Who is Ms. Marvel? Not even she knows – but that doesn’t stop her from battling the Scorpion! Carol Danvers gets promoted to superheroine status in this substantial-feeling debut from the team of Gerry Conway, John Buscema and Joe Sinnott.
READSpider-Man races to help as a football-player-turned-scientist tries to save his daughter from kidnappers. Will either man be in time? Len Wein delivers a strong done-in-one story here, with solid support from Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.
READDuring a layover in what was once West Virginia, Killraven discovers a society of African-American separatists living underground. This strange mix of racially charged dystopian tropes is a tough read from today’s vantage. From the fill-in team of Bill Mantlo, Herb Trimpe and D. Bruce Berry.
READKillraven sets off to seek the help of Pstun-Rage the Vigilant … but ends up killing him instead. This issue from the team of Don McGregor and Gene Colan is interesting, but tonally a little off.
READIn the year 2018, a freeman named Killraven leads the fight against the Keepers and their Martian overlords. This uneven debut-by-committee includes work from Neal Adams, Roy Thomas, Howard Chaykin and more.
READAgainst the backdrop of a peaceful world facing annihilation, the Chief Examiner comes to Earth to steal the Hulk’s power. An early, subpar effort at transmedia, from the team of Bill Mantlo, Mark Gruenwald and John Romita Sr. (working off a concept by John Byrne and game designer Scott Adams).
READSpider-Man and Dr. Strange team to save Flash Thompson from Asian monks who wrongfully seek vengeance! Chockablock with melodrama, this outing from Stan Lee and John Romita is a quintessential early-'70s Spider-Man comic.
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