Amazing Spider-Man #150 was cover-dated November 1975 and was on sale August 1975, sharing the spinner racks with 1st Issue Special #8: Warlord, Giant-Sized Doctor Strange #1, OMAC #8 and Space 1999 #1. Credits: Writer: Archie Goodwin, pencils: Gil Kane, inks: Mike Esposito & Frank Giacoia and edited by Marv Wolfman. Cast: Peter 'Spider-Man' … Continue reading Amazing Spider-Man #150 – Peter’s a genius, right?
The Prelude, to the prelude of the Age of Apocalypse X-Factor 109 was cover dated December 1994 and was on sale in October 1994, sharing the spinner racks with Backlash 1, Bishop 1, Giant Sized Prototype 1 and Venom Seperation Anxiety #1. Credits: Writer (plot): John Francis Moore, writer (script): Todd Dezago, pencils: … Continue reading X-Factor #109 – Legion Quest Part 0
Amazing Spider-Man #149 was cover- dated October 1975 and was on sale in July 1975, sharing the spinner racks with Action Comics #452, Champions #1, Justice League of America #123 and Super-Team Family #1. Credits: Writer - Gerry Conway, Pencils - Ross Andru, Inks - Mike Esposito and Editor - Marv Wolfman. Cast: … Continue reading Amazing Spider-Man #149: The 1st Clone Saga
If we are talking about maligned events of the 90's, then it's only really a matter of time before the Clone Saga pops up in the discussion. Rather than Age of Apocalypse's tight beginning middle and end over 4 months, the Clone Saga as it became known carried over a 26 month period from October … Continue reading Page of Apocalypse: Me, Myself & I – The Clone Saga
In the Age of Silver there was the Man and the King: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created a little comics called X-Men in 1963. Nestled alongside Fantastic Four, Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man and the Mighty Thor, this comic despite it's interesting ideas and characters was something of an also ran, notable mostly for it's civil … Continue reading Page of Apocalypse: In the Beginning
I am going to fold in one of my other blogs pageofapocalypse into this one, since no one is looking at it, including me, so when I get back to more regular posts, this will include posts on 90s events, including.... The Age of Apocalypse (hence the blog's title) and the Clone Saga. So I … Continue reading Page of Apocalypse
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.
Synopsis: Performance was written by Chris Claremont with pencils by Art Adams and Terry Austin on inks and opens with a Danger Room training sequence where Rogue, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, Colossus, Wolverine and Storm are battling the Xavier School's headmaster Magneto, This is being observed by New Mutants members Cypher and Sunspot and current houseguest Betsy … Continue reading September 1986: X-Men Annual 10 – Or, the real heroes here are the X-Men’s Stylists
Synopsis: Rites of Conquest was written by Roger Stern with art by John Buscema on breakdowns and Tom Palmer on finishes and opens with Hercules holding up a solid oak table with a dozen people sitting on it, to settle a proposition bet with a guy he is drinking with. The pair drink on with … Continue reading August 1986: Avengers 273 – Or Hercules, Greek god of bitchiness
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