Searching for their missing teammates, the Avengers soon find themselves battling the X-Men in lieu of the real villain, Magneto. Roy Thomas’ story feels stuck between two ages, but John Buscema and George Tuska’s art is quite nice.
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As Angel races to recruit the Avengers, Cyclops escapes Magneto’s dungeon and attempts to free the X-Men. This reprint tale by Gary Friedrich, Don Heck and Werner Roth gets three new pages drawn by Sal Buscema.
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Luke Cage’s search for love interest Claire Temple takes him to Southern California – and into battle with Black Goliath. A solid-but-unspectacular debut of a new hero from the creative team of Jenny Blake Isabella, George Tuska and Dave Hunt.
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Captain America races against time to stop the Red Skull’s powerful “sleeper” robots two decades after World War II. A reprint of a classic Cap story from Marvel founding fathers Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, with finished art by George Tuska.
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Superboy discovers he wasn’t the only survivor to escape from Krypton when he tangles with Yango the Super-Ape. Plus, the Legion of Super-Heroes finds a new home. From creative talent including Frank Robbins, Bob Brown, Murphy Anderson and others.
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Members of the Justice League somehow get pulled to Earth-Prime, where they come to the aid of that world’s first superhero. Logic leaps and other story execution problems hinder this outing by Gerry Conway and fill-in artist George Tuska.
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An industrialist inventor’s effort to launch a tidal power station runs afoul of the Sub-Mariner – and the Magaia. Throw in Daredevil and Black Panther and this annual – by the creative team of Marv Wolfman, Chris Claremont, George Tuska and Frank Chiaramonte – still falls short of entertaining.
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A disgruntled, WW-II-era veteran goes undercover and finds goodness in Luke Cage – then decides to nuke Manhattan anyway! This oddball, Christmas story from Steve Englehart has a little something for everyone, but the art by George Tuska and Billy Graham isn’t very attractive.
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During a campus visit, Kid Flash discovers that the student body is being controlled via an experimental brain operation. An example of the Bronze Age’s “relevancy” trend, delivered here by the team of Steve Skeates, George Tuska and Nick Cardy.
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Disgusted by mankind’s predilection for guns, a veterinarian takes an assignment in Africa that puts her at odds with poachers. Perhaps there’s a good comic-book story somewhere in this premise, but this debut issue – by Carole Seuling, Steve Gerber, George Tuska and Vince Colletta – isn’t it.
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