Broadcast journalist Jon Athens wallows in an emotional funk as he covers a local political event involving The Masked Man. B.C. Boyer’s strong visual storytelling can’t save this debut issue’s subpar script.
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The action heroes of the Silver-Age Charlton universe join together to stop the Manipulator and assorted other big bads. This one-off from the team of Dan St. John and Greg Guler would be an above-average fanzine but falls short as a professional comic-book outing.
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After a several-year hiatus, Thomas Troy is again able to rub the ring and resume fighting crime as The Fly! Stories in this issue do little to draw in new readers but feature nice art from the likes of James Sherman and Trevor Von Eden.
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Following a meteor bomb attack on Earth, the Futurians search for their missing loved ones – and find something terrible instead! Legendary X-creator Dave Cockrum brings a creator-owned cast of characters to his latest series, The Futurians.
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Far from Earth, the X-Men face off against the mighty (familiar) Imperial Guard – and require some help from the Starjammers! An excellent swan song from Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum’s initial teaming on the all-new, all-different X-Men.
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Trapped in a fever dream, Professor X relives a previous battle between new X-Men and old. Marvel’s mighty mutants fall prey to the Dreaded Deadline Doom with this fill-in issue from Bill Mantlo and Bob Brown.
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The X-Men face off with Eric the Red and Firelord with perhaps the fate of the universe in the balance. This one strains the suspension of disbelief, but it’s still a strong outing from the regular creative team of Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum.
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During a side mission to Moira MacTaggert’s island, the new team faces their first battle with the X-Men’s arch-nemesis, Magneto. Another flawed-but-enjoyable outing from the team of Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum.
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The X-Men emerge victorious from the clutches of Black Tom Cassidy and the Juggernaut … with a little help from leprechauns? While there’s some good things happening in this issue, it ultimately falls short of the lofty standards of the Chris Claremont/Dave Cockrum creative team.
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Ironjaw is captured by mutants, meets a wench, triumphs in the arena and learns a valuable life lesson about tolerance. And that’s just the lead feature. Sadly, the whole affair – including work by Gary Friedrich and Pablo Marcos – is a bit of a mess.
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