Oh man, these writers just can't stop fucking Doom over, can they?
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Ok, so in this alternate reality, Victor Von Doom listens to Reed and doesn'tOh man, these writers just can't stop fucking Doom over, can they?
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Ok, so in this alternate reality, Victor Von Doom listens to Reed and doesn't get his skin peeled off by cosmic rays (or whatever). He's a good guy who wants to do the right thing and he also wants to help his country out.
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He gets his mom's soul out of Hell, topples the evil monarchy in Latveria, gives the people technology and a better way of life, and then proceeds to marry his true love.
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And then up pops Mephisto like an evil daisy and fucks his world up. Poor Doom! This guy can't catch a break. It's a good story for folks who like What Ifs, but maybe not for anyone else....more
What If the Invisible Girl of the Fantastic Four Married the Sub-Mariner? Alternately titled, What If Reed Richards Went Crazypants?
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This one picWhat If the Invisible Girl of the Fantastic Four Married the Sub-Mariner? Alternately titled, What If Reed Richards Went Crazypants?
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This one picks up after What If? (1977-1984) #1, which is the one where Spider-man joins the Fantastic Four and Sue marries Namor because Reed keeps leaving her behind. Fast forward a few years and Namor and Sue are happily married and expecting their first child, the heir to Atlantis. She wants to see her brother and her other FF friends and sends Namore off to make peace and bring them around for the birth.
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Meanwhile, Reed is stewing. He's an asshole to Spider-man & Thing, causing both of them to leave the team. Now, he and Johnny are the Fantastic Two.
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Early Reed Richards comes across as a bit of a douche and this was a peek at what might have happened to him if Sue hadn't been willing to put up with his nonsense for years and years. It also showcased how immature Johnny could sometimes be and what a terrible brother he was. Whether or not those two things were even the point, I have no idea.
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I'm kind of picking and choosing the What If's I read instead of just going in order, but I'm really enjoying myself. I think this is a good alternate-reality story for Namor and the FF. Recommended....more
What If Spider-Man Had Never Become a Crimefighter?
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[image] Instead of becoming a superhero, Pete becomes a smarmy Hollywood agent for other superheroes and stars in his own franchise of movies. The story pivots when instead of letting the robber go who eventually kills Uncle Ben, Peter stops him. But NOT for the right reasons! He wants the cops to sing his praises and catch a bit of fame off of it. And he does! He transitions into a celebrity that does interviews and hosts late-night shows, and then starts building up a clientele of superheroes from the Fantastic Four to the X-Men with the promise of giving them excellent publicity and a good name with the general public.
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[image] I'm not sure this one has any special characters or that it came up with any storylines that popped up later on down the line, but it was still decent fun. Recommended for fans of What If....more
What If Dr. Strange Were a Disciple of Dormammu? Well, we always suspected that Stephen was a bit shady, didn't we? [image] Doctor Strange going to the dWhat If Dr. Strange Were a Disciple of Dormammu? Well, we always suspected that Stephen was a bit shady, didn't we? [image] Doctor Strange going to the dark side wasn't a stretch, and I thought it was especially well done here because he was still teetering on the edge of becoming a good person when Mordo got to him. So. Plausible. [image] If you're someone who enjoys these Marvel What If tales, put this one on your list....more
Alright. So that lets you knoOk, this ended exactlyWerewolf By Night #1 picks up.
End of Marvel Spotlight:
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Alright. So that lets you know how important it is to read issues 2-4 of Marvel Spotlight before you dive into what you might be thinking is the origin of Jack Russell.
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The gist is that he once again gets captured by some villain who wants to perform experiments on him. It seems to be a running theme with this dude. It also seems to be a theme that he almost kills someone but doesn't because circumstances prevent it. If someone dies, they deserved it because they were a bigger monster than he is.
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Also. He keeps going on and on about roaming in the forest when in werewolf form. As though the animal side of himself has some kind of prior knowledge of the woods, even though Jack himself is a preppy kid from Los Angeles. But I'm still loving it. ...more
Jack gets taken captive by a Bride of Frankenstein look-a-like wearing a pantsuit.
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Pretty fun adventure that leads him to learn a little more abJack gets taken captive by a Bride of Frankenstein look-a-like wearing a pantsuit.
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Pretty fun adventure that leads him to learn a little more about where he came from and sets him on the path of finding his biological father's books of spells, the Darkhold. Good stuff in a campy way!...more
First appearance of Werewolf By Night! Awwwrrooooo!
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Once again I'm always a little taken aback at the way some of these older comics sort of ploFirst appearance of Werewolf By Night! Awwwrrooooo!
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Once again I'm always a little taken aback at the way some of these older comics sort of plop you down and just expect you to go with whatever. I kind of like it. Jack is having bad dreams about becoming a werewolf.
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This is the origin story I thought I would be getting when I read Werewolf By Night #1. But when I started reading it, he was already looking for some Darkhold book and blaming his step-father for his mother's death. I had no idea what was going on. START HERE. <--was the advice I got from friends here on Goodreads. Thank you!
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It's not a blow-your-mind story, but I do love these old horror comics. Everything from the art style to the cheesy storylines. Not sure this would be everyone's cuppa, but it's my jam....more
I'm digging this. It's super-campy but I love the art and I'm finding that I really enjoy reading these old Marvel horror titles.
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Alright, thisI'm digging this. It's super-campy but I love the art and I'm finding that I really enjoy reading these old Marvel horror titles.
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Alright, this time around Jack fights a shark after running from the cops. That. Right there. I mean, do you need more of a reason to read it? I think not.
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He gets captured by a villain who wants to use his superhuman werewolf-y life force to keep himself alive because there's something wrong with him. I think he transferred his consciousness to another body already and he's trying to achieve immortality...or something.
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In the end, it doesn't really matter. I'm going to stop here and go back to the Marvel Spotlight issues that everyone keeps telling me I need to read to get this character's origin story....more
In preparation for the Disney+ Halloween special...
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I was originally introduced to Jack Russell (the werewolf in Werewolf By Night) because I'mIn preparation for the Disney+ Halloween special...
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I was originally introduced to Jack Russell (the werewolf in Werewolf By Night) because I'm a Moon Knight junkie and his first appearance was in issue #32. At any rate, I thought it was high time I learned about Jack and his origins.
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I gotta say this feels like I was dropped into the middle of a story already in progress. I read the second issue just to make sure, but that one didn't clear things up for me much. So. Either this is just willy-nilly storytelling or maybe I need to try to read Marvel Spotlight (1971-1977) #2. Because after a little bit of Scooby Dooing on the internet I saw that was the actual 1st appearance of this character.
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It was still a wacky cool story and I'm definitely going to keep going with this oddball character. The comic may not work for everyone but I like this old Marvel horror stuff, so in that sense, it was right up my alley....more
This is Venom vol 6: King in Black but (and here's what several of us have been SAYING about comics losing the volume number!) it will be easy to confThis is Venom vol 6: King in Black but (and here's what several of us have been SAYING about comics losing the volume number!) it will be easy to confuse it here on Goodreads with the actual King in Black event. If you would like to help us fix this problem please let Goodreads support know how you feel by going HERE and voicing your concerns.
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And speaking of easy to do... I read this first thinking that it was King in Black. It was confusing as hell when I started reading, because at the end of the last volume Eddie and Dylan had just made it back to the 616 universe only to find that Knull had taken over. The End.
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I was expecting to pick up from there, but this opens with Eddie having been defeated by Knull, separated from his symbiote, and falling to his death. It took me a minute to realize I was missing a huge chunk of the story and then I spent a lot of time clicking around on Marvel Unlimited trying to find the missing issue that I had skipped over. That was when I realized what I'd done and decided to just plow on ahead and read the main event after. I made the wrong decision. Learn from me. READ KING IN BLACK FIRST! Not only do you miss the original setup of the story and the battle between Venom and Knull in the beginning, but the final battle between Venom and Knull. And that's HUGE because you don't know what happened, and you're just kind of guessing at how Eddie gets his new powers and what's going on with Dylan and the symbiote now.
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Having said that, this was an excellent volume. I loved the story with Flash, I loved the ending with Dylan, and there's a lot of nice foreshadowing about The Maker. <--I think he's the best villain since Doctor Doom. I thought it was an excellent ending for Cates' run on Venom, and I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next....more
This is Venom Vol. 5: Venom Beyond. Thanks to some idiotic editing going on behind the scenes, the names of graphic novels are being changed to their sThis is Venom Vol. 5: Venom Beyond. Thanks to some idiotic editing going on behind the scenes, the names of graphic novels are being changed to their subtitle only, removing the actual comic title and volume number from the name. So good luck trying to find comics on Goodreads in the future. I suggest you let them know what you think of the change by contacting them via the Contact Us page.
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During a fight, Eddie and Dylan get tossed into another universe. In this one, Eddie died and Anne lived. And symbiotes have taken over everyone and everything. Among other spoilery things.
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There's a lot of good action in this one. Mostly it's a really enjoyable What If story that leads up to the King in Black event. I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll just say that this was well worth the read for any fan of Venom.
Maybe this will get better but as of right now, I'm just not as impressed as I was hoping.
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Banner has split himself into 3 parts. He's on the Maybe this will get better but as of right now, I'm just not as impressed as I was hoping.
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Banner has split himself into 3 parts. He's on the run from the Avengers/humanity and has rocketed himself into the cosmos using Hulk's body as a spaceship that he pilots from (I guess) the mind. Said Hulkship is running on anger-fuel, and as he needs more power Banner subjects the mental version of Hulk to an ever-changing cadre of his enemies. It's ok. Take a moment to let that one sink in.
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He falls through a wormhole (or whatever) and meets up with a version of himself that hadn't become the Hulk but still managed to leave a scorched earth scenario in his wake due to futzing around with gamma radiation. Tears and hugs.
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Not an encouraging start but also not unreadable. ...more
This is maybe one of the funniest She-Hulk issues so far. It opens with Zapper and (a somewhat aggressive) She-Hulk going on a romantic beachHILARIOUS!
This is maybe one of the funniest She-Hulk issues so far. It opens with Zapper and (a somewhat aggressive) She-Hulk going on a romantic beach trip. I thought she was going to hurt the poor guy with her rough ways. Be gentle, Shulkie. Zapper is breakable.
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Ok, so the gist is that there is this girl who wanted nothing more than to become a singer. But when we meet her she has had a complete breakdown because her father tried to discourage her dreams, the music school instructors tried to change her, the band played loudly over her voice on purpose, and her mother (the only one who supported her) recently died.
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She's panhandling for change when we first meet her. And that's when the owner of a nightclub who is looking for new talent runs across her, as well. He tells her that he wants to help her. Also, that maybe she should sue the doctor who told her she would be fine. So she sues. She sues ZAPPER'S DAD!
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Enter Jennifer Walters, attorney at law. She's representing Zap's father. As the story progresses I was, as I'm assuming you are, feeling terrible for this poor downtrodden chick that no one believed in. Well, Jen starts to check up on her tale of woe it soon becomes apparent from the interviews that this girl is a TERRIBLE singer. Nails on a chalkboard. Everyone kept telling her but she just wouldn't listen to them. It culminates with patrons fleeing from a nightclub with their hands over their ears.
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Apparently, she just didn't want to look reality in the eyeball. Whew! Glad those days are behind us! In a fit of self-pity and sadness, she consumes some booze and chocolate and puts herself into a diabetic coma.
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HOWEVER! Jen manages to turn Hulk and get her to the hospital in time to save her life. This was one hellava weird story but it made me laugh and I won't forget it anytime soon....more
Fun conclusion to the Man-Wolf story. Last issue we found out exactly where those outer space messages Richard Rory was receiving actually come from anFun conclusion to the Man-Wolf story. Last issue we found out exactly where those outer space messages Richard Rory was receiving actually come from and how they connect with She-Hulk.
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They were coming from a pearl necklace that Jen dropped in his radio station! Yes, Man-Wolf is on a subatomic planet that is in the necklace her mother gave her! YOINKS!
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Alright, so the gist is that these crazy alien barbarians are trying to find She-Hulk because she has a connection to their planet. Hellcat and their wizard are teaming up to use Patsy's shadow cloak to find her and bring her back to his...lair? So all of this is happening and it leads up to this unintentionally hilarious scene with Zapper & Jen trapped in a bar with these rough and tumble alien dudes. They're basically hostages. Now, the barbarians have been drinking and decide to make Zapper ride the barrel. You know, one of those bucking bronco barrels? Only it's not mechanical, it's just a barrel with ropes attached to it.
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And there's Zapper, squealing for Jen to help him because these guys are going to "put him onto that saddled keg". Somehow that's going to kill him. swoon Then they stuff Jen inside the keg and she Hulks out and kicks some ass. <--this convinces Zapper that she really does care about him.
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Meanwhile, Hellcat and the wizard dude come up with a fatally flawed plan to bring Shulkie to them using the cloak.
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Unfortunately, everyone almost dies due to some sort of wacky space dimension/black hole mumbo-jumbo. However, between the wizard, Hellcat, She-Hulk, and Man-Wolf they come up with a plan to save the universes with the power of friendship. <--I'm kidding. I'm still not sure what they did but it involved a lot of grunting and straining.
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And yet. It was actually Zapper who saves everyone. Yup, he has a temper tantrum and throws Jen's pearls down on the ground because Richard is staying with her while he is in town. I still say this is the lamest love triangle ever.
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When the pearls hit the ground they explode and release...energy? Or something. Doesn't matter, it's a comic. ZAPPER SAVES THE DAY! And he gets the girl.
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Ok. I wasn't really sure if I was going to continue past this issue when I first started, but these are a lot of goofy fun. Highly Recommended....more
Man-Wolf! J. Jonah Jameson's astronaut son who was transformed into a space werewolf by a gem he found on the moon. He's become some sort of space god tMan-Wolf! J. Jonah Jameson's astronaut son who was transformed into a space werewolf by a gem he found on the moon. He's become some sort of space god to a band of alien barbarians and they've apparently had quite the adventure, but that's a whole other story.
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Ok, everything in Jen's life is f-ed up because of She-Hulk. Or so she thinks. Her father has disowned her because he thinks she's a sleaze bag who gets murderers off, her relationship with ADA Buck Bukowski has become completely contentious, and last issue she made Zapper cry.
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Things really heat up when the space barbarians pop up looking for Man-Wolf and end up kidnapping Hellcat for her magic shadow cloak. Why? You'll find out.
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There's a bit of a romance kerfuffle as Zapper confesses his love to Jen in a letter and she realizes she likes him back. But when Richard shows up to return her missing necklace, Zapper misreads the situation and slinks away all butthurt. I'm going to be honest, it's one of the dorkiest love triangles I've ever read about.
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Overall, lots of action and fun cameos in this one. Looking for to seeing how they wrap it up in the next issue!...more
Unfortunately, her rival, Buck Bukowski, in an effort to help Jen break ties with someone he perJen's alive! Morbius' cure has worked its magic.
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Unfortunately, her rival, Buck Bukowski, in an effort to help Jen break ties with someone he perceives as an unsavory client, spreads it around that she will be representing Morbius in his upcoming murder trial. In a stunning turn of events, her father disowns her.
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Of course, Buck made the whole thing up, but the more Jennifer thinks about it, the more she feels it's the right thing to do. Jen argued in court that Morbius had no control over his murderous rages due to his disease and gets him off on lesser involuntary manslaughter charges.
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But one of his victim's parents wants revenge and hires Gemini to kill both Morbius and Jen. Morbius has given Jen a cure that will allow her to control her transformation, but can she learn how to do it in time to save them both?
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I have to say, Gemini is kinda lame. I mean, I know he's a super popular character now (I've got so much Gemini merch at the house), but this issue makes him look like such a throwaway character. Ok, I'll stop.
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Before the last pages close, I should probably mention that Jen made poor Zapper cry again with her thoughtlessness. Why do you still see me as a child, Jennifer? Maybe it's because you keep sobbing like a little baby every five minutes, Zapper. Food for thought, sir.
After her battle with Ultima, She-Hulk limps off into an alley and is met by her #1 fan, Zapper. He's been in touch with nobodIs Shulkie dying?
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After her battle with Ultima, She-Hulk limps off into an alley and is met by her #1 fan, Zapper. He's been in touch with nobody's favorite vampire, Morbius, and has helped secure a cure for the disease that's slowly draining her life. However, before he can drag her to safety, the boys in blue show up to arrest the gorgeous green giant. Too weak to fight back, she's hauled off to the pokey.
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She eventually escapes, carjacks douchebag D.A. Buck Bukowski, and makes her way to Morbius' lab on a college campus. Too bad about that car, Buck!
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Since Morbius has eaten a few people's children in the past, there's a mob that (rightly) wants to kill him outside. And one determined set of parents makes it past the barrier and causes some problems for everyone involved.
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She eventually makes it to the lab and meets up with Zapper and Morbius. BUT IS IT TOO LATE?!
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Find out in the next issue, True Believers!...more
There's a big courtroom showdown between the cult leader The Word and Jennifer Walters (see the last issue, True She-Hulk vs Ultima! Who? Shhhh.
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There's a big courtroom showdown between the cult leader The Word and Jennifer Walters (see the last issue, True Believer) that spills out into the streets. Then it turns into an all-out brawl with his daughter, Ultima. SHIT GETS REAL.
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This has one of the unintentionally outlandishly hilarious couple of panels ever I've read in a comic. Let me set the scene. Ultima and She-Hulk have been tussling, and She-Hulk was getting ready to toss a car on Ultima. Then she calms down and changes her mind. BUT! Ultima's idiot boyfriend jumps in and grabs Shulkie, throwing her off-balance. The car shifts and is tilting toward Randy when Ultima pushes him out of the way and sacrifices herself to save him.
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Then: "Sir, stand aside, please --I'm a doctor! I saw everything! And, after a hasty examination... She'll live--but her spinal column seems permanently damaged. I'm afraid she'll never speak again--nor will she have muscular coordination at all!"
I can't...what? What?! That's not how that works. At. All.
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This! This is the reason I read these older comics. That a writer could just pull these fucknuts diagnoses out of the ether while nodding sagely, as if a 2-second outdoor examination with ZERO medical equipment doesn't sound the least bit questionable. This is what I need in my life right now! Next issue, please....more
Jen is losing control of herself and turning into Shulkie at the slightest provocation. Plus, she feels like shit and getsSHE-HULK SMASH ANNOYING MAN!
Jen is losing control of herself and turning into Shulkie at the slightest provocation. Plus, she feels like shit and gets all tired for no good reason. Everything she's describing, from the irritation that leads to rage, right down to wanting to twist Zapper into a pretzel? Sounds like me dealing with menopause on an average day. We all have our cross to bear, Jen. Just sayin.
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Enter MORBIUS! He's behind bars at a university (wtf?) with armed guards outside his doors. Somehow Zapper knows someone who knows someone who gets him in to see the famous blood scientist, and then gives him a sample of Jen's blood. Morbius tells Zapper that she's dying of {insert pseudo-science stuff here}and needs to start treatment right away.
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Meanwhile, Jen has infiltrated this Scientology-like cult on behalf of a young man's parents. Randolph was a hippie who went to check out this lecture and never came back, and they think he has been brainwashed and is being held against his will.
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The leader of said cult is called The Word. Any guesses as to why? I'll save you the suspense. He studied unabridged dictionaries and figured out how to be the most convincing wordsmith out there. Now he has the power of WORDS! And he's trained his daughter, Ultima, to use the power of her mind (through words?)to hone her body into a perfect weapon. Because that's how that works.
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Will She-Hulk be able to pry Randy away from The Word?! Not likely. TWIST! --> He's dating Ultima! And The Word will see her in court. Or he will in the next issue......more
When we last saw her, She-Hulk had been captured by two purple ogres who ran the cult that had grown up around the FountaConclusion to the last issue!
When we last saw her, She-Hulk had been captured by two purple ogres who ran the cult that had grown up around the Fountain of Youth. Turns out their community has been hidden away from the world for hundreds of years, tucked safely away in a Florida swamp. So what do you do with a sexy green gal with anger management issues? I'm not sure what I would do, but their solution was to dunk her in a tank of magic water. This made her all chill and whatnot and turned her back into Jen.
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So it seems as though it's not cellular degeneration that causes us to age, it's stress and hard work. The magic water makes everyone in the hidden community lazy as fuck and they live forever. Sort of. One of them gets eaten by an alligator because they were too lazy to put up fences to keep them out. Jen decides to put up a fence so no one else gets eaten.
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Unbeknownst to her, any sort of constructive activity carries a DEATH SENTENCE. Oh no! What will she do?! Who could have foreseen this sort of society? However, after making an impassioned plea that a life lived lazily isn't a life worth living, the members of the cult (and the 2 purple ogres that run the place) realize the error of their ways and tear the fountain up.
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Jen runs off and gets into a fight with Man-Thing for no good reason whatsoever, then finds Richard Rory wandering around the swamp feeling sorry for himself for being the most unlucky guy in the world. She hops on a plane, gives him a smooch, tells him to look her up if he's ever in town, then heads back to Los Angeles. WHAT? <--you say But what happened to Man-Thing and the cultists from all the different eras in time?
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