Monday, August 03, 2020
"The Wolverine serial prior to Weapon X" would be a Jeopardy answer nobody gets.
Partly because the title is better known for something else, partly because it's not very good. From 1991, Marvel Comics Presents #69.
Ghost Rider shares the lead with Wolvie in "Acts of Vengeance, part 6: Brass Tactics" Written by Howard Mackie, pencils by Mark Texeira, inks by Harry Candelario. But this is the origin of Brass: Navy SEAL, ninja, badass, Poochie. His girlfriend was killed during the Acts of Vengeance crossover (off-panel, until now at least) and he swore well, vengeance, on the Mandarin, and the rest of his conspirators; the Red Skull, the Kingpin, and Magneto. Ooh, don't forget the Wizard! And Loki!...you sap. That sounds like a really good way to commit suicide, but so far this seems to be played straight, like Brass thinks he could do it. Wolvie and Ghost Rider aren't the type to laugh in his face, or talk somebody out of killing themselves either, I guess.
This issue also has another Shanna the She-Devil chapter that we won't go into, but she barely appears in it. Next, the first of a four-part Daredevil serial, "Redemption Song, part 1 of 4: Hot in the City" Story and layouts by Sandy Plunkett, pencils by Dwayne Turner, inks by Chris Ivy. Pirate radio, mad dogs, and possibly a mad scientist all bother DD.
I liked the next one better, the Silver Surfer in "A Howling in the Void" Written by Len Wein, pencils by Hugh Hayes--that's Hugh Haynes, he had been the artist for the last First issues of Nexus! He draws a nice little Surfer vs. alien zombies story.
Am I buying Marvel Comics Presents issues whenever I find cheap ones, so I have a quick book to blog? That may be too much planning to give me credit for.
Damn, that is a sad story about Brass. I take it he never made good on those plans though. Did he die or is he in out there comic limbo somewhere?
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