Marvel Comics Solicitations for August, 2001

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ULTIMATE X-MEN #9

>Written by Mark Millar, art by Tom Raney and Scott Hanna, cover by Adam Kubert.

>While Professor X and his X-Men are "re-educated" in the Weapon X facility, the nation's most dangerous spy is asked to lead a group of Weapon X mutants on a top secret, Third World mission. His name is Nick Fury -- and he's none too comfortable with how the government is treating his super-powered colleagues. But with the interests of the Free World at stake, does he have a choice?

>32 pages, $2.50.

Marvel 2006 thread >>85428983
DC 2006 thread >>85456439

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UNCANNY X-MEN #397

>Written by Joe Casey, art and cover by Ian Churchill.

>Chamber feels the squeeze of tabloid scrutiny as the X-Men continue their search for the helpless mutants surviving in the London underground. Will they reach them before the unstoppable genetic cleanser -- Mister Clean -- does? More mysteries behind this sadistic new adversary are revealed in chapter three of "Poptopia."

>32 pages, $2.25.

Back then Joe Casey really wanted to be the "new Morrison" so he bought a house (X-Men and Superman were two of the biggest franchises back then so he made a load of money on em) and did a shit ton of drugs

The joke here is by this time he's already written the books Morrison will only attempt to touch in 5-10 years time.

>all this talent on Marvel books

What went wrong?

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X-TREME X-MEN #4

>Written by Chris Claremont, art and cover by Salvador Larroca.

>Still reeling from their tragic first encounter with the mysterious and deadly Vargas, the X-Treme team renews their quest to find Destiny's missing Books of Truth. But what they don't know is that this enigmatic enemy already has a volume. Now that Vargas holds the road map to their very future, how can they hope to find the other books before he does? And soon a wild card will be dealt -- a joker in their deck that could change everything.

>32 pages, $2.99.

Admit I've beat off to this cover.

>>85474255
I have mixed feelings about the Quesada/Jemas era but I can't deny it's one of the most incredible shakeups ever seen at a company.

Marvel had been doing things in pretty much the same style since the '70s. X-Men right up to 2001 was always written in Claremont's style even if Claremont wasn't writing. (When Joe Casey suggested doing some issues without thought balloons and captions the editors literally laughed at him.)

And now everything changes, the style of writing is "modernized" both in getting rid of the old-fashioned devices (captions, thought balloons), the old hyper-compressed soap opera style, etc.

Some of the modernization may have gone overboard, Jemas sometimes had too dogmatic ideas about what every book should be like, but I can't deny that something like this shake-up was what Marvel was long overdue for.

>>85474387
Whatever happened to Sage, anyway?

>>85474387
This is one of the things I don't really like about this era, that the covers were mostly just pin-up posters of individual characters and it could be hard or even impossible to know what the issue was about.

Again, probably necessary to course correct but it went a bit overboard.

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THE EXILES #3

>Written by Judd Winick, art and cover by Mike McKone and Mark McKenna.

>Reeling from last issue's tragedy, the Exiles must take part in one of the most infamous moments in X-Men history: the trial of Phoenix. But this time it's the Exiles who are the bad guys. Hey, maybe that's why Wolverine is so mad. All this, plus a new member joins Blink's band of reality-hopping mutants.

>32 pages, $2.25.

>>85474384
By 2003 the comics got too edgy, not in a 4chan way but in aan actually dictionary way--they were literally too cool and experimental for executives' tastes. Jemas got the boot and so did most of the talent.

>>85474456
Not that this would have been a good thing to base decisions on at the time, but this is especially frustrating when going through back-issue bins since a lot of the covers are non-memorable (hi, first part of JMS's Spidey run).

On the other hand, look at that Uncanny #397 cover.

>>85474560
I think I'm with the executives when it comes to some of the titles (and forcing every book to have upper/lowercase lettering and such).

I think of Jemas like Jim Shooter, he fixed what needed fixing, and then went on trying to fix everything anyway.

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CABLE #96

>Written by Robert Weinberg, art and cover by Michael Ryan.

>He's fought the worst despots ever to walk the Earth. But now Nathan Summers is about to meet his strangest adversary, whose origins he could have never dreamed. Who is Old Man Coll? And what terrible lesson wil he impart to Cable?

>32 pages, $2.25.

Cable gets a shake-up next issue. Ten issues after that it'll become one of the best books of that era.

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CYCLOPS #1

>Written by Brian K. Vaughan, art and cover by Mark Texeira and Jimmy Palmiotti.

>The mutant named Scott Summers heads to the Great White North, but what villains wait for him in the snowy lands of Canada? And who is their mysterious benefactor who will stop at nothing to ensure Cyclops' demise? The leader of the X-Men has gone solo - but can he survive on his own? Find out in the first issue of this all-new four-part adventure.

>32 pages, $2.50.

>>85474600
Still, imagine what could have been.

Morrison stays on X-Men. Bendis probably still gets on Avengers but isn't allowed to No More Mutants. Gwen doesn't fuck Norman. Probably new wilder initiatves we couldn't even think of.

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DEADPOOL: AGENT OF WEAPON X #1

>Written by Frank Tieri, art by Georges Jeanty and Jon Holdredge, cover by Barry Windsor-Smith.

>Deadpool finds himself the candidate for a brand new - but extremely dangerous - job. Hopefully he'll survive the interview with... well, that would be telling.

>32 pages, $2.25.

Tieri's Weapon X was really long and really boring. What a shit period for Wolverine and Deadpool.

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ROGUE #1

>Written by Fiona Avery, art by Aaron Lopresti and Randy Emberlin, painted cover by Julie Bell.

>When Rogue joined the X-Men, they said they could help her, could make her a better person by understanding her powers. She's faced a fatal, brutal, mutant power, which must be controlled at all costs. The unanswered questions are: how do the X-Men actually help her? How does she cope with being a mutant with a terrible, potentially fatal power... does she view herself as a hero or a menace or a fraud? How does she cope with her fears of abandonment from her past experiences as an orphaned child? These questions, and others, will be addressed in the course of this series, which will see Rogue thrust into wildly different situations -- crises that will demand she learn how to trust herself, as well as others. Unencumbered by monthly continuity, this all-new adventure will give readers an in-depth portrait of one of Marvel's most popular characters.

>32 pages, $2.50.

Fiona Avery is Straczynki's plus one. Brian Reed to his Brian Bendis, if you will. Or Millar to his Morrison. Johns to his Goyer. But the first example is better because like Reed she disappeared he fuck out of comics.

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THE BROTHERHOOD #4

>Written by X, art by Leonardo Manco and Jimmy Palmiotti, cover by Barry Windsor- Smith.

>An excerpt from the ransom note delivered to millionare Malcolm Reeves: "We have your daughter, and though she was born to be one of us, we'll return her to you only after our demands have been met. For the hate-spewing bigot you are, we know you donate millions to butcher-doctors that perform untold atrocities on young mothers and their 'unwanted' babies. Now the Brotherhood would like to see your generosity. If you don't contribute to our worthy cause, you can be assured of two things. One, the world will know that your only offspring is what you've conspired to kill: a mutant! And two, you will see your daughter again, when she returns -- as your assassin!"

>32 pages, $2.99.

The best parts of this book were the speculation on who's the writer and their shitty team gettin blown the fuck out by X-Statix.

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WOLVERINE #167

>Written by Frank Tieri, art by Dan Fraga and Norm Rapmund, cover by Barry Windsor-Smith.

>Patch returns! Viper strikes! Taskmaster attacks! It all goes down in part one of "Blood Sport." Wolverine returns to Madripoor - and right into the dangerous arms of his villainous "wife" Viper. What villain has lured Logan back to his old stomping grounds - and into the battle-to-the-death tournament known as Blood Sport?

>32 pages, $2.25.

Frank Tieri is Quesada's plus one, so unfortunately he isn't leaving anytime soon. Thank god he's not doing any ongoings now.

>>85474456
that was a time when the covers were really minimalistic, after the twin towers, it was kinda creepy, the stories were weird too, at least in spidey before JMS started his run, that story about the black kid and that mentally disabled guy with powered eyes , it was easily the most interesting run paul jenkins did for spidey

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X-FORCE #119

>Written by Peter Milligan, art and cover by Mike Allred.

>The team faces internal crisis as the new era roars on. When the Orphan discovers the disturbing reality behind the X-Force's mission to free Paco Perez from his captors, he must also face a gut-wrenching decision! Meanwhile, U-Go Girl must ask herself exactly how far she's willing to go to become team leader.

>32 pages, $2.25.

Literally too good for this world. Seminal book of the early 00s to present along with Wildcats.

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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN THE COLLECTED EDITION

>Written by J. Michael Straczynski, art by John Romita Jr.

>This one-shot reprints Amazing Spider-Man #30 - #32, the first three issues by J. Michael Straczynski and John Romita Jr.

>96 pages, $3.99.

>>85474908
The black kid story always confused me when I was a kid and so did the story where the guy "figured out" Spider-Man's identity and came to Jonah. Guess I was a dumb kid.

>al these high numbers
yes

>>85474720
Bendis should have just stayed in USM and daredevil, i really don't know what drove them to put him on books out of his league, he can't write teams for shit yet they give him x men, avengers, and FUCKING EVENTS, like why?

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ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #12

>Written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Mark Bagley and Art Thibert, cover by Bagley.

>The teen sensation wants a rematch with the Kingpin -- but to get it, he'll have to go through Wilson Fisk's henchmen: Electro and the Enforcers.

>32 pages, $2.50.

I decided to look up how Bendis was when he wrote this and apparently his birthday is August 18. So he was 33 ready to turn 34. Now you know too.

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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #34

>Written by J. Michael Straczynski, art by John Romita Jr. and Scott Hanna, cover by J. Scott Campbell.

>It's wall-to-wall action as Spider-Man, armed with new knowledge about himself and his powers, squares off against the enigmatic and lethal Morlun.

>32 pages, $2.25.

>>85475030
I know right? Why don't they just re-adapt this system of putting current volume's number next to first volume's number?

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SPIDER-GIRL #37

>Written by Tom DeFalco, art by Pat Olliffe and Al Williamson, cover by Olliffe.

>The fans saved her series from cancellation -- but will Spider-Girl survive the return of the Green Goblin? As the war between the Kingpin and Canis heats up, the Green Goblin returns. Plus: Mayday meets the daughter of the Black Cat -- and one of the original Spider-Women confronts Peter.

>32 pages, $2.25.

Oh and if you haven't noticed Marvel still hasn't changed the logo.

>>85475030
A lot of Marvel had been renumbered after Heroes Return, but it didn't hit the X-line as hard.

This is also when Marvel did dual-numbering on their renumbered books (see, e.g., >>85474756 and >>85475135).

>>85475037
Peter Principle. People do a job well and get promoted to jobs they can't do well.

>>85474600
Once Jemas forced everyone to use upper/lower lettering (which wasn't for a year or so yet) the only exception was Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. Apparently Sale said he'd walk off his books if they made him use that lettering.

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PETER PARKER, SPIDER-MAN #34

>Written by Paul Jenkins, art by Mark Buckingham and Wayne Faucher, cover by Humberto Ramos.

>With great power there must also come great responsibility, but what if one does not want the power in the first place? Spider-Man faces off against such an individual, when a new foe takes it upon himself to cleanse the city - literally.

>32 pages, $2.25.

This is the best Spider-comics have been since late eighties until present.

>>85475183
People talk about books with loyal fanbases but none of them can compare to Spider-Girl. They kept it alive through I don't know how many changes of fashion and style at Marvel.

>>85475025
Oh believe me , you weren't the only one, when he took off the mask i was like wut
But now i understand that it was about how people make ideas in their heads of how he looks, and they imagine him similar to them , or at least it's what i think it meant

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TANGLED WEB #5: FLOWERS FOR RHINO

>Written by Peter Milligan, art and cover by Duncan Fegredo.

>They call him the Rhino. A big lug in an impenetrable -- and irremovable -- suit. He runs into things, he knocks 'em down. That's what he does. Until he runs into a certain wise-cracking web-slinger, who knocks him down. So what's it like to walk in the Rhino's size 17 shoes? What's it like to wake up every morning knowing that Spider-Man is out there, waiting to drag your grey butt into jail? And what's it like when you finally figure out the key to solving your predicament?

>32 pages, $2.99.

Oh boy.

>>85475135
Sadly I'm not even sure what the "original" numbering would be anymore for the more heavily relaunched titles. Like, what all would count as Avengers #505 and so on? How do you deal with New Avengers when Avengers starts running concurrently with it?

Or you just wipe away Bendis and start from #500 again.

>the world is no longer innocent
how did we become filled with such hate?
what's wrong with us?

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ULTIMATE MARVEL TEAM-UP #7

>Written by Brian Michael Bendis, art and cover by Bill Sienkiewicz.

>Last issue the one-man-army named Frank Castle escaped from prison and began his mission to wipe out the men responsible for the death of his family. Now one of the guilty party seeks legal protection from attorney Matt Murdock. But it may only be Murdock's alter ego, the vigilante named Daredevil, who can save his client from the Punisher's wrath - but then again, maybe not. And guess who's caught in the middle? That's right, Spider-Man.

>32 pages, $2.25.

Damn, these books come with more real-world memories than actual contents memories.

>>85475245
God all this great spidey books at the same time, tangled web is god tier, i wish there was an omnibus so i don't need to track every volume of the trades

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FANTASTIC FOUR #46

>Written by Carlos Pacheco, Rafael Marin and Jeph Lobeb, art and cover by Pacheco and Jesus Merino.

>Continued from Fantastic Four 2001, it's part two of the Abraxas Saga. One step closer to Armageddon, the FF hunt for clues to one of the most dangerous cosmic beings they've ever encountered. But what threat is so dire that it requires the assistance of cosmic crusaders such as the Silver Surfer, Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock?

>32 pages, $2.25.

>>85475255
New Avengers have long branched out into its own book, we're on the fourth volume now.

The Avengers 503 -> Bendis' Avengers 2010-2012 -> Hickman's Avengers 2012-2015 -> upcoming Waid's Avengers.

>>85474560

God I miss Exiles.

>>85475025

That cover should be banned

high numbered series are an acceptable loss. like of all the things to bitch about

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THOR #40

>Written by Dan Jurgens, art by Stuart Immonen and Wade Von Grawbadger, cover by Tom Raney.

>Everything changes as Thor and the fire giant Surtur collide in cataclysmic combat. The searing Surtur stands ready to bring about the end of the world. Asgard's legions strike valiantly against him. But, in the end, a god must fall -- ushering in a new and startling status quo for this title.

>32 pages, $2.25.

>>85475368
I don't remember this run very well. It was one of the runs that was a holdover from the Bob Harras era (along with Busiek's Avengers, Nicieza's Thunderbolts and Jurgens' Thor) and Pacheco's art was nice, but I don't remember if it was any good or not.

>a gorillion xmen and spiderman books

What shit

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BLACK PANTHER #35

>Written by Christopher Priest, art by Jim Calafiore and John Livesay, cover by Sal Velluto and Bob Almond.

>"Gorilla Warfare" continues with the battle of the century. In this corner we have M'Baku the Man-Ape, and in the other... Henry Peter Gyrich? Meanwhile, the Defenders battle... a magically-modified Everett K. Ross?

>32 pages, $2.50.

I'll buy the trades, I promise.

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DEFENDERS #8

>Written by Erik Larsen and Kurt Busiek, art and cover by Larsen and Al Gordon.

>The curse has once again brought the Defenders together -- but the Silver Surfer is missing. Dr. Strange, Namor and the Hulk blast off into space in search of their comrade -- and run afoul of a star-born menace. Meanwhile, Nighthawk, Valkyrie and Hellcat hunt the Headmen -- but what they find instead might spell doom for the entire world,

>32 pages, $2.25.

The fuck's with that cover quote?

>>85475482
Larsen and Busiek's Defenders relaunch got bad reviews so I guess they decided they'd own the insults. The Defenders are a non-team after all.

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IRON MAN 2001

>Written by Chris Claremont and Frank Tieri, art by Michael Ryan and Sea Parsons, cover by Avalon Studios.

>Two complete adventures in one annual. Trapped in a hostile foreign nation and hunted by the authorities, Tony Stark fights for his very survival -- and he doesn't even have his armor. Then, in the second story, Tony faces a final confrontation with his former friend Tyler Stone -- who has an unusual request for the armor-clad hero. And a computer-rendered cover by Avalon Studios' Brian Haberlin.

>48 pages, $2.99.

This cover is a mess

>>85475443
Yeah but Spider-books are 100% quality and X-Men are like 80%
Now tell me the art for current gorillions of Avengers and Inhumans.

There are more Spider-books right now anyway.

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IRON MAN #45

>Written by Frank Tieri, art and cover by Keron Grant and Rob Stull.

>Locked in the fight of his life, Iron Man uses all of the features of his new armor. Who is the Mad Bomber? What is the fate of Tony Stark's alter-ego, Hogan Potts? Will even Iron Man's newly-designed armor be enough to defeat a titanic triple threat? Find out in the conclusion to "The Big Bang Theory."

>32 pages, $2.25.

>>85474824
I'm a sucker for Rogue, how was this?

>>85475535
As I recall Jemas banned Annuals after this (it was too late to stop it for 2001).

Sometimes I think he was right. Annuals are sometimes good but they can't help but be filler a lot of the time.

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CAPTAIN AMERICA #45

>Written by Dan Jurgens, art and cover by Jurgens and Bob Layton.

>Iron Man and Captain America have found S.H.I.E.L.D.'s missing headquarters, but to get the Red Skull, Cap must enter the Heli-Carrier alone. Meanwhile, Nick Fury investigates a small town in the Gulf of Mexico which has seen an alarming number of race riots. The mysteries mount as "America Lost" carries readers ever closer to Cap's upcoming jump to the Marvel Knights.

>32 pages, $2.25.

The Marvel Knights relaunch is already cooking but next month Reiber will have to scrap the plans in motion to work with the 9/11 angle. Five more issues for this volume (the last one is a weird anthology thing where Cap dies in one of the tories without any follow-up).

>>85475194
Johns' Avengers is almost unreadable because of that shit.

>>85475640

RIGHT

and it's a decent run otherwise

STOP, I DONT WANT TO REMEMBER, I DONT WANT TO REMEMBER THIS, THIS MAKES ME SAD BECAUSE EVERYTHING WENT DOWN HILL.

OH GENOSHA AND HOUSE OF M, WHY, WHY!

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CAPTAIN MARVEL #22

>Written by Peter David, art and cover by Chriscross and Anibal Rodriguez.

>In an attempt to restore Rick Jones to his proper age, Genis heads for Kree space to enlist the aid of... the Supreme Intelligence? Geez, he really should have thought this one through.

>32 pages, $2.50

Chriscross is a criminally underrated artist

>>85475593
Yeah Annuals won't show up until at least 2006. I think for the first couple of years after Annuals resurfaced the regular onoing writers were forced to do the run-important stories there but now they're back to needless filler status

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FANTASTIC FOUR: THE WORLD'S GREATEST COMIC MAGAZINE #9

>By various.

>With all of reality in the hands of Dr. Doom and the Cosmic Cube, can even the mighty Thor save the day? Erik Larsen, Keith Giffen, Ron Frenz, Bruce Timm and many more continue the FF's 40th Anniversary Celebration.

>32 pages, $2.99.

>>85475703
You're not a fan of THESE losers are you?

>>85475718
Did The U competition started

>>85475742
Actually no, not really

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INCREDIBLE HULK #31

>Written by Paul Jenkins and Sean McKeever, art by Joe Bennett and Tom Palmer, cover by Avalon Studios.

>Bruce Banner is gone -- now only the Hulk remains. The descent into darkness brings the Hulk face-to-face with an old enemy, one with the solution to all of the gamma goliath's problems -- that is, if he's willing the pay the terrible cost.

>32 pages, $2.25.

Oh wow the early 00s fascinaton with computer-generated imagery. Ultimate Spider-Man covers were the tits.

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THUNDERBOLTS #55

>Written by Fabian Nicieza, art and cover by Patrick Zircher and Al Vey.

>The resurrection of the mysterious being long hidden in pod #3 spells the end of Mt. Charteris - and possibly the Redeemers. Plus: an obscure Marvel hero drops dead.

>32 pages, $2.25.

>>85475745
U-Decide happened at the end of 2002

>>85475718

All comics are filler, good or bad stories are a different thing

Stuff like Kamala's fanfic makes Annuals worth it, that shit is gold

>>85475535
So were tieri and bruce jones the dan slott/current bendis/hopeless of their time?

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AVENGERS: THE ULTRON IMPERATIVE

>Written by Kurt Busiek and Roy Thomas, art by TBA, cover by Barry Windsor- Smith.

>Kang revealed the portents in Avengers #42 -- and now, a new form of robotic life walks the land, patterned after Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Does this herald the resurrection of the undying Utron -- or something even more sinister? Plus: a pin-up section by Avengers alumni, including a never-before-published piece by Barry Windsor-Smith... who also illustrates the cover.

>80 pages, $5.99.

That reminds me, in couple of months we're getting the NUFF SAID initiative.

>Marvel solicitation in 2001
X-men are first

>Marvel solicitation today
X-men are almost last, in front of Star wars comics and characters that dont have anything to do with other teams.

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AVENGERS #45

>Written by Kurt Busiek, art by Manual Garcia and Karl Kesel, cover by Andy Kubert.

>The second stage of Conqueror's invasion begins as the battle-weary Avengers jet off to Washington D.C., where the government unveils its ominous and unsettling solution to the Kang question. Plus: Thor and Firebird have a heart-to-heart talk, Triathlon and Jack of Hearts hit the town, and Hank Pym chooses a costumed identity.

>32 pages, $2.25.

>>85475790
Thank you

>>85475850
Mmm, Kang Dynasty.

>>85475742
>>85475817
These projects must have been in the pipeline before Quesada took over. The late '90s was full of nostalgia projects.

Nostalgia would not make a full comeback until around 2004-5 or so (when we got stuff like Spider-Man/Human Torch). Ever since then the nostalgia style comes and goes.

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STARTLING STORIES: BANNER #2

>Written by Brian Azzarello, art and cover by Richard Corben.

>Continuing Startling Stories, the new imprint that lets the industry's top talents cut loose on their favorite heroes, Up first: the Hulk as interpreted by Brian Azzarello and Richard Corben. Having located the green-skinned monstrosity in the New Mexico desert, Doc Sampson prepares his troops for a High Noon showdown. With a 1,000 Blackhawk helicopters at his disposal, the mysterious government agent has a formidable arsenal, but he's brought along a secret weapon -- just to be safe.

>32 pages, $2.99.

This is a nice little story.

STARTLING STORIES was a short-lived imprint that included FF Unstable Molecules and Peter Bagge's Spider-Man. Did they want a spiritual successor to Coober Skeber #2? I guess Marvel Knights were too cool for these kinds of stories.

>>85475817

wait what's this?

THat's a rad af Vision on the cover Barry

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CAPTAIN AMERICA/NICK FURY: THE OTHERWORLD WAR

>Written by Peter Hogan, art and cover by Leonardo Manco.

>Unveiling one of Cap's most offbeat adventures. Captain America and Sgt. Fury join forces to take out the hated Red Skull, who has stolen a mysterious secret weapon. But when the Nazi booty triggers a gateway to the Dark Dimension, Cap and Fury find themselves face-to-face with unimaginable horrors -- girded only by their two-fisted resolve. The Allies won World War II -- but can they win this Otherworld War?

>64 pages, $6.95.

>>85475946
There's also this

>>85475985

That's a fucking amazing title ngl.

>>85475896
WE

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DARDEVIL: YELLOW #3

>Written by Jeph Loeb, art and cover by Tim Sale.

>The new firm of Nelson and Murdock needs clients - so how about the Fantastic Four? Meanwhile, the early days of DD's career continue as the Man Without Fear follows the trail to his father's killers. Plus: a classic enemy makes his first move.

>32 pages, $3.50.

And didn't like any of the color stories. I read them about ten years ago stil green around the years so maybe they'r the "appreciate with more continuity knowledge" kinda things

>>85474255
I've read many of these stories, but thanks to te shitty publishing marvel had in my country i read them separately at different times, realizing that all of this was being put out at the same time is mindblowing, this is the marvel i love, and it's gone, vision is the only story currently ongoing that has made me feel as captivated as what came from this era

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DAREDEVIL #22

>Written by Bob Gale, art by Phil Winslade and James Hodgkins, cover by David Mack.

>It's the strangest legal case of the century: lawyer Matt Murdock vs. his alter ego, Daredevil. If he's going to defend himself against, well, himself, DD needs a lawyer... but it's Murdock himself who may have to settle.

>32 pages, $2.99.

DAREDEVIL #23

>Written by Bob Gale, art by Dave Ross and James Hodgkins, cover by David Mack.

>Attorney Matt Murdock is forced to prosecute his secret identity, Daredevil - but he's convinced that someone may have framed them both. So is there really an old enemy behind it all - or something even stranger?

>32 pages, $2.99.

Bendis' run starts in a couple of issues. He had a short Ben Urich-centered arc before that but it was more of a Mack showcase (every Mack comic is a Mack showcase rather than writer's story)

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PUNISHER #3

>Written by Garth Ennis, art by Steve Dillon and Jimmy Palmiotti, cover by Tim Bradstreet.

>Frank Castle is headed for the South Pacific - for his kind of fun in the sun! The Punisher is tracking an international cartel that's resurrected an old enemy - and the trail leads to the scumhole called Grand Nixon Island. What will the one-man-army do on an island full of mercenaries, criminals and psychos?

>32 pages, $2.99.

Notice the lack of collected editions. Mass-producing tpbs was another one of Jemas' huge and successful initiatives. I think DC has already started getting the hang of it by this time.

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ELEKTRA #2

>Written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Chuck Austen, covers by Greg Horn and Bill Sienkiewicz.

>Why has the super secret spy organization called S.H.I.E.L.D. hired the sexy assassin? And has the subversive terrorist cell known as Hydra infiltrated her employers? Surrounded by evil, and left no one to trust, it'll take all of Elektra's "ninja whamma-jamma" to ferret out the answers and survive this deadly mission.

>32 pages, $2.99.

Greg Hoooooooooooooooooooooooorn

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GHOST RIDER: THE HAMMER LANE #3

>Written by Devin Grayson, art by Trent Kaniuga, cover by Kaniuga and Danny Miki.

>His name is Gunmetal Gray, and he's been hired to kill Ghost Rider - but you won't believe who his employer is. And while a supernatural, flame-skulled demon is pretty hard to kill, the ex-stunt rider named Johnny Blaze is totally mortal! Will Ghost Rider's crusade for vengeance run out of gas just as it's begun?

>32 pages, $2.99.

Blanking here

>>85476173
Issue 3 got recalled only 5000 copies exist.

>>85476100
I haven't read brubaker's run or anything that came after bendis but damn this title was fucking solid, i liked guardian devil even if it was stupid , mainly because quesada's art

>>85476154
And along with it came a change in how Marvel stories were written, toward the 6-issue storyline and away from the old method of having shorter arcs but endless unspooling soap-opera threads.

>>85476211
Honestly this was a great format, remember how bad it was in the 90s with shit like the clone saga and arcs sprawling through all issues of a character? The series were more condensed in this period, everything felt less chaotic, more controlled

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FANTASTIC FOUR: 1 2 3 4 #2

>Written by Grant Morrison, art and cover by Jae Lee.

>With her husband Mr. Fantastic locked away in his lab, and her brother the Human Torch out partying, it's time for the Invisible Woman to step into the spotlight and jet out of town. But can a member of the world-famous Fantastic Four enjoy a peaceful vacation? Several of the FF's greatest foes don't think so.

>32 pages, $2.99.

That's it for this month, I'm gonna go play GTA 3 and listen to Take Off Your Pants And Jacket from my brother's iTunes now.

>>85476307
Yes, it was one of the changes that needed to be made.

In the early '00s there was too much of a dogmatic thing of making almost everything be 6 issues even if it didn't need to be. That's mostly not the case any more.

>>85476332
Are you going to do DC Solicits for August 2001?

>>85476332
>Grant Morrison Fantastic Four
I've never heard of this.
Is it any good?

>>85476388
It's one of the weirdest takes on doom, i liked it, dark as fuck, not one of morrison's best works but it's good

>>85476438
Had one of my favorite Doom-loses-control-of-the-situation moments, like, ever, where all Reed does is go, "Victor, I've been thinking." and the tide just fucking TURNS.

>>85476379
yassss
>>85476508

>>85476528
I loved that too, easily best part of the mini, reed in general was at the top of his game in it

>>85475386
I'll never forgive Winnick for killing Sunfire at the end of his run. It just felt like a case of "if I can't have her, nobody can". Blink's fine and all but I really felt that her and Morph should've been THE Exiles. Both were great character who had great chemistry together, something even Austen was able to understand.

I'm glad Bedard killed Mimic not just for that but he was a boring fucking character too.

>>85475420
How is Jurgens' Thor run?

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>>85476674
Sunfire was the best.

>>85476716

Jurgens but rad JRJR art (which is all i've read of it) but Immonen is no slouch

>>85474857
Has it ever been revealed who the fuck X was? I can't even seem to find anything about it in Cronin's urban legends column. The most persistent rumor seems to be Howard Mackie but I don't really know why.

>>85474937
I kind of think X-Statix is a tad overrated. It's a good comic but I think after a while the novetly of it wears off and I didn't find many of the characters particularly compelling enough to want to keep reading about. It's a book, like Silver Surfer, where Allred's art makes people believe it's better than it is.

It was a damn sight better than the awful CounterX run before it though which was a shitty follow up to JFM's pretty good one.

>>85475223
They also helped kill her "replacement" Anya.

>>85475850

Awww yiss. When the Avengers franchise was awesome

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>>85474255
Ah yes, this issue.

>>85477337
I've always figured it was Peter Milligan because that was the only book to include X-statix(called X-force) at the time. It was even included in the Omnibus.

>>85477337
>Spider-Man Crawl Space: Is there any truth to you being the writer of the Brotherhood title? If so, what was the decision process behind crediting the writer as "X"?
>Howard Mackie: I've heard some of the rumors. I find them very interesting and certainly laughable.

“Wizard claimed Writer X was Catcher in the Rye author J. D. Salinger”

>>85474255
I like these threads.

>>85477337
>It's a book, like Silver Surfer, where Allred's art makes people believe it's better than it is
Nah, you just got shit taste m8

>>85476187
IIRC that's a pretty reviled seris. Never read it myself but Devin Grayson is a terrible writer who only got work in comics because she was fucking Mark Waid.

>>85476332
Hopefully someone can find and do some solicits for '90s stuff as well if they exist.

>>85478546
She wasn't always bad. But she does set a precedent of writers. She was one of the first huge fangirl writers in comics, like she wrote fan fiction and named herself after Dick Grayson fangirl.

>>85475585
The art of this run is what got me into Iron Man. I stuck with it until Tony became Secretary of Defense. Seemed like a good jumping off point to me.

>>85478722
Tarantula was her self-insert OC IIRC so she literally wrote herself raping Nightwing.

>>85479425
Nightwing was her self insert, not Tarantula
Becomes more obvious when you know read about her history