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Heroes for Hire #1-3 (2006): Civil War - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Heroes for Hire is one of two series that get their start as part of the Civil War event. Iron Man invites Misty and friends to help the government contain all the superhumans. They agree. The HfH team ends up being pretty expansive: Misty and Colleen, of course. But they're…
Ghost Rider #1-4 (2006): Vicious Cycle - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Ghost Rider gets a new volume and it's written by Daniel Way-...Wait! Don't leave yet! It's written by Daniel Way but it's not terrible! It's not great, either. But not terrible. The first arc introduces the premise. We find Johnny Blaze where we left him, in Hell, doomed every day…
Captain America #22-24 (2006-2007): Civil War - Earth's Mightiest Blog
For the Civil War tie-in, Brubaker starts with an issue focusing on Sharon Carter. As an agent of SHIELD, she's on the Iron Man side of the war. Her boss, Maria Hill, orders her to use her close connection to Steve Rogers to try to persuade him to comply with…
MASTER OF KUNG FU #108-115 (1981-1982): 1st Ghost Maker - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Shang Chi in these issues, among other things, fights a Russian spy named Ghost-Maker, who will inexplicably be revived three decades from now. Gene Day is the regular artist now. This book delivers only top-shelf artists. The writing continues to be good--some of the best of Doug Moench's extensive and…
NEW AVENGERS #21-25 (2006): Civil War - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Civil War is mostly about Iron Man, Captain America and Spider-Man. All three are stars of New Avengers. Plus, all three have at least one solo book that ties in (Spider-Man has three). So you might be asking, "Why bother to run this comic as an event tie-in parallel to…
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #532-538; FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #8-16; SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #28-34 (2006-2007): CIVIL WAR/UNMASKED - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Spider-Man is a big player in the Civil War main series. He also has his own Friendly and Sensational titles and appears in New Avengers, and all three of those monthlies have Civil War tie-ins. So what I'm saying is, it's a big of overkill. But here we are. Spider-Man…
Marvel's Eisner Nominations (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
In 2006, Marvel replaced their "Bullpen Bulletins" with "Marvel Heroes Hotspot." Meh. Call me old fashioned, but I always loved the intimate feeling of "Bullpen Bulletins." It made me feel like I really knew the creators and editors. Anyway, he's the Eisner blurbs. Good work by Marvel this year.
Black Panther #21-25 (2006): Civil War - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Continuing their world tour, the new Wakandan royal family argue about the Civil War with Namor. Sub-Mariner looks quite insane on the cover. Iron Man finds out that they're visiting other countries and gets mad. One big dumb fight later, Black Panther and Storm decide to support Captain America's side.…
Thing #7 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Thing takes Alicia Masters back in time to Ancient Greece so that, for her birthday, she can touch the original Venus de Milo statue… …Which, as it turns out, was broken by Ben himself. Back in the BC times, Hercules thinks Ben is a monster and fights him. The pair…
Iron Man #12-14 (2006-2007): Civil War - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Iron Man was the bad guy in Civil War. He shouldn't have been. It shouldn't be so obviously wrong to follow the law and enable the country to proactively address threats like Nitro, who blew up a schoolbus. But the depiction of Iron Man has him working with super-criminals, separating…
Civil War: Frontline #1-11 (2006-2007): 1st Penance - Earth's Mightiest Blog
I know some people crap on this series, but I thought it was one of the best (of many) CW tie-ins. Like "Marvels" before it, the series focuses on news coverage of the 616 superverse. Interestingly, it offers us two reporters: Ben Urich covers the Iron Man side, and Sally…
New Avengers Annual #1 (2006): Luke and Jessica married; White Widow dies - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Seems like 2006 was the year of the wedding at Marvel. She-Hulk wed John Jameson. Storm and Black Panther had a royal wedding. Justice and Firestar tied the knot. Reed and Sue celebrated their 40th anniversary. And, in this issue, Jessica Jones says “yes.” *Luke proposed to her in the…
Black Panther #19 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
After Doom crashed their wedding to invite them to visit his country, the royal couple pay a visit to Latveria. What does he want? Well, after giving them a crystal ball for a wedding present, he proposes an alliance between their countries. After Doom displays both racism and sexism, Storm…
Ms. Marvel #4-5 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Ms. Marvel takes on Warren Traveler, a “reality traveler” who she fought in the House of M universe. He gets an origin story. Ms. Marvel has to vanquish him. Doctor Strange is a guest star. He helps sort out how the timelines all get messed up as a result of…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ELF WITH A GUN! - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Happy Birthday to one of Steve Gerber's wildest, most anarchic, and random creations: Elf with a Gun. He first appeared in The Defenders #25, out of nowhere and apparently for no reason, he killed a character who we'd never seen before and we never heard about again. Then, in The…
Black Panther #18 (2006): T'Challa marries Storm - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Under the banner, "Civil War Cease Fire," both sides of the Civil War event fly to Wakanda, lay down their arms, and celebrate the wedding of Ororo and T'Challa. Xavier notes the symbolic importance of a mutant becoming the queen of a powerful country. Like all superhero weddings, a villain…
CIVIL WAR #1-7 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
First things first: I liked Civil War. I thought it was a good event, and was handled pretty well. You really didn't have to read any of the tie-ins, but the tie-ins allowed us to see more detail on how our favorite characters fared during this major change in the…
New Avengers: Illuminati (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
This one-shot is a direct link to the linewide Civil War event. It digs deeper into the origins of the Illuminati group, which we learn was formed by Iron Man, and tells the story via flashbacks. He gathered them together to unite against common threats, and did so a long…
Fury: Peacemaker #1-6 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
This is a Marvel Knights title that may not take place in Earth 616, so it might be out of scope for this Web site, but it’s written by Garth Ennis so…I’m at least going to acknowledge that it exists. Because as far as I’m concerned, anything Ennis writes is…
Fantastic Four #536-537 (2006): Hammer Falls - Earth's Mightiest Blog
These issues comprise a 2-part "Road to Civil War" story. The team go to Oklahoma, where Thor's hammer has fallen from the sky and created a huge crater. They find a fleet of Doombots there. They all fight. After the 'bots are destroyed, the real Doom appears. When we last…
PUNISHER MAX #31-36 (2006): Barracuda - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Punisher discovers a white collar conspiracy to shut off electricity in Florida in order to drive up utility rates. Seriously. That's the plot that leads to the single best rogue in Punisher's gallery: Barracuda. Turns out that some of the Generals involved in the Mother Russia story are behind this…
Ms. Marvel #1-3 (2006): Invasion - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Carol Danvers embraces her role as a superhero and her return to her original "Ms. Marvel" identity by quickly dispatching Stilt-Man in the first few pages of issue #1. Mostly by "blasting him seven times in the crotch." She tells us and Jessica Drew the story over lunch, and also…
Cable and Deadpool #28-29 (2006): Flag-Smasher dies - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Cable hires Deadpool to take down Flag-Smasher, who became the dictator of a small country in the Citizen V miniseries written by Fabian Nicieza--a fact I had already forgotten because it happened way back in 2001. Frankly, even if I'd read that miniseries yesterday I'd probably have forgotten because Nicieza's…
X-Factor #7 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
This issue juggles two storylines, and starts with Madrox falling from a window--which is what's one the cover. So, the cover leads directly into the story. Nice. That's not the main story for this issue. The "A" story starts a few pages in. Cyclops arrives at X-Factor headquarters to tell…
Runaways #15-19 (2006): Parental Guidance - Earth's Mightiest Blog
The first issue of this arc has brief check-ins with the cast who are feeling the loss of Karolina. Karolina is in space with her new boyfriend but misses her fellow Runaways. But most of the issue is devoted to an online group of superhero video gamers. It's revealed that…
Annihilation: Super Skrull #1-4 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Super Skrull is traveling through space trying to save his race from annihilation. This is the first time Super Skrull has been portrayed as a hero, and it works. As part of his arc, he is forced to ask Reed Richards for help in protecting his home planet. He also…
Captain America #18-21 (2006): 21st Century Blitz - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Captain America goes to Britain and gets help from Agent 13, Union Jack, and Spitfire in his search for General Lukin. Winter Soldier is there, too--also in pursuit of Lukin. What Cap finds, however, is a new version of Master Man--and this time, he has a subordinate family of Master…
Annihilation: Ronan #1-4 (2006): Tana Nile dies - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Ronan lost his title as official "Accuser" because Tana Nile lied and testified that he was a traitor. He's out for revenge and finds her protected by Gamora, Nebula, and Stellaris. They're also terrorizing a planet, where Gamora lives as a God. Lots of rarely used cosmic characters are appearing…
Annihilation: Nova #1-4 (2006): Quasar dies - Earth's Mightiest Blog
In the Annihilation: Prologue, we saw Xandar destroyed and the Nova Corp slaughtered. This issue starts with Nova lying injured, hearing voices. He learns he has the souls of the Nova Corp, aka The Worldmind, in his head now. Drax and Cammi are also stranded on this planet with Nova.…
Thunderbolts #101 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
The T-Bolts team are now back with Zemo, who has promised to shape a better future using the power of the Moonstones. He's created a "folding castle" for their hideout, which enables each of them to have a room that touches about a part of the world that has meaning…