The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #1 - #25-22 released by Marvel on December 1, 2001.
We've given you thousands
of stories. You've picked the best! Here come the 100 Greatest Marvels
Of All Time! Heads up, True Believers! In honor of our fantastic 40th
Anniversary, we're counting down the 100 best Marvel Comics ever -- and
we're reprinting the Top 25 based on your votes! Over 50,000 ballots
were sent in to The House, each one hand-counted and tabulated with
tenacity by our very own boisterous Bullpen! The results were sealed and
guarded by Lockjaw -- until now! What are the top titles that we've
ever printed? The voting spanned every era of Marvel majesty -- but
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to find out is to pick up these handsome reprint collections as we work
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hands-down champion -- the Greatest Marvel Comic Of All Time!
The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #2 - #21-18 released by Marvel on December 1, 2001.
Months ago we asked you:
"What are your favorite Marvel comics of all time?" Now, after endless
hours of tabulations, discussions and all-out arguments, The House is
ready to release the results! This issue contains choices #21 - #18...
#21 is none other than Avengers #1! Written by Stan Lee and drawn by
Jack Kirby! #20 is X-Men #350 written by Steve Seagle with art by fan
favorite Joe Madureira! #19 Amazing Spider-Man #122 Gary Conway writing
with art by Gil Kane. #18 Captain America #109 with Stan Lee and Jack
Kirby again! The countdown has begun -- so get ready to experience the
best of the best!
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The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #3 - #17-14 released by Marvel on December 1, 2001.
THE STORIES: 1) The
Incredible Hulk #181 Hulk vs. Wolverine, the classic issue!; 2) X-Men
#25, Fatal Attractions, the Final Battle; 3) Amazing Spider-Man #33 by
Lee and Ditko; and 4) Spider-Man #1 McFarlane. Months ago we asked you:
"What are your favorite Marvel comics of all time?" Now, after endless
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ready to release the results! This issue contains choices #17 - #14...
but what stories are they?
The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #4 - #13-10 released by Marvel on December 1, 2001.
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list? Find out here! Months ago we asked you: "What are your favorite
Marvel comics of all time?" Now, after endless hours of tabulations,
discussions and all-out arguments, The House is ready to release the
results! This issue contains choices #13 - #10... #13 is Incredible Hulk
#1 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. #12 Ultimate X-Men #1 by Mark Millar and
Adam Kubert. #11 is Daredevil #227 by Frank Miller and David
Mazzucchelli, #10 is Wolverine #75 by Larry Hama and Adam Kubert. The
countdown has begun -- so get ready to experience the best of the best!
The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #5 - #9-6 released by Marvel on December 1, 2001.
THE STORIES: 1) Ultimate
Spider-Man #1; 2) Uncanny X-Men #1; 3) Avengers #4; and 4) Amazing
Spider-Man #121. Which cool comics made the list? Find out here! Months
ago we asked you: "What are your favorite Marvel comics of all time?"
Now, after endless hours of tabulations, discussions and all-out
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contains choices #9 - #6... but what stories are they? The countdown has
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X-Men #1
The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #6 - #5 released by Marvel on December 1, 2001.
We've given you thousands
of stories, and you picked the best! Here come the Top 5 100 Greatest
Marvels Of All Time! Heads up, True Believers! In honor of our fantastic
40th Anniversary, we're counting down the 100 best Marvel Comics ever,
and we're reprinting the Top 5 based on your votes! Over 50,000 ballots
were sent in to The House, each one hand-counted and tabulated with
tenacity by our very own boisterous Bullpen! The results were sealed and
guarded by Lockjaw, until now! What are the top titles that we've ever
printed? The voting spanned every era of Marvel majesty, but we're not
saying who came out the winners just yet, gang! The only way to find out
is to pick up these collector reprints as we work our way down to what
you, the mighty Marvel masses, have deemed the #1, hands-down champion,
the Greatest Marvel Comic Of All Time!
Plot Summary
The Acolytes seek out Magneto in Asteroid M, pledging to serve him in his cause. But does Magneto even still have a cause? If he does, will the X-Men have cause to oppose it?
Note: Magneto sunk the Leningrad in Uncanny X-Men #150.
Synopsis
In space, a craft tries to outrun three others. The passengers of the lead ship stole it from S.H.I.E.L.D. so as to find Asteroid M.
One of the trailing ships fires warning shots, which is returned by
fire that takes out one of the three ships. With one ship down, the
other two are determined to take the lead ship out, even though they'd
be firing over Russian airspace. Before they can, however, a bright
flash streaks before them. Magneto appears and rips the ships apart,
informing the passengers that he is no longer concerned with Earth and
that he will return them as a warning not to mess with him. One of the
people searching for Magneto begs to be allowed to stay on Asteroid M,
especially since the group (from the lead ship, the Acolytes) want to
get Magneto back in the action on Earth. They ask how he can turn his
back on his kind at the time that he is needed most.
In Russia, Colonel Fury
is called into council to discuss Magneto's presence in their airspace.
Knowing that the Acolytes stole the ship to find Magneto, the
government can't help but take protective measures. They want to
initiate the Magneto Protocols. Fury understands their concern but
believes calling in the X-Men may be a better solution.
The X-Men
are in New York and beginning a practice session. The mutants in the
field are to infiltrate the X-Mansion and locate and capture the Professor, who has Jean Grey
by his side. As the Professor waits for the training to begin, he and
Jean discuss his dream. He still questions it from time to time, but
Jean assures him that if the dream were dead then none of the X-Men
would be there.
The training begins. Outside the mansion, Rogue
gets some defensive missiles to lock onto her. She zooms around and has
the missiles take out the launchers. Too bad for her that she can't
avoid the very next wave of missiles. Archangel and Colossus
have a different approach: brute strength. Archangel flies the human
form of Colossus up and throws him at the mansion. Colossus, turning
into his metal form in midair, bursts into the mansion and confronts the
Professor; Jean, however, is able to stop him telepathically from
taking the Professor.
Underground, Wolverine, Psylocke, and Gambit
creep towards their goal. They had been successful thus far in
infiltrating the mansion without being detected but the gig is up.
Robots spring up to accost the trio. As Wolverine and Psylocke rip into
the robots, scanners lose trace of Gambit. He, it seems, has found his
way into the room with the Professor and Jean. He quickly dispatches
Jean with some cards. Ever the romantic, he leans in for a victor's
kiss. Jean explodes, as she and the "Professor" are just decoy robots.
With Cyclops, Beast,
and the real Jean and Professor momentarily sidetracked in a monitoring
room, Wolverine rips into the room and, with a very violent gesture,
"takes" the Professor. Cyclops is angry, as one slip by Wolverine could
have really hurt the Professor. Wolverine explains that it was all part
of the plan: Psylocke temporarily masked Wolverine's presence so that he
could make the grand entrance. The two men can't see eye to eye and
Wolverine stomps out.
Some time later, Colonel Fury informs the
X-Men about the possible threat of Magneto over Russia. The Professor
promises to help out in any way he can. For the time being, he decides
to split his huge team of X-Men into two groups so as to respond more
effectively to any given situation.
On Asteroid M, the passengers
of the ships awaken and immediately grow hostile towards each other. The
Acolytes, mutants, find that their powers have been dampened. Too bad,
as the humans have ordnance suits that still operate. One person makes a
show of the effectiveness of this weaponry but is unable to use it
because of the presence of Magneto. He informs him that they are all
guests and must behave as such. On of the Acolytes runs to plead for
sanctuary when on of the humans opens fire and wounds the Acolyte. Very
unhappy, Magneto forces the man to turn his guns onto himself as a just
punishment. Fabian Cortez,
the spokesman for the Acolytes, attempts to convince that, despite
Magneto's statements that he no longer has a cause to fight for, there
is something worth protecting on Earth.
As the Blue Team prepares
to leave (a team consisting of Cyclops, Wolverine, Psylocke, Beast,
Rogue, and Gambit), Magneto pulls the Leningrad from the depths of the
sea. He finds that some of the nuclear missiles are still operable. As
he pulls them out, the X-Men arrive and confront him. Automatically
assuming the worst, various attempts are made to attack. Beast and
Gambit try a sneak attack, but Beast is taken out by a massive blast to
the gut and Gambit is dispatched by his own charged cards. Psylocke gets
in a great kick, but she is also taken out by a metallic tentacle.
Wolverine is next and takes a mighty swipe at Magneto, gashing his
chest. Cyclops blasts Magneto through a wall. Seeing Wolverine coming
for him again, he propels Wolverine into Cyclops and departs for
Asteroid M with the missiles in tow. Rogue follows him in hopes to talk.
She realizes that talking would have probably worked all along. Magneto
explains that he's simply trying to protect his home. Just then, a jet
flies in and shoots Rogue out of the sky. Enraged, Magneto detonates one
of the bombs while taking the rest to Asteroid M.
In his
chambers, Magneto is surrounded by his Acolytes. He collapses with the
wound Wolverine gave him. Fabian explains that the X-Men must pay.
Magneto can't figure why his own kind must die to protect all the rest
of the mutants and Fabian explains that the goals just don't match. He
then offers to heal Magneto with his mutant powers.
Cyclops gets a message from the Professor that Rogue has been found in the island nation of Genosha. She awakens to find Chief Magistrate Anderson
asking for her help to combat some terrorists on the island. Just then,
the terrorists show up. It's the Acolytes and they are trying to purge
Genosha due to its mistreatment of mutants in the past. The X-Men arrive
and effectively take out the terrorists, but then Magneto appears and
collects his Acolytes. He then declares that Asteroid M is a sovereign
nation in which all mutants are citizens - they need only make the trip.
In New York, Banshee finds Moira MacTaggert in hysterics. For some reason, she thinks she's responsible for the terrible thing that is happening. Reprints/Collects:
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The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #7 - #4 released by Marvel on December 1, 2001
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This issue reprints Giant-Size X-Men #1
The issue serves as a link between the original X-Men and a new team of X-Men.
Chapter One - It's the introduction of new X-Men, called by Xavier one by one: Nightcrawler (he escaped from an angry mob from a small village in Germany with help of Prof. Xavier), Wolverine (from governmental facilities in Canada), Storm (who believed she was a Goddess in Kenya and helped locals with rain), Colossus (from a crop field in Siberia, where he had just saved his young sister Illyana from a runaway tractor) and Thunderbird (from a reservation on Arizona) and the already known Banshee and Sunfire.
Chapter Two - Cyclops tells the new X-Men about what happened to the old team. Cyclops, Angel, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Lorna Dane and Havok ( Beast had left X-Men before the mission) had discovered a new mutant menace in an island in the South Pacific - Krakoa.
When they arrived, something strange happened and the only thing
Cyclops remembered is that he awakes without his powers inside the
X-Jet, going back on auto-pilot to the mansion. That's why Professor
Xavier called all these new mutants, to help the X-Men.
Chapter
Three - The new X-Men team are heading to Krakoa, with Cyclops as their
leader. He divides the group into four pairs, and they all face
different problems after landing: Cyclops and Thunderbird have to defeat
a living tree, Storm and Colossus have to destroy a living avalanche of
rocks, Banshee and Wolverine battle against two giant lobsters and
Nightcrawler and Sunfire were attacked by giant birds. They all succeed
on their battles and go to an old temple in the middle of the island.
There they break a big wall and enter the temple, where they find the
rest of the X-Men - Iceman, Marvel Girl, Angel, Lorna Dane and Havok -
trapped on strange roots. After they release them, Havok tells Cyclops
that the island of Krakoa is alive, and that it wants to capture them
all.
Chapter Four - The island Krakoa is alive and wants the X-Men
to drain their energy and feed itself. That's why Krakoa had released
Cyclops, to go get more mutants to the Island. The X-Men start to use
all their powers on the Island, but no one is able to battle it. Then,
Professor Xavier mentally appears, and uses his mental powers on Krakoa,
while he tells Cyclops his plan. Storm starts to use all her powers to
drain the energy of lightening on Lorna Dane, who starts to accumulate
the magnetic power. The rain let the Island grow bigger and send Xavier
astral form back to the mansion. Then, Cyclops and Havok use their
powers on Lorna and the magnetic waves reach Earth's interior, causing
the island of Krakoa to erupt to space. In the local where Krakoa used
to be, a giant whirlpool appears, jeopardizing the X-Men. Iceman creates
an ice globe surrounding them and they manage to escape safely.
At the end, Angel says to everyone: "What are we going to do with 13 X-Men?"
The Big Ret-Con - Deadly Genesis
One
of the biggest ret-cons in the history of Marvel comics (probably
second to Jean Grey's NOT being Dark Phoenix) was when Marvel decided
that the events of Giant-size X-men #1 didn't happen the way we think.
There were lots of effects that came out of this massive alteration of
history.
We finally learned of the 3rd Summers brother (Vulcan) which was hinted as far back as X-men Vol. 2
Krakoa
was not a sentient lifeform but just a collection of impulses and urges
stemming from radiation (although the son of Krakoa in Excalibur was
shown to be intelligent.
We find out that Storm's team was not the second group of X-men, but the 3rd after Vulcan, Petra, Sway and Darwin.
Cyclops wasnt freed by Krakoa, he was freed by the second group of X-men before they were defeated.
This is the beginning of the dissolution of the relationship between Scott and Charles.
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The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #8 - #3 released by Marvel on December 1, 2001.
Months ago we asked you:
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hours of tabulations, discussions and all-out arguments, The House is
ready to release the results! This issue contains choice #3... but what
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the best of the best!
Reprints Uncanny X-Men #137
The Watcher starts this issue talking about Phoenix background - this only should be a warning that this issue is special for Marvel Universe.
The X-Men were transported from Earth last issue, and now find themselves on a Shi’ar ship in the presence of Lilandra, Araki and Gladiator. The X-Men are ordered by Lilandra to hand over Jean,
as she is a threat to the whole universe. Gladiator tells everyone what
the Phoenix had done to an entire world after destroying a star. Xavier
challenges Lilandra to a duel for the life of Jean Grey. After Lilandra
talks to her allies at this subject - the Supreme Intelligence from the Krees and Empress R'Kll from the Skrulls, she acept the challenge.
The
X-Men have one night to rest before the battle of their lifes. Jean is
alone at her room and thinks about what she had become and had done as
Phoenix. While training Nightcrawler
is questioning if he should help Jean or not, because what she had done
to that planet and its people. He suddenly fells from the walls but is
helped by Angel, who also has doubts about Jean. Wolverine is at his room thinking about the battle and that no matter what happens, he would choose Jean. Beast is in enjoying a bubble bath thinking about what Lilandra did, imposing Jean's death without even a trial. Colossus
wakes up in his room thinking about Jean's love and Phoenix's hate, and
that they are two different person and do not deserve the same destiny.
Storm
also wakes up thinking about Africa, her life with the X-Men and about
Jean, who is almost a sister to her and she will defend to the death.
And finally Cyclops
is starring at Earth from a window and also thinking about his fate as
X-Men leader and Jean's lover. Cyclops thinks he understands Lilandra's
decision but he couldn't just give Jean away without a fight. Then Jean
enters his room wearing her old Marvel Girl costume. They kiss and tell
how much they love each other.
Later the X-Men and the Imperial
Guard are teleported to the Blue Area of the moon where they will
battle. The Krees and Skrulls say that they should have judges at the
battle, and then the Kree Bel-Dann and the Skrull Raksor are sent to the Moon also.
Angel
tries to fly over the camp battle but in a place with low gravity his
wings are stronger and he almost fly of the moon, being helped by Storm.
Cyclops devides the team in two and each group fight against some
members of the Imperial Guard. Starbolt shoots fire at Cyclops, Jean, Nightcrawler and Angel's group, while Oracle, Manta and Smasher attack them. In another place, Warstar attack Colossus and Beast while Gladiator throws Storm and Wolverine away. Wolverine fells inside the Watcher domaisn and is banned from there. Storm is then attacked by Earthquake and defeated by Hussar.
Oracle disoriented Angel and Smasher throws him to a tunnel and
Nightcrawler jump after him. At the ground he encounters Manta, and she
quickly defeats him. Wolverine is then attacked by Raksor in the shape
of Storm, but he senses that something is wrong and attacks the skrull.
Bel-Dann helps him and that starts a battle between the Kree and the
Skrull. Colossus defeats C'cil but B'nee defeats Beast and Gladiator
shows up to punches Colossus. After a huge battle between the two,
Gladiator is the winner.
Cyclops and Jean are the last X-Men to
remain. Cyclops is then taken down and this causes the Dark Phoenix to
reemerge. Professor Xavier then realizes that the things have gone too
far and that he has to save the Universe. He tells the X-Men to fight
her and they do. After she became weakened, Colossus stops a punch that
would have killed her and then Jean takes control one more time. Jean
asks Cyclops to kill her, because she couldn't stop the Phoenix Force
and that she is frightened but one part of her like that feeling of
power. At the end she kills herself in front of Cyclops, unwilling to
take the risk of ever harming another life again. The Recorder
tries to understand why she had done that, and the Watcher tells him
that she did because she was still human, the only race capable of self
sacrifice. The Watcher also says that even the X-Men never realize, this
is the greatest victory of their lives.
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The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #9 - #2 released by Marvel on December 1, 2001.
Months ago we asked you:
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A flare is seen in the sky above Central City; it reads, "The Fantastic Four!"
Susan
Storm sees the signal and turns invisible, literally disappearing from a
society party she was attending. She hops into a taxi, and hands the
driver a bill while still invisible!
Ben Grimm is shopping at a
mens clothing store when he gets the signal, and so he leaves by
crashing through the wall, attracting the attention of the police who
fire at him in a state of fear. He escapes through the sewers heading
for an unknown destination.
Johnny Storm is working on his latest
hot rod with a friend. He turns to flame and flies off through the air
when he sees the signal. Johnny is pursued by fighter jets that think
he's a "UFO". When they fire a heat-seeking missile at the him, he is
saved by a long pair of arms that grab the missile and hurl it out to
sea. The arms belong to Reed Richards, who we learn is the one who shot
the flare in the first place. Once all four are gathered together, Reed
fills them in on a fearful task that awaits them. but before that they
reminisce about their origin.
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The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #10 - #1 released by Marvel on December 1, 2001.
Months ago we asked you: "What
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comic is it? The countdown has begun, get ready to experience the best
of the best! SPIDER-MAN!
Lonely high-school student
Peter Parker attends a science experiment. During the experiment, a
spider absorbs an uncanny amount of radiation before biting Peter. Soon
after, Peter discovers that he has powers similar to that of a spider –
he is incredibly strong and can stick to walls. He decides to use his
newfound power to earn money, creating the identity of ‘Spider-Man’.
Spider-Man soon becomes an overnight sensation. Spider-Man selfishly
fails to stop a burglar, as he feels it’s not his problem.
However,
when Peter returns to his house one night, he discovers that his
beloved Uncle Ben has been shot in a botched robbery. As Spider-Man,
Peter tracks down the murderer, but is shocked to discover it is the
thief he allowed to escape earlier. Racked with guilt, Peter realises
that with great power, there must also come great responsibility. THE BELL RINGER
On
A small Island a bell ringer notices a volcano about to erupt. He rings
the bell in hopes everyone can get to safety, opting to stay in the
church to ring the bell for help. Will it come in time? THE MAN IN THE MUMMY CASE
A
criminal, Rocco Rank is on the lamb, he breaks into a museum to hide,
and hears a voice. It comes from a mummy's sarcophagus, lie with the
mummy and help will be given, but at what price? THERE ARE MARTIANS AMONG US
A small community of people find a crashed spaceship, and realize there are aliens among them.
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The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #1 - #25-22 released by Marvel on December 1, 2001. 
Chapter One - It's the introduction of new X-Men, called by Xavier one by one: Nightcrawler (he escaped from an angry mob from a small village in Germany with help of Prof. Xavier), Wolverine (from governmental facilities in Canada), Storm (who believed she was a Goddess in Kenya and helped locals with rain), Colossus (from a crop field in Siberia, where he had just saved his young sister Illyana from a runaway tractor) and Thunderbird (from a reservation on Arizona) and the already known Banshee and Sunfire.
The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #10 - #1 released by Marvel on December 1, 2001.
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