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An odd idea for a crossover, WAR OF THE WORLDS was yet another universe-hopping tale aimed at tying the Marvel Universe ( Earth-616 ) to the Ultraverse ( Earth-93060 ) following Marvel's purchase of Malibu Comics. While we've seen this kind of story a million times over, what sets it apart is that it's essentially the same comic twice. What sets it apart is that both issues are broken up into three chapters. Chapters 1 and 3 are the same in both comics, but chapter 2 of Ultraforce/Spider-Man #1A focuses on the Green Goblin 's team-up with one half of Ultraforce , while Ultraforce/Spider-Man #1B focuses on Spider-Man 's team-up with the other. That's pretty much it. I try and avoid editorialising on these story guide posts these days, but it's fair to say that this story is one of the worst I've read. It's painful to get through. There are literally no new ideas here. The dialogue is horrible. The continuity's out of whack (it's clearly B...

Conan has never appealed to me in the slightest and I knew next-to-nothing about the Ultraverse 'til I started the Marvel Comics Guide , so I'll keep this one pretty basic. This little crossover event happened not long before Marvel lost or gave up the rights to publish Conan stories and right after they'd started messing up the Ultraverse, so maybe they thought combining the two would work? It probably has more to do with the fact that Marvel had a chance to bring Barry Windsor-Smith back to Conan (the series that made him famous) by having him cross paths with his most recent creation, Rune , in the one-shot comic. This could easily have been passed off as taking place outside of continuity, but Conan was originally considered part of Earth-616's ancient history and Rune was seriously old, so it'd be revealed some time later that Rune hopped realities from Earth-93060 to Earth-616 hundreds of years ago and clashed with the world's most famous barbarian. Con...

When Marvel Comics purchased Malibu Comics (beating DC Comics to the punch), a crossover between their two universes was inevitable. The event builds-up to the big guest-star reveal, as  Thor enters the Ultraverse (though very briefly). More Marvel characters - including the Silver Surfer and Adam Warlock - feature in the epilogue issues, but  we wouldn't see the full effect of Earth-616 (the mainstream Marvel Universe ) and Earth-93060 (the Ultraverse) truly collide with each other until COUNTDOWN TO BLACK SEPTEMBER .  I'm not expert on Malibu or the Ultraverse, so please feel free to correct me if you spot any mistakes! Even coming into this having read just a few Ultraverse comics, I really wasn't entirely sure what was going on at times! Lord Pumpkin #0 (tie-in) Giant-Size Rune #1 [1/2] Rune #7-9 Freex #17 (tie-in) Mantra #17 Giant-Size Warstrike #1 Hardcase #18 (tie-in) Godwheel #0 Godwheel #1-3 Rune/The Silver Surfer #1 [1/2] (also see THE WATCH IS BROK...

Eddie Brock 's clash with Carnage will catch up with him in ways he doesn't suspect. The fallout from Venom 's return to New York results in his ex-wife, Anne Weying , being dragged back into his life as both predator and prey. As if that wasn't enough, there's also a new Sin-Eater in town and Venom has a rematch with the Scarlet Spider in his guise as the new/old Spider-Man ... [VENOM READING ORDER: Eddie Brock (1988-2004)] Venom: Carnage Unleashed #1-4 (tie-in) (also see PLANET OF THE SYMBIOTES )  Venom: Sinner Takes All #1 [1/2]   Venom: Sinner Takes All #2 [1/2]  Venom: Sinner Takes All #3 [1/2]   Venom: Sinner Takes All #4 [1/2]  Venom: Sinner Takes All #5 [1/2]  Venom: Along Came a Spider #1 [1/2]  Venom: Along Came a Spider #2 [1/2]  Venom: Along Came a Spider #3 [1/2]   Venom: Along Came a Spider #4 [1/2] Rune Vs Venom #1 (tie-in) (also see THE DAMNED ) Venom: Carnage Unleashed #1  (tie-in) Venom  heads from Chicago to N...