#Lyja The Lazerfist

[heckcareoxytwit]

Rick Jones and Marlo Chandler prepare for their wedding by going on their night outs on separate parties. Marlo Chandler, along with her mother and Betty Ross, go for a girls night out on a Bachelorette Party with She-Hulk, Invisible Woman, Lyja the Skrull, Scarlet Witch and Crystal. Whereas Rick Jones has a bachelor night with Hulk, Captain America, Vision, Quicksilver, Doc Samson, Silver Surfer, Ben Grimm, Iron Man, War Machine, Namor and his old friends from the Teen Brigade.

In the veterans hall, Rick's bachelor party is in full swing. As the Hulk's allies and superheroes converse with each other, members of the Teen Brigade spike the punch. Suddenly, the party is crashed by a costumed woman calling herself the Ecdysiast, hired for the party. Captain America thinks he hired a magician, but is quickly horrified to discover that she is actually a stripper when she shows herself off to Rick. Hulk tells Captain America not to tell Betty about this, wondering what she would think about such objectification of the human body. However, the ladies have all gone to a male strip club where they are having a wild time. Suddenly, the party is crashed by some armed gunmen who have come to rob the patrons. Their mistake, however, is in choosing the night the club is full of female superheroes. Later that night, Rick's party quiets down for the screening of an adult film. After the Vision uses his powers to fix the projector, they are all in for a surprise when the woman in the film turns out to be Rick's bride-to-be.

Incredible Hulk v1 #417, 1994

Click on Keep Reading for the bonus picture which is the cover of this comic...

[sebeth]

Lyja the Lazerfist

[johnnywait]

Fantastic Four #32 (2018)

[waitingforthet]

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[that-theaven]

I've made no Secret that I got into the Fantastic four during the controversial Defalco/Ryan era and recently on tumblr I saw a Pinup Keith Pollard did of Alicia Masters before she was retconned into a Skrull (on the right) and with no disrespect to the original artist decided to redraw Lyja in her true form

[kylereadscomics]

@comfortfoodcontent did it first, but here are my Top 10 Marvel Comics runs, in no particular order.

Thunderbolts 1-75 by Busiek, Bagley, Nicieza, et al. - indisputably the best, wouldn't still be reading comics without it.

Defenders vol 4 1-12 by Fraction, Dodson, McKelvie, etc. - the shortest run on this list but one of my all-time fave comics that I re-read more often than most.

Amazing Spider-Man by Lee, Romita, etc. (issues 39-122) - while the Lee/Ditko run is great and features the introductions of so many iconic villains and characters, the soap opera elements of this era, culminating in the Death of Gwen Stacy, with Romita drawing both MJ and Gwen, makes it the best to me.

Spider-Man comics from Revelations to The Final Chapter - possibly the most overlooked era, this stretch of 20+ issues each of 4 different ongoing Spidey series, from the end of the Clone Saga/Ben Reilly era to the Byrne relaunch, are the comics that were coming out when I started reading as a young lad, and will always be my favourites, especially with Wieringo and JR Jr. and Steve Skroce doing much of the art.

Ultimate Spider-Man 1-160 by Bendis, Bagley, Immonen, Lafuente, etc. - The best attempt to make Spider-Man relevant to teens again without just sticking Peter in a perpetual loser cycle.

Daredevil by Nocenti and Romita Jr. (250-282) - I don't think there's a bad DD comic between 168 and 300, but these ones are the best.

Daredevil by Waid, Rivera, Samnee, etc. (vol 3 1-36, vol 4 1-18) - After a period of time where I wasn't buying comics at all, this brought me back and got me collecting like never before.

Fantastic Four by Defalco, Ryan, etc. (356-416) - I know in my heart that there are better FF runs, but this one has Lyja Lazerfist and Psi-Lord Franklin Richards and Sue Storm's ridiculous swimsuit costume and it is my favourite.

Post-Onslaught X-Men (specifically Uncanny 341-350, X-Men 62-71) - Again, these issues are intrinsically linked to childhood memories but also the Joe Madureira and Carlos Pacheco art is amazing and the stories are fun.

Captain Marvel by Peter David, ChrisCross, etc. (volumes 4 and 5) - IDK I just love these comics. They're very fun.

[yetanothercomicbook]

The Flame, This Fury

Fantastic Four #371

"This is even more entertaining than I imagined!"

Johnny is ambushed by Devos the Devastator, Paibok the Power Skrull, and Lyja the Lazerfist!

Two excellent stories here. Ben and Reed working with Sharon Ventura to rescue Alicia Masters from Aron the Rogue Watcher. The question is, can they trust her?

While this is going on, Johnny is alone in battle in a plotline that's been building for a little while. And what they heck is up with little Franklin? Or Susan for that matter. It's a comic that positively zips along, every page delivering something exciting and fun. Especially that last page...

On Sale Date: October 27, 1992.

Total Paid Circulation: 217,625 (average #371-382).

Wizard Top 100: #27.

Tom DeFalco (16 of 66).

Paul Ryan (16 of 60).

10/10

[divinamour]

"Call your 'friends', Lazerfist."

The princess reached down to her waist then, pulling her needlessly expensive cell phone free before holding it out to Lyja before her. It was Face ID locked. The fact that that was a security measure on this planet was often the source of a good chuckle to The Goddess' youngest.

"Should we perhaps have this conversation atop The Baxter Building so you'll feel more confident about spitting in my face? Tell me how else I might facilitate you feeling at peace here. After all, one of us, still cares deeply for the betterment of all our kind."

The phone in Ana'Hira's hand is released. Tossed, softly, to @arxchnoverture, without concern for if she caught it or not. The princess could afford another one.

"Would allowing LOVE in be so awful? If you were possessed of my affections, would yours truly be to suffer?" No, she was not going to take Lyja's autonomy. She didn't want her name nor her shadow. Ana'Hira wanted for Lyja what she wanted for all of her children. "Then, we absolve you of your crimes. We return you to the Empire to be born again... and then you're free to return to whatever amazing fantasy you'd like."

[cartoonus-maximus]

For the comics meme: 2 & 10!

✨ comics meme ✨

2. top five ships (canon or not)

❤️️ Peter Parker/Spider-Man x Mary Jane Watson (my favorite canon ship right now)

❤️️ Peter Parker/Spider-Man x Johnny Storm/the Human Torch (my favorite non-canon ship right now)

❤️️ Rogue x Remy LeBeau/Gambit (my original otp)

❤️️ Billy Kaplan/Wiccan x Teddy Altman/Hulkling (the sweetest couple Marvel has to offer)

❤️️ Gwen Poole/Gwenpool x Quentin Quire/Kid Omega (the canon crackship I didn't expect to like, but I think they're hilarious together)

10. a character who deserved better from the text

Unpopular opinion, but I'm gonna say Lyja Lazerfist.

For those who don't know her, Lyja is probably best known as the Skrull spy ex-wife of the Human Torch, and she's in and out of the "Fantastic Four" comics too frequently for me to keep up with. Since then, she's also had brief appearances in "Guardians of the Galaxy" and other titles. She was originally introduced as a plot device more than a character (one writer had Johnny and Alicia get married, but another writer decided to retcon the pairing, suddenly revealing that "Alicia" was really a Skrull woman in disguise, sent to spy on the FF), and her personality and character motivations are different every time she shows up in a story.

Originally, Lyja was written as a star-crossed spy who genuinely fell in love with Johnny while infiltrating his family. She's portrayed as genuinely feeling bad about tricking him and lying to him, but doesn't know how to stop because she also fears her people. Ultimately she dies protecting Johnny. In this genre or storytelling, these actions would normally warrant her a position as a hero, or at least a good person.

Despite this, Lyja (who returns from the dead, because that's how the superhero genre rolls) has never really been written reliably as a hero. Each writer has a new take on her, and their takes are often wildly different: sometimes she loves Johnny and wants to marry and have kids with him, and sometimes she hates Johnny and wants to kill him. Sometimes she lives in the Baxter Building and considers the FF her family, sometimes she blows up the Baxter Building and abandons the FF to participate in the Skrull invasion. Sometimes she protects the Future Foundation kids from another villain. Sometimes she takes Alicia's place (again!). Sometimes she's sweet and loving, and other times she's a cold and heartless bitch… Most of the writers don't seem to know what to do with her.

Personally, I wish that when she died and came back the first time, the writer/s had made it clear that her new personality was a product of her "coming back wrong." At least then they'd have some excuse for why they changed her so heavily, and then for why they've continued to change her.

I'd just like to see her used as a character (hero or villain) instead of a plot device for once.

[marvelman901]

Lyja, the Lazerfist! . Which slide do you like the most? . Lyja posed as Alicia Masters for some time, marrying The Human Torch before she was found out. After a period of being a Supervillain (fighting mostly the Fantastic Four) she joined the Fantastic Four for awhile... . 1st slide is by Paul Ryan. 3rd - 5th slide art is by Paul Ryan. 6th slide is by Pacella and McKenna. 8th slide is by Keith Pollard and Josef Rubinstein. . See more relevant content here: #marvelman901lyja #marvelman901skrulls #marvelman901fantasticfour . #lyja #skrulls #fantasticfour #paulryan https://www.instagram.com/p/CoWq9wfse7N/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[comicwaren]

From Immortal Hulk #048, “Hiding Places”

Art by Joe Bennett, Ruy José, Belardino Brabo and Paul Mounts

Written by Al Ewing

[why-i-love-comics]

Future Foundations #5 (2019)

written by Jeremy Whitley art by Alti Firmansyah & Triona Farrell

[fyeahfantasticfour]

Congratulations, Alicia! I can’t think of anyone I’d rather have as a sister-in-law!

Fantastic Four Vol 1 298: “Closer Than Brothers!”

[johnnywait]

Fantastic Four #32 (2018)

[marvelheroperil]

Thing, Johnny Storm, Lyja the Skrull and Invisible Woman are trapped in the dungeon of the Skrull Throneworld and there’s a cave-in. 

- Fantastic Four v1 #383, 1993

[evilhorse]

Tell the, that Lyja the Lazerfist sent you.