Steve Does Comics

Love him or hate him, Rob Liefeld's art on the New Mutants bumped that its popularity up when it was floundering. So much so, that Liefeld and new series writer Fabian Nicieza got to move the series in a (theoretically) completely new direction when the former students of the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters were transformed into X-Force by the mystery mutant called Cable . X-Force would represent a new, no-nonsense approach to saving mutantkind in the early '90s, matching the decade's initial desire for darker, grittier comics. With Marvel Comics still aligning themselves with the Comics Code Authority , we didn't necessarily get the bodycount we were promised. We did, however, get our first taste of brand-new X-Men mainstays like Deadpool , Domino (sort of), Shatterstar , Feral , Gideon , Kane , GW Bridge and the first hints of Mr Tolliver and Tyler (coincidence? Maybe the Genesis of one). When Liefeld  jumped ship to form Image Comics , Nicieza stayed on ...

A mysterious figure emerges from nowhere and gathers the most powerful villains in the Marvel Universe , manipulating each of them that the ' Acts of Vengeance ' are their idea. The Prime Movers - Kingpin , Magneto , Doctor Doom , Red Skull , the Wizard and the Mandarin - convince super-villains to swap foes to gain the element of surprise and cause the death's of the heroes. Each hero faces a foe they'e never fought before, though there seems to be a heavy focus on destroying the Avengers , in particular. But if there's one things that'll bring the lackey's plan down to its knees, it's that bad guys always have their own agendas... MCG Notes:   Iron Man #250 isn't included because the 'Acts of Vengeance' banner was added to the cover in error. Likewise for Silver Surfer #33 which included the legend 'Acts of Idiocy' on the cover as a joke and is often mistaken as an actual tie-in! Officially, it's the titles with the full ...