Before I get to the mammoth and possible soul-destroying task of re-reading the Clone Saga, there are a couple of little bits that occur between these two eras that deserve a bit of note, simply because they both come up as important. In Amazing Spider-Man #151, the surviving Spider-Man finds a way to … Continue reading One Door Closes and then another opens: Bridging the gap between the Sagas
Uncanny X-Men #320 was cover dated January 1995 and was on sale November 1994, sharing the spinner racks with Battlestone #1, Bloodshot #2, Flash #97 and Rogue #1. Credits: Writers Scott Lobdell and Mark Waid (Plot and Script respectively) pencils by Roger Cruz and Tim Townsend on inks, edited by Bob Harras and with a … Continue reading Uncanny X-Men #320 Legion Quest part 1 (For real) or It’s a mission in the desert, why is Iceman there?
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
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