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These two issues can be read individually, but there's a lack of closure to Dazzler 's team-up with Spider-Woman that isn't tied up until the Wasp offers to recruit them into the Avengers . Dazzler's been trying to locate her long-lost mother and, when a vague hint that she might be in San Fransisco emerges, she hires  Jessica Drew to investigate. Things take a deadly turn, of course, leaving a little bad blood between the two. Which leads us nicely into the Wasp's decision to recruit two new members into the ranks of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. She (and that slimy Tony Stark ) would like more female members. Captain America wonders if they should see if any of their former allies would like to return. But Thor thinks maybe it's time to get some new blood into the Avengers, and he has a candidate in mind... It's gotta be said, the line-up change issues of Avengers are undeniably fun. I wasn't much of an Avengers fan as a kid, but I always picked up

The stories and characters created by Jack Kirby for the 2001: A Space Odyssey series were all intended to take place in the same continuity as the film, with stories occurring in various points in that universe's timeline showing how the Monoliths influenced events in history. The film itself had been adapted for comics in 2001: A Space Odyssey Marvel Treasury Special #1 . But one of the characters Kirby introduced would start life on Earth-7745  (though it wasn't called that at the time) and suddenly appear in mainstream Marvel continuity with a less-than-subtle name change.  Starting life as experimental robot X-51 , Aaron Stack would take on the moniker Mister Machine in his second appearance, then appear in his own series as Machine Man when he would become part of the Marvel Universe of Earth-616 . His early appearances even reference him as being like a character from Marvel Comics ! Technically, they're probably meant to be considered to be two different chara

Iron Man  ( Tony Stark ) is on his way back from a mission in Africa after teaming up with his old foe the Unicorn against the Red Ghost . But he won't even get a chance to catch his breath when the power-hungry Mordecai Midas is looking to expand his business empire and plans to take Stark Enterprises by force. How will all of this play out when an electrical assault on Stark unexpectedly results in a 'Tony Stark' Life Model Decoy from coming to life with an agenda all its own? If that wasn't enough, Kang the Conqueror is back and plans on using the Avengers to help him win a contest with an alien being who calls himself the Grandmaster . The fate of the Earth hangs in the balance! Apparently some elements of this storyline will play a part in the upcoming ' Avengers: Endgame ' film. Maybe Kang will be set up as the Marvel Cinematic Universe 's next big bad guy. Who can say? Either way, this is one strange story... Regular reader Thomas Trombley sugg

Hercules makes his modern-day Marvel Universe debut - both in the form of a flashback and trouncing the Asgardian God of Thunder - expanding the pantheons featured in this ever-growing universe of characters. But it's not just Thor who receives Herc's 'gift. The Hulk also clashes with the Olympian in the first of a number of battles to decide who the strongest hero in the Marvel Universe really is. But we won't find that answer here. Despite the fisticuffs, this tale is ultimately about Thor and Hercules becoming the buddies we know them to be today. I'm not big on the '60s era comics, so this isn't necessarily a recommendation to new readers. But if you want to see how Hercules, Zeus , Ares , Pluto and others were introduced to the Marvel Universe and how Herc and Thor started their bromance, this is the place you need to look! You'll also see big changes to Thor's relationship with Jane Foster and meet Tana Nile for the first time... Journ