Amalgam Comics Descriptions

THE UNOFFICIAL COMICS GUIDE TO THE AMALGAM UNIVERSE

Here is a list of published comics in the Amalgam Comics series. Other entries mentioned only in the letter column, as referece issues throughout the issue, or on trading cards are here.

Amazon #1:

Amazon was flying over a Mediterranean body of water when an unlikely storm appeared. She tried to use her mutant powers to stop the storm, but she is unable to do it and falls below the water's surfce. Resurfacing, she faces Poseidon. Though she attempts battle with the mad god, she is not powerful enough to prevent him from shunting her below the water's surface again and into Poseidon's trophy room.

In Baton Rouge, Louisianna, Angelic and her mother are at home when Angelic gets a psychic flash and decides to check in Ororo's apartment. Yet instead of finding her, they find Diana, who promptly faints with exhaustion.

In Poseidon's cave, Amazon finds a statue of a female, and recognizes it as something Professor Malcolm had found 25 years ago. When Poseidon finds her with the statue, he feels he was justified to have destroyed the ship Professor Malcolm was on (including her parents and a thousand others).

Amazon is astonished to learn of this, and calls him a foolish god who has forgotten his place in the universe. For that, Poseidon decides to give her a slow painful death. He pauses only to allow her to explain why she made such a statement.

Once, the Olympians stood above all that lived as the most powerful on earth, shaping the lives of humankind. But as humans progressed, they turned to other gods and knowledge. Now they are remembered only in halls of museums and through scholars of antiquity. Professor Malcolm sought to rekindle their memories, but Poseidon (in pettiness and greed) saw him only as a theif. Poseidon is deeply hurt by Ororo's reasoning and releases her.

Assassins #1:

Assassins Slade (Dare) Murdock and Elektra (Catsai) Kyle join forces to combat a group of assassins, Deadeye, Wired, and Lethal who have targeted the mayor of New Gotham for death.

Bat-Thing #1 - "Someone To Watch Over Me":

Bullock investigates a homicide. The uniforms had it tagged as a mob-related hit, but Montoya knew it was Bat-Thing when she saw the wounds. The victim is Huggy Maddox who used to hang out with Fat Freddy Fanelli until Bullock sent Fanelli upstate for 10-20 years. Bullock had to shoot Fanelli during that bust - a load of 12-gauge buck into the face. Montoya

Just then, Bat-Thing flies off a building, leaving the scene. Bullock leaves to inform Francie Ellen Sallis that her husband, Kirk (aka Bat-Thing) is back, which leaves Montoya to type up the report. As he leaves for 53 Bridwell Street, Fanelli tails him, and Bat-Thing tails Fanelli.

A knock on the door wakes Francie. It's Kirk, but as a human, not Bat-Thing. Kirk admits he was a fool to use himself as a gunea pig. The doctors said his illness was terminal. Kirk thought he could pull off a gene splice that would save his life. Then, before Francie's eyes, Kirk transforms into Bat-Thing.

Francie wakes up, screaming - waking up her daughter, Kelly, as well. Kelly wants to know when her dad is coming home. Bullock arrives to tell Francie that Bat-Thing returned to the city, and trying to remind her that Bat-Thing is no longer her husband but a monster. Yet Francie believes Kirk, in either form, is incapable of harming herself or Kelly. Bullock reminds her that his dad loved his mom, but it didn't stop him from beating her. It's the reason he became a cop.

Meanwhile, Fanelli contacts Scruggs, giving him Francie's address.

Elsewhere, Montoya gets a call from Sosumi at the ME's office. He was doing the prep before the autopsy on Hugsworth A. Maddox and discovered a photo of Francie and Kelly taped to the small of his back. When she sees an APB disclosing the escape of Fanelli, she radios Bullock - but he left the radio in his car. Before he can answer, though, Scruggs and a friend open fire on Bullock.

While he's occupied, two other thugs break into Francie's apartment. Outside, Bullock sees Bat-Thing crashing into Francie's apartment window, and think he's after Francie and Kelly. The thugs in the apartment shoot Bat-Thing at pointblank, but it does no harm. The thugs are killed.

Montoya tries to tell Bullock Fanelli and Bat-Thing's involvement in the case, but he races off to save Francie. He arrives in time to see the last thug thrown out of the apartment. When Bat-Thing appears to lunge at Bullock, he open fires. Yet Bat-Thing soars over Bullock, attacking Fanelli who was sneaking up the rear. Then he flies off.

Montoya finally explains to Bullock why Bat-Thing behaved the way he did. Fanelli escaped 6 weeks ago from State Pen, and suspected in 3 bank robberies - which is how he funded his vendetta against Bullock. Bullock, however, didn't recognize Fanelli because Fanelli needed a new face after Bullock had shot him in the face with a shot gun a while ago. Because Bullock frequented Francie's apartment, Fanelli thought she was something special to the cop and put a hit on her. Bullock put Francie in danger, and Kirk/Bat-Thing still forgave him.

Bruce Wayne: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 - "Mission: Destroy HYDRA":

Story continued from SuperSoldier #1 and Tales of War #99.

SHIELD has found Green Skull. Green Skull had sent assassins to kill Colonel Wayne and failed. Instead, he followed the assassins to the Green Skull. His daughter, Selina Luthor, kills him, usurping his rule.

Fury yells at Wayne for conducting a full assault, but Wayne doesn't listen - which infuriates Fury. He hates that Wayne is taking it so personal; can't do that in the spy game. Sergeant Rock has no suggestions but to cover Wayne's back.

[Stark] [Huntress] [Moonwing]

Tony Stark is giving Wayne last minute instrucions on his rocket pack - whih he knows as well as his support chair. Both wish Tony Stark was going, but Stark Labs is working on sonething to do just that. And, with a good luck kiss from Barbara, Wayne and his squad are off.

Despite a beating by SHIELD, Hydra still manages to get some anti-aircraft into the air. Yet SHIELD defenses are impenetrable. Meanwhile, as Selina Luthor (now called "Hydra Supreme") learns, The Green Skull had activated the PlanetSmasher program, which operates the Terra Cannon.

Above Hydra Base Omega, Moonwing takes his squad to attack the aircraft guns. Huntress and Wayne's squad keep the skipjets away from the Hellicarrier. One skipjet makes it through the defenses. Wayne decimates it, but the explosion knocks him out.

Moonwing is too busy to save him, but Wayne is wearing a homer transmitter - he can zero on on it later. Unfortunately, Deathlok attacks, and it is a grudge fight.

The Terra Cannon is aimed down a shaft drilled miles into the earth and cannot be deactivated - its nuclear charge will build until it reaches critical mass, then it'll fire directly into a fault in the continental shelf, dropping the entire east coast of the US into the ocean.

[Deathlok] [Nuke]

Nuke attacks Wayne as Deathlok is shot down by Fury in a jet. (Moonwing decides not to tell Wayne about Deathlok's identity.)

Nuke belittles Green Skull for not having the strength or courage to face Wayne himself. He believes Wayne to be an easy kill - like Wayne's parents. Wayne attacks, however, causing a system overload with his Venom, his heart exploding. This near-death experience causes Wayne to rethink his life with Barbara - but he is interupted by news of the PlanetSmasher.

Storming the base, Wayne is angered that the Terra Cannon can't be stopped. Outside, Sergeant Rock and Fury circle the base in a jet as it explodes.

Meanwhile, the Green Skull flies off, very much alive, and heads for Metropolis.

Bullets and Bracelets #1:

Trevor Castle and Diana of Themyscira had a brief romance that led to the birth of a child; now this skull-emblazoned soldier and his wonderful partner must defend that child from an attack by Thanoseid.

Challengers of the Fantastic #1:

Kragoff and a few Gorillas confront Ben and the Bronze Tiger, insisting to claim sovereignty over Wakunda. Unfortunately, Ben is summoned to Fantastic Mountain, a short distance north of New York City. Reed, on the verge of learning more about Universe-Two, is then summoned. Johnny is interupted in his revelry about his lost love, Dream Crystal (Strange Tales of Unexpeted #137) when summoned.

Sue informs them they have a visitor - Uatu the Guardian. He is giving them a warning, despite his non-interference pact, that Galactiac is coming. He does this only because he owes them for returning his sanity (Final Onslaught).

Ben suggests they check in with June Masters, though Sue doesn't trust her - June Masters is the daughter of Multi-Masters. Yet is was June Masters who cured Reed of the evil DNA that had infected his body (SpiderBoy #1).

June Masters consults Computo about their chances. It reports that "Galactiac will fail when a Challenger dies." She asks to join them, reminding Ben she is an honorary Challenger. Ben told her she was because of what happened with Diablo, the Volcanic Man, as though it would make her love the man who caused her to go blind. She is, however, allowed to go.

When they arrive at the Baxter Building, Doc Octopus and his staff are unconscious (SpiderBoy Teamup #1). When the Silver Racer appears, they blame him for what happened, but he did not harm them. He is only there to await the death of a Challenger.

Reed tries to reason with Galactiac, asking him to find an uninhabited world to replenish his energy cells rather than destroy Earth. Galactiac tells him he is misinformed. He doesn't completely destroy a world - he keeps a miniaturized section of it to study. He has chosen New York City.

Meanwhile, Uatu prepares Johnny for his part in the battle as June Masters tries to convince the Silver Racer to help them in the battle.

Ben tries to sabatoge Galactiac's machines, but Galactiac transforms him into a mindless four-armed Thing. He chases Reed and Sue.

Meanwhile, Johnny travels inside Galactiac, destroying various components.

Thing grabs the Fantasticar and smashes it over Sue, but her force field belt protect her long enough before it gives out. Reed, wearing Doctor Octopus' arm tenticles saves Sue and lures Thing close to destroy Galactiac's Terra-Matrix. Johnny destroys one important machine just as Silver Racer joins the fight.

A blinding flash of light occurs. Thing is transformed back into Rocky. Galactiac is seemingly frozen - until his head detaches and flies off, vowing vengeance on the Challengers.

Johnny reveals that it was it clone, Stormtrooper to destroy Galactiac, using his own mind as a remote control. Unfortunately, the clone died.

Elsewhere, Dr Doomsday attacks the Silver Racer, usurping his power. Now he sets out to destroy the Challengers

The Dark Claw Adventures #1:

Based on Dark Claw: The Animated Series. [LadyTalia]

"Patch Malone" is playing poker, waiting to hear some knews about who shot his parents. Two cyber-ninja assassins attack him. They manage to electrocute him and shoot him in the arm before he dispatches him. He then rendez-vous with Sparrow. She's singing "Na-na-na na-na-na ... Dark Claw!" and calls Logan's car the Clawmobile, to which Logan objects. Logan guesses that since the cyber-ninjas knew right where to find him, someone had to give them that info - which means Lady Talia was back.

Talia watches Logan's fight, uploaded from the cyber-ninjas. she believes Logan has become careless. She knows many of his secrets. So, after two years, she'll repay him for killing her father, Ra's A-Pocalypse. Since then, she's had her body replaced with cyborg implants and adamantium limbs.

In the cave, Dark Claw orders Sparrow to activate the Danger Cave. He needs to be his best when confronting Lady Talia.

Lady Talia is tracking Logan, through the device shot into his shoulder by the cyber-ninja. She commands no interference; it must be done by her alone.

[Two Face] [Hyena] [Spiral Harley] [Omega Beast]

In the Danger Cave, Dark Claw begins his session. He has to make it to the exit while a room of llife-model decoy robots attack him. These robots are: Harvey Osborne (the Two-faced Goblin), Cybercroc, Bloodcrow, Hyena, Spiral Harvey, and the Omega Beast.

The lights go out. When he can't raise Sparrow on the comm, he realizes something is wrong. Then Talia attacks. He is surprised by her new appearance. She reveals how easy it was to break in to his cave: his defense systems and code words all follow his private obsession so closely. [Dark Claw]

Logan doesn't want to hurt Talia, explaining he had no choice but to kill Ra's A-Pocalypse. Ra's A-Pocalypse virus would have slaughtered all the mutants on earth - including Talia. Ra's A-Pocalypse was willing to sacrifice his daughter for his dream. Talia doesn't believe Logan.

Logan understands what Talia needs, even if she doesn't: she's not facing him, but herself, what's truly inside her. He walks up to her, giving her the choice to kill him or not. She hesitates for a moment, but still strikes through his heart. She refuses to hurt Sparrow she still has that much honor. Yet with the two men she loved dead, she feels there's nothing left to do but remove the last part of herself that was truly human - her heart. As she poises to strike, she wishes she could change what has happened the last two years...

Logan takes her up on that offer. Talia is surprised to see Logan alive, but Logan's healing factor saved himself from death. He always figured he and Talia were the same - if Logan was ever to face off with the ones who shot his parents, it could only one if two ways: either he'd kill them or regret it for the rest of his life that he had. Logan's mind was nothing but fire and pain until he sorted that much out. Talia is just beginning that journey.

Dark Claw, Legends of #1 - "The Taloned Avenger":

Hyena had left a message for Dark Claw to solve: "Black and white and red all over." So, Dark Claw ran into Hyena at the Gotham Gazette, but didn't know how it fit into Hyena's schemes. Hyena is saved by the intervention of his Pack, who open fire at Dark Claw. Dark Claw escapes via the Claw-copter. [Huntress]

Meanwhile, in the arty-trendy section of Gotham, the Huntress disables Logan's alarm systems at 11:45 p.m. and gains access into the penthouse loft. According to her dossier, Logan was an orphan, raised in an institution in Edmonton, Alberta. So, she is confused to see pictures of Logan with his parents, standing in front of a Luxury apartment in Gotham. She also sees pictures of Logan in the RCAF in Southeast Asia with Creed H. Quinn - which means he knew Creed before "the Project". Then she stumbles into his closet and finds Dark Claw costumes.

Just then, however, Dark Claw emerges from a secret passage/elevator behind the closet wall. He identifies her as the Huntress and as Carol Danvers, and is aware of her background. She admits she knows little else about Logan beyong her dossier - his ultra-secret file in the top-secret archives turned out to be an elaborate fiction. She only ran into Logan because she was after the Hyena. Logan's tracks often cross the Hyena's.

In the Barrow, Logan informs Huntress more about his childhood, and how he met Creed: he was in the same outfit when Logan joined the RCAF Security. He also tells her he was the Project's failure because he had a conscious. [Sparrow]

Despite obections by Sparrow about Huntress' presence in the Barrow, she tells Logan she hacked in to the typesetting computer in the Gotham Gazzette (the access word was Gutenburg). When he fought Hyena, he was wearing a static electricity discharge wire on his wrist. He wasn't there to plant a bomb at all, but to hack into the computer. Sparrow calls up the next day's headlines, "AF1+NaCN=". AF1 is the US president's plane, NaCN is sodium cyanide. The President is in Gotham, due to fly back to Washington in 20 min.

At the Gotham International Airport, the AF1 is cleared to takeoff in Runway 2, but has a red light from security - an unidentified helicopter (the Claw-copter) is on an intercept course. Because the AF1 has too much velocity, they can't abort. Dark Claw hops on the plane as it takes off. Though he tries to warn them about Hyena, the Secret Service open fire on him. Then Hyena attacks, his gas grenade exploding.

Dark Claw claws open the plane door, the decompression blowing Logan, Hyena, and the poison gas out. However, Hyena has a parachute, Dark Claw doesn't. Sparrow manages to catch him in the Claw-Copter. He orders her to get closer to Hyena...

Dr. Strangefate #1 - "The Decrees of Fate":

Doctor Strangefate muses about Access, about him not truly understanding what he is, but carries the keys to the destruction of everything that exists. Doctor Strangefate must stop him.

Meanwhile, Access is in the sewers, running from Abominite. Without realizing it, he uses his power to teleport seconds before Abominite would have killed him.

Doctor Strangefate orders Myx to summon his agents: Skulk, Jade Nova, and the White Witch. He wishes them to get Access.

Access is mystified on how he got away from Abominite. Bruce Banner is the first to find him, and asks him to accompany him nicely. Access refuses, and Bruce Banner becomes Skulk. Running from him, Access runs into Jade Nova. Just when he is caught, he teleports again. Unfortunately, he encounters White Witch. She kisses him, and he becomes unconscious.

Once revived, he is in Doctor Strangefate's clutches. He reveals to Access that he is aware the Amalgam Universe was two universes, and that Access has the keys to bring it apart again. He knows because he is the most powerful entity there is in this universe. Beore he encountered Nabu the Ancient One and was instructed in the sorcerous ways and granted his helm, he was a considerable psychic.

Nullifying Access's teleporting ability, he begins to eradicate the keys within Access - but Access doesn't have them Access hurls himself through a window and teleports away.

Generation Hex #1:

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Ride back into the Wild West days and see how Jono Hex, a disfigured renegade, put together the first-ever band of metamutant outlaws. They're Skinhunter, Madame Banshee, and the mysterious Retribution - all out for a mission of gunslinging' revenge against the town called Humanity.

Iron Lantern #1:

Hal Stark had many years ago during the testing of a simulator he was whisked away to the site of a crashed alien craft. The alien died while Hal was in transit and Hal was fatally injured. He managed to build a suit of armor that kept him alive and powered it with a strange battery that he found in the ship. He later learned that he could use the power of the battery to create anything he wanted.

Back to the modern day, Hal hosts a reception for a visiting senator who happens to be the father of Hal's test pilot. Earlier in the day the latest test was sabotaged, but the senator won't believe it was sabotage, but incompetence. The test pilot, Pepper Ferris, storms off, only to find a strange glowing crystal. When she touches it she becomes Madame Sapphire, a being of pure evil, who resurrects a dangerous foe of Iron Lantern's, Great White, a giant mechanical shark.

In the meantime, Kyle O'Brien, a one-time substitute for Hal, decides that he wants more power and tries to steal the battery from the underground complex that it's hidden in. As Hal takes on Great White in space, Kyle O'Brien manages to steal the battery, which leaves Hal powerless. Hal decides that he has to stop Great White, so he uses the last of his reserve power to destroy the shark, but that leaves him to fall from space and presumably burn up on re-entry.

While this is going on Madame Sapphire kidnaps Kyle O'Brien, and takes him to a distant place for who knows what reason. In the end, it is shown that all these events are the design of Mandarinestro.

JLX #1:

Limited 12-series spinoff of the JLA.

Apollo, Firebird., Nightcreeper, Wraith, Runaway, Mercury, and AquaMariner, led by Marco Xavier, combat the avenging heroes of the Judgement League Avengers such as Dark Claw, SuperSoldier, and Goliath (aka Oliver Queen). Yet even if they survive the assault, they must still face the discovery that a member of their squad isn't what he appears to be.

JLX Unleashed #1 - The Unextinguishable Flame:

Senegal.

The Hellfire League of Injustice meets at an unknown shrine. Savage Shaw has plans to launch their final assault on metamutantkind, but Mistress Maxima believes its just his obsession with the JLX. Together, they begin an incantation, in the name of Mephiston, to raise Fin Fang Flame.

Savage Shaw Mistress Maxima Dark Firebird Maxwell Hodge

Savage Shaw delivers the Finger of Ghengis Kahn that the creature be cunning and ruthless
Mistress Maxima delivers the Tusk of the Credgerth, scourge of Talos IV, that the creature might deliver death
Lord Maxwell Hodge delivers the Techno-seed (crafted from alien technology), to deliver a sterling personality - his.

The incantation is successful, and after 8703 years of slumber Fin Fang Flame is awakened. Shaw commands Fin Fang Flame to eradicate metahumans, and the creature obeys, by first destroying the Hellfire League of Injustice.

Super-Soldier Amazon Marvel Mr X

New York.

Super-Soldier is putting back into place the Statue of Liberty after flame all but leveled New York, and the JLA along with it. Amazon imforms Super-Soldier that JLA International and JLA West were overtaken and suggests releasing the JLX. Captain Marvel disagrees. Mr X is due to be extradited to the Kree homeworld for trial, abd believes metamutants are not to be trusted.

Super-Soldier doesn't believe metamutants are evil, and doesn't necessarily agree with the Armageddon Agenda, but they are obliged to uphold the law.

Fin Fang Flame arrives for Amazon, Marvel and Super-Soldier not realizing it is because Amazon is a mutant. Fin Fang Flame admits that until the last metamutant is dead, humanity will suffer. Amazon manages to drive back Fin Fang Flame, for now.

Less than an hour later, Amazon visits a wheelchair-bound Mr X in the metamutant prison. However, Mr X is reluctant to help those who has supported the Armageddon Agenda.

Amazon persists, stating that if Mr X continues to be non-active, more metamutants would end up like Apollo, who is now catatonic. Mr X finally agrees, but he is not doing it for humanity's skae, but for their own deliverance.

Bruce Wayne Dugan

Bruce Wayne and various SHIELD agents are trying to save Tokyo from Fin Fang Flame, despite that Fin Fang Flame already destroyed the SHIELD Helicarrier. NATO has already gone to Defcon2 - they're authorized to nuke Tokyo if necessary.

Chaos Chaos

AIM-Star Labs.

Mr X and Amazon release Chaos from stasis, where he's been held for 10 years. Though he wishes to gain vengeance on Mr X for allowing him to be held in statis for that long, and for taking his brother Apollo away from him, he decides to help Mr X and Amazon battle Fin Fang Flame first.

Chaos Chaos Chaos

En route, Mr X debriefs the JLX, which consists of Runaway, Amazon, Apollo, Chaos, Iceberg, and Nightcreeper. Iceberg is to freeze Fin Fang Flame so that Nightcreeper can teleport inside and retrieve the Techno-seed, which Mr X believes is Fin Fang Flame's source of power. Nightcreeper, of course, has a problem with his part of the plan.

They arrive in the middle of the army's attempt to destroy Flame. Chaos's power begins to build, and desperately needs to get out of the jet - so Nightcreeper kicks him out. Literally.

While waiting her part in the battle, Runaway becomes preoccupied with what happened to Wraith, and feels that humanity deserves what Flame is shelling out. Because of this distraction, Iceberg isn't able to get near enough to Fin Fang Flame to freeze him, and gets knocked unconscious. So, runaway absorbs Iceberg's powers and continues the fight. Meanwhile, while Apollo remains in the jet, Mr X psychically attacks Flame, but is knocked out. He is saved by Chaos's powerful blast. However, his G-Force os too strong to break his trajectory and is swallowed whole by Fin Fang Flame.

Runaway manages to frezes Flame, and Nightcreeper teleports in to retrieve the Techno-seed. When runaway destroys the artifact, Flame is knocked unconscious. However, chaos is still trapped inside. Thinking Flame dead, they begin making a plan to retrieve Chaos when Fin Fang Flame reawakens. However, Apollo crashes the jet into the creature and uses his power to absorb solar radiation to draw the power out of Flame.

Apollo

Because Apollo absorbed so much energy, he was Apollo is mutated even further into a bright, glowing energy being. Then, with Amazon joining the JLX, they leave before they can get put back into prison.

Lobo The Duck #1:

Manhattan stands in ruins, much to Lobo the Duck's surprise. He is suffering from amnesia, but things are coming back to him slowly. The Offending Society had hired him to help them in a battle against a mystery villain who was destroying the world city by city. After they defeated Green Skull and Thanoseid, they discovered they were only pawns. They hurried back to their Manhattan HQ, only to have it consumed by a giant fireball (Giant-sized Bat-Thing #69).

Dr Strangefate Skulk Dark Claw Spiderboy SuperSoldier

In surveying the damage, he discovers the corpses of Dr. Strangefate, Skulk, Vikki Valkyrie, Hawkhawk, Dark Claw, SpiderBoy, and SuperSoldier. Lobo finds a survivor amidst the Speech Impediment building who said a person named "Kidley" destroyed the city.

Impossible Dawg Dr Bongface Ambush the Lunatik

Impossible Dawg, meanwhile, is changing into characters from outside the Amalgam Universe (like Martain Manhunter, Superman, and Wolverine). Unsure of what to do, Lobo decides to eat.

In the background, three stooges wait for Lobo to leave, surprised he is still alive. They work for Dr Bongface, who has ordered them to collect the corpses of the fallen superheroes. It is his plan that the destruction of Manhattan would give him power to break free from his prison (Lobo The Duck Magazine #35).

Lobo goes to Al Forbish's Subterranean Diner (he moved below afte the sixth time Lobo destroyed his premises). There, Lobo meets Ambush the Lunatik, who claims to be after the same villain Lobo is after. Ambush warns Lobo to stay out of his way. However, Lobo attacks and kills apparently kills Ambush. Ambush's two fluzzies are so impressed, they "display" it. Impossible Dawg takes on the appearance of Green Lantern.

At Hi-Tek Gravity Labs, NYC, Ron and his co-worker are attacked by armed villains. They kill Ron (he didn't know how to use the gravity machine that was being stolen). Ron's co-worker is taken prisoner. Bevarlene

Bevarlene arrives at Forbush's diner. She was helping an old lady look for her intestines after being eviscerated by a wild dog spooked by the fires. However, she catches Lobo with Ambush's fluzzies. (Impossible Dawg changes his appearance into Spiderman.) Bevarlene is heart-broken - she thought he loved her (Giant-sized Bat-Thing #6), beats up Lobo, and kicks him out of the diner. Impossible Dawg looks like Wonder Woman.

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Lobo flips through Bad Dan's Guide to Supervillains for "Kidley" but finds nothing. He does run into Jonas Turnip, Gamorola, and Billie the Millie. The last Lobo knew, they had died (Savage Sword of Lobo The Duck #52-55; Bonghunters Special #1). Jonas admits he knows who destroyed Manhattan, but is attacked by Daryl Rutabaga, his brother. Daryl had been tracking Jonas to get revenge for sending him to jail (The Unsettling Lobo The Duck #1).

Not wanting to interfere, Lobo decides to play a game of "sardines" with Gamorola and Billie the Millie. However, Bevarlene shows up, upset with her behavior earlier, but quickly changes her mind when he sees him with Gamorola and Billie the Millie. Impossible Dawg looks like Thing. Gamorola and Billie the Millie, as does Bevarlene. Impossible Dawg looks like Spectre.

Lobo realizes that someone gave him an amnesia block (Giant-sized Bat-Thing #3), and overcomes it. Gold kidney-Lady

At a stadium, Gold kidney-Lady is giving a speech to her Kidniod minions, who reveals she has been chosen to change the kidneys of the entire galaxy by activating her Gravitoninoutometer. However, lobo arrives in his planejet, having finally realized it was "Kidney", not K"idlee".

Despite Lobo's efforts, and though he kills Kidney, her corspe lands on the lever that activates the gravity machine. Impossible Dawg looks like Galactus. The machine creates a negative force field around the stadium, which attracts the moon, pulling it closer. Impossible Dawg looks like Batman.

Magneto & the Magnetic Men #1:

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Erik Magnus watched in horror as his comrades, The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, were slaughtered. Now, utilizing the technology that his mutant-hating brother used to create the Sentinels, Magnus constructs five robots, each formed from a different metal, to protect his fellow Homo Superiors.

Magnetic Men #1 featuring Magneto:

Erik Magnus's quirky creations are taking a shot at living among humanity, but the evil schemes of Chemodam and Quasimodox as well as the Sinister Society may bring their new "lives" to a swift and deadly end! Plus: The cool Battle Royale on Krakoa, the Living Dinosaur Island!

Speed Demon #1:

Blaze Allen becomes the Speed Demon when he chants "Gone, gone, o'form of man..." United with his nephew Wally West, the Kid Demon, he must go to hell to rescue the soul of the Green Goblin before the Night Spectre gains control of the Nether Realm.

Spider-Boy #1 - "Big Trouble":

This title replaces WayCool Spiderboy, Outrageous Spiderboy, and Awesome Spider-Boy.

Bizarnage, freed from imprisonment, attacks SpiderBoy. (They last fought in Way Cool Spiderboy #37) He wants to be SpiderBoy, but to do that he must kill the original. Bizarnage threatens to take Tom Harper as a host, so SpiderBoy offers to surrender. As Bizarnage leaves his current host (Johnny Stormtrooper), SpiderBoy traps it in an energy containment cell.

Ben accusses Dabney Donovan of releasing Bizarnage, but Donovan was with Ben all day. It was, in fact, Reed Richards: Donovan has been adding evil DNA into Reed's diet in order to get him fired and usurp Reed's position.

(Reedis eventually cured by June Masters in Challengers of the Fantastic #1)

Sue Storm interupts them; King Lizard broke out when Bizarnage shorted the powergrid, disappearing into the underground river. He was heading toward New York. Sue gives SpiderBoy 2 hours before she calls Bruce Wayne at SHIELD for help.

En route, SpiderBoy encounters Dr Palmer, who asks if SpiderBoy studied his white dwarf star device. SpiderBoy actually got shrunk by it, to subatomic size (in which he saved Statterstarfire in Outrageous Spiderboy #305)

When SpiderBoy gets to the Fantasti-wagon, Doc Octopus already has everything prepared; his anima-tentacles reduced the time to 2.17 minutes. He also points out the Daily Bugle's latest headlines, "Insect Queen has SpiderBoy's Love Child," remarking it was nearly as bad as "Sparks Fly Between SpiderBoy and Amazon" (which resulted in a month-long thunderstorm over the Dialy Bugle). He also reminds SpiderBoy about the blind date with Doc Ock's friend. SpiderBoy agrees only because Doc's always been there for him, since his 'Uncle Gen' (General Thunderbolt Ross) was killed by a burglar.

Arriving at the Daily Bugle, he uses Professor Yatz's matter-transporter to become Pete Ross. He immediately encounters Tana Moon, who wants Pete to get pictures of a secret government base just outside the city. Pete is secretly reluctant to do this, for the base hosts Project: Cadmus. Jameson introduces the next day's headline, "SpiderBoy Secretly Weds Insect Queen." However, Ryder (aka Nightcreeper) interupts them with news that King Lizard is destroying Pier 69.

SpiderBoy engages the beast, who has grown. SCU joins the fight, but prove useless. SpiderBoy internenes, saving them. Flash Thompson believes SpiderBoy and King Lizard are working together.

SpiderBoy realizes that King Lizard is growing because he tore through Henry Pym's particle accelerator. He heads back to the Baxter Building to get Doc Palmer's white dwark prototype, but it is damaged by King Lizard. With the containment field about to give out, SpiderBoy grabs it and heads for the roof. He uses the Webslinger to hurl the white dwarf into Lizard's mouth, which causes him to shrink to sub-atomic size.

With Lizard gone, Doc Ock introduces SpiderBoy to Mary Jane Watson (aka Insect Queen).

Spider-Boy Team-Up #1 Starring the Legion of Galactic Guardians of 2099:

Join SpiderBoy as he leaps his way through multiple realities of the Amalgam Universe! But he can't save the future all by his lonesome, that's why he joins forces with the Legion of Galactic Guardians of 2099!

Super-Soldier: Man of War #1: "Deadly Cargo":

February, 1942. Metropolis. The All-Star Winners Squadron meets at its midtown clubhouse. SuperSoldier arrives late, announcing that he has to follow a consignment of stolen government equipment being smugled overseas. Then he meets Jimmy Olsen at the Naval Dockyard. The Chief of Staff has given Kent the rank of corporal and Olsen the rank of private. The stolen goods are loaded on their troopship in a lead-lined crate. Lois Luthor arrives to say goodbye to Kent, but he refuses to acknowledge her.

During supper, a sergeant and a few of his men try bullying Kent around, but Sergeant Rock and the Howling Commandos interfere, and unwittingly save the secret of Kent's invulnerability.

Some nights later, Kent and Olsen spot a Frenchman wandering into a restricted area. Jimmy reveals their presence before the Frenchman does anything incriminating. Then the alarm sounds - they are heading straight for rogue icebergs that broke off an icelandic glacier. SuperSoldier clears a path.

The next evening, they arrive in England. Sergeant Rock and the Howlers depart, and SuperSoldier leaves to meet with the Prime Minister. Amongst the guests are Lex Luthor.

SuperSoldier is called back by Olsen, however, because Olsen was jumped from behind by the Frenchman when investigating a suspicious fishing crew. Kent finds this crew: they are disguised Nazis. The Nazi's keep SuperSoldier busy, however, by shooting several torpedoes into the docks to cover their escape. By the tie Supersoldier had caught and disabled the torpedoes, they had indeed escaped. Finished, he returns to the Prie Minister in low spirits.

The next day in the heart of Nazi Europe, Sergeant Rock and the Howlers are prisoners being driven to Zemo Castle. As they are escorted to the dungeon, they notice the Frenchman at Zemo's side. Yet, hours later, the Frenchman visits them in the dungeon - and reveals herself as an ally, Madamoisele Peggy. She takes them to a secret passage where weapons are stored.

Elsewhere, Zemo is toasting with Luthor on their success when he learns of the Howlers' escape. He orders the War Wheel to be unleashed. Peggy is he first casualty, but manages to get to the radio room to contact London, sending in SuperSoldier.

SuperSoldier destroys the War Wheel. Before SuperSoldier flies her off to a hospital, she explains she jumped Olsen to keep him out of harm's way and produces blueprints to Zemo's latest weapon.

Sergeant Rock and the Howlers race to get to the stolen cargo, but are too late - Luthor and Zemo escape. Luthor is not upset at the recent events, though. Inside the submarine with him and Zemo is kryptonite, which will become the heart of his new robot, Ultra-Metallo.

Thorion of the New Asgods #1:

Ragnarok. Demons seiged New Asgard, and head for the Odin chamber. But Odin is prepared: he summons Thorion. Thorion battles demons of Thanoseid, driving them back. Everyday, Thanoseid's Steppenwolf legions strike deeper into neutral territory. Thanosied's hunger for slave labor increases. He frees "bugs" from cocoons, but they give no thanks - there is little in existence more wretched than the lot of those born bugs.

Thanosied rages at Thorion's victory. He then question's L'ol D'saad's loyalty. Though he would give his lofe for Thanosied, he requires the Power Cube. None, not even Thanoseid, can weild the full power of the Cube without the power consuming them. He allows L'ok to use it, warning him not to disappoint his Lady Death.

Thorion returns to New Asgard, where news of his successful bout with the demons already has reached. He and Bald'r are summoned by Odin Highfather to tell them about Armageddon. The Promethean Giants (Ymir of the Frozen Wastes, Surtur Lord of all things infernal, Kalibak the thrice damned, Mangog aka DarkHarbinger). They are the architects of the End Day, bound to the living rock of the Ego-Mass. Held in status by the power of the Source.

L'ok stands on the Ego=Mass, summoning Thorion. He is angered that his father bartered L'ok to Thanoseid in return for the hammer of the old gods, with which to resurrect Orion (in Secret Crisis). Thorion's perspective differs - the bargain was made as a truce between Apokalypso and the New Asgard.

L'ok will not hear it. He begins to awake the giants. Thorion tries to stop him by absorbing the energy into himself and his hammer. An explosion occurred, and the Ego-Mass, the Giants, and the two brothers disintegrate.

For his sacrifice, some honored him, cursed it, mourned, while others made it the studd of legends.

The end results of the explosion: Thorion was transformed into living energy, becoming Thorion the Celestial.

X-Patrol #1 - "Doomed!":

The X-Building, rumored to have been built for a world's fair long ago, was left aabandoned until it was recently bought by someone with enough money to keep the deal quiet. It is into this building Elasti-Girl enters. She is late - already gathered are Ferro-Man, Shatterstarfire, Beastling, and Dial HUSK. However, tensions are high and a fight almost ensues, until the man who called the meeting interferes.

He addresses Shatterstarfire first, revealing what he knows about her origins from the sub-atomic world of Tamajoran. She longs to return home, but fears he has no home to return to. He addresses Beastling next, revealing his origins as well.

Paige Guthrie tries to sneak out, and so he addresses her next, revealing her origins. Yet this mystery man wonders if Paige, wothout a husk, is showing her true self or just keeping it hidden beneath layers of costumes and characters.

This upsets Paige. As Elasti-Girl comforts her, Ferroman attempts to defend Paige, only to gain this man's attention, who promptly reveals Ferroman's origin. [Niles Cable]

He lastly talks about Elasti-Girl and her origins. It was she who helped agree to help the mystery man with his plans. Ferro Man demands to know his identity, and is obliged: he is Niles Cable, a mutant from a future where mutants banded together against destruction from a mutant-hating world. He explains that though seperately they are outcasts, together under his command they could be heroes of destiny.

After Shatterstarfire and Paige agree to join, Beastling joins also. Ferro Man joins, but refuses to state his reasons. Beastling wants to know more about the "legendary heroes of the future stuff", but Niles only knows the high points of their careers, including the fact that they'll all die glorious deaths. [Dr Doomsday]

Shatterstarfire doubts there is anything in this world that could kill her, until Niles mentions they'll be facing Dr Doomsday. Just when they near his island-nation's airspace, missles destroy their X-Jet. [Polaris]

Paige turns into Polaris and joins her teammates in keeping Dr Doomsday occupied while Nules and Janet learn of the villain's plan: he's gathering an army to conquer the world; an army of splintered versions of their own selves (ie, Superman, Spiderman, Batman, and Wolverine) [Mary Marvel Girl]

Niles can't crack the computer codes, but Janet shrinks and gets inside the machine as Dr Dr Doomsday attacks Niles, damaging his back. Shatterstarfire keeps Dr Domsday at bay long enough for Paige to transform into Mary Marvel Girl in order to levetate Niles out to safety. They all flee behind her as Dr Doomsday swears vengeance.

On their way to Corto Maltese, Niles reveals the extent of his injuries - he cannot feel his legs.

X-Patrol, The Exciting #1 - "The Curse of Brother Brood":

Occurs one year after X-Patrol #1.

[Niles Cable] [Terra-X] [Brood] [Brother Brood]

Beneath the island nation of Zenosha, the home to the Cult of Brood, Shatterstarfire and Niles Cable battle Brood. Shatterstarfire had witnesses Terra-X captured and changed into rocks and dust - but she was wrong. It was only Terra-X's mutant power. Shatterstarfire rushed in, then, to save someone who wasn't in danger. Rather than risk them both being captured, Cable hurls Shatterstarfire away with his telekenesis. The Brood overwhelm Cable, and Brother Brood laughs. [Elasti-Girl]

At HQ, X-Patrol berates Shatterstarfire for leaving Niles behind - yet she had no choice. Elasti-Girl intends to form a rescue mission, but her teammates distrust their new member, Jericho. They trusted Elasti-Girl's word on previous members, Hawk and Dagger, and that had tragic results. But the situation wins out, and they depart in the X-Jet. En route, Jericho reveals what he knows about the Brood: if the Brood controls mutants, ann the world would suffer. [Raveniya]

Meanwhile, Raveniya the Healer visits Cable to heal some of his wounds, but from where she is, she cannot heal them all. She reminds him of what the future he came from - in the place where the Ashkani keep alive the essence of lost heroes cut down in their prime before he could teach them, people who helped shape the world he knew. Raveniya herself are amongst these heroes, before she became Trijenskot the warrior and died in Cable's arms.

Raveniya reminds Cable that he has a piece of her self-soul. Yet if he releases it to heal himself, he also looses his grip on the techni-virus infecting him. [Artemisty]

The Brood make a surprise attack on X-Patrol. Paige turns into Artemisty Knight to join the battle, leaving Ferro Man amazed at the personality change that accompanied it. They reach Brother Brood in the Pit, but Terra-X the Destroyer rises, already implanted with a Brood. The team recognize her as the one who delivered X-Patrol into the hands of X-Stroke the Eliminator (he nearly wiped them out). As the team fights, Janet shrinks in size and enters Terra-X's ear, causing inner ear damage that knocks Terra-X out.

Artemisty fires an arrow at Brood, but hits nothing but his cape. Yet Brood reappears, with Niles. Though Niles is reluctant to attack, he has no choice. Despite being hurled back by Niles' telekenetics, Jericho insists they keep trying. Jericho knows that if Brother Brood suceeds, he will use Niles to spearhead the takeover of Earth by the Brood. Then, the Brood will be overthrown by humans who will never hunt forgive mutantkind, forcing them to live in caves and hunted like beasts.

Brother Brood interupts Jericho by transforming into the Brood queen. X-Patrol attacks anew, but Niles knocks them away again. Only Jericho remains. Jericho won't let his own future come to pass. Niles is confused - Jericho's power is as strong as his. After knocking away Jericho's "disguise" does Niles find out why: Jericho is a younger version of himself, whose name is Niles Dayspring. [Niles Dayspring]

Cable decides that with the younger version of himself to take his place, he can feel free to sacrifice himself. He releases his soul-self to heal Brother Brood. Yet, without it, he falls victim to the techno-virus. Dayspring can telekinetically hold back the virus, but fears taking out he implant. Raveniya appears again, healing him of the implant, then vanishes. Revived, Cable revives his quest to make the future a better place.

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