Hello everyone I‘m Jim Trabold welcome to the Ultimate Marvel Handbook.
Hey Daron how are you today bud?
Not bad, not bad. Had a blast in Pittsburgh, and my girlfriend didn’t break up with me for making her go. So all in all”¦not bad.
Going good here myself. Busy week of emails to. So let‘s start
“¦how nice”¦for you.
Jeff Ritter emails
Howdy Jim! What’s the haps? Just thought I’d point out–Dark Overlord is taller than his picture would indicate. If he’s got you chained to the desk, take off at him, slide under his legs, and then jump up and rack him! He’ll give you longer breaks for about two weeks. ;)
On to some points I felt like making:
Hey Jeff. Remind me to use that trick at some point. That sounds like fun to me. But I was only late that one time because of a computer crash so I think I‘m safe
That and who says I’m only wearing one metal helmet”¦
A) HOLY FREAKING KAWASAKI! TEAM AMERICA!??!?! I’m pretty sure they were action figures originally. Kinda like the ol’ Evil Knievel figure on the motorcycle that you revved up and sent about ten feet down your grandparent’s hallway before it hit the wall. Thanks for letting me flashback. Now what’s the four-one-one of US-1? The trucker comic! And the Sectaurs! That actually wasn’t a bad series. Kinda like the Micronauts, only more buggy. Daron is probably having an aneurysm already…
You know I think your right about a toy line too. I might just have to look that up myself though. But I think your right.
What was that”¦sorry I was having an aneurysm.
B) “Which top ten characters / teams would u like films to be made for, that are not already in the works?”
Here’s mine, more than ten (because Daron was whining about the Handbook’s length last week even though he was rushing to get to Pittsburgh) and in no order:
1) Grimjack (Blade Runner meets Mad Max meets Freejack meets TMNT!)
2) Thunderbolts (As casted two weeks ago in Welcome To My Nightmare–shameless plug, I admit)
I agree with this one. Introduce it right and it will work.
3) Silver Sable (should be relatively low-budget but still great if casted and directed properly)
Yep agree here. Might even be best to do the full Wild Pack.
4) Captain Marvel (if we’re talking about Mar-Vell, not Genis)
Yep, has to be Mar-Vell. I agree there
5) Captain Marvel (Shazam! Won’t the lawyers have fun with these two?)
6) Strikeforce: Morituri (that WOULD be wicked awesome)
I would love this. Already noted that last week.
7) Starman (like DOL said–the series practically begs to be serialized into about 5
movies! And James Robinson is bopping around Hollywood already!)
8) Nightwing (though I suppose this might come somewhere down the line if they introduce a Robin into the new Bat-franchise)
9) Fables (so parents can freak out when they realize Vertigo comics aren’t really for kids…like the parents who brought their 9 and 6 year old kids to see V for Vendetta…”Sure honey, it’s a comic movie, like Spider-man.”)
10) X-Force (NOT the erstwhile X-Static but the trifold gatecover-spawning Liefield characters in all their foot-less awesomeness! And it should be REALLY bad! Like 5th Element/Timeline bad! I can’t wait to see who gets to wear the Cable Shoulder pads that won’t even fit into the frame in wide screen!)
HAHAHAHA That‘s funny. I would do Cable more though.
There’s something about the wording of that last sentence that really bothers me”¦but I can’t bring myself to edit it :)
11) StormWatch/WildCATS (or any other Wildstorm property. WildCATS could be DC’s X-Men, and StormWatch was the Avengers done right until Warren Ellis made it the posterchild for superhero deconstructionism)
12) Transmetropolitan (because Patrick Stewart is DYING to play Spider Jerusalem and I’d love to see him really break loose and go wild in the role. And because, honestly, how many bald guys sitting in a chair of some sort can he play in one career?
13) Star Slammers (a Marvel Original graphic novel…back when they DID original graphic novels. And it’s a Walt Simonson masterpiece. Visually stunning sci-fi.
I think I remember this one. I may need to reread it myself now
14) Hellboy (WHERE THE HELL IS MY SEQUEL?!?! I need more Hellboy like Christopher Walken needs more Cowbell! Baby. I also could use more Constantine, and while Keanu didn’t suck, Sean Bean would have been SOOO amazing! Hint hint!)
15) Dr. Doom (to make up for how ridiculous the character was treated in Fantastic Four, which was an otherwise decent movie.)
Yeah they could‘ve made Doom cooler is FF and I think a Doom movie would make up for it
DOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!
*ahem*
Sorry”¦
16) Sandman (the Vertigo one. Really trippy, somewhat sad, sounds like a good choice for a Tim Burton/Johnny Depp joint, no?)
17) Watchmen (I’m not sure it IS still in the works. But it NEEDS to be done)
18) Taskmaster and the Masters of Evil (Think about it. More people argue over who was a better Batman, but nobody disputes Jack’s Joker. And the Superman movies suffered for not having real recognizable villains. Badguys CARRY the hero movie. Luke Skywalker is a snot-nosed punk, but big daddy Vader is da MAN! So’s Taskmaster! I dare someone to do a movie where the badguys win through out!)
It would make the best idea for doing this one before Thunderbolts. Thunderbolts would be the sequel of course.
19) Fallen Angel (Peter David’s character would make for a fabulous movie. Kinda like The Prophecy with a redhead. I’m already in line.)
20) Xero (The late DC comic about a government assassin who happens to be a bad-attitude version of Michael Jordan. What a great read! Priest wrote it, I liked it, so it died a quick death. Meanwhile, the Ultimate Universe marches on…)
That enough, DOL? Bwa-ha-ha!
Oh”¦I’d say I’ve had enough”¦
By the way, Jim, how in the world did Power Pack, Killraven, Werewolf By Night and Skrull Kill Krew ever get optioned? And the Gargoyle?!? Isaac Christians? My God. Make it official. Hollywood has NO IDEA what they’re doing.
Power Pack I don‘t understand either. I‘d make that a tv movie for the kiddies myself. I mean the Pack are not really any other use. Killraven I think was picked up with the idea of a sci-fi feeling Movie along the lines of Star Wars and Star Trek.
Werewolf by night would go right into the horror genre. People like horror movies and likely would go see this if done right
Skrull Kil Krew I think is being made for tv more. Just for the press release go here
Gargoyle I don‘t understand. I see him more as a 4th stringer at the most and better on a team.
C) Legion of Losers: I admit I don’t read that book, I’m just going off the cover. Believe it or not, Comic Creators reading this, but a LOT of people DO judge comics by the covers. But what’s up with dubbing that team Legion of Losers? Some of those characters really aren’t bad. And did I not see X-23 on the cover? Haven’t they been shoving her down our throats incessantly for a couple years now? I had to buy a figure of her to complete my big Apocalypse figure. And NOW she’s a loser? Terror and Darkhawk, maybe. But Arana and Cloak and Dagger are decent enough. X-23 shouldn’t even count. She’s the Highlander 2 of Mutants. How has she missed the 198 Purge? We need a Wolverine/Jubilee combo platter WHY exactly?
You know I didn‘t understand that reason why it was called Legion of Losers either. The last group of Marvel characters to take the name earned that name. It was a group of villains actually back in Spectacular Spider-Man 245-246.
The group was a bunch of heroes surviving from a major attack. Mostly c-list heroes as far as the writer and people have been calling them. I do agree though that they aren’t really losers
X-23 is still pretty new and popular already.
Arana had her own series which I think is done now but she is new and not a bad character.
Cloak and Dagger if used right are good characters. They are decent as you said.
Sleepwalker and Terror are both 90s characters that where good in that time. Darkhawk I did like and he was a good 90s character too.
Gravity is pretty new still and he seems pretty decent. I liked his series myself.
D) Send some of your readers over to the Nightmare column! I’ll school ’em on Thunderbolts (won’t Fabian be thrilled?) and enjoy some feedback and suggestions for future columns.
Keep having fun!
Personally, I enjoy reading your column. I like Thunderbolts too and you do cover them quite well and I know you could school my readers. Heck I‘d help school them if I have to because the current series is good and needs more readers.
I do wonder what you think might be the top 10 I‘ll say books are that need more readers to pick up. You can put it in your column and I‘ll just say it this way, I want my readers to go read Welcome to My Nightmare every Wednesday on my old spot.
Mike emails
Hey guys,
Team America? Oh man, I love obscure superhero teams. I think I remember reading a mini years ago about The X-terminators. It had Artie, Leach, Devil Dinosaur, and some kid in a wheel chair. What can you tell me about this formidable crew, or did I just make this whole thing up in my mind? And who would you pick as your favorite obscure superhero team of all time?
Actually I believe you have two teams mixed together. Both are obscure teams so I can understand your mixing it up.
X-Terminators: This team came out of X-Factor and a mini series came out during Inferno with the team of
Rusty Collins
Boom Boom Meltdown now
Rictor
Skids
Leech
Artie
Taki Matsuya The wheel chair kid
Of course those real old X-Factor junkies know five original members of the X-Men originally used the name “X-Terminators”: the Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, and Marvel Girl. These five X-Men were the founding members of X-Factor, which initially purported to be an organization of mutant hunters. Seeking to conceal the fact that the founders of X-Factor were themselves superhuman mutant, when the five former X-Men went into action in costume in public, they referred to themselves as members of the X-Terminators.
Now the other team you sort of mixed in was the one Devil Dinosuar joined called the Fallen Angels
Vanisher (leader)
Ariel
Bill
Boom Boom (Meltdown)
Chance II
Devil Dinosaur
Don
Gomi
Madrox Multiple Man
Moon Boy
Siryn
Sunspot
Warlock
This team was a spin off the New Mutants mostly. It appeared in an 8 issue limited series
Also, I was thinking about how much I used to enjoy reading the New Defenders with Iceman, Angel, etc. Why did that team ever get together in the first place and where are they now?
Well of course the team started as the Defenders. The real Defenders team. The title got renamed the New Defenders. As of issue #125, Defenders was retitled to New Defenders as the “big four” (Doctor Strange, The Silver Surfer, The Hulk and Namor) were forced to leave the team. This was the result of an alien prophecy that stated that these four, operating as a group, would be responsible for destroying the world
Of course the team was reorganized into a more formal organization, somewhat modeled after the Avengers
Members:
Andromeda
Angel (Archangel)
Beast
Iceman
Candace Southern
Cloud
Gargoyle
Interloper
Manslaughter
Moondragon
Seraph
Valkyrie
The remaining group of Defenders finally disbanded in New Defenders #152, as a number of the members had apparently died and several others left the team to join X-Factor. Several of these seemingly deceased members later returned as the mystical Dragon Circle.
While you’re at it, can you cover the Champions too?
The Champions of Los Angeles (often abbreviated as The Champions) were a short-lived superhero team from the mid-1970s
The group’s members were:
Black Widow (leader)
Angel (Archangel)
Darkstar
Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)
Hercules
Iceman
History: The Champions debuted with great fanfare as the first major super-hero team in Los Angeles; but for all its money, power and promise, the eclectically mismatched group lacked unity and direction, and its history was short. The team began with an attack on the UCLA campus by the rogue Olympian god Pluto, who sought to force his fellow gods Hercules and Venus (both UCLA lecturers at the time) into marrying Hippolyta and Ares as part of a plot to overthrow Olympian monarch Zeus. Hercules and Venus resisted with the aid of super-spy Black Widow, demon cyclist Ghost Rider, and mutant heroes Angel and Iceman. Pluto’s plot was foiled, and while Venus chose to return to Olympus, the other five heroes decided to remain together as a new super-team, the Champions.
For more Champions reading check here
As always, thanks for the entertaining column.
Your welcome. Keep reading
“¦or else!
Stephan emails
Hey Daron,
Hello….Remy,
Who’s Remy?
I believe you are”¦you know”¦being my personal Gambit and all”¦
And hello, Stephan.
I’ve been hearing a lot about this kid Bendis. Apparently, he’s pretty good. Anyway, he’s stated that he thinks it’s silly for people to think that no one gets killed when “Hulk Smash”. I’m just curious as to what you fellas think. Personally, As long as the story is well written, I can suspend disbelief like a fiend.
Ok it might just be me here. I’m lost. If your asking if Hulk has likely killed people while he is the Hulk even unwillingly I would say yes he likely has. I mean he’s a big hulking monster who doesn’t mean to harm people. He just wants to be left alone. But with the army and other people after him Hulk has had to do a lot of things. He’s killed in comics too if I’m right.
I believe many know of Maestro. He’s the evil Hulk of the future. He’s definitely killed. He took out all the Marvel heroes and others on top. I believe it’s also been shown the Hulk has killed even in the comics as the Hulk at times. I may be wrong though. But let’s put it this way. If he wasn’t so dangerous then why did the Illuminati send him into space?
Yeah, I don’t have any specifics but yeah I’d think anything “normal” that gets “smashed” should probably be dead or destroyed.
Thanks,
Welcome
Indeed
Roger emails
Ultimate Marvel Gods,
I’m in one of the local Wal Marts out here and I see, in the toy section, a Spider Hulk action figure from the newest Amazing Spider-Man line. I was then confused, but intrigued because it looked great, and I buy it. I read on another site that this was pretty comic accurate. WTF?!? When did this happen? Can you provide me with insight into the matter? If not, I’ll know it is because I’m not worthy of attention from you. All praises due to the DOL.
I never thought of myself as a god. But I will answer your question.
I think that part was more directed at me”¦underling. And you may stop your groveling, Roger.
There was a point in Spider-Man that Spidey got the powers of the Hulk. The picture above is not a fake and most of the Marvel Legends toys and Marvel Selects are based off real stories.
Here’s the story behind Spider-Hulk: In the midst of battling the Hulk in Web Of Spider-Man #69, Spider-Man was zapped with a Biokinetic Energy Absorber that was in the same vicinity as the Incredible Hulk…Of course this meant huge quantities of Gamma Radiation were present and Spidey went on to Smash!…At least temporarily in Web Of Spider-Man #70!
Reuben emails
hey jim, hey daron…how’s it going? good, i hope.
Good here.
As well as possible.
i love the column you guys put out (ultimate marvel handbook.) it keeps me up to date on marvel current affairs, when i can’t make it into the comic shop for my monthly fix. so thanks guys…so please keep it up. my boss may hate it, but that’s only ’cause your column keeps me from doing “the man’s” biddings.
Your welcome and we’re always happy to help
Why do I have this strange empathy for your boss???
but anyways, i read your 4/7/06 handbook #6 and saw that quite a few people (including daron) really weren’t into a few of marvels latest movies…..namely hulk, punisher and daredevil.
now hulk, i can understand as i felt that it just lacked the overall excitement of say spiderman or xmen. most people point at the large amount of cgi involved but, i think that the cgi was necessary. ’cause honestly do you really want to see another obscenely muscular guy all painted in green running around acting like the hulk? i mean the costume worked for the thing in fantastic four but, then again fantastic 4 had a decent story and hopefully was a set up to a sequel. where as the hulk’s story was just plain odd. everything about the movie up until banners change was ok but, his interaction with his father was bizarre (not really sure if that aspect of their relationship was actually in the comics…..cause i’m not really a hulk guy), but the whole “gamma dogs” scene and the end fight scene, with hulk fighting some green manifestation of anger was just plain odd to me. so yeah, i have to agree that movie was far, far from enjoyable.
I agree they needed the CGI Hulk. Heck I prefer the Hulk in CGI then someone painted green like Lou Ferrigno was in the old hulk show. But I’m not bashing that show because it was the true essence of the Hulk in many ways. I still watch it on Sci-Fi channel. The Hulk vs. the army would be the first movie to me. Keep his father as his father and trash the Hulk Dogs and you have a better movie. I still enjoyed it but I’d cut 30 minutes easy
I don’t necessarily mind the CGI, I was just annoyed and insulted when the producers said the CGI was sooooo good you wouldn’t even be able to tell it was CGI”¦right.
now daredevil, i agree with daron to a certain extent. i think all the actors were great or as good as they can be with the roles they were given. i personally think that daredevil was a poor movie because, whomever came up with the script or penned the movie tried too hard to make it another marvel superhero flick. and the problem with this is that………no one wants to be daredevil…….cause he’s blind……and that’s sad but, true. see in my opinion, people can deal with the things and hulks because they’re big and super strong and hey, in reality if they didn’t like you or if you didn’t like them…….they could just cave your face in and call it a day. but daredevil, although he can beat up most of the people walking the streets today, has to give up his sight in order to achieve this. would you honestly give up your sight in order to kick a little @$$ at a slightly above average level? i think in order to make that movie really stand out from the pack of other marvel titles, they should have had Quentin Tarantino direct it…..alah kill bill style, and fill it with plenty of ninjas, hells kitchen assassins and just make the movie more of an old school martial arts film and stay away from the “touchy, feely” stuff that was spiderman and xmen. now if they wanted to do a sequel, they could easily have gone into the whole elektra, bullseye dynamic then. but, for the first movie, they should have just grabbed the movie goers attention and given them a martial arts film with a twist of marvel personality. make the character interesting and kick@$$ first and then, tell their back story……hey it worked all those years for wolverine……..why not daredevil?
You know your ideas for DD 1 could‘ve worked. I mean you could go old school with DD. You know the old issues of DD with it like you did or even close enough to old school with your ideas. I still think what the problem was merging all those ideas into one flick. I would get Frank Millar and maybe even Quentin Tarantino to join up for a few DD movies. Action and all the dynamics of DD
I agree that they tried to do too much. There were entirely too many characters and none of them (save DD) were really well established (in the movie). I would have just gone DD vs (kingpin) with, as you said, a slew of ninjas and what not between the two.
and punisher well what can i say, that movie really stunk. no fault of the actors, just another mistake (ala daredevil……read above) in how the characters were presented to the average movie goer. the punisher could easily have been a movie told in the same vein as, those old deathwish movies starring charles bronson. the stories and characters are somewhat similar, with both losing their families to the “streets” and turning vigilante in return. the thing with the punisher movie was that, they tried to make the character too kid friendly…when in fact the guy is a homicidal killer that just so happens to have a thing for taking out bad guys instead of the innocent. personally, i think the old punisher movie with dolph lundgren was pretty good………he just didn’t have the punisher skull shirt to complete the look……but, that’s just me.
You liked the Dolph Lundgren Punisher? Holy crap. I think your one of the few who did like it. I preferred this last one with Jane as Frank. I think if most people payed attention to they used the Marvel Knights story by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. Punisher Volume 5.
Frank goes by the name John Smith and moves into the place he is in the movies. Spacker Dave, Mr Bumpo and Joan are in the story as well as the Russian. The difference is the Gnucci crime family where the villains in the story. They could’ve altered a little bit too I admit but I liked it
so fellas, how’s my take on these films?
keep up the column, and thanks for the good read.
Interesting takes and some all around good thoughts. Thanks for reading and email again.
Well since we pretty much agree, there’s not much I can say about your taste.
JPF emails
I just finshed reading the bio of Vulcan and it had me thinking. Who has the most powerfull kids in all of the marvell universe. Whould you consider the Summers ( Cyclops Parents) to have the biggest Grapefruit. What would be your top 5 all time parents.
The Summers clan might not even make my top five. I’m not sure yet but I think I’ll make a leeway here and make it the top 20. Everything is subject to change
1. Mar-Vell family (Genis-Vell, Phyla-Vell, and Hulkling)
2. Richards family (Franklin and Valeria)
3. Satan (Hellstorm and Satana)
4. Magnus family (Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, and Polaris)
5. Summers family (Corsair) (Havok, Cyclops, and Vulcan)
6. Summers family (Cyclops) (Marvel Girl, Cable, and X-Man)
7. Xavier family (Professor X and Cassandra Nova)
8. Rasputin family (Colossus, Magic, and Mikhail)
9. Azazel family (Nightcrawler, Abyss, and Kiwi Black)
10. Frost family (Cordelia, Adrienne, and Emma)
11. St. Croix family (M, Emplate, Nicole, and Claudette)
12. Cuckoo family (Celeste, Mindee, Phoebe, Phoebe, and Sophie)
13. Yoshida family (Sunfire and Sunpyre. Note that Silver Samurai is a distant relative)
14. Guthrie family (Cannonball, Icarus, Husk, and Elizabeth Guthrie)
15. Braddock family (Psylocke, Jamie Braddock, and Captain Britain)
16. Beaubier family (Northstar and Aurora)
17. Maximoff family (Wanda) (Wiccan and Thomas)
18. Aaronson family (Jesse Bedlam and King Bedlam)
19. Cassidy (Banshee and Black Tom)
20. Bohusk family (Before Decimation: Tito, Kara, Axel, three other children)
I don’t know”¦if you combine the “two” Summers’ families together into “one” family (which I think it should be) I’d say they’d give just about any of these other “familes” a run for their money.
Who is the man with the flag on his face at the end of Woloverine Orgins and can you supply a bio on him.
Sure thing. His name is Nuke. He first appeared in Daredevil is the story called Born Again.
Real Name: Simpson (First name unknown)
Identity/Class: Enhanced human
Occupation: Convert government agent, assassin, and terrorist; sergeant in the U.S. Army
Affiliations: American P.O.W.s and M.I.A.s (imaginary), Generalissimo Felix Guillermo Caridad; Unnamed colonel, General Lewis Haywerth (U.S. Army); Kingpin
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: Agent Simpson
Base of Operations: Mobile
Height: 6′
Weight: 200 lbs.
Powers/Abilities: Nuke was very strong for a normal human (possibly Class 10, but at least above peak human) and almost impervious to pain and conventional injury. He also possessed superhuman speed with peak range of 700 mph. The latter was due to his skin which had been reinforced with some sort of plastic. He was completely insane, a savage fighter, and good with a firearm. He took red pills (amphetamines) to boost his adrenaline in a fight, white (barbiturates) to bring him down and blue (sedatives) to keep him calm and relaxed.
Weaknesses: Nuke was quite mentally unstable. Because of his use of the red, white, and blue drugs, Nuke was more than likely physically and emotionally addicted to them. He more than likely had a number of physiological as well as neurological problems due to the side effects related to the use of such powerful drugs. Without the blues, Nuke would have nightmares about combat.
Equipment: Nuke used an enormous sub-machine gun nicknamed “Betsy” in his missions. Besides conventional machine gun ammunition, Betsy also held six light artillery rounds and two incendiary missiles. On Betsy’s side Nuke used an LED counter to count the number of fatalities he had inflicted with his weapon. Nuke also had an unmarked military helicopter for air support, operated by an unnamed colonel. The copter had two mounted machine guns. Both the colonel and the chopper were destroyed by Daredevil.
He was actually thought dead in DD 233 and well as we can tell he’s very much alive
I’m honestly surprised anyone’s reading this series”¦I don’t even know where to start complaining about this series”¦
Oh wait sure I do. ANOTHERWolverine series!?! More, CRAP origin stories for a character who’s main claim to fame is his “lack” of an origin? And Steve Dillon on art?!? I mean I like Dillon (on certain books), but Wolverine. I opened the first issue, flipped the page, saw that HORRIBLE splash page of Wolvie standing there, shuddered and put the thing down and tried (unsuccessfully) to purge the image from my mind.
Rant over”¦
Eric emails
Hey
You had Banshee listed as part of the 198, but I think he lost his powers. Right before he died, he hoped that his powers would kick in one last time so he could save the people on his plane. The powers didn’t kick in and he died. Therefore, I don’t think he should be on your list.
Actually Eric he still had them. He just didn’t have full access to them. This goes back to something further back in X-Men
X-Men #405: Mystique slit Banshee’s throat before being stopped by the X-Men. Banshee survived the attack and was recuperating in a hospital
He says to be exact: he didn’t have all of his power at his disposal. Which can be explained by Mystique cutting his throat
The Decimation 198 update
1. Alchemy (198 Files)
2. Anole (New X-Men 21)
3. Apocalypse (X-Men 182)
4. Archangel (198 Files)
5. Arclight (198 Files)
6. Aurora (198 Files)
7. Avalanche (198 Files)
8. Banshee (X-Men Deadly Genesis 1)
9. Beast (House of M 8)
10. Beautiful Dreamer (198 Files)
11. Big Betha (GLX-Mas)
12. Tito Bohusk (Exiles 72)
13. Bishop (House of M Day After 1)
14. Black Box (Cable/Deadpool 21)
15. Blaquesmith (All New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z 2)
16. Blindfold (198 Files)
17. Blindspot (All New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z 2)
18. Bling (X-Men 177)
19. Bella Donna Boudreaux (All New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z 2)
20. Jamie Braddock Jr. (198 Files)
21. Bruiser (Runaways 12)
22. Cable (Cable/Deadpool 18)
23. Caliban (198 Files)
24. Callisto (Repowered)
25. Cannonball (Cable/Deadpool 18)
26. Catiana (198 Files)
27. Centennial (All New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z 2)
28. Lila Cheney (198 Files)
29. Cloak (Runaways 12)
30. Collective Man (198 Files)
31. Colossus (House of M 8)
32. Cyclops (House of M 8)
33. Dagger (Runaways 12)
34. Dark Beast (198 Files)
35. Dazzler (New Excalibur 1)
36. Deadgirl (X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl 1)
37. Debrii (New Warriors 1)
38. Diamond Lil (198 Files)
39. Doctor Lury (X-Factor 5)
40. Domino (House of M Day After 1)
41. Doorman (GLX-Mas 1)
42. Dragoness (198 Files)
43. Dust (New X-Men 20)
44. Elixar (New X-Men 20)
45. Empath (198 Files)
46. Emplate (All New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z 4)
47. Erg (House of M Day After 1)
48. Ernst (198 Files)
49. Exodus (198 Files)
50. Fever Pitch (198)
51. Firestar (House of M Day After 1)
52. Flatman (GLX-Mas)
53. Forge (Cable/Deadpool 18)
54. Freakshow (repowered)
55. Frenzy (198 Files)
56. Emma Frost (House of M 8)
57. Gambit (House of M Day After 1)
58. Gateway (198 Files)
59. Gazer (Repowered)
60. Ghoul (Generation M 1)
61. Glob Herman (198 Files)
62. Hack (repowered)
63. Havok (House of M Day After 1)
64. Hellion (New X-Men 20)
65. Hub (repowered)
66. Husk (House of M Day After 1)
67. Iceman (X-Men 178)
68. Icarus (New X-Men 20)
69. Hisako Ichiki (198 Files)
70. Indra (House of M Day After 1)
71. Shola Inkose (repowered)
72. Irving (Generation M 4)
73. Jazz (198 Files)
74. Madison Jeffries (198 Files)
75. Martha Johansson (198 Files)
76. Johnny (Son of M 1)
77. Johnny Dee (X-Men 198 1
78. Justice (House of M Day After 1)
79. Karma (House of M Day After 1)
80. Kid Omega (198 Files)
81. Kylun (198 Files)
82. Lady Mastermind (198 Files)
83. Leech (198 Files)
84. Lifeguard (198 Files)
85. Litterbug (198 Files)
86. Living Monolith (198 Files)
87. Loa (198 Files)
88. Lorelei (198 Files)
89. M (X-Factor 2)
90. Madrox (House of M Day After 1)
91. Magma (House of M Day After 1)
92. Mammomax (House of M Day After 1)
93. Marvel Girl (House of M Day After 1)
94. Marrow (Generation M 4)
95. Match (198 Files)
96. Meld (Sentinel Squad O*N*E 1)
97. Meltdown (Cable/Deadpool 18)
98. Mentallo (198 Files)
99. Mercury (New X-Men 20)
100. Microbe (New Warriors 5)
101. Micromax (198 Files)
102. Layla Miller (House of M Day After 1)
103. Mister Immortal (GLX-Mas 1)
104. Mister M (Mutopia X 5)
105. Armando Munoz (Deadly Genesis 2)
106. Mystique (X-Men 179)
107. Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Astonishing X-Men 13)
108. Nezhno (New X-Men 20)
109. Nightcrawler (House of M 8)
110. Kiden Nixon (198 Files)
111. Nocturne (New Excalibur 1)
112. Northstar (198 Files)
113. Omega Red (198 Files)
114. Outlaw (X-Men 179)
115. Onyxx (198 Files)
116. Ozymandias (X-Men #182)
117. Peepers (House of M Day After 1)
118. Perfection (Astonishing X-Men 13)
119. Persuasion (198 Files)
120. Pixie (New X-Men 21)
121. Polaris (repowered)
122. Prism (198 Files)
123. Pulse (X-Men 179)
124. Purge (repowered)
125. Psylocke (House of M Day After 1)
126. Quicksilver (repowered)
127. Quill (198 Files)
128. Random (198 Files)
129. Mikhail Rasputin (Colossus: Bloodline 3)
130. Rhapsody (198 Files)
131. Franklin Richards (Fantastic Four)
132. Valeria Richards (Fantastic Four
133. Ricochet (198 Files)
134. Rockslide (New X-Men 20)
135. Rogue (House of M Day After 1)
136. Sabra (198 Files)
137. Sabretooth (198 Files)
138. Sack (198 Files)
139. Sage (House of M Day After 1)
140. Scalphunter (198 Files)
141. Scrambler (198 Files)
142. Selene (198 Files)
143. Shatterstar (198 Files)
144. Shadowcat (House of M 8)
145. Sebastian Shaw (198 Files)
146. Shinobi Shaw (198 Files)
147. Silver Samurai (Wolverine 36)
148. Siryn (Cable/Deadpool 18)
149. Skein (198 Files)
150. Skids (All New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z 1)
151. Gregor Smerdyakov (Mutopia X 5)
152. Squirrel Girl (GLX-Mas)
153-155. Stepford Cuckoos (New X-Men 20)
156. Storm (House of M Day After 1)
157. Strong Guy (House of M Day After 1)
158. Sunfire (Repowed)
159. Sunspot (House of M Day After 1)
160. Surge (New X-Men 20)
161. Swordsman IV (Andreas von Strucker) (New Thunderbolts 17)
162. Tempo (198 Files)
163. Thunderbird III (198 Files)
164. Toad (198 Files)
165. Trance (198 Files)
166. Unus (repowered)
167. Ursa Major (198 Files)
168. Vanguard (198 Files)
169. Voght (198 Files)
170. Vulcan (Deadly Genesis 1)
171. Wallflower (New X-Men 20)
172. Warpath (Cable/Deadpool 18)
173. Evangeline Whedon (Uncanny X-Men 466)
174. Whirlwind (198 Files)
175. Wicked (Repowered)
176. Pete Wisdom (House of M Day After 1)
177. Wither (New X-Men 20)
178. Wolfsbane (House of M Day After 1)
179. Wolf Cub (New X-Men 21)
180. Wolverine (House of M 8)
181. X-23 (New X-Men 20)
182. Cassandra Nova Xavier (Astonishing X-Men 13)
Must read picks of the week
It’s that time again everyone. This weeks top 3 Marvel books of the week.
1. Fantastic Four 537 – The Road to CIVIL WAR continues! At a remote scientific outpost, a heavenly artifact becomes the touch-point of a conflict between the Fantastic Four and a reborn Doctor Doom!
The return of Thor is coming boys and girls. This is the issue that signals it.
2. Astonishing X-Men 14 – From peculiar to just plain bizarre. Emma Frost’s erratic behavior has the X-Men spinning in a non-stop downward spiral. Will an unlikely union be the final straw?
This one was just plain good. I really enjoy this series the best of all the X-Men titles
3. New Avengers Annual 1 – AVENGERS TOWER becomes the ultimate battleground as the New Avengers are targeted by one of their most fiercest new enemies yet. The all new ADAPTOID has come to take them down… and wait till you see who it is.
Plus- An Avenger gets married!!! All this and the reuniting of House of M mega-team of Brian Bendis and Olivier Copiel.
Good wedding and also a good fight with the new Adaptoid I really like how they did this one.
I’m going to suggest everyone also check out:
Incredible Hulk 94
Annihilation Ronan 1
Amazing Spider-Man 531
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The Civil War update!
(for the Super-Human Registration)
Iron Man (New Avengers: The Illuminati)
Spider-Man (Amazing Spider-Man #529)
Mister Fantastic (New Avengers: The Illuminati)
(against Super-Human Registration)
Black Bolt (New Avengers: The Illuminati)
Black Panther (New Avengers: The Illuminati)
Doctor Strange (New Avengers: The Illuminati)
Hulk (New Avengers: The Illuminati)
Invisible Woman (Fantastic Four #536)
Namor (New Avengers: The Illuminati)
There’s another edition of the Marvel Handbook for everyone. So Daron what did you think?
Good stuff, and a lot more emails than last week. Keep it up everyone.
Yes I enjoyed it. So how about this week I let you go first again and I’ll finish.
Well other than what I just said, I just want everyone aware that we’ll have a Pittsburgh Con report coming out soon. You should all check it out, and if you can try and make it to the show next year. You won’t be sorry.
Good here goes:
Notes:
1. Marvel.com pollWho is your favorite Wolverine foe?
2. Digital comics Comics you can read online
3. Marvel is in the process of adding new bios and added a ton of new ones. Check them out here
4. As always your opinions on anything in the article or out on the shelves is welcome. After all you never know what type of response you will get.
5. Keep those emails coming and make sure to label them Marvel Handbook.
That’s it from my end. Reporting from my corner of the Marvel Universe I’m Jim Trabold. Have a great week and see you at the comic shop.
