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Chapter 5: Stormwatch 35 – Okay, her suit’s a vampire?

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Credits: Written by Drew Bittner, pencils by Renato Arlem, inks by Jose Pimentel and edited by Mike Heisler. Cast: Sword, his creatures (Rake, Hardball, Jade and One-Eyed Jack), Jackson 'Batallion' King, Jackson Dane, Taboo, Flashpoint, Fahrenheit, Cannon, Marc 'Backlash' Slayton, Cybernary, Burnout, Crimson, Aries, Christine 'Synergy' Trelane, Henry 'The Weatherman' Bendix, Brutus, Razor and the … Continue reading Chapter 5: Stormwatch 35 – Okay, her suit’s a vampire?

Amazing Spider-Man 404: For a secret lab, almost anyone can get in.

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Credits: Plotted by J.M. DeMatteis, scripted by Todd DeZago, pencilled by ?Mark Bagley, inked by Larry Mahlstedt, Randy Emberlin and Joseph Rubenstein and edited by Danny Fingeroth. Cast: Peter 'Spider-Man' Parker, Ben 'Scarlet Spider' Reilly, Kaine, Spidercide, Scrier and Dr Miles 'The Jackal' Warren. Plot: Following the revelation of his status as a clone and The … Continue reading Amazing Spider-Man 404: For a secret lab, almost anyone can get in.

Spectacular Spider-Man 224: Wow, over-thinking the revenge plans a bit there.

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Credits: Written by Tom DeFalco, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Bill Seinkeiwcz and edited by Eric Fein. Cast: Peter ‘Spider-Man’ Parker, Ben ‘Scarlet’ Spider, 3Pete, Kaine, Mary Jane Watson-Parker, Dr Judas Traveller & Scrier Plot: 3Pete’s body mutates as he mentally devolves in the presence of Peter, Ben and Kaine. The four battle, 3Pete … Continue reading Spectacular Spider-Man 224: Wow, over-thinking the revenge plans a bit there.

My Life and Comics: The Secret Origin

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I didn’t know where to put this, so am putting it here too

KM's avatarA Munky on Merseyside

I worked out recently that I have been a comic fan/collector for 2/3 of my life. More than any job, school or family relationship outside of my parents, it has been a constant. Whether this is a good, or in fact a bad thing, well that really isn’t the point. It is what it is.

When I was younger I lived in Yorkshire, I was born in Merseyside, but my earliest coherent memories were of Yorkshire. It was there when I started reading comics with Original X-Men 1, which I talked about here. There were other things I read of course, but they left an impression. This was bolstered by the glut of action/adventure cartoon shows that were on when I was younger, a veritable golden age of kids cartoons. Some of these featured characters I was familiar with. In fact my first exposure to Namor, Thor, the All…

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October 1986 – Uncanny X-Men 213 Or, despite all the horror and violence, everyone looks fabulous.

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  Synopsis: Psylocke was written by Chris Claremont with art by Alan Davis and Paul Neary and opens with Betsy 'Psylocke' Braddock using the X-Men's Cerebro system to check the grounds of the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, current home of the X-Men and the Morlocks who survived the recent Mutant Massacre. She checks in … Continue reading October 1986 – Uncanny X-Men 213 Or, despite all the horror and violence, everyone looks fabulous.