#ms marvel: the new mutant vol 1

[juststeveandtonythings]

Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #2. It's Tony time! Though first, we establish that Kamala continues to have funky dreams, though she thinks there might be a lead in some fanfic she's written, so she looks through those. She also tells Synch about the Chitauri, but communicating with the X-Men leads Orchis to her, and she gets attacked by a bunch of drones. Fortunately, Tony arrives in his Mark Nil armor and saves her in time. She's super happy to see him! It's extremely cute.

Tony tells her he's married now (placing this after IIM #10) and takes her to the Hellfire Club so she can meet his wife, who Kamala is surprised to see is Emma. He makes silly jokes and is presumably not drinking alcohol. Emma is fondly grumpy.

This happens, which is amazing. ANYWAY. Emma asks for some privacy so she can have a heart-to-heart with Kamala about mutantness, so Tony leaves. Emma basically tells Kamala that she needs to stop being so idealistic about trying to get people to accept mutants because she's going to get herself killed, so she really needs to keep it on the down-low. (Kamala seems to listen, because in X-Men #26 it's pointed out that she chooses to defend people in non-mutant-y ways.)

Meanwhile, the main person in Orchis who is after Kamala, a Dr. Nitika Gaiha (who in turn is being watched by Omega Sentinel), waits for Kamala to fall asleep because she sicced a special drone on her which will presumably find out... something about her. (Orchis still hasn't been able to really pin her down yet because there's some sort of anti-facial-recognition software the X-Men are running to keep Kamala safe.) At the same time, Bruno has set up a doohickey to monitor Kamala's weird dreams, since she told him about them, so sleepy hijinks are about to go down.

- Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant Vol 1 #2 (2023)

[twunny20fission]

Books of 2024

Here are the books I read in 2024, with some thoughts on each

“The World We Make” by N.K. Jemison. A sequel to a book I was looking forward to, but found a bit disappointing. This one was fine. It really made the first book shine by comparison. The series was supposed to be a trilogy, but the author didn’t want to do it anymore. So this one felt rushed.

“Sweet Tooth, Book One” by Jeff Lemire. Visually great and well-written. Didn’t blow me away, but felt worthwhile. I’d like to read the next in the series, but it’s harder to find.

“Pageboy” by Elliot Page. This is one of those memoirs where you think, “well, they definitely didn’t hire a ghost writer.” Page is not a skilled writer. The stories he lived through were enough to be good nonetheless.

“Moon Knight, Vol. 1: The Midnight Mission” by Jed McKay, et al. Pretty tame for such an interesting character.

“Moon Knight, Vol. 2: Too Tough to Die” by Jed McKay, et al. Meandering, with a rushed ending. Meh.

“Safe & Sound” by Mercury Stardust. How to take care of a lot of stuff around your house. It was inspiring and affirming. Not a lot of it was necessarily useful to me presently. But it was still good.

“Usagi Yojimbo, Vol 6: Circles” by Stan Sakai. I love everything about Usagi. This is a strong volume.

“Evvie Drake Starts Over” by Linda Holmes. A great time. I took a swing on a type of book I don’t normally pick up, and I’m extremely happy I did. It’s a romance novel, but not AT ALL a bodice-ripper. A modern, thoughtful, realistic novel about an adult woman falling in love. Super good.

“The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck” by Mark Manson. Nowhere near as good as I wanted it to be. Very bro-ey, and not particularly resonant.

“Ms. Marvel Vol 5: Super Famous” by G. Willow Wilson, et al. A very middle-of-the-road entry in Wilson’s Marvel volumes.

“Making It So: A Memoir” by Patrick Stewart. Outstanding. Exceeded every expectation, and my expectations were high. Even the less-than-flattering elements of his life were handled well.

“Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant” by Iman Vellani, et al. This book really hung its hat on “Iman Vellani got to write this one.” Which is great, but it wasn’t a spectacular book.

“An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us” by Ed Yong. Very disappointing. It could have been very cool, but it was not.

“poyums” by Len Pennie. I dislike 95% of all poetry I've ever experienced. This book is in the other 5%. Even when I didn’t understand it (either because it was in Scots, because it was poetry, or both) it was great.

“Ms. Marvel Vol 6: Civil War II” by G. Willow Wilson, et al. Good art, mediocre plots, pretty decent dialogue.

“Camp Damascus” by Chuck Tingle. I listened to the audiobook, but I’m counting it. This was engaging start to finish. The creepy parts were good, and the sense of fun that the author brings to things was apparent throughout.

“Mighty Nein Origins: Beauregard Lionett” by Mae Catt, et al. None of these Origins books were great standalone stories. This one was *pretty* good.

“Sourcery” by Terry Pratchett. Another great entry in what might at this point be my favorite book series. Like ever. After I reckoned with the fact that I’d never read another Douglas Adams book, I figured that part of my brain would go fallow. Thank goodness for Sir Terry, and thank goodness he was so prolific. This one was exciting and emotional.

“Three Novels,” by Samuel Beckett. I don’t get what he was trying to do here. Beckett’s plays work for me. Whatever this was did NOT. I tortured myself into finishing it, after a months-long break.

“Star Trek: Lower Decks #1” by Ryan North, et al. Really enjoyable. You have to come into the book with a knowledge of how Lower Decks works. Which I have, and it was great. Ryan North has never missed.

“Survival Street” by James Asmus, et al. As with any good satire, this was hard to “enjoy.” It was too sharp an implement, but it was very well-executed. The idea is that the S*same St*eet m*ppets are real, living, immigrant people. And when the tyrannical government takes over and de-funds PBS and basically all non-propaganda children’s TV, they go HAM.

“Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros. Very glad I picked this one up. I get caught in the “do I really have bandwidth for a long book, or to start another series right now” of it all. But this one was worth it. But I wish it had been a little less infatuation-obsessed. The romance makes sense, and is even relevant to the plot. But the “oh, how could I ever have denied myself the exquisite pleasure of having this person’s skin under my fingertips” is just…blegh.

“The Adventure Zone, Vol. 6: The Suffering Game” by the McElroys, et al. The comics are not as good as the podcast. Part of that opinion might be nostalgia for the golden age of “about 10 years ago.” But it’s how I feel. This one fits in nicely with the others, which is to say it’s competently written and arted. There are one or two great bits per book, but overall it’s fine.

“Wyrd Sisters” by Terry Pratchett. I look back on every Discworld novel with a sense of it being the best one and not as good as at least one other one. My favorite is constantly in flux. This one stands out for its treatment of the magic of theater (and greater magick of headology) and its deeper insights into the witches.

“A Wizard of Earthsea” by Ursula Le Guin. I should have read this sooner. It pretty much holds up, though the style is clearly of a type that no one really uses anymore.

“Priestdaddy” by Patricia Lockwood. Bit of a disappointment. It was like reading a clever blog of an autobiography. I didn’t really hold together well. A lot of it was entertaining, but it wasn’t Great.

“Legends and Lattes” by Travis Baldree. Right up my alley. A very cozy, thoughtful story in a kind of hand-wavy fantasy world. Really enjoyed it.

“The Theory of Everything Else” by Dan Schreiber. Wasn’t exactly a narrative, wasn’t exactly just a list of facts & curiosities. It was okay. I feel like Schreiber is at his best in the audio format, in the company of other weirdos.

“Pyramids” by Terry Pratchett. Very cool expansion of Discworld. I’m hoping it is a foundation to something ahead, as I liked the characters and the new elements of the plane.

"Iron Flame" by Rebecca Yarros. A stellar second entry in the series. It was infuriating how engrossed I was for the last 150 or so pages especially. The spicy scenes still seem to be...too much. They stick out as an insanely different experience than the rest of the narrative. Look, I liked the book a lot. I had a hard time telling certain characters apart sometimes, and some of the narrative bits were too confusing until they weren't. This series is A Lot.

Metrics!

Total books: 31 Total (non-graphic novels and other picture-heavy books) pages: 6450 Total pages: 8403 Highest-rated: Making It So Lowest-rated: Three Novels Very Glad I Read It Award: poyums Honorable Mention: Evvie Drake Starts Over Glad It's Over Award: The World We Make Most disappointing: Three Novels

[karmirage]

some fun facts for the @tournament-of-x voters

The oldest contestants currently in the match (and by oldest, I mean “the date of their first appearance”, not their actual ages) are Magneto, Jean Grey, Bobby Drake/Iceman, and Scott Summers/Cyclops. All four of them first appear in X-Men #1 in 1963.

The youngest contestant currently in the match (again, in terms of the dates of their first appearance, not actual age) is Gwendolyn Poole/Gwenpool, who first debuted in Howard the Duck #1 in 2015.

Of the contestants, only Laura Kinney/Wolverine appeared first on screen -- her first ever appearance was in Season 3, Episode 10 of X-Men: Evolution in August of 2003. This would be later followed by her first comic appearance in NYX #3, in December of 2003.

As far as classic teams go: the 33 characters remaining include three of the original five X-Men (Jean, Bobby, Scott), four of the classic nine New Mutants (Xuân Cao Mạnh/Karma, Dani Moonstar/Mirage, Roberto da Costa/Sunspot, and Illyana Rasputin/Magik -- Dani, Xuân, and Roberto are also founding members), and two people who have two first appearances (both Illyana and Nathan Summers/Cable appear in canon continuity as babies/toddlers prior to appearing later under their aliases -- Illyana appears in Giant-Sized X-Men #1 in 1975 and Nathan appears in Uncanny X-Men #201 in 1985). Two contestants are also part of the iconic Giant-Sized X-Men team created in 1975 -- Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler and Ororo Munroe/Storm. Two members of the original Generation X remain (Monet St. Croix/M/Penance and Jubilation Lee/Jubilee), as well as two from the Academy X era (David Alleyne and Megan Gwynn, from the New Mutants second generation team and the Paragons, respectively), three if you choose to count Laura Kinney/Wolverine, who joined the remaining students of New X-Men vol. 2 just after M-Day.

All the contestants save nine made their first appearances in X-books (X-Men, Giant-Sized X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, New Mutants, X-Factor, X-Force, Generation X, X-Men: Evolution and New X-Men). The ones who do not first appear in X-books are Mystique (Ms. Marvel #18 in 1978, though she technically had a cameo appearance two issues prior), Xuân Cao Mạnh/Karma (Marvel Team-Up #100 in 1980), Anna Marie Lebeau/Rogue (Avengers Annual #10, 1981), Dani Moonstar/Mirage and Roberto da Costa/Sunspot (both in Marvel Graphic Novel #4 in 1983), Billy Kaplan-Altman/Wiccan (Young Avengers #1, 2005), Tommy Shepherd/Speed (Young Avengers #10, 2006), Eden Fesi/Manifold (Secret Warriors #4, 2009), and Gwendolyn Poole/Gwenpool (Howard the Duck #1, 2015).

Demographically speaking, four characters in the tournament are canonically Jewish -- Magneto, Kate Pryde, Billy Kaplan-Altman/Wiccan, and Bobby Drake/Iceman (thanks for the reminder, @/ant-ifascottlang!) Though it hasn’t been confirmed, one might assume that Tommy Shepherd/Speed and Lorna Dane/Polaris are also Jewish, being related to them.

The 70s and the 80s are proving themselves to be the most popular -- 8 candidates that were created in the 70s are still in the tournament (Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler, Ororo Munroe/Storm, Illyana Rasputin/Magik, Mystique, Jean-Paul Beaubier/Northstar, Jeanne-Marie Beaubier/Aurora, Kitty/Kate Pryde, and Emma Frost/White Queen), and 8 characters created in the 80s are still in the tournament as well (Irene Adler/Destiny, Xuân Cao Mạnh/Karma, Anna Marie Lebeau/Rogue, Dani Moonstar/Mirage, Roberto da Costa/Sunspot, Nathan Summers/Cable, Julio Richter/Rictor, and Jubilation Lee/Jubilee).

Of the other decades: seven characters were introduced in the 2000s (Eloise Phimister/Negasonic Teenage Warhead, David Alleyne/Prodigy, Laura Kinney/Wolverine, Megan Gwynn/Pixie, Billy Kaplan-Altman/Wiccan, Tommy Shepherd/Speed, and Eden Fesi/Manifold), five were introduced in the 60s (Magneto, Jean Grey, Bobby Drake/Iceman, Scott Summers/Cyclops, and Lorna Dane/Polaris), and four were introduced in the 90s (Remy Lebeau/Gambit, Lucas Bishop, Neena Thurman/Domino, and Monet St. Croix/M/Penance). Gwendolyn Poole/Gwenpool is the only character remaining in the tournament to be introduced after 2010.

One character is canonically Muslim -- Monet St. Croix/M/Penance.

Eleven characters are canonically LGBTQ+: Bobby Drake/Iceman, Mystique, Jean-Paul Beaubier/Northstar, Kitty/Kate Pryde, Irene Adler/Destiny, Xuân Cao Mạnh/Karma, Julio Richter/Rictor, David Alleyne/Prodigy, Billy Kaplan-Altman/Wiccan, Tommy Shepherd/Speed, and Gwendolyn Poole/Gwenpool.

Laura Kinney/Wolverine, Remy Lebeau/Gambit (thanks for the reminder, @/souldagger!) and Megan Gwynn/Pixie have been confirmed by writers to be queer, but there has been no on-panel confirmation for any of them beyond Pixie’s appearance/alternate dimension self in Secret Wars.

Without counting the upcoming Uncanny Avengers, at least three characters have been recurring Avengers -- Anna Marie Lebeau/Rogue, Roberto da Costa/Sunspot, and Eden Fesi/Manifold. Rogue and Sunspot also notably led teams of Avengers. Several other candidates have been Young Avengers -- David Alleyne/Prodigy, Billy Kaplan-Altman/Wiccan (who was a founding member), and Tommy Shepherd/Speed.

Ten characters are mutants of color -- Ororo Munroe/Storm is Kenyan-American and grew up in Cairo, Xuân Cao Mạnh/Karma is Vietnamese, Dani Moonstar/Mirage is Indigenous American, specifically Cheyenne, Roberto da Costa is Afrolatino and from Brazil, Julio Richter/Rictor is Mexican, Jubilation Lee/Jubilee is Chinese-American, Lucas Bishop is Aboriginal Australian/Black American (according to Chris Claremont, who confirmed that Bishop is indeed descended from Aboriginal Australian mutant Gateway), Monet St. Croix/M/Penance is Monacan-Algerian, David Alleyne/Prodigy is a Black American, and Eden Fesi/Manifold is Aboriginal Australian.

While Laura Kinney/Wolverine first appeared as a visibly brown girl in X-Men: Evolution, her design has since been lightened and she does not have a confirmed ethnicity.

Only eight of the remaining contestants have never appeared in live-action adaptations -- Irene Adler/Destiny, Xuân Cao Mạnh/Karma (though her name is shown on a computer screen in X2: X-Men United), Jean-Paul Beaubier/Northstar, Jeanne-Marie Beaubier/Aurora, David Alleyne/Prodigy, Megan Gwynn/Pixie, Eden Fesi/Manifold, and Gwendolyn Poole/Gwenpool. Of these, only Karma, Penance, Prodigy, Manifold, and Gwenpool have no on-screen appearances at all -- the others appear in the various animated series (Destiny has a recurring appearance in X-Men: Evolution, Pixie pops up in Wolverine and the X-Men, and the Beaubier twins appear in the X-Men cartoon of the 90s). While Penance is listed on Wikipedia as being in Wolverine and the X-Men, it does not cite an episode, though her twin younger sisters appear in Season 1 Episode 10 “Greetings from Genosha.” **this post has been corrected -- Monet St. Croix/M/Penance appears in the direct to TV Generation X movie (thanks for the reminder, @/cranechel!)

[wolverineholic]

Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant Vol 1 #2 (2023)

cover by Sara Pichelli

[age-of-moonknight]

“New Normal,” Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant (Vol. 1/2023), #1.

Writers: Iman Vellani and Sabir Pirzada; Pencilers and Inkers: Carlos Gómez and Adam Gorham; Colorist: Erick Arciniega; Letterer: Joe Caramagna

[fiftytwotwentythree]

Wellness Wednesday:

Happy...? New Year?

I say, Yeah, Yeah It Is.

Avoid Eating Out... Check

Avoid Sweets/Junk Food... Check

Lose 52 Pounds... Check

Lose 100 Pounds... Check

Try Out a Vegetarian Diet/Lifestyle (for a month) without Making it a Personality... Check

Go the Whole Year Rockin' a Rat Tail... Check

Weigh the Lowest You've Ever Weigh in Almost 2 Decades... Check

Phew.

These last couple days/weeks/month I have been in a horrible mood, but the last two days of December I had sudden change in behavior and attitude.

I got hit with a surge chutzpah. Workouts became slightly easier. Even though I was running on fumes (aka massive lack of sleep) I don't feel exhausted like I have for the past few months.

And I gotta give up for the New Year and the Death of this Challenge. Seeing the days turn into hours with the Challenge made Heart Grow 3 Sizes... in a Good Way.

I can finally put this Weight Loss/Wellness Challenge down in books under the Win Column.

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53rdth and FINAL CHECK-IN:

Current Goals:

Lose 52 lbs

Completed as of 4/12/2023

Milestone: Loss 100 lbs as of 11/01/2023

Milestone: Loss 104 lbs as of 12/27/2023 thus doubling my initial goal of 52 lbs

New Goal: Maintain or Continue on The Weight Loss Path

Avoid "Junk Food"

Completed:

A whole year with no Pizza, Ice Cream, Pop/Soda, Chips, Candy, Sweets/Desserts

Minimize Take-Out / Fast Food Consumption

Completed:

A whole year with no take out or eating out once - not one single outing.

Rock a Rat Tail for a Full Year: Completed

January 1st, 2023 - January 1st, 2024

R.I.P.

Short Term:

Vegetarian-ish Diet: Completed

End Date: 4/09/2023 - 46 Days Total

Groundhog's Day Diet: Completed*

10/01/2023 - 10/31/2023

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Stats from December:

Food:

Cans of Soup: 20

Oranges: 19

Bags of Popcorn: 16

Leftover Meals: 5

Salads: 2

Take Out: 0

Candy/Sweets: 0

Workout:

Jumping Jacks: 18,500

Push-Ups: 4,600

Glute Bridges: 4,600

Reverse Leg Lifts: 4,600

Leg Kickbacks: 4,600

Sit-Ups: 4,600

Plank (mins): 230

Weight Loss:

Weightloss This Month: -5.2 lbs

Average Weightloss per Week: -1.3 lbs

Total Weightloss: -106.6 lbs

Entertainment:

Movies:

Movies Watched: 10

Favorite from the Month:

Migration

TV:

Hours of Television Watched: ~ 7 hours ( Ink Master; Last Week Tonight)

Books:

Books Completed This Month: 3

Book Title(s) Completed This Month:

Best. Movie. Year. Ever. by Brian Rafferty

Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

Book Total for the Year: 7

Comics:

Comics Completed: 1

Trades Completed: 24

Comic/Trade Titles Completed:

Venom by Donny Cates Vol. 2: The Abyss (Venom (2018-2021))

Richard Stark's Parker Vol. 2: The Outfit

Ms. Marvel Vol. 2: Generation Why (Ms. Marvel Series)

X-Men '92 Vol. 2: Lilapalooza (X-Men '92 (2016))

Giant Days Vol. 2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 2

Scott Pilgrim Vol. 2 (of 6): Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Color Edition

All-New X-Men Vol. 2: Here To Stay

Civil War II (Civil War II (2016))

Archie vs Predator II

Deadpool by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 (Deadpool (2008-2012))

Batman (2016-) Vol. 3: I Am Ban

Lumberjanes Vol. 4

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Vol. 6

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 7: I've Been Waiting For A Squirrel Like You (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015-2019))

Spider-Man/Deadpool Vol. 3: Itsy Bitsy (Spider-Man/Deadpool (2016-2019))

Richard Stark's Parker Vol. 3: The Score (Parker Novels Book 5)

Richard Stark's Parker Vol. 4: Slayground

She-Hulk Vol. 1: Law and Disorder (She-Hulk Series Box-Set))

All-New X-Men, Vol. 3: Out of Their Depth

Happy Horror Days #1 (Chilling Adventures in Sorcery)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 3

Scott Pilgrim Vol. 3 (of 6): Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness - Color Edition

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 4

Batman (2016-) Vol. 4: The War of Jokes and Riddles

Favorite Comic/Trade Read:

Batman (2016-) Vol. 4: The War of Jokes and Riddles

Magazine(s):

Magazine(s) Completed: 0

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Meal Tracker:

THURSDAY

Lunch:

Can of Progresso Lasagna Style Soup

- (10) Crackers

(1) Glass of Chocolate Milk

Supper:

(2) Hot Ham & Swiss Sandwiches

- (4) Sweet Hawaiian Rolls

- (2) Slices of Leftover Ham

- (2) Slices of Swiss Cheese

Bag of Orville Redenbacher Ultimate Butter Popcorn

FRIDAY

Lunch:

Can of Progresso Broccoli Cheese Soup

- (10) Crackers

Supper:

Hot Ham & Swiss Sandwich

- (2) Sweet Hawaiian Rolls

- (1) Slice of Leftover Ham

- (1) Slice of Swiss Cheese

(1) Glass of Chocolate Milk

(2) Handfuls of Orville Redenbacher Ultimate Butter Popcorn

SATURDAY

Lunch:

(1) Bowl Homemade Crockpot Chili

- Melted Cheese

(1) Sloppy Joe on a Bakery Bun

- Melted Cheese

(6) BBQ Chicken Wings

(3) Scoops of Broccoli Supreme Salad

Snack:

(10) Smokies

SUNDAY

Lunch:

Can of Progresso Creamy Chicken & Broccoli with Brown Rice

- (10) Crackers

Supper:

Can of Progresso Minestrone Soup

- (10) Crackers

*** NEW YEAR'S EVE ***

MONDAY

Lunch:

(2) Grilled Seasoned New York Strip Steaks

(1) Glass of Chocolate Milk

Bowl of Smartfood's White Cheddar Popcorn

Snack:

Large Bowl of Smartfood's White Cheddar Popcorn

(1) Glass of Chocolate Milk

Supper:

(3) Sloppy Joes on Bakery Bones

- (2) Cheese Slices

(4) Scoops of Broccoli Salad

(1) Glass of Chocolate Milk

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Workouts:

THURSDAY

* Morning Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

* Afternoon Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

* Evening Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

FRIDAY

* Morning Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(10) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(10) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

* Afternoon Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

* Evening Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

SATURDAY

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

SUNDAY

* Morning Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

* Evening Workout *

(500) Jumping Jacks [10 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

*** NEW YEAR'S EVE ***

MONDAY

* Morning Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

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WEIGHT TRACKER:

Starting Weight (Noon, 1/01/2023): XXX.X lbs

Weight at Last Check-In, 12/27/2023:-0.6 lbs

Weight As of Noon, 1/01/2024: -2.6 lbs

Total Weight Loss: -106.6 lbs

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Closing Thoughts:

The Good:

Ended the year losing weight and weighing the lowest I ever weighed in almost TWO DECADES.

The Bad:

I dont know what to do for my next challenge and I am running out of time. What will be my 52 in '24???

I want Nachos soooooooo effing bad and my favorite Nacho Spot is closed for New Year's Day.

The Ugly:

Relasping is always in the back of my mind.

[anotherfuckingmarvelfanaccount]

MCU In Release Order

This has everything released in all Marvel fandoms up until What If..? Season 3, which was released December 22nd, 2024

All MCU including X-Men, Spidermen, and shows by release dates

X-Men (July 2000)

Spider-Man (May 2002)

X-2: X-Men United (May 2003)

Spider-Man 2 (June 2004)

X-Men: The Last United (May 2006)

Spider-Man 3 (May 2007)

Iron Man (May 2008)

The Incredible Hulk (June 2008)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (May 2009)

Iron Man 2 (May 2010)

Thor (May 2011)

X-Men: First Class (June 2011)

Captain America: The First Avenger (July 2011)

The Avengers (May 2012)

The Amazing Spider-Man (July 2012)

Iron Man 3 (May 2013)

The Wolverine (July 2013)

Agents of SHIELD Season 1

Thor: The Dark World (November 2013)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 2014)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (May 2, 2014)

X-Men: Days of Future Past (May 23, 2014)

Guardians of the Galaxy (August 2014)

Agents of SHIELD Season 2

Agent Carter Season 1

Daredevil Season 1

Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 2015)

Ant-Man (July 2015)

Agents of SHIELD Season 3

Jessica Jones Season 1

Agent Carter Season 2

Deadpool (February 2016)

Daredevil Season 2

Captain America: Civil War (April 2016)

X-Men: Apocalypse (May 2016)

Agents of SHIELD Season 4

Luke Cage Season 1

Doctor Strange (November 2016)

Iron Fist Season 1

Logan (March 2017)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (May 2017)

Spiderman: Homecoming (July 2017)

The Defenders Season 1

Inhumans Season 1

Thor: Ragnarok (November 2017)

Punisher Season 1

Runaways Season 1

Agents of SHIELD Season 5

Black Panther (February 2018)

Jessica Jones Season 2

Avengers: Infinity War (April 2018)

Deadpool 2 (May 2018)

Cloak and Dagger Season 1

Luke Cage Season 2

Ant-Man and the Wasp (July 2018)

Iron Fist Season 2

Daredevil Season 3

Venom (October 2018)

Runaways Season 2

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (December 2018)

Punisher Season 2

Captain Marvel (March 2019)

Cloak and Dagger Season 2

Avengers: Endgame (April 2019)

Agents of SHIELD Season 6

X-Men: Dark Phoenix (June 2019)

Jessica Jones Season 3

Spiderman: Far From Home (July 2019)

Runaways Season 3

Agents of SHIELD Season 7

The New Mutants (August 2020)

Helstrom

WandaVision (January 2021)

Falcon and the Winter Soldier (March 2021)

Loki SEASON 1 (June 2021)

Black Widow (July 2021)

What If..? SEASON 1 (August 2021)

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (September 2021)

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (October 2021)

Eternals (November 2021)

Hawkeye (November 2021)

Spiderman: No Way Home (December 2021)

Moon Knight (March 2022)

Morbius (April 2022)

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (May 2022)

Ms. Marvel (June 2022)

Thor: Love and Thunder (July 2022)

I am Groot Season 1

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (August 2022)

Werewolf By Night (October 2022)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (November 2022)

Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (February 2023)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (May 2023)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (June 2, 2023)

Secret Invasion (June 21, 2023)

I am Groot Season 2

Loki SEASON 2 (October 2023)

The Marvels (November 2023)

What If..? SEASON 2 (December 2023)

Echo (January 2024)

Madame Web (February 2024)

Deadpool and Wolverine (July 2024)

Agatha All Along (September 2024)

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (October 2024)

Kraven the Hunter (December 13, 2024)

What If..? SEASON 3 (December 22, 2024)

[farsight-the-char]

Ms Marvel (2015) is the next batch, issues 1-38. Collected in trade as "Ms Marvel vol 5, Super Famous", and going from there.

Her Avengers series (2015, ANAD) also comes out around this time, but is kind of skippable. Champions starts up after Civil War 2 after she leaves Avengers.

Champions is fun, but you can save it for After you read her main 2 books.

....

Ahmed takes over after Wilson takes her leave, Magnificent Ms Marvel. Plays more into her role as a Superhero. I find it good, but some don't like it.

After that we have her more "jumbled era", with her on Champions and one-shots and minis.

And then Finally her MUTANT Era, her current one. Fallen Friend, into Hellfire Gala, into Duggan's X-men and "Ms Marvel New Mutant" and "Mutant Menace" Era.

.........

An older reading order.

Probably a more up-to-date one somewhere, but this is a good start.

hi! im a beginner comic reader and i started reading ms marvel. problem is, i got lost after issue #19, and i don't know where else i should look to continue the story. can you guys tell me what's next?

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365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…

Boxing Day Supplemental - The Best of The Rest

Once more I have endeavored on a project wherein I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.  There are just too many fun characters in the Marvel Universe and, apparently, not enough days in the year...  Below the jump follow many of the heroes I made cut-outs for but could not fit into the schedule.  And a very happy Kwanzaa and Boxing Day to one and all!

Blitzkrige

Franz Mittelstaedt was inspecting an electrical power plant when a stray bolt of lightning struck a faulty generator and bathed him in electricity. When he emerged from his coma weeks later, he found that he could summon lightning at will to wield as a weapon. He decided to use his power in the name of justice in his native country of Germany.  He designed a colorful costume and operated under the moniker of ‘Blitzkrieg.’

The hero was selected by the Grandmaster to participate in the first Contest of Champions event.  Later, Blitzkrieg joined the hero team known as The Schutz Heiligruppe as part of an effort to track down the renegade war criminal, The Red Skull.  The Skull was eventually stopped but sadly Blitzkrieg perished in the adventure.  

The hero first appeared in the pages of Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions #1 (1982).

Pinpoint

Qureshi Gupta is a young super hero from New Delhi who recruited into the Champions after Ms. Marvel took leadership and decided to expand their ranks to make the team's reach global.  

Qureshi possesses the ability to mentally create and control teleportation discs, which allow himself and others to teleport anywhere on Earth instantaneously.  The nature and origin of these powers remain thus far unrevealed (although his green hair suggests that he may be a Mutant or Inhuman).  

Pinpoint first appeared in the pages of Champions Vol. 3 #1 (2019).

The Paladin

The mysterious mercenary known as The Paladin has acted as both a villain as well as a hero, always dependent on who is paying his exorbitant fee.  A master combatant, The Paladin is expert at many forms of martial arts ad fighting styles.  He often employs a specialized stun-gun that fires a microwave signal that incapacitates foes.  An early mission saw him hired to track down The Purple Man, leading to a confrontation with Daredevil.  He was later hired by The Wasp in aiding the Avengers against Baron Brimstone.  Other adventures entailed his teaming up with Spider-Man, as well as Generation X, and later Misty Knight’s iteration of The Heroes For Hire.  He also worked for Silver Sable’s WildPack.  Although he aided these various heroes, The Paladin always made it clear that his alignment was strictly determined by money.  His loose morality notwithstanding, he did manage to catch the eye of The Wasp and the two had a brief affair whilst he acted as an unofficial member of The Avengers.  

Some time later, The Paladin was hired to assassinate The Punisher, an assignment he failed in.  He was then sanctioned to take out Daredevil which resulted in Daredevil being apprehended by the police.  Some time thereafter, Paladin accepted an offer by Norman Osborn to lead a decidedly more nefarious version of The Thunderbolts during the Dark Reign era.   

More recently, The Paladin aided Misty Knight during the Shadowland event.  The Paladin first appeared in Daredevil Vol. 1 #150 (1977).

Ms. America

Madeline Joyce received super human powers when she was struck by a strange bolt of lightning near a lighthouse.  She found that was suddenly imbued with the powers of flight, super strength and invulnerability.  Dubbing herself Ms. America, she used her newfound powers to fight at the side of the Allied Forces during the Second World War.  

Ms. America has been a member of the war-time group of heroes known as The invaders, as well as The Liberty Legion and the All Winners Squad.  Following the War, Madeline married the fellow superhero, The Whizzer and the pair retired.  

The heroine first appeared in the pages of Marvel Mystery Comics #49 (1943).

Feral

Maria Callasantos grew up in a housing tenement in an impoverished neighborhood of New York City.  She came from a highly abusive home and she and her sister both manifested Mutant powers and attributes in their early teens.  Both of them gradually transformed into cat-like creatures with enhanced strength and dexter and sharpened claws and teeth.  The pair ran away and ended up joining the Morlock society under the city.  Maria took on the name ‘Feral’ while her sister came to be known as ‘Thornn.’  

Feral managed to evade the Marauders during he Morlock masseuse and ended up a founding member of Cable’s team of Mutant heroes, X-Force.  She first appeared in the pages of New Mutants Vol. 1 #99 (1991).  

Shamrock 

Molly Fitzgerald was born a raised in Dunshaughlin, Ireland. Her father was a fanatically militant Irish nationalist. When Molly was three years old, her father took her and her brother to the North Ireland mountainsides and asked the heavens to grant his son the power to strike down its enemies. Although nothing seemed to have happened, Molly learned during her first year at University that she was the one who was blessed. She discovered she was surrounded by a protective aura that caused random improbabilities to manifest themselves on her behalf whenever she was in trouble. Rather than return to the war-torn mountains, she used her "good luck powers" to become Ireland's super heroine, Shamrock.

The heroine first appeared in the pages of Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions #1 (1982).

The Destroyer

Roger Aubrey had been an English national who was arrested in Berlin around the onset of the Second World War.  A prisoner of the villainous Colonel Dietrich, Aubrey was subjected to gruesome experiments as part of Dietrich’s efforts to create super soldiers for the schutzstaffel.  The process that Aubry endured shrunk his body, leaving him only a few inches tall yet retaining the strength of his original size.  In his diminutive state, Aubry was able to escape his captures and make his way back to England.  From there he utilized what had happened to him to act as the hero Dyna-Mite as part of The Crusaders, a team of heroes for battled for the Allied Forces during the war.  

Colonel Dietrich was later captured and forced to provide the formula that enabled Aubry to return to his original size.  Some time thereafter, Aubry used a variation of the super soldier serum to gain enhanced strength and speed.  He used these powers to assume the mantle of The Destroyer, running missions behind enemy lines.  The Destroyer would later join the hero team, The Invaders, during the closing months of the war.  During the war, Aubry maintained a secret romantic relationship with his teammate, Union Jack (Brian Falsworth).  It was a different age and Roger and Brain felt compelled to keep their romance a secret.

Following the was, Aubry found that the special serum he had taken had the effect of slowing his aging process.  As such, he continued on as the Destroyer and helped to establish the hero group known as The V-Battalion, whose mission statement was to prevent the rise of fascism across the globe.  Years later, The Destroyer joined a new iteration of The Invaders led by The Thin Man.

Aubry’s first appearance was in the pages of All Winners Comics #8 (1943); his first appearance as The Destroyer was in Invaders Vol. 1 #26 (1977).

The Wraith

Zak-Del is a Kree who was genetically altered by his father to become a living weapon.  The Wraith fought in the Annihilation War and was later recruited into Starfox’s Dark Guardians whose aim was to prevent Thanos from returning from the dead.  The dark hero first appeared in the pages of Annihilation: Conquest Prologue #1 (2007).

Synapse 

Emily Guerrero is a latent Inhuman who was bestowed superhuman powers when she came into contact with the Terrigen Cloud.  She discovered she now possesses telepathic and brainwave-manipulation powers.  She was soon thereafter recruited by Ca[tain America to act as a member of the Uncanny Avengers Unity Squad wherein she took on the code name of ‘Synapse.’  The heroine first appeared in the pages of Uncanny Avengers Vol. 3 #1 (2015).  

Puma

Thomas Fireheart had been a successful businessman whose family heritage connected him to a long line of mystic warriors who had mastered the power of lycanthropy.  Through meditation, Fireheart could transform himself into a fierce half-man/half-puma being.  Seeking to further hone his skills as a warrior, Fireheart traveled to New York and accepted a contract to take down Spider-Man.  This led to a number of battles between The Puma and Spider-Man.  He additionally faced off with The Black Cat and then later battled Woilverine.  

After witnessing Spider-Man save a group of innocent bystanders The Puma decided that the web-slinger was an honorable warrior and he chose to discontinue his attacks.  Puma later teamed up with Silver Sable as a member of her mercenary force, The Wild Pack.  The Puma first appeared in the pages of The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #256 (1984).  

Patriot / Rayshaun Lucas

Rayshaun Lucas had been a young man living in The Harlem neighborhood of New York City.  He was greatly moved by Captain America/Sam Wilson when the hero brought to light the racially-motivated injustices of the private security firm known as the AmeriCops.  Rayshaun participated in the demonstrations that followed and became inspired to do what he could to bring about the social change he wanted.  

Not long thereafter, Rayshaun became involved in the underground resistance during the Secret Empire event.  Combat trained by The Black Widow and armed with a special shield that dubbed as a glider provided by Tony Stark, Reshaun became the new Patriot and battled alongside the heroes to bring down Hydra.

The hero first appeared in the pages of Captain America: Sam Wilson #18 (2017).

Cloud Nine

Abigail Boylen encountered a strange alien gas that bestowed her the ability of high speed flight.  She was ultimately recruited into the 50-State Avengers Initiative program and took the name ‘Cloud Nine.’  Following her time with the Initiative, Abby retired from super heroics yet continues to serve as a reserve member of The Champions.  She first appeared in the pages of Civil War: Battle Damage Report #1 (2007).

Rockslide

The hero known as Rockslide was Santo Vaccarro.  Santo was a Mutant, possessing an X-gene that caused massive changes in his physiology in young adolescence.  In Santo’s case he became a geokinetic psychic entity.  In other words, his consciousness animates a large humanoid body composed entirely of inorganic granite.  This bestows him incredible super strength and durability as well as the capacity to reform his body after injury or destruction.  Santo also found that he would fire of his fists as short range rocky missiles.  

Santo had been a huge fan of the superhero known as the Hulk and was excited about his transformation and the new powers he come to possess, seemingly unfazed by the loss of his more traditional human physique.  He was recruited into the Xavier School for Gifted Youngster where he became good friends with fellow classmates, Hellion and Anole.  Taking the name ‘Rockslide’ he would go on to have numerous adventures as a member of the younger generation of fledgling X-Men.  

Although Rockslide often said thoughtless things and presented himself as dim and insensitive, there were other times were he showed great insight and compassion.  Above all he was a loyal friend to his colleagues among the X-Men.

Rockslide became a citizen of the Island Nation of Krakoa.  He embarked on an adventure to the extra-dimensional realm known as Otherworld where he perished in combat.  Due to the strange nature of Otherworld, The Five mutants who could facilitate Mutant resurrection were unable to bring Rockslide back to life, making him among the first Mutants to truly die on the island.  Considering the parameters of his powers, however, it is not outside of the realm of possibilities that Rockslide may one day return.  

The hero first appeared in New Mutants Vol. 2 #3 (2003)    

Jack Flag

A one time partner to Captain America on Earth, Jack ended up allied with Star-Lord during a break out on the Negative Zone-stationed penitentiary, Prison 42.  Jack escaped with Star-Lord to Knowhere and the young hero stuck around to act as a member of the then current iteration of The Guardians.  He later returned to earth and was sadly killed during the set of the Secret Empire event.  He first appeared in the pages of Captain America Vol. 1 #434 (1994).

Swordsman

Jacques Duquesne was the son of wealthy French ex-patriots living in the small Southeast Asian nation of Sin-Cong. He learned to become an expert swordsman, combining multiple disciplines to become a near peerless master of the blade.  

He took these skills to America where he became the star attraction of The Carnival of Traveling Wonders. While with this circus, Duquesne helped mentor a young runaway named Clint Barton. While Barton would go on to become the hero Hawkeye, Duquesne became involved in petty theft, gambling and racketeering. After learning that his former pupil had become an Avenger, Duquesne fashioned himself a costume complete with an electrified sword, dubbed himself ‘The Swordsman’ and demanded that he too be invited into the ranks of the Avengers. He was rejected and it ultimately led to his fighting against The Avengers on numerous occasions.

Later, The Swordsman fell in love with the Avenger named Mantis and he chose to aide the team in a battle against Kang. He sacrificed himself in order to save Mantis’ life and was posthumously honored as an Avenger.  He was resurrected many years later by Pluto. The Swordsman first appeared in the pages of Avengers Vol. 1 #19 (1965).

Trinary 

Shilpa Khatri is a young Mutant from India who used her technopathic abilities to aide the X-Men Red team.  She currently resides on the Mutant nation of Krakoa.  Her first appearance was in X-Men Red Vol. 1 #1 (2018).  

Cosmic Ghost Rider

An older, alternate reality version of Frank Castle who came to possess the power cosmic as a herald of Galactus.  Driven mad by his experiences, the Rider was initially recruited into Nebula’s Dark Guardians yet lat switched sides and served Star-Lord’s Guardians in attempted to prevent the resurrection of Thanos.   The character first appeared in Thanos Vol. 2 #13 (2017).

The Anarchist

Tike Alicar was a Mutant who could produce an acidic sweat that could be channeled into a powerful corrosive blasts.  He used this ability in the service of the corporate iteration of X-Force (later X-Statix).  Herein he took on the alias of The Anarchist and became close friends with his colleagues The Orphan and U-Go-Girl.  The Anarchist was killed in battle yet later resurrected on the Mutant nation of Krakoa.  The hero first appeared in the pages of X-Force Vol. 1 #116 (2001).

Captain Universe

Gabriel Vargas was an American army veteran who found himself possessed by the cosmic Uni-Force, transforming him into Captain Universe.  After traversing the stars, Varga found himself recruited into Star-Lord initial team of Guardians sent to free Hala from The Phalanx.  Vargas gave up his powers to help ensure victory and fell in battle soon thereafter.  The hero first appeared in Annihilation: Conquest Prologue #1 (2007).  

The Collective Man

Identical quintuplets from a Chinese farming family, the brothers Tao-Yu were taken into governmental custody for study after their Mutant powers first manifested.  The brothers each possessed a capacity for molecular synchronization, wherein they can alter the synchronization of their bodies’ atoms, enabling them to merge into a single being. In their collective state, the brothers possess their combined strength, speed, endurance and intellect.

Dubbed the Collective Man, the brothers acted as a super hero agent of the Chinese Military and embraced on numerous adventures.  Following an encounter with The Incredible Hulk, The Collective Man was later caught up in the Contest of Champions affair.

The heroes first appeared in the pages of Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 #250 (1980).

Vivisector

Myles Alfred is a Mutant possessing the powers of lycanthropy wherein he can transform into a bipedal werewolf with awesome strength and powerful claws.  He used these powers as a part of the corporate iteration of X-Force (later X-Statix) wherein he took on the alias of Vivisector.  Myles has since retired from super heroics.  Vivisector first appeared in the pages of  X-Force Vol. 1 #117 (2001).

Atlas

Erik Josten had been a former villain who was bestowed super human strength by Baron Zemo.  He initially used the name Power Man in his battles against the Avengers, but later took on the alias of Goliath when using size-augmenting Pam Particles.  He was recruited into Zemo’s Thunderbolts scheme wherein he changed his identity to the heroic Atlas.  

Pretending to be a hero had a dramatic effect on Eric and he chose to become a super hero in earnest, turning against Zemo and aiding The Avengers.  As part of a plea bargain for past crimes, Eric was allowed to remain Atlas and serve in the new, heroic version of the Thunderbolts.  The villain turned hero first appeared in The Avengers Vol. 1 #21 (1965).  

The Blazing Skull

Mark Todd had been a foreign correspondent and pacifist reporter in the years leading up to the Second World War.  While covering the Second Sino-Japanese War, Todd encountered the strange supernatural beings known as The Skull Men.  These beings taught Todd there ways and he gained super human strength as well as a degree of pyrokenesis.  He used the powers to fight the Axis Forces during World War II where he became known as The Blazing Skull.  He later joined The invaders.  The hero first appeared in the pages of Mystic Comics #5 (1940).

Big Bertha

Ashley Crawford is a Mutant possessing the X-Gene.  In late adolescence, Ashley learned that she possesses the ability to mentally control the distribution of her body's adipose tissue.  Over time she learned to master this skill.

Ashley used her power to create a highly desirable form and went on to become a highly successful fashion model.  This success not withstanding, Ashley found the industry superficial and unrewarding.  Soon thereafter, she happened upon Mister Immortal’s newspaper add seeking out super powered heroes.  It sounded exciting and she tried it out.

Ashley used her powers to reform her body, creating a physique that is large, exceptionally strong and highly resistant to injury.  She renamed herself Big Bertha and was eagerly accepted into the newly formed Great Lake Avengers.  

Having spent much of her life in a slender body, Ashley was shocked and disheartened to discover just how cruel and intolerant people can be turned those who are overweight.  In response she decided to make her enlarged form her standard form doing what she could to promote body positivity.  

The heroine first appeared in the pages of West Coast Avengers Vol. 2 #46 (1989).

The Phantom Rider

Carter and Lincoln Slade were a pair of brothers who grew up in rural Nebraska in the middle 19th Century.  Carter traveled West to become a school teacher but fell ill on his journey.  He was nursed back to health by a mysterious Comanche  Shaman known as Flaming Star.  

Flaming Star informed Carter that he had been chosen by The Great Spirit to act as the land’s protector; to be ��He Who Rides The Night Winds.’   Carson came to accept this proclamation and he chose to become a vigilante helping the innocent.  He crafted a white suit and mask and came to be known as The Ghost Rider (sometimes the Phantom Rider or Night Rider).  The hero first appeared in Western Gunfighters Vol. 2 #6 (1971).

Meteorite 

Doctor Karla Sofen had been a renowned psychiatrist, who enjoyed manipulating her patients rather than helping them.  She became a protégé of the villainous Dr. Faustus who helped her further refine her powers of persuasion.  She was assigned to provide psychiatric care to Lloyd Bloch, the villain known as Moonstone, who possessed an ancient Kree artifact that endowed him fantastic powers.  Using her guile, Dr. Sofen persuaded Bloch to give up on being Moonstone and bestow onto her the artifact.  

Now possessing this item, Sofen found that she was granted superhuman strength, speed and durability, along with the power to fly, project energy beams and make her body intangible and thus impervious to harm.  She used these powers to become the new Moonstone and, in her time as a super villain, went up against The Hulk, Spider-Man and The Avengers.  

Moonstone fell in with Baron Zemo’s Masters of Evil.  After the Avengers went missing and were presumed dead, Zemo orchestrated a plan wherein the Masters of Evil pretended to be super-heroes, naming themselves the Thunderbolts. Moonstone reinvented herself as the fake super-hero named Meteorite.

The Thunderbolts' hoax ultimately leaned them into genuine heroic activities. Meteorite then became romantically involved with Hawkeye, who had taken control of the Thunderbolts to encourage them to be heroes.

Some time later, Dr. Sofen was recruited by Norman Osborn to act as the new Ms. Marvel as a part of his Dark Avengers team.  These Dark Avengers were ultimately brought down and Soften was remanded to a new Thunderbolts team tasked with fulfilling missions as a type of work furlough program.  

More recently, Dr, Sofen has ended returning to the role of a psychiatrist, working at the Ravencroft Institute.  

The villain who has often acted as a hero first appeared in the pages of Captain America Vol. 1 #192 (1975).

[multiverseforger07]

Gwendolyn "Gwen" Poole arrived to the Marvel Universe from what she claims to be "the real world".[10] In her home reality, Gwen had been a comics superfan as an escape from her life as an unemployed high school dropout. Unwilling to be an "extra" in the Marvel world, she went to a tailor for superheroes and requested her own costume. The tailor (named Ronnie) complied, but misread Gwen's application form, and thought Gwen went by the alias of "Gwenpool", leading to a costume similar to Deadpool's.[11] Upon gaining the ability to manipulate the borders of the fourth wall from an attempt to return her to reality, allowing her to travel in time, Gwen retcons the Marvel Universe into believing her to be a mutant after being given the idea by Kamala Khan, allowing her to enter the gates of Krakoa.[12]

Solo seriesEdit

Gwenpool's first appearance as a character was in Howard the Duck Vol 6 #1 (later republished in The Unbelievable Gwenpool #0), when she was involved in stealing a humanity-destroying virus from Black Cat and selling it to Hydra to get money easily, believing that the Avengers would simply deal with any consequences. When she revealed to Howard the Duck the item she had stolen from Hardy and to whom she had sold it, Howard scolded her and informed her that the Avengers were not available to save the Earth from the virus. Guilt stricken, she then set out with Howard to retrieve the virus from a Hydra base.[13]

In the 2015 Gwenpool Special, Gwenpool is hired on her first mercenary job, to kill a villain. After completing her mission, Gwenpool attends a Christmas party hosted by She-Hulk, where she's seen talking to Ms. Marvel.[14]



Gwenpool unmasked

Following the events of Gwenpool Holiday Special #1, Gwenpool becomes a full-time mercenary.[15] While trying to deposit the money she made killing Orto, Gwen stops a bank robbery by killing all of the robbers, except for the gang's hacker Cecil, whom she enlists as a reluctant sidekick. After a mission revolving around extraterrestrial arms dealers where she killed MODOK Superior's best agent and took credit for his work, MODOK tracked Gwenpool down. He murdered Cecil in order to persuade her to become his henchman and an agent for his Mercenary Organization Dedicated Only to Killing. Gwenpool joins MODOK's elite squad, which also includes the alchemist Mega Tony, the magician Terrible Eye, and Batroc the Leaper, who gives Gwen basic combat and firearms training.[16]

Gwenpool then arranged a meeting between herself and Doctor Strange, in which she explained to him that she was from a reality where all Marvel characters are fictional characters in comic books. Doctor Strange agreed to transfer her history from Gwen's original world to create a fake background for her in the Marvel Universe, so that she could get her Social Security number, driver's license and other essential documents. However, this allows MODOK Superior to discover Gwen's ordinary, powerless background, and he swears to destroy Gwen for lying to him and having no credentials to be a mercenary. Gwen and MODOK then engage in battle, and she defeats him with the hacking assistance of Cecil, who returns as a ghost.[17]

Without MODOK, Gwen becomes the new leader of the MODOK organization, but learns she is wanted by the alien arms dealers, who are known as Teuthidans. Assisted by a rogue Doombot named Vincent Doonan and MODOK's other agents, Gwenpool's team defeats the Teuthidans, but destroys the MODOK base in the process. Without a base or funding, Batroc and the others decide to disband MODOK.[18]

During the Civil War II storyline, Gwenpool appears in Georgia attempting to earn the bounty on an alien smuggler named Chammy, only to discover that Rocket Raccoon and Groot are also after him. The three end up fighting another alien named Reeve, who put the bounty on Chammy. After Reeve defeats them and escapes, Chammy tells Rocket, Groot and Gwen that Reeve is looking for a formula that could temporarily neutralize Captain Marvel's powers, allowing him to kill her. Gwen refuses to help at first, under the logic that Captain Marvel, being one of most important "characters" in the current "story", would not be killed off in "a comic about a talking tree and raccoon". However, after coincidentally running into Kitty Pryde, Gwen falls under the mistaken impression that the comic she is currently in was being written by Brian Michael Bendis, a "big-deal comic book writer" with a fixation on Pryde who would have the authority to kill Captain Marvel. Convinced that Captain Marvel’s life is actually in danger, Gwen accompanies Rocket & Groot to the Triskelion, where they and Chammy help defeat Reeve, and Gwen realizes that the real writer put Kitty Pryde on the street to trick her into helping.[19]

After short team-ups with the Champions,[20] Blade,[21] Deadpool,[22] and the duo of Ghost Rider and Kate Bishop, Gwen meets her brother Teddy, who drags her back to her world (or a close facsimile).[23]

Here Gwen loses her memories of her time in the Marvel Universe and resumes an ordinary life, but she gradually becomes once again aware that she is in a comic book. Gwen then begins experimenting with the fourth wall again and learns to interact with the comic book medium by erasing the walls between panels and even climbing out of the panels, finding herself looking in on her life.

Watching the past from outside the borders, Gwen sees the "extra pages" of her Holiday Special, in which when her brother Teddy was sucked into the Marvel Universe, he ended up working for Orto the snake swordsman. Upon seeing her kill Orto's henchmen, Teddy runs into versions of Spider-Man, The Terrible Eye, and Vincent Doonan, who claim to be from a future where Gwen becomes a huge threat and destroys their lives. They offer him the chance to "return home" with his sister and fix things. Being concerned for Gwen's mental health, and having had a terrible time, he readily agrees. On finding this out Gwen, with her memory and costume restored, re-enters the borders, confronts Teddy for trying to undo the past and steal her dream of living in a comic, and shows him that their "parents" aren't real, and they never even left the comic.

Terrible Eye explains that their attempts to send the Pooles to their home dimension created a pocket dimension from their memories that was almost identical to their real one. The three realize that trapping Gwen was what led to her gaining her powers over reality in the first place. When Spider-Man narrates a flashback sequence of the future evil Gwen's misdeeds, the evil Gwen herself travels through the flashback's panels to follow him to the present.

Future Gwen battles Spider-Man, Terrible Eye, and Doonan, while each side tries to convince the present Gwen to join their cause. Future Gwen turns out to be weakened by Present Gwen’s doubt, but still effortlessly kills Doonan, Terrible Eye, and Spider-Man, horrifying Present Gwen, before explaining to her past self that she became a villain because she was tired of her good deeds being undone as the plot progressed, so she turned to committing evil that could always be undone on characters that “matter”, demonstrated when Spider-Man’s death is retconned a moment later because he’s too important in the story to be killed. However, Present Gwen is disgusted at the idea of hurting the characters she’s grown to love, and wipes her future self from existence. This comes at the cost of erasing all of the Evil Gwen stories and thus dramatically shortening Present Gwen’s lifespan.

Learning that the universe is attempting to make her into a joke villain, Gwen wants to make sure her evil self never comes to be. To catch the attention of the Avengers she visits Latveria in an attempt to face off with Doctor Doom, thinking him to still be evil, as she hasn't read Infamous Iron Man. It is revealed that she and Cecil, now in his mystical monster body, share an apartment and since she has given up killing people is hacking to pay the bills. A short time later after rescuing Vincent Doonan from Paste Pot Pete and throwing him into the void between comic panels as a demonstration of her new superpower, Gwen asks Vincent where to find the real Doctor Doom so she can defeat him and prove herself to be a fameworthy hero. Vincent leads her to Doom, who explains he's reformed, but Gwen still attacks him, releasing an evil version of Doctor Doom from within him.

After a brief fight in which she realizes she can't kill the Doom doppelganger, the real Doom comes to her aid and destroys his evil past self. He and Gwen have a chat about why she wanted to kill him, which turns out to be because since destroying her evil destiny self, her comic pages are running out and she believes she is doomed to be cancelled. With only a few pages left, once Doom is gone, she wonders if she has to become a super villain.

In the final chapter of Unbelievable Gwenpool, a Gwen from the future appears to her and explains that while her first comic series has ended, she's already in several other comics, toys, games, fan works, and so on. Even if her current book ends, she and her side characters will return in future stories. Meanwhile, in between these pages, Gwen enlists the help of Stephen Strange and her friends to restore Cecil to human form. She is given a watch that counts down the issue's remaining pages and she uses the rest, one page at a time, to see old friends, team up with new superheroes, rescue her brother from Hell, meet the Marvel Universe counterparts of her parents, and chase off M.O.D.O.K. one more time. Future Gwen then goes back to where the chapter started to talk to her past self, creating a loop.

West Coast Avengers Vol. 3Edit

After recently having been beaten up by a clone of Squirrel Girl,[24] and later attending the funeral of a separate Skrull duplicate of Squirrel Girl, Gwen visits Kate Bishop in Los Angeles, before being drafted to join the accidentally reformed West Coast Avengers. She instantly enters into conflict with one of the members, Quentin Quire, but their clashes and shouting matches eventually evolve into passionate kisses. However, Gwen later informs the camera crew following the team that she started a relationship with Quentin partly because she felt a romantic plot would make her less of a supporting player and thus less likely to die, having also considered establishing a romantic relationship with America Chavez.[25] Along with the other Avengers, Gwen helps stop giant monsters created by the original M.O.D.O.K., adopts a baby land-shark she names Jeff, and faces an alliance of villains headed by Madame Masque.[26] Later, during the War of the Realms, Gwen and the West Coast Avengers assist Otto Octavius in protecting San Francisco, and she uses her perspective as a Marvel Universe outsider and a fellow B-list hero to help him come to terms with his lack of a star role in the event.

Gwenpool Strikes Back (2019)Edit

In this miniseries, after breaking up with Quentin and using encounters with Peter Parker, Wade Wilson, and the Fantastic Four as filler for its first two issues,[27] Gwen uses a new ability to create flashbacks to things that had previously never happened (allowing her to manipulate reality) to acquire a fortune from Tony Stark post-Civil War II to allow her to pit the heroes of the Marvel Universe against one another in a battle royale.[28] After accidentally setting herself to combat the Immortal Hulk, Gwen pulls previous versions of herself, as portrayed by different writers and artists, from the Gutter, forming a six-Gwen team known as the GwenHive. Gwen leaves the GwenHive to enter combat with the Hulk while she dives into continuity, leading to the death of the Gwen from Champions. Gwen returns, having stolen Mjolnir and the severed arm of Thor Odinson, and uses them to defeat the Hulk. Gwen then finds herself facing Kamala Khan as the tourney's final battle.[29] Fearing for her continued existence, and upon being accidentally inspired by Khan, Gwen uses the retcon ability to convince Khan and the wider Marvel Universe that she is a mutant, hoping that as a "mutant" resident of Krakoa she will remain "in continuity"; upon arriving, she encounters James "Logan" Howlett and Quentin.[12] After leaving Jeff with Wade while dressed in her original Chris Bachalo design,[30] Gwen later avoids participating in a Fortnite tie-in while drinking with Kwannon, Mystique, Storm and Domino.[31] After being hired by A.I.M. Scientist Supreme Monica Rappaccini to kill MODOK (being accredited for having briefly killed him when she first launched him into space), Gwen assumes that she has been given a new ongoing Gwenpool series and happily kills MODOK, only to realize with a sigh (upon viewing his projected memories of a family) that he is being humanised, and she is merely a guest star in his book--the villain of his story. Entering the Gutter, Gwen proceeds to rearrange the comic's pages and retcon MODOK's death to having been merely knocked out by an EMP. Gwen helps MODOK discover his family's home from his memories, and MODOK grants Gwen his respect.[32] Gwen is later seen wearing cosplay for a fan convention,[33] and is also seen in Los Angeles celebrating the repeal of Kamala's Law with Robbie Reyes and the West Coast Avengers,[34] and leaves a mug with her face on it to Kate as a parting gift.[

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Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #4. Kamala fights the Stark Sentinel, feeling relieved that it's "all Stark-brawn and no Tony-brain". During the fight, the ESU campus gets damaged, revealing (and destroying) the secret Orchis lab underneath. Bruno, meanwhile, manages to rally the other ESU students into helping Ms. Marvel and rigs up an explosive she can use to take the Sentinel down, which works.

Kamala celebrates the destruction of the lab and the Sentinel with the other X-Men, although tragically Kitty denies her a high-five. Then she hits up the Hellfire Club, where Emma (in her Hazel Kendal getup) helps repair her suit. "Forge and I are in agreement that fashion will always be the best armor," Emma says. Anyway, she gives her some mutant advice, telling her that it's up to her whether she wants to try and activate her mutation, because it could enhance or replace her existing abilities - no one knows. Then she returns Kamala's bangle. Kamala decides to keep things as-is for now, content to be what she is - Ms. Marvel. The end!

(Oh, wait, there's also a bit of side plot about how Nitika was actually taking it easy on Kamala - which Omega Sentinel has noticed - but her justification is that she wants to get data first before exterminating. I imagine this gets addressed/resolved in a later Ms. Marvel comic down the line. Okay, the end of this mini-series for real!)

- Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant Vol 1 #4 (2023)

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My thoughts and opinions on the slew of recent trailers and announcements that no one asked for, but I needed to process all this information. These are just my opinions so don’t hate me.

Marvel:

WandaVision - Not very interested in this and it looks a little too trippy for my taste, but might watch it anyway to see Jimmy Woo and Monica Rambeau (and Billy and Tommy?)

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - Easily my most anticipated of Marvel’s offerings. I was disappointed that it was delayed but it looks like it will be worth the wait! The trailer was epic. It looks like an action movie. I love Sam and Bucky, and their relationship and banter. Also I can’t wait to see my girl Sharon!

Loki - Not sure what to expect from this one and the trailer did not make things any clearer, but I’m just thrilled that Loki is getting his time to shine away from the Thor franchise.

What If? - Now that I’ve seen the full trailer I am actually quite excited for this! Also the animation looks gorgeous.

Hawkeye - I am not a fan of Jeremy Renner or what they did to Clint’s character in the MCU - hopefully this series will correct some of that. However the dog is adorable, Hailee Steinfeld looks really good as Kate Bishop, and I’m interested to find out what Yelena’s role in the story will be. 

Ms. Marvel - From the brief clips we have it looks like a cute, heartwarming, and inspiring story. It has jumped to the top of my list! 

She-Hulk - I’ve hated Bruce Banner in everything after The Avengers so I hope his involvement in this show is minimal.

Moon Knight - Not interested at the moment.

Secret Invasion - I was never one of those fans who felt like this story had to be adapted for the MCU and I liked what they did with the Skrulls in Captain Marvel, but I’m 100% for it now that Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn are involved!

Armour Wars - Finally giving Rhodey a leading role after playing pivotal supporting roles in a gazillion movies is long overdue. Sounds like an interesting premise. Will definitely watch!

Ironheart - Not very familiar with the character so I don’t have much of an opinion at the moment. Will probably watch though.

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special - For some reason I have the feeling this is just going to be a Star Wars Holiday Special parody/rip-off.

I Am Groot - Will probably be cute.

Black Widow - I’m over it at this point. Was never really into it. Should have come out years before Endgame. Will only be watching for Yelena Belova.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - Admittedly was not familiar with the character prior to the announcement. I like Michelle Yeoh and Awkwafina though, and I’m interested to see what the movie does with The Mandarin (after the disaster that was Iron Man 3). No real opinion until I see the trailer.

Eternals - Would not be interested in this at all except for the fact that I like Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, and Kit Harrington. The cast is massive and star-studded to the point of feeling bloated.

Untitled Spider-Man 4 - Not sold at all on the multiverse/spiderverse, but the previous MCU Spider-Man films are among my favourites and I thought they both sounded like crap initially. Will definitely reserve judgement until I actually see the movie. As much as I adore Tom Holland’s Peter Parker, my wish for this movie is that we see a move towards more classic Spider-Man comic elements (The Daily Bugle and Peter’s photography, a mere mention of Uncle Ben, Harry and Norman Osborn, etc.)

Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness - Not really interested right now.

Thor: Love and Thunder - Will likely not be watching. An unpopular opinion but Ragnarok was my least favourite MCU movie.

Black Panther II - Right now I am just eagerly awaiting any announcement regarding their plans for where they are taking this franchise. 

Captain Marvel 2 - I loved the first movie, Brie Larson, and Carol Danvers. Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau appearing in this makes me so happy! Hopefully Goose will be back! The Ms. Marvel tv show seems to imply that Captain Marvel is famous enough as a superhero to have merchandise, so I hope this movie explains when and how that happened (presumably during the 5 years after the snap that we didn’t see in Endgame).

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - Very torn about this one. I really loved the first two movies, but my enthusiasm for the franchise has admittedly soured due to controversies involving certain members of the cast and crew. Will watch it, but not particularly bothered either way.

Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania - I am truly upset by the decision to recast Cassie Lang, perhaps to the point of being irrational. Hopefully I get over it because I have been looking forward to this movie for so long. The plot sounds good and I am anticipating much family cuteness.

Blade - Never saw the original movies and only know the character from Spider-Man: The Animated Series.

Fantastic Four - We all knew this was inevitable. Just give me a comic accurate Susan Storm and a teenage/young adult Johnny Storm (because if we don’t get Spideytorch content then what’s the point?) and I will be happy.

Untitled Deadpool - Not the biggest Deadpool fan, but the second movie was amusing. Will probably watch out of curiosity. 

Untitled X-Men/Mutant movie - Not sure how they are going to integrate Mutants into the already very established history of the MCU. If they do go ahead with this movie I hope that it focuses on different characters from the 20th Century Fox X-Men franchise. Personally I don’t want to see Erik and Charles played by anyone else after Ian McKellan, Michael Fassbender, Patrick Stewart, and James McAvoy.

Star Wars:

Obi Wan Kenobi - We have Hayden Christensen! This is not a drill! Honestly I am so happy! He was absolutely incredible in RotS and he truly deserves all the love he’s been getting over the years. As exciting as a reunion between his Vader and Ewan’s Obi Wan will be, a tiny part of me is frustrated because I thought Episode IV implied that their encounter on the Death Star was their first encounter since Mustafar? I’m sure they will find a way to make it work, however. Deborah Chow is an amazing director. I hope they cast a young Luke :3

Andor - Definitely my most anticipated Star Wars project after Obi Wan Kenobi. Really excited to see more of life in the Rebel Alliance, and loving the sound of the “nail-biting spy thriller” angle. Glad that Genevieve O’Reilly is back as Mon Mothma. Keeping my fingers crossed for Jimmy Smits. 

The Bad Batch - The animation looks stunning. Always interested to see more of the early days of the Empire.

Ahsoka - I don’t want it

Rangers of the New Republic - Not a lot of information except that it’s “culminating in a climatic event” with other stories, which sounds ugh. Reserving judgement until we learn more and see a trailer.

Lando - Awaiting more info. No word yet on whether Donald Glover or Billy Dee Williams will be back, but we can’t go wrong if either one (or both) are involved.

The Acolyte - Sounds like it could be interesting. Glad to see other time periods in the Star Wars universe being explored.

Star Wars: Visions - Will probably watch for pretty anime animation.

A Droid Story - Sounds like it will be cute, and I love droids so will probably watch. 

Rogue Squadron - Unless it’s an adaptation of the EU Rogue Squadron, I’m not particularly interested. If we’re getting Corran Horn, Mirax Terrik, Tycho Celchu, and Wes Janson, however, then I am 100% onboard!

Untitled Taika Waititi Star Wars - Not a fan of Ragnarok as has already been established, nor did I like aspects of his episode of The Mandalorian. Can’t imagine that I will be interested.

Other:

Fate: The Winx Saga (Netflix) - This looks like a cheesy guilty pleasure at best and a dumpster fire at worst. I wish that Prince Sky’s hair was longer. W.I.T.C.H. would have translated better into live-action if they wanted to adapt a mid-2000s era cartoon.

Batwoman Season 2 (The CW) - This looks like a huge improvement from season 1. Judging from the trailer I think they made an excellent decision by bringing in Javicia Leslie. The character dynamics all look really interesting. My most anticipated CW show along with Superman and Lois.

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i should move a list like this to my rules or 616 tony care manual but, for now, i realize i’ve never given a list of the most important runs to how i view tony.  so we’re gonna do that now, so you comic-savvy folks, at least, have an idea of where i’m coming from.  i should point out i’ve read (and reread) about 99% of nearly everything tony’s appeared in.  so you won’t find just iron man comics on this list.  these are kinda done chronologically timescale wise instead of date of publication.

hold on to your asses.  this is long.

+ tales of suspense:  for obvious reasons - it’s the origin story and his early adventures, and how he earned the nickname the golden avenger. + invincible iron man vol. 1:  good insight to how tony viewed himself and iron man and the public face of tony stark in the early days. + avengers vol. 1:  second verse, same as the first, formation of the avengers, their thawing steve from the ice, and all the ups and downs of the team roster. + captain america: man out of time:  after finding steve tony introduces him to the modern world.  steve wants out, realizes he’s been viewing the past with rose-colored glasses, and comes back to the present to help the avengers defeat kang. + demon in a bottle (iim 120-128):  the start of tony’s issues with alcohol but by no means the last.  the set up for his time being homeless. + doomquest (iim 149-150):  firmly establishes doom as an iron man villain, on top of everyone else he bothers.  also known as that time tony got to live his ultimate wet dream as a knight in king arthur’s court and fight alongside king arthur. + invincible iron man (163-170): covers tony’s fall from grace as he gets played by a honeypot and loses his company to obadiah stane, and he turns iron man over to rhodey.  + invincible iron man (172):  also known as that time steve found tony in a flophouse and tried to talk some sense into him but you gotta want to help yourself first and tony very emphatically did not (he was actually trying to drink himself to death so...).  also also known as that time steve bridal carried tony out of a burning building like the cover of a cheesy romance novel but no homo, right, marble. + invincible iron man (173 & 178):  tony hits rock bottom after skipping out of rhodey’s mom’s house.  otherwise known as that time tony lived on the streets for months and no one knew where he was or if he was even alive and helped deliver a baby in a blizzard. + armor wars (iim 225-232):  also known as that time tony’s tech got stolen and he went on a rampage to get it back, and also betrayed steve for really reals the first time.  it’s okay, they make up (the pink superstar shirt). + onslaught (event): it’s a mutant based storyline i don’t even know where to start explaining this one.  but it ends in heroes reborn - which is acknowledged but not written in on this blog. + iron man (early 00s):  a darker, grittier iron man.  also showcases tony’s utter self loathing, loss of hope for any form of happiness for himself, and the things he does to try to make himself not feel like such a waste of space.  otherwise known as the time he had an artificial heart from the suit that went obsessive stalker on him and the birth of FRIDAY.  one of my penultimate iron man runs, highly recommended but super dark. + avengers disassembled:  wanda destroys the mansion and the avengers break up, seemingly for good.  tony can’t afford to rebuild and no one has the heart to keep going after what happened. + new avengers:  until there’s a breakout of the raft and steve decides it’s time he and tony put together a new team.  tony can never say no to steve when he begs.  one of my all time favorite avengers line ups, including wolverine, luke cage, spider-woman, spider-man, ms. marvel (carol).  that time the avengers ended up in luke cage and jessica jones’s wedding photo. + extremis:  that time tony could talk to computers in his head - how that came to be.  also incredibly important:  sets the stage for civil war. + execute program:  definitely sets the stage for civil war and displays in a lot of ways how extremis is effecting tony. + civil war:  self explanatory, i think.  comic civil war was entirely us-based, did not involve bucky as a focus point (he becomes the new cap, after all, at tony’s request), and concerned the destruction of stamford due to the new warriors confronting a villain known as nitro.  bitter is the war between brothers, etc. + fallen son & the confession:  steve is assassinated (or...lost in time, more is the case) on red skull’s orders.  tony stark completely loses his shit and falls the fuck apart.  the confession solidified - i think - stevetony as a valid possible ship. + mighty avengers:  explains tony’s reasoning for doing what he did concerning civil war - which was play damage control so people like spider-man didn’t end up on a dissection table instead of the negative zone.  ultron gives him boobs. + iron man - director of shield:  post civil war, tony’s time at the helm of shield, and having a few mental breakdowns, fighting the mandarin, and finding out fun new things about extremis. + secret invasion (event):  skrulls have been infiltrating everywhere.  tony gets uploaded with a virus that takes out all of his tech?  and extremis itself.  is removed as director of shield, osborn is put in his place.  takes place in the middle of the fraction run of iron man. + invincible iron man (the fraction run):  literally the absolute, hands down, penultimate you won’t find better iron man run and view of tony stark as a person.  includes fear itself, dark reign, and the seige of asgard.  cannot recommend this one highly enough.  tony dealing with the aftermath of civil war, and then the brain wipe.  we love a broken man. + avengers prime:  tony and steve finally make up when the realms merge together.  he and steve and thor have all kinds of fun adventures against hela, tony ends up naked, we find out that thor and hellcat did the do.  good fun for everyone but also displays how much tony’s faking what he does and doesn’t remember, if you’re willing to dig a little. + invincible iron man (2013):  tony’s vacation in space, discovering he’s adopted and has a brother, the return of the mandarin’s rings, inhuman fun, the test city that was really a giant iron man suit, and fun times with dark elves.  this run is a ride and i love it despite everyone else hating it.  it has some juicy tony characterization moments. + avengers 2013/infinity:  look, you’d need a decoder ring to understand this shit without reading the whole damn thing.  contains superior iron man and the incursions, the time tony used the infinity gauntlet, the illuminati...there’s a lot of unpack here but explains the weight the current tony stark is carrying from what he did - especially as superior iron man - during this whole timeframe.  includes old!steve. + invincible iron man (2015):  the lead up to civil war ii/secret empire (note:  we don’t even look in secret empire’s direction on this blog).  just a good little snatch of characterization (surprisingly by bendis).  nice look into how tony views himself and how he handles his problems (which is to say he doesn’t handle them at all). + all new, all different avengers:  tony and his tiny little team, comprised of a bunch of kids, the vision, sam!cap, and jane!thor.  lead up to the thing we don’t speak of, but puts into perspective where tony sits at that moment post-incursions. + winter soldier (2018): he shows up in all of like three pages and is mentioned in a few more, but it solidifies that tony and bucky are close?  that bucky trusts tony knowing where he lives and working on his arm, and it puts tony in a support role over being a main player.  also rod reis did the art and it’s fucking immaculate.  

this is pretty much where, right  now, my full canon for tony ends.  i do include some bits from the newest avengers run (up through the vampires - and possibly tony being tossed back in time, i have the feeling he’s gonna hook up with the prehistoric avengers).  also from marvelous ms. marvel and captain marvel, and web of black widow.  what it does not and will not include ever is tony stark: iron man.  we don’t let slott into this house.

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Carol Danvers is one of Marvel’s most iconic heroes, she first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes #13 (March 1968) as an officer in the U.S airforce and often helped the original Captain Marvel. She went on to gain superpowers of her own and became the hero, Ms. Marvel, in 2012 she took on the name Captain Marvel. Carol Danvers will appear in her own solo movie in 2018 and is the first female to get a solo movie in the MCU   

Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) Essential reading list:

Mar-Vell: Marvel Super-Heroes #13 Captain Marvel #1-14 Captain Marvel #16 Captain Marvel #18 Ms. Marvel: Ms. Marvel #1-23 Avengers #183-200 X-men and Binary: Avengers Annual #10 Uncanny X-men #153 Uncanny X-men #158 Uncanny X-men #161-167 Uncanny X-men #171 Starjammers: Uncanny X-men #174 New Mutants #19 Uncanny X-men #200-201 Marvel Fanfare #24 New Mutants #50-51 X-men Spotlight on... Starjammers #1-2 Avengers #350-351 The lost issues: Marvel Super-Heroes (vol 2) #10-11 Warbird: Avengers (vol 3) #4-6 Iron Man (vol 3) #7 Captain America (vol 3) #8 Quicksilver #10 Avengers (vol 3) #7 Avengers suspension: Wolverine #133-134 Iron Man (vol 3) #12 Iron Man (vol 3) #18 Avengers (vol 3) #17-18 Iron Man (vol 3) #23-25 Avengers: Avengers (vol 3) #26-34 Avengers (vol 3) #36-55 Avengers (vol 3) #57-61 Avengers (vol 3) #65-70 Alias #3 Disassembled and House of M: Avengers #500-503 Avengers Finale #1 House of M #1-8 Best of the best: Giant-Size Ms. Marvel #1 New Avengers #15-20 Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #1-5 Civil War: Civil War #1-4 Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #6-8 Civil War #5-7 The Initiative: Ms.Marvel (vol 2) #9-10 Ms. Marvel Special (2007) Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #11-12 The Mighty Avengers #1-6 Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #13-17 The Mighty Avengers #7-11 Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #18-24 Secret Invasion: Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #25-27 Secret Invasion #1-4 Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #28-30 Secret Invasion #5-8 Dark Reign: New Avengers #48-50 Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #31-35 New Avengers #51-60 Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #36-37 Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #41-46 Ms. Marvel Special: Storyteller (2009) Free Comic Book Day 2009 New Avengers New Avengers #62 Siege #1-4 New Avengers #64 New Avengers Finale #1 Ms.Marvel Annual #1 Heroic Age: Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #47-50 New Avengers (vol 2) #1-13 Fear Itself #1 Avengers (vol 4) #13 Fear Itself #2-3 Avengers (vol 4) #14 Fear Itself #4 Avengers (vol 4) #15-16 Fear Itself #5 Avengers (vol 4) #17 Fear Itself #6-7 Avengers (vol 4) #18 New Avengers (vol 2) #16.1 New Avengers (vol 2) #17-23 Avengers vs X-men: Avengers Vs X-men #0-1 New Avengers (vol 2) #24 Avengers vs X-men #2 Secret Avengers #26 Avengers vs X-men #3 Avengers (vol 4) #26-27 Avengers vs X-men #4 Secret Avengers #27 Avengers vs X-men #5 Secret Avengers #28 Avengers vs X-men #6-7 X-men Legacy #269-270 Avengers vs X-men #8-12 Captain Marvel: Captain Marvel (vol 7) #1-8 New Avengers (vol 2) #31-34 Avengers (vol 5) #1-4 Captain Marvel (vol 7) #9-12 Avengers: The Enemy Within #1 Avengers Assemble #16 Captain Marvel (vol 7) #13 Avengers Assemble #17 Captain Marvel (vol 7) #14 Infinity: Avengers (vol 5) #14-17 Infinity #1 Avengers (vol 5) #18 Captain Marvel (vol 7) #15 Infinity #2 Avengers (vol 5) #19 Infinity #3 Captain Marvel (vol 7) #16 Avengers (vol 5) #20 Infinity #4 Avengers (vol 5) #21 Infinity #5 Avengers (vol 5) #22-23 Infinity #6 Captain Marvel (vol 7) #17 Space: Captain Marvel (vol 8) #1-6 Guardians of the Galaxy (vol 3) #14-17 Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1 (2013) Captain Marvel (vol 8) #7-15 Time Runs Out: Avengers (vol 5) #35 New Avengers (vol 3) #24 Avengers (vol 5) #36 New Avengers (vol 3) #25 Avengers (vol 5) #37 New Avengers (vol 3) #26 Avengers (vol 5) #38 New Avengers (vol 3) #27 Avengers (vol 5) #39 New Avengers (vol 3) #28 Avengers (vol 5) #40 New Avengers (vol 3) #29 Avengers (vol 5) #41 New Avengers (vol 3) #30 Avengers (vol 5) #42 New Avengers (vol 3) #31-32 Avengers (vol 5) #43 New Avengers (vol 3) #33 Avengers (vol 5) #44 Ms. Marvel (vol 3) #16-19 Secret Wars: Secret Wars #0-9 (Optional tie-ins to Secret Wars) Captain Marvel & the Carol Corps #1-4 A-Force #1-5 Civil War (2015) #1-5 Civil War II: Captain Marvel (vol 9) #1-5 Ultimates (vol 2) #1-7 Civil War II #0-1 Captain Marvel (vol 9) #6 Free Comic Book Day Civil War II Ultimates (vol 2) #8 Civil War II #2-3 Captain Marvel (vol 9) #7-8 Ultimates (vol 2) #9 Captain Marvel (vol 9) #9 Civil War II #4 Ultimates (vol 2) #10-11 Civil War II #5-8 Ultimates (vol 2) #12 Captain Marvel (vol 9) #10 Legacy: Ultimates 2 (vol 2) #1-9 Ultimates 2 (vol 2) #100 The Mighty Captain Marvel #1-9 Generations: Captain Marvel & Mar-Vell #1 Generations: Ms. Marvel & Ms. Marvel #1 Captain Marvel #125-129 Infinity Countdown: Captain Marvel #1 The Life of Captain Marvel #1-5

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SPAWN #301  Covers announced..   Full checklist of the FIFTEEN DIFFERENT covers for the record breaking SPAWN #301 heading MK1′s way early October  can be viewed in the Indie section of the October preorder catalogue  https://blog.mk1.co.nz/october2019   .

SPAWN #301 TODD McFARLANE returns to pencil and ink SPAWN #301- with GREG CAPULLO, JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER, CLAYTON CRAIN, JEROME OPENA, and FRANCESCO MATTINA, and even more surprises to come in the record-breaking, longest-running creator-owned comic book in history! 

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We set our order numbers for all comics pretty early ahead of publication .. As buzz builds certain titles preorders start to outstrip our initial estimates.. and we always tag these order increases so that we can keep an eye on what's sizzling: 

Here is the incoming hotness list!  Advice Preorder early.

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Fictional character biographyEdit

Machine Man, whose real name is Z2P45-9-X-51, was the last of a series of sentient robots created at the Broadhurst Center for the Advancement of Mechanized Research in Central City, California, by robotics expert Dr. Abel Stack for the US Army. However, all previous 50 experimental robots went mad as they achieved sentience and became psychotic, due to a lack of identity. X-51 was the only survivor, as he was treated as a son by Stack and given a human face mask as well as being exposed to one of the monoliths from 2001. After Stack died trying to protect him, X-51 assumed the human name Aaron Stack and escaped confinement, only to be relentlessly pursued by the army. X-51 named himself Mister Machine in issue #9 of the 10-issue run of 2001.

While on the run, the newly christened Machine Man initiated contact with humanity in order to better understand it.[5] After being captured and later freed, Machine Man was found by psychiatrist Peter Spaulding. He also battled Col. Krag's troops.[6] Soon after that, he first encountered Curtiss Jackson.[7] Alongside the Hulk, he battled Curtiss Jackson.[8] Soon after that, he was redesigned and rebuilt by Dr. Oliver Broadhurst.[9] He then first encountered the Fantastic Four.[10] He then met mechanic "Gears" Garvin, and then battled Baron Brimstone.[11] He also battled Madame Menace (Sunset Bain).[12] He then first encountered Aurora, Northstar, and Sasquatch of Alpha Flight.[13] Spaulding and Garvin set up Machine Man with a human identity as Aaron Stack, insurance investigator for the Delmar Insurance Company,[14] but he continued having adventures as a superhero on the side.[volume & issue needed]

In Iron Man #168 (March 1983), Machine Man attempts to pay Iron Man a visit. Machine Man was seeking to compare notes with Iron Man, thought to be a robot by Machine Man. At the time, Iron Man was drunk, irate, and under considerable stress from the machinations of Obadiah Stane. Iron Man attacked Machine Man and almost killed two of his own employees. At the last possible second, Machine Man's extendable arm pushed them out of the way.[15]

In a meeting with the Thing of the Fantastic Four, Machine Man also first met and fell in love with another sentient robot, Jocasta. Alongside the Thing and Jocasta, he battled Ultron. However, during the battle, Machine Man witnessed the seeming destruction of Jocasta by Ultron.[16]

In 1990, Machine Man guest-starred in Iron Man Annual #11 (part of the "Terminus Factor" storyline). That story created strong hints that the 2020 Machine Man may turn out not to be the true X-51, but instead a duplicate created by Sunset Bain. The story concludes in Thor Annual #15, also in 1990.

He later fought alongside the Avengers,[volume & issue needed] which led to the invitation to become a team reservist.[volume & issue needed] Later he was captured by S.H.I.E.L.D., who wanted to use his technology to create another Deathlok. He helps the X-Men and Douglock against the villainous Red Skull, who had taken over the Helicarrier where Machine Man was held.[17]

He helped the X-Men again against Bastion and his Sentinels.[volume & issue needed] As a consequence, he was infected by Sentinel programming, assuming a more robotic look in the subsequent series X-51, and losing self-control whenever he was faced with a mutant. During this series he was on the run from Sebastian Shaw, who wants his technology for himself. Because of his new programming, while seeking aid from the Avengers, he attacks Justice and Firestar. Because of his actions against Justice and Firestar, X-51's membership in the Avengers is revoked. At the end of X-51, X-51 encountered one of the monoliths and disappeared, brought into the presence of the monolith's creators, the cosmic beings known as the Celestials.[volume & issue needed]

Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.Edit

Main article: Nextwave

Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen's Nextwave series sees Machine Man join a team formed by the Highest Anti-Terrorism Effort, or H.A.T.E. (a subsidiary of the Beyond Corporation©) to fight Unusual Weapons of Mass Destruction.[volume & issue needed] Now preferring simply to be called Aaron, Machine Man is partnered with Monica Rambeau, Tabitha Smith, Elsa Bloodstone, and The Captain,[18] and the team soon discovers that H.A.T.E. are funded by the Beyond Corporation©, leading them to go rogue and carry out their mission on their own prerogative.[volume & issue needed]



Aaron Stack

Calling humans "fleshy ones" and expressing a degree of pride in his "roboty parts" — which he uses to kill Fin Fang Foom[19] — Aaron has developed a fondness for alcohol, stating "My robot brain needs beer" on regular occasions. He is not especially popular with his teammates because of his self-important attitude, and, as is learned in a flashback that after being brought to space by the Celestials at the conclusion of his previous series, he was dumped back on Earth because the space-gods considered him to be a "complete and utter ☠☠☠☠."[20] ("☠☠☠☠" representing an unspecified, but extremely offensive, profanity throughout the Nextwave series) He appears to have a rather serious attraction to Elsa Bloodstone and stares at her chest constantly, much to her chagrin.

It is revealed that, when still an agent of H.A.T.E, Aaron would often sneak into Dirk Anger's room to steal beer until he found out what Anger made it out of ("I thought Lizard Squeezings was a brewery name.").[21] He later uses his knowledge of Dirk's quarters to steal Anger's mother's dress and hold it hostage in exchange for the safe escape of Nextwave.[volume & issue needed]

Later appearances in the Marvel Comics Presents mini-series (vol.2) suggest that X-51's memories of his time with the Celestials may be skewed, as he experienced visual hallucinations (?) of a miniature Celestial helping him overcome his psychological issues.[volume & issue needed]

The InitiativeEdit

Main article: Fifty State Initiative



Aaron with his Monica Rambeau LMD. Art by Adriana Melo.

Machine Man appears in a flashback to Iron Man (vol. 1) #168 (March 1983) in Iron Man/Captain America: Casualties of War. In trying to convince Captain America of the rightness of his position, Iron Man tells of the time Machine Man came to visit him. Machine Man was seeking to compare notes with Iron Man, thought to be a robot by Machine Man. Drunk, irate, and under considerable stress from the machinations of Obadiah Stane, Iron Man attacks Machine Man and almost kills two of his own employees. At the last possible second, Machine Man's extendable arm pushes them out of the way. Iron Man uses this incident as the need for accountability in the superhero population.[volume & issue needed]

Aaron and Sleepwalker are recruited to aid Ms. Marvel in finding her teammate Araña as part of a S.H.I.E.L.D. strikeforce known as Operation Lightning Storm.[volume & issue needed] In the promotional cover for this appearance, he is in the costume which he wore during Nextwave.[22] His appearance is entirely in keeping with Nextwave: he wears the same costume and displays the same nonsensical and zany personality developed, in place of his previous logical and friendly self. He reveals that Agent Maria Hill from S.H.I.E.L.D. offered him financial compensation to join the Initiative, enraging Ms. Marvel, who had supported it from the beginning, for free.[volume & issue needed] He spends much of his time in Chile and aboard the Minicarrier 13, Ms. Marvel's headquarters at the time, antagonizing and criticizing every available agent.[volume & issue needed]

In addition to financial compensation, S.H.I.E.L.D. has also provided Aaron with a Life Model Decoy of Monica Rambeau, which is programmed to cry for him.[23] Keeping him in his new role of comic relief, Aaron has been shown using the LMD body as a replacement part for his damaged body, going so far to offer womanly advice to a deeply shocked Araña.[24]

Marvel ZombiesEdit

Main articles: Marvel Zombies 3 and Marvel Zombies 5

See also: Marvel Zombies (series)

Machine Man appears twice in the Marvel Zombies universe, initially in a cameo as part of the Nextwave team who engage in battle against the infected heroes and are killed off panel in Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness, and as the main character in Marvel Zombies 3. As the main character, Machine Man accepts an assignment on behalf of A.R.M.O.R. to accompany Jocasta to retrieve a blood sample from a living human from the Marvel Zombies universe, and the two are transported there by Portal.[25] At first he wants to complete his mission only for the money, until he discovers that the zombies are cloning humans for food, much as humans use his fellow robots only for their own needs. He obtains cell samples from the Kingpin's wife Vanessa, who is still alive and being kept safe by the Kingpin.[26] Machine Man delivers the samples to Jocasta, but the zombies nearly destroy him in retribution, and Portal and Jocasta are forced to leave his ruined body in that dimension.[27] After Machine Man reveals that it was a holographic projection of himself, he fights off some zombies and captures the zombie Lockjaw who he uses to teleport back to his own dimension. Disposing of the remaining zombies within the facility, Machine Man and Jocasta are assigned back to S.H.I.E.L.D.[28]

He retains his personality as displayed in Nextwave and Ms Marvel in this series, however when Jocasta describes him as different from the person she once knew, he gives an explanation. Describing his earlier, friendly personality as being linked to "unresolved Oedipal issues", he claims to have grown tired of saving people over and over again to earn their love, as he loved them. Since that never happened (he claims), he has "modeled myself after the fleshies now. I look out for Number One, just like them".[29] However, at the end of the series, as he wipes out the last remaining zombies, he declares, "No, you know what? My name is Machine Man and I just saved the ☠☠☠☠ing world!" accepting the name he spent much of Nextwave and this series denying.[30]

In Marvel Zombies 5, he teams up with Howard the Duck. They later work with and befriend Jacali Kane, daughter of an alternate-universe Hurricane. The trio travel the multi-verse fighting zombies; their intentions are to gather samples from biologically differing zombies in other to gain a cure.[31] He is dismayed by Jocasta's decision to marry Ultron.[32]

Working with Red HulkEdit

Under orders from Captain Steve Rogers, Machine Man teams up with Red Hulk, who is tracking down a Qatari rebel named Dagan Shah (whom Red Hulk believed to be behind the death of his old friend Will Krugauer).[33] Machine Man and Red Hulk arrive in Sharzhad where they find Dagan Shah in the disguise of Arabian Knight, who lets them through the force field and leads them to his palace. Once inside the palace, Dagan Shah sheds his disguise, reveals his true identity as the Sultan Magus, and imprisons Red Hulk and Machine Man, as it is shown that the real Arabian Knight is imprisoned in a crystal.[34] Red Hulk and Machine Man escape when Sultan Magus travels to Cairo after probing Red Hulk's mind to find out who could have sent Red Hulk to Sharzhad. Machine Man reveals to Red Hulk that Sultan Magus has used Rigellian technology to manipulate hydrogen, which involved providing a supply of water and terraforming a part of the desert for Sharzhad. When Sultan Magus returns, he attacks Red Hulk and Machine Man. Sultan Magus rips Machine Man in half.[35] When Arabian Knight is freed from his imprisonment, Red Hulk and Machine Man continue their fight with Sultan Magus until General Reginald Fortean arrives and ends the fight. Fortean states to Red Hulk and Machine Man that Sharzhad has been recognized as a nation by the Arab League upon Sultan Magus agreeing to stop the weapons trading and states that they are trespassing. Sultan Magus then orders Red Hulk and Machine Man to get out of Sharzhad while he secretly plans to have his revenge on Red Hulk someday.[36]

Following an altercation with Red She-Hulk, Machine Man and Red Hulk track Zero/One to her floating island base Ogygia. As Red Hulk and Machine Man are fighting Zero/One's genetically-engineered sea monsters, Zero/One sends Black Fog to fight Machine Man and Red Hulk.[37] Using a device given to him by Jacob Feinman, Machine Man disables Zero/One's drones and frees Black Fog from Zero/One's control as Black Fog leaves the area, stating that his debt is paid.[38]

Machine Man and Red Hulk arrived in Hawaii to fight a genetically-engineered Hydra that was created by Zero/One.[39]

Marvel NOW! (2016)Edit

As part of the 2016 Marvel NOW!, Machine Man appeared as an employee of Umbral Dynamics.[40] Machine Man later appears as a member of Domino's incarnation of the Mercs for Money.[41]

During the "Iron Man 2020" event, Machine Man appears as a member of the A.I. Army.[42] Machine Man was assigned to blow up the satellite dish on Baintronics only for his feelings towards a reprogrammed Jocasata to get in the way.[43] He followed her to a Baintronics facility and fought through many of the X-series robots that came before him. When he finally catches up to Jocasta, he is taken down by a new X-series robot model named X-52.[44] Despite being at a disadvantage, Machine Man defeated X-52 and beheaded Jocasta while making off with her still-active head. Though he ran into a Baintronics security personnel as he prepares to fight them.[45