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Sunday, December 25, 2011

Dark Avengers – Molecule Man | Comics

Norman Osborn and his Dark Avengers go up against Molecule Man without knowing what they are up against.

A huge change in status quo took place when Norman Osborn replaced Tony Stark as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. following "Secret Invasion". He has assembled a group of deranged psychos like Bullseye, Daken and Mac Gargan as well as reformed criminal Moonstone to join his new team of Dark Avengers alongside Ares and The Sentry.

Although Osborn is fashioning himself as Iron Patriot these days, he can't be trusted due to his history of mental issues and therefore, former top cop of the world Nick Fury has recently gone underground to form his own group of Secret Warriors that includes young heroes like Alex Aaron AKA Phobos, God of Fear and son of Ares.

When his father goes out, Daisy Johnson came to pick him up but none of them realized that Ares was following them. Their trail leads him to a barber shop, where he found Fury and his new recruits in a safehouse. Knowing that his son has chosen to be trained with Fury, he leaves and Nick orders everyone to abandon base urgently.

In Dinosaur, Colorado, two girls comes to a small diner and is asked to leave by few patrons. One of them goes to restroom and calls her boyfriend and notices the mirror on wall starts melting when she touched it. She freaked out screaming only for everyone else to turn into stone and their car outside wore into nothingness.

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Turn out, one of those girls was daughter to secretary of state and he called Osborn for a personal favor to find her. His secretary Victoria Hand points out that many have recently disappeared from there. Norman initially sends The Sentry out to Colorado for investigation but he soon is overwhelmed by unknown energy and blew up.

This immediately prompts Osborn to rally up his Dark Avengers team and H.A.M.M.E.R. crews to scene but he sent Venom back due to his unstable condition. Landing there, they all get vanished and Osborn finds himself before Owen Reese AKA Molecule Man, who is surrounded by Beyonder, The Enchantress, Mephisto and Zarathos.

However, it becomes very clear that no one else other than him and Norman are real around them. Reese states his will to be left alone in this town and have no intention of killing him because, then Reed Richards will show up to somehow stop him for good but forced Osborn to go through nightmares when he objects to that idea.

The Sentry materializes once again only to be torn apart, Venom turns into puddle of goo and Hawkeye into water, Ms. Marvel turned into stone, Wolverine gets trapped in vegetation and Ares is frozen. Seeing this situation getting out of hand, deputy director of H.A.M.M.E.R., Victoria Hand decides to declare full surrender to Reese.

As she approaches, Owen strips off her uniform to see if she is armed and she appeals to him that he restores everyone that got vanished. He then took her to the dimension where he kept Osborn trapped in his own psyche. He sees himself in Spider-Man costume right next to a pregnant Gwen Stacy over George Washington Bridge.

Norman changes into his Green Goblin persona, seeing everyone around him is just waiting for him to make a mess and fall badly. Then he sacredly look at a trio of monstrous versions of Ares, Iron Man and Spider-Man. Sentry gets pissed off for being repeatedly torn apart after some time and managed to violently burst through Owen.

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Madness of Dark Dimension

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In continuation to "Dark Reign" crossover event, writer Brian Michael Bendis (Mighty Avengers – Secret Invasion, Mighty Avengers – The Ultron Initiative) and artist Mike Deodato Jr. (Amazing Spider-Man – New Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man – Sins Past) returns for second storyline of Dark Avengers monthly ongoing from Marvel Comics.

"Molecule Man" story collects issues #09-12 of titular comic-book series and primarily focuses on a powerful old-school Fantastic Four villain. Having a history of a deteriorating mental state in past, Owen Reece comes to his hometown and starts vanishing anyone who come across that area until he did that to the daughter of a US Senator.

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At Mercy of Molecule Man

This has forced Osborn to arrive in Colorado for investigation with his newly assembled team of Avengers but they all either ended up being disintegrated or trapped. It took some convincing from his second-in-command Victoria Hand to cease Owen from attacking them but finally, it was the anger he caused to Sentry has made him retreat.

Robert Reynolds discovers new facts about his powers and Ares learns that his son is training under Nick Fury. Daken, Lester and Mac Gargan mostly served as background characters while Man-Thing showed up for a brief cameo. More of their misadventures will be explored in upcoming story "Siege", which would serve as a tie-in.
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Dark Avengers – Assemble | Comics

Norman Osborn now controls a powerful super-hero team as his "Dark Avengers" to do some good or serve his twisted version?

In a surprising turn of events, Norman Osborn ended up saving Earth during peak of a full-scale "Skrull Invasion" by killing their Queen. Tony Stark is removed from his position as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and replaced by Osborn. He made a pact with a secretly formed group called Cabal that has divisive figures like Doctor Doom as its members.

He hired former S.H.I.E.L.D. operative Victoria Hand to help him establish his new organization H.A.M.M.E.R. before firing Maria Hill. Bullseye is called in shortly afterwards to fly with him to New York, Avengers Tower. Norman asks New Avengers member Carol Danvers to join his new team but she straight out refuses and fled off.

He approached Karla Sofen AKA Moonstone at Thunderbolts Mountain to become Ms. Marvel for him. Next up, Osborn goes to see Mac Gargan with a medication that would contain his monstrous form into more presentable state. He then recruited Daken Akihiro from a diner at New Orleans where he came looking for a job.

Norman convinced Kree warrior Noh-Varr at The Cube into joining his cause as Captain Marvel. His next employ is Ghost to unlock a secret stash of armored suits that once belonged to Tony Stark. He builds a suit of armor similar to Captain America's costume for himself called "Iron Patriot" and then went to public with his all-new Avengers.

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Dark Avengers – Assemble | Comics

Dark sorceress Morgana le Fay has been looking all over for Victor von Doom after he betrayed him earlier. When Doom was being escorted back to Latveria by Osborn's men, she attacked them with an army of demons at her side. Report of this attack is received by Osborn and he led his new team of Avengers for their very first mission.

He orders The Sentry to go all-out and he does so by simply tearing her head off, which shocked his teammates. Morgana reappears in a moment, causing Sentry to suddenly explode and she confronted Ares by forcing Venom to violently attack him. She then turned God of War into stone right before being killed again by new Hawkeye.

Though unable to move in his armor, Doom responds to Norman as he proceeds to carry his ally out of battlefield. Despite his unwillingness to share, he eventually shares his armor interface with Osborn to access his time machine. Together, they go back to Morgana's time and Victor sent her to 1,000,000 BC using a spell unknown even to her.

Going back to present time, Doom revives Ares from his state with a reverse spell but Sentry is presumed dead. On their way back to New York, Victoria Hand informs her boss about Clint Barton going on media to expose him as former Green Goblin. To which, he tells her to arrange an interview with the network to nicely sort things out.

All of a sudden, a blinding flash of light hits them all and they all astoundingly look at a very-much alive Sentry coming to them. Norman approaches and asks him about how he is feeling now since they all saw him die in Latveria. Trying to resonate with Bob and calm him down by talking to him, Osborn even removes his helmet to talk.

Later that day, an Atlantean terrorist group leads an attack in Los Angeles and members of Cabal were called to meet up. Prince Namor is asked to denounce those extremists publicly and help Ozman to capture them. They had a disagreement on how to approach this situation and it causes a troubled side of Osborn's persona to slip.

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Back From Dead

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Running in parallel with "Dark Reign" crossover event, Marvel Comics launched a new monthly ongoing series Dark Avengers in 2009 that has spawned from "Secret Invasion" story arc with writer Brian Michael Bendis (Mighty Avengers – Secret Invasion, Mighty Avengers – The Ultron Initiative) on board to work on its overall plotline.

For its first storyline "Assemble", Bendis has teamed up with artist Mike Deodato Jr. (Amazing Spider-Man – New Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man – Sins Past) that collects first six-issues of the series and focuses on establishment of a team comprised of former Mighty Avengers members and a group of former Thunderbolts operatives.

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Wrath of Morgana le Fay

Norman Osborn dons his brand-new Iron Patriot armor that he built using StarkTech to march alongside his teammates Ares, Bullseye as Hawkeye, Daken as Wolverine, Marvel Boy Noh-Varr as Captain Marvel, Moonstone as Ms. Marvel, The Sentry and Venom as Spider-Man on public to present his newly assembled group of Avengers.

Osborn leads his Dark Avengers team to their first field mission to help Doctor Doom and entangles with Morgana le Fay. Then there is a slightly heated meeting with his Dark Illuminati, where Emma Frost, Namor and Loki had guest appearance. Bendis will return in collaboration with Deodato Jr. on next storyline "Molecule Man".
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

New Avengers – The Collective | Comics

House of M changed the world and now a major threat rises from its ruins for New Avengers to face-off.

Before New Avengers were formed following a massive prison break at Raft, both The Avengers and X-Men band together to confront Wanda Maximoff AKA Scarlet Witch in Genosha. Their face-off resulted millions of mutants losing their power due to her reality-altering abilities except a hundred few and it was kept a secret from all.

From outer space, a beam of energy starts heading towards Earth and landed on North Pole, Alaska, killing many people with a massive explosion. Out of piles of dead bodies and wreckage comes out a glowing man screaming in his loincloths.

S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Maria Hill calls in Tony Stark after they have gone public with their new team and asks him about "House of M", which he narrowly avoids answering. Hill is called in for a Red Alert situation that turned out to be recent destruction of Alaska and her initial response to send in some agents have failed pretty miserably.

Unable to get a hold of Fantastic Four, she contacts Alpha Flight when that energy crossed Canadian border but they all ended up being decimated within moments. Hill then calls for U.S. President, who suggests that she puts her arrogance away for a moment and call New Avengers for help now that the alien being is headed to America.

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New Avengers – The Collective | Comics

Unable to come up with any other solution, Maria Hill reaches to Avengers and updates them on the situation. As they talk, it already reached Cleveland and Captain America asks for S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Daisy Johnson. For additional backup, he talked to Bob Reynolds and calling for The Sentry but he was having a nervous breakdown.

Iron Man reaches out to Ms. Marvel for support and went to talk to this being who spelled out his name as Michael but before he could talk further, Carol Danvers attacked him from behind only to get struck down. She tried to approach him as she could absorb all energy and realizes that her cosmic Binary powers have been reactivated.

Spider-Man is sent to S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier with a task to lead "Team Two" and Tony reaches out for Vision of Young Avengers. Michael strips down Iron Man of his armor but Carol came in to save Tony from him. She then tried to hurt it back again only for The Sentry came swooping in at last minute and took him straight to space.

Ms. Marvel explains to Cap how it is like being kicked by fifty different super powers at once. In space, both Michael and Sentry were besting each other for some time before Bob is pushed far away and it headed back to Earth. Spidey and Vision helped S.H.I.E.L.D. figure out who this being could be before they are taken out for more info.

They found match to Michael's power with all depowered mutants in M-Day and Iron Man theorizes that "The Collective" energy of those powers had nowhere to go and then it found him, who was just an energy-absorbing mutant. After some debate, they decide to let the being pursue its course and see where it wants to go.

Michael then arrived straight to Genosha, former home of million mutants that has become a barren wasteland. There, he starts expelling all of that energy, causing massive power surge and it attacks a depowered Erik Magnus AKA Magneto. Things seem to quickly get out of hand but then Steve Rogers pulled on his secret weapon.

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Might of Million Mutants

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To tie-in loose ends of House of M event, writer Brian Michael Bendis (New Avengers – Breakout, New Avengers – Sentry) have collaborated with artists Mike Deodato Jr. (Amazing Spider-Man – Sins Past, Amazing Spider-Man – Skin Deep) and Steve McNiven (Civil War, Death of Wolverine) for Marvel Comics in latest New Avengers story.

Titled "The Collective", it is comprised of issues #16-20 from first monthly ongoing titular comic-book series and came out in 2007. Bendis only wrapped up one part of a large puzzle that was about the collective power that Scarlet Witch took months ago from majority of mutant population on Earth by altering reality and left them depowered.

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Ghost of Genosha!

S.H.I.E.L.D. was aware that both The Avengers and X-Men knew something about this oddity but refused to share details with them. Therefore, its current Director Maria Hill seemed to act a bit antagonistic towards Stark and his New Avengers.

Nearing the end of their previous adventure "Secrets & Lies", Ms. Marvel came by for a visit and given a slight hint of M-Day when she met Captain America. A new trouble arises in horizon because of newly issued Superhuman Registration Act that will create a major rift within superhero community, causing a "Civil War" to set them apart.
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Monday, December 1, 2008

The Other – Evolve or Die | Comics

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The Other – Evolve or Die | Comics
Peter Parker is having sudden black outs and weird dreams about one of his most powerful foe; the dreaded Morlun in a morgue, Kraven The Hunter in skirts, Uncle Ben and a few others. When confronting a brand-new villain named Tracer, he was shot and his wound is treated and healed but after running a blood test on him, recommended by Captain America, Doctor Castillo informs that Peter was in fact, dying. He later confronts the Tracer again and experiences sudden power loss in the middle of the battle like before. He shares his concern regarding this with his beloved wife Mary Jane but before he could tell Aunt May, he met the Tracer again and fights till he discovers that it was a robot after all.

Peter then seeks the aid of Black Panther in Wakanda, for their superior medical advancement, scientist Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four, Doctor Strange and Dr. Bruce Banner aka The Incredible Hulk to fight this rare disease which is killing him slowly but had no luck so far. His old nemesis, the energy vampire Morlun eventually shows up to make the matters at hand even worse than it already are but yet made no move other than taunting him after a few deadly blows and left him alive because of his weakened state to finish him off later. In his hallucination, Peter severely beats up his enemy The Ox, thinking of him as Morlun, only to be stopped by Daredevil. In an epic final confrontation, Morlun savagely beats up Spidey in a fierce battle and left him for dead as the New Avengers and Mary Jane Parker arrives to take him to the hospital.

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Return of Morlun
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Beaten by Morlun

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"The Other – Evolve or Die" is a crossover Spider-Man story arc published by Marvel Comics on 2005. It was a 12 part story, written by Peter David (Captain Marvel, X-Factor) and pencilled by the team of Mike Deodato Jr. (Elektra, Original Sin), Mike Wieringo (Tellos, The Flash) and Pat Lee (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers) in all three titles centering the crossover. "The Other" is considered as a major event in Spider-Man's life that revamped the Spider-Man storylines for the upcoming years such as the event of Civil War and the Back in Black storyline, but after One More Day story arc some of the status quo has changed. The tale continued through the three monthly ongoing series of Spider-Man then.
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Thursday, August 14, 2003

Wonder Woman | Comics

In 1200 B.C. the Greek goddesses has created the eternal female race of The Amazons by drawing the souls of all women who had been murdered by men. But one soul was left behind and Queen Hippolyta of The Amazons, was instructed to shape a baby girl with clay from the shores of Paradise Island and six Greek Pantheon gave it life.

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Wonder Woman | Comics

The girl received divine blessings and powers from each of the Gods and by time she became the proud champion of The Amazons who is chosen to sent to man's world as an ambassador of peace with the golden Lasso of Truth. On man's world, she quickly learnt to speak English, made some new friends and started serving justice in disguise but soon busted into the public and people dubbed her as Wonder Woman.

She got recognition for her bravery and courage, which earned her a place among the ranks of the heroes of Justice League of America. Over years, she fought many battles alongside the League members and many super-powered foes like Ares, Cheetah, Silver Swan, Dr. Psycho, Circe, Doomsday clones and even the dreaded evil god Darkseid himself.

She is considered as one of the force of New Earth's Trinity alongside fellow heroes Superman and Batman. She was even involved in a mutual interest with Aquaman and then with Man of Steel for a short time but later they both came to terms that they should remain friends for their own betterment. Later she fell for her mortal team-mate The Dark Knight during her adventurous time with JLA.

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Based on the concept of William Moulton Marston in 1941, Wonder Woman is a popular fictional character from DC Comics. Over years writer Gerry Conway (Challengers of the Unknown, Legion of Super-Heroes), J. Michael Straczynski (The Flash – Earth One, Superman – Earth One), George Pérez (Crisis on Infinite Earths, Superman – New 52) and John Byrne (Darkseid/Galactus, Doom Patrol) tried to explore the character with artists like Gene Colan, Mike Deodato Jr. (Guardians of Knowhere, Original Sin), Phil Jimenez and Terry Dodson (Catwoman, Ghost).

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An Amazon In League

Wonder Woman is considered one of the most famous female superhero in comic-dom and in 2011, during the wake of The New 52 wave after “Flashpoint” event, Wonder Woman received a new origin in the Prime Earth timeline as Diana of Themyscira. The role is portrayed by actress Gal Gadot and made her first live-action debut in Batman v Superman – Dawn of Justice (2016) and also reprising her character in the solo Wonder Woman film as well as Justice League.
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