Aquaman must stop the Marine Marauder, a “lowly marine biologist” who uses air-breathing sea creatures to steal swine-flu vaccine. Steve Skeates story is pretty silly, but Jim Aparo’s art is excellent as usual. Throw in a well-drawn backup story by Mike Nasser and Terry Austin (written by Denny O'Neil) and this is one to pick up for the art.
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Locked in the JLA satellite, the Justice League and Justice Society investigate who among them is a murderer. The conclusion to this Gerry Conway two-parter stumbles, keeping it from being a classic. (The interior is by JLA regulars Dick Dillin and Frank McLaughlin.)
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The Justice League and Justice Society meet for a social get-together – but the good times end in murder! Writer Gerry Conway delivers a more-intimate-than-usual drama for the 1979 edition of this annual team-up, and he gets solid support from the journeyman art team of Dick Dillin and Frank McLaughlin.
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Warlord and friends make their way to Deimos’ fortress, where the sorcerer holds Morgan and Tara’s son captive. Mike Grell’s Bronze Age mainstay (inked poorly by Vince Colletta) has settled into a consistent, serviceable rhythm.
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A trio of short stories – including a Human Target tale by the winning team of Len Wein, Neal Adams and Dick Giordano – all take a backseat to a subtle-but-iconic Nick Cardy cover.
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Superman and Captain Marvel discover they’ve switched costumes and powers as part of a Mr. Mxyzptlk plot. Both the lead story – by the team of Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas, Rich Buckler and Dick Giordano – and backup feature would have been more at home in the Silver Age.
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Kamandi and mutant friend Ben Boxer join the Horse Marines to explore “the dominion of devils” … aka Canada! More madcap, post-apocalyptic adventures from the mind of Jack “King” Kirby.
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Lex Luthor and Brainiac both get solid revamps in this 45th anniversary issue of Action Comics. Creative talent for this outing includes Cary Bates, Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson, Marv Wolfman, Gil Kane and others.
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A magically induced storm causes Tara to crash, leaving her and Warlord at the mercy of a savage horde. Mike Grell’s classic swords-and-sorcery series loses a some of its magic thanks to Vince Colletta’s mismatched inking.
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Tara and Morgan escape a carnivorous dinosaur but soon find themselves captured as breeding stock for a dying alien race. Mike Grell’s story is a bit of a mess – but not compared to Vince Colletta’s inking.
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