the unappreciated characters and maligned stories, Onslaught was the best fit here. Onslaught is what happens when you don't let s**t go. There's a Jungian psychology term for the … Continue reading My Marvel Life Presents: A-Z of Comics part 15 – O
W is for Warlock First appearing in New Mutants 18, the being known as Warlock isn't the first character created to use that name, the first being Adam Warlock who once went by the name Him. This alien character couldn't be more different. Like the rest of the team, he was a mutant. His mutation … Continue reading My Marvel Life Presents: A-Z of Comics part 23- W
V is for Vision First appearing in Avengers #57, the Vision was a method of repurposing a character's name to retain an IP, much as Captain America and the Human Torch had been years earlier. Roy Thomas (the writer of the title) was a fan of the golden age characters and would have been happy … Continue reading My Marvel Life Presents: A-Z of Comic Stuff Part 22: V
N is for Nova In 1962 Marvel (and comics in general) struck gold with the creation of Spider-Man. It was neither his powers nor the striking visuals of Steve Ditko that assured this staying power. The thing that stuck was the young everyman element. Peter Parker was struggling with money, girls and his identity long before … Continue reading My Marvel Life Presents: A-Z of Comics part 14 – N
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