When Kryllk the troll uses the Dark Crystal (no, not from the movie) to freeze time, it’s up to Spider-Man and Thor to save the day. Gerry Conway, Ross Andru and Jim Mooney team to deliver this enjoyable early-Bronze outing.
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The Hulk gets pulled into a religious war between two factions on Cygnet VII – with heartbreaking results. A surprisingly strong critique of organized religion from Hulk regulars Bill Mantlo and Herb Trimpe.
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One of Steve Roger’s apartment neighbors encounters a Nazi doctor from her time in a concentration camp. A surprisingly strong outing from the team of Roger McKenzie, Carmine Infantino and Joe Rubinstein.
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The Invisible Girl returns home to find the FF defeated by a golden-haired man – a strangely familiar golden-haired man. John Byrne follows up his three-part Galactus epic with a powerful solo outing starring Susan Richards.
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Galactus is brought back from the brink of death by the Fantastic Four – but does that mean he’ll spare Earth? John Byrne’s first three-part FF epic ends on a subtle-but-strong note.
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The Fantastic Four team with Galactus to take on Terrax – but what will happen when that fight is won? Writer/artist John Byrne is in top form as his first Galactus epic rolls on.
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Terrax abducts Manhattan itself in an effort to elicit the aid of the Fantastic Four against his former master – Galactus! This issue sees John Byrne on top of his game as both writer and artist as he settles into his first multipart FF epic.
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Spider-Man saves J. Jonah Jameson – with an unlikely assist from a Parisian hardware store – but the real surprise awaits back home. This story by a young Gerry Conway isn’t his best work, but the art from Ross Andru and company is solid.
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Satan confronts his son in a dream, then battles Daimon in real life as the demon Baphomet. This issue is a definite product of the mid-1970s, from the team of Steve Gerber and Jim Mooney.
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To spare Galador, Rom offers up the Dark Nebula – but does even Galactus have the stomach for Wraithworld? An emotionally complex handling of the devourer of worlds from Bill Mantlo, with journeyman art from Sal Buscema and Joe Sinnott.
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