An “Alice in Wonderland” riff, a surreal quest and a tale of interplanetary war: Anomaly #4 is an interesting underground featuring work from Jan Strnad, Richard Corben and Bob Kline.
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A man falls hard for a woman who wipes out on a surfboard – but her mommy issues stand between them. Bronze Age romance comics prove even harder to follow than the superhero ones, but this one features nice art by Alex Toth, Ernie Colón and others.
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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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Storm falls under Dracula’s thrall once more, but what’s going on with a distraught – and seemingly murderous – Kitty Pryde? Another mismatched story of horror and superheroics from the future New Mutants team of Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz.
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Batman goes undercover to stop Extortion, Inc., but discovers their enforcer is an amnesiac, lost-in-time Kamandi. Bob Haney’s story misfires a bit, but the art by Jim Aparo makes this issue a winner.
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Trouble seeks out Adam Strange and the Justice League – both on Earth and 25 trillion miles away on Rann. A rather simple story from Cary Bates keeps this wedding issue from being something special, despite decent art from JLA regulars Dick Dillin and Frank McLaughlin.
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Rom encounters his first superhero since coming to Earth; unfortunately, Jack of Hearts thinks the spaceknight is a killer! A generally solid issue from Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema gets bogged down by back story and exposition.
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Tyr’s disembodied, robot hand returns to free its master – and takes over Superboy in the process! That’s one of two so-so stories by Cary Bates this issue, both ably illustrated by future X-artist Dave Cockrum.
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The Fatal Five concoct a time-travel scheme to wipe out the Legion by neutralizing Superboy in the 20th century. The Legionnaires stretch out to fill this whole issue, their second as Superboy’s cover co-stars. Writer Cary Bates and artist Dave Cockrum again do the honors.
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The villainous Tyr kidnaps and brainwashes Timber Wolf, then sends him on a mission to execute the Legion! The 30th-century’s favorite teens earn cover co-star status with this issue, under the guidance of Cary Bates and rising star Dave Cockrum.
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