Marvel Heroes Library

Captain America (1998 series) #50

February 2002

By Peter: Comments: Extra-large issue was the last of this series. Cover gives the overall issue number as #518. “Silent Night, Silent Morning:” This wordless story was part of Marvel’s “’Nuff Said” month. “Keep in Mind:” Steve does not appear in uniform as Cap in this story. “Relics:” The Saturday Night Live sketch has actors impersonating Cap, Wolverine, Ghost Rider and the Punisher.

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Invincible Iron Man (1968 series) #247

October 1989

By T: Comments: Part three of three parts. Story takes place between THE INCREDIBLE HULK #360 and 361. Assistant DA Linda Vincent appears only here and in the next issue. Hulk hurls a Dreadnought into a Radio Shack and we see toy robots that sound like R2D2 and C3PO (and the one that says “e chuta” to Threepio) from STAR WARS, Robby the Robot from FORBIDDEN PLANET, and the robot from LOST IN SPACE.

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Mighty Avengers, The #30

October 2009

By Rob: The Macroverse here is the space reached by the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man in Amazing SM #590-591. It's probably not the same as the place discovered by Silver Surfer in his v3 #141.

Overspace is where the cosmic entities live. The Marvel Wiki says it was 1st seen as such in Damage Control v3 #4, of all places.

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Mighty Avengers, The #31

November 2009

By Rob: Amadeus Cho, Hercules, Stature and Wasp are in Hulk #601 (where Bruce Banner is confirmed cured of Hulkiness) before the team's visit to Attilan on the last page. In fact Hercules, Quicksilver, Stature, US Agent, Vision and Wasp are in Attilan during Realm Of Kings: Inhumans #1-2 where they'll help defeat Devos the Devastator. p22 of this issue actually overlaps with their last page in that #2.

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Secret Empire: Omega #1

September 2017

By Peter: Comments: Story concludes the SECRET EMPIRE mega-event and leads into MARVEL LEGACY #1. Additional art: Joe Bennett with Joe Pimentel, Scott Hanna & Rachelle Rosenberg. The issue contains an insert for upcoming Marvel Legacy comics imitating “old-style” ads.

Review: Well, this wasn't very comforting. Nothing has changed except that Good Cap is back and Bad Cap is in jail.

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Generations: Iron Man and Ironheart #1

September 2017

By Rob: This issue has 3 pencillers. I break them down as follows:-
Marco Rudy from the beginning to before Morgan's attack.
Szymon Kudranski from Morgan until Riri leaves the future.
Nico Leon last 2 pages back in the present.
It has 4 inkers. I guess Szymon Kudranski and Nico Leon ink their own work.

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Invincible Iron Man (1968 series) #246

September 1989

By T: Comments: Part two of three parts. Title is a pun on heavy metal; mettle being a synonym for courage or fortitude. Issue follows IRON MAN ANNUAL #10, which involved Shellhead in the “Atlantis Attacks” event.

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Avengers: The Initiative #26

July 2009

By Rob: It was a plot point in Secret Invasion that all 50 states had their own Initiative teams already, so the teams announced here are presumably replacements. But we never actually saw the previous Delaware. Maryland, Oregon or North Carolina teams.

Norman Osborn and Taskmaster were last in Thunderbolts #131.

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