Shirtless men get their battle on in strange, savage environments – one within Earth’s core, the other on Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs’ stories get the Bronze adaptation treatment from Len Wein, Alan Weiss, Marv Wolfman and Murphy Anderson.
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Superman struggles to protect blind medium Cassandra Craft from the twin terror of Dracula and the Frankenstein Monster. Despite its potential, this horror-infused outing from Len Wein, Paul Levitz, Curt Swan and Frank Chiaramonte ultimately falls flat.
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Space pirates plan to destroy the Earth but first their commander hopes to force Linda Danvers to be his bride. This lead feature – from John Albano, Win Mortimer and Bob Oksner – fronts a collection of tales that are collectively a lot of fun.
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The Hulk and Wendigo’s battle is joined by a Canadian military agent known as Weapon X … aka Wolverine! Len Wein and Herb Trimpe’s story offers just a glimpse of what’s to come from one of most popular Marvel creations of the Bronze Age.
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Pairing a reprint of “Second Genesis!” (from the historic Giant-Size X-Men #1) with a new backup tale by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum, Special Edition X-Men #1 makes a solid package for the early collector’s market.
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As the heroes of three worlds come to blows, Red Tornado tries to free Earth-X from Nazi control. Overstuffed with characters, this story – from Len Wein, Dick Dillin and Dick Giordano - welcomes the Golden Age Quality superheroes to the Bronze Age DCU.
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A transmitter mix-up brings members of the JLA and JSA together with the Freedom Fighters to fight Nazis on Earth-X. The long-defunct Quality superheroes join the DCU in this team-up tale from Len Wein, Dick Dillin and Dick Giordano.
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The fingerprints of Charles Dickens are all over this DC reprint digest, as the Victorian author’s classic tale serves as inspiration for more than one story. (Except for Jack Kirby’s Bronze Age Sandman adventure, of course, a story widely distributed for the first time in this issue.)
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With the help of worker robots, a scientist and his son survive an environmental apocalypse to wake in the future. This toy tie-in by Len Wein and Jack Sparling is unexceptional as comic-book entertainment but still ahead of its time.
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Swamp Thing saves Matthew Cable and Abigail Arcane from an alligator creature, then frees them from giant, mutant worms. Beautiful art by Nestor Redondo keeps readers from missing Bernie Wrightson too much on this Len-Wein-penned tale.
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