MUAmazing Spider-Man #111 (Aug 1972)Defenders #1 (Aug 1972)Thor #202 (Aug 1972)Iron Man #49 (Aug 1972)
Daredevil #90 (Aug 1972)
GotG #9 (Current)
Strange Academy #6 (Current)ADDED-Fantastic Four #126 (1972)Fantastic Four #27 (2021)******************************
Thor #202 (Aug 1972) - Ego, or a small part of the planet
, causing all kinds of trouble. Issue ends with Fandral about to be eaten by giant ants and Thor passing out from ... having a building fall on him
Ha, Classic.
Amazing Spider-Man #111 (Aug 1972) - One of Jimmy's favorite Spidey foes, Kraven
, convinces a confused (and an even "better" antagonist? *shiver*) Gibbon to attack Spidey but Spidey prevails and takes a past out and again, confused, Martin Blank (The Gibbon) to the hospital while Kraven broods that his plan has failed.
Fantastic Four #126 (1972) - Kind ticked about this issue as it is mostly a recap of FF #1. I should have expected it as the cover kind of gives it away. I guess with new writer Roy Thomas taking over the writing duties from Stan Lee, who wrote this title for the first 125 issues, he wanted to start fresh with an origin recap. Now while I read most of this tale, this is a preamble for what is to come as this is also about the time when Marvel started using a lot of reprint stories with new covers to hide when titles were going to be late. "Hey we came out in time!" Yeah, but you just reprinted an older issue. I am expecting to skip a lot of these early Marvel issues for that.
There is one thing I like however. Ben, in one of the many arguments that happen with Johnny over the years, gives the Torch a classic 70's slam and calls him-
"... you wet-nosed walkin' wienie-roast!"
Careful, Ben.
GotG #9 (Current) - Another origin story but this time a Star-Lord based one. I think they are using even more of the original, Chris Claremont/Michael Golden stuff. I think. I'm just going through the motions, as I think this title is now doing, until it restarts in three more issues with the new, massive team.
Strange Academy #6 (Current) - Man I missed reading this title. This one was a tough one to not get on release day, but with MU going three months from print, I had to make the jump. Glad I waited, even though the issue isn't a great one, it does impact one of my favorite new characters. Can't wait to see what daddy says about this.
Fantastic Four #27 (2021) - Forgot this issue was hitting MU on Monday so added it as soon as it hit. And ... Ugh, knew it would happen, but wasn't expecting to happen directly after an issue I enjoyed. I'm still going to read further, but Slott remains true to form here for me with an issue that is just not good. Some of this dialog makes the hair on my arms stand up. Not from fear, but an expression of my mind telling my body it wants to flee from this issue.
Oh, and as the Defenders title is bi-monthly, I may try and get a couple issues in the bank before reading that title. Sure I could just read a few issues back to back now, but I am trying to read these titles by release date. Other than Defenders now, of course
Hopefully a mass volume of reading will hold into my memory better than trying to wait until I get to the next issue
