Doctor Strange: The Tongues of Men and Angels!

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The second volume of Doctor Strange went out with a bang in 1987. Strange fights one of his most outrageous, cosmic-light-drenched battles of all time against a really evil alien.

Back Story: This alien fascist came to earth, stole all of the Doctor’s mystical doo-dads and his house, kidnapped his friends just to torture them, and mortally wounded Strange’s body. What a dick! Aliens really suck sometimes.

While his body recovers, Strange finds an ally: a really nice alien who was fixing his Cloak of Levitation. The nice alien plays host to Strange’s astral body, so they can fly across the universe to kick alien ass together. Cue the mystical light effects!

Collector’s Guide: From Doctor Strange #81; Marvel, 1987.

We threw in a few panels of the evil alien fascist world from issue #79 for you!

Doctor Strange: What Song the Sirens Sang!

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You know, it’s not always exploding aliens, rampaging dinosaurs, and mutant brains around here. We also enjoy tender romance. That’s right. Love, sweet love.

Take this issue of Doctor Strange, for example. A gnarly demoness casts a spell on a lonely human being. She makes him fall in love so he will open up a dimensional portal. Then, she can suck the life essence out of his very soul.

Doctor Strange steps in to prevent this unholy matrimony, but it turns out he’s not doing anyone any favors. In fact, he pretty much ruins this hideous interdimensional love affair for everyone. On the upside, the light show is cool as hell!

Collector’s Guide: From Doctor Strange #76; Marvel, 1986.
Script by Peter Gillis, breakdowns by Mark Badger, pencils by Chris Warner, inks by Randy Emberlin.

Man-Thing Vs. Swamp Thing!

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Whatever knows fear, blogs at the touch of Man-Thing! Here he is, Marvel’s mucky monstrosity in some of our favorite swamp stories. We bet you never knew injecting yourself with chemical mutagens and fatally wrecking your car would be so much fun!

It’s a time-honored geek pasttime to debate who is better: Man-Thing or Swamp Thing. Our favorite take on it comes from Peter Gillis in the pages of What The?! Dig Swamp Thing as a tuber-tripping swamp hippy!

Collector’s Guide: From What The–? #6; Marvel, 1990.

What If Spider-Man Had Stopped the Burglar?!

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What If Spider-Man Had Stopped the Burgler Who Killed His Uncle? Scripter Peter Gillis with artists Pat Broderick and Mike Esposito answer that question.

Peter Parker stops the burglar, Uncle Ben lives, Spider-man launches a successful show-biz industry and sends huge checks to Aunt May. What could possibly go wrong? We’ll give you a hint. Three words, and they all start with J.

Guest starring Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Avengers, the original X-Men, and the Sinister Six!

Collector’s Guide: From What If #19.

Descent into the Maelstrom!

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Why did the Micronauts breach the space wall? To get to the other side!

This is the issue we picked up randomly off the the news stand at the drugstore when it first came out. It blew our minds with cosmic art and the incredible pathos of this freaky Huntarr dude. Micronauts: New Voyages quickly became one of our favorite stories, a complete space epic in 20 issues.

When you’re done here, read Part Two of this cosmic scene!

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– From Micronauts: New Voyages #12.

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