If even Thunderbolt Ross admits "yeah, that was a bad decision," you KNOW it's bad.

During the Red Hulk/Thunderbolt Ross era of...Thunderbolts; there's an issue--#7--where the rest of the team--Deadpool, Elektra, the Flash Thompson Venom, and the Punisher--decide they've had enough and try to jump him. And get clobbered, just shellacked. And Ross even had a secret weapon in reserve, one that even worried him, as he discusses today with Flash: from 2013, Thunderbolts #13, written by Charles Soule, art by Phil Noto.

On this team's first mission, Mercy had slaughtered a band of armed rebels, effortlessly and somewhat thoughtlessly; and Flash finally confronts her on it. She tells him, he no longer interests her: maybe once, when he had lost his legs and wanted to die, but now that he had "this creature," the Venom symbiote...testing a theory, Mercy tears the symbiote off Flash. Although he wants it back, Mercy can see he no longer wanted to die, so swipe left, bored now. Taking the symbiote back, Flash stomps into Ross's office...is it weird that even as vigilantes, Ross still has a desk and files like he was still a general? Ross downplays Flash's accusations of him "keeping a monster," since hey, what was one more? But he was unaware, and mildly dismayed, to hear Mercy had taken out those rebels, even if they probably weren't good guys. The amount of control Ross had over the rest of his 'team' was largely contingent on if he, as the Red Hulk, could currently reach them; but that didn't work on Mercy; and he tells Flash her story, as much as he knew.

Mercy had fought the Hulk--"the other Hulk"--and lost, going into a dormant, coma-like state. (Ross describes it like she had lost a punch-up, like she was the Abomination or something; but I believe it was more that Mercy wasn't able to 'help' the Hulk by putting him out of his misery, and she didn't know how to deal with that.) The Army had tried to study her, but learned nothing, and basically walled her up and left her. Ross describes the Army as like a "hoarder," and says he himself hung on to stuff like that...just in case. He had taken a couple soldiers with him, but didn't know one had just been left by his wife, and was pretty wrecked by it: enough that Mercy could feel it, killing him, then disappearing. Much later, as the Red Hulk, Ross investigated a report from the Himalayas, of a strange temple, where travelers went not in search of wisdom or healing, but to die. Mercy had taken a Kali-like form, and was pretty happy with her set up: people that wanted to die came to her, she killed them. So, what's the problem? Ross was still mad over the loss of his soldier: he was depressed, sure, but he probably would've come out of it. He thinks he can stop her, but killing everyone that come there to die, Mercy picks up enough juice to launch the Red Hulk off of her mountain. It was a good hit, but he recovers, climbs back up, and causes an avalanche to crush her temple.

Appearing as a young woman with purple hair--fairly normal looking, not alien or distorted like she maybe did back in her early Hulk appearances--Mercy tells him, now she had to go back out into the world, probably killing all willy-nilly. Ross makes a judgement call, that he admits to Flash was not a great decision; offering her "all the death you need" with his Thunderbolts. Mercy agrees to stay...for as long as she was interested. Neither Ross nor Flash now, had any idea what to do with Mercy: they couldn't control her, the best they could do was maybe point her at targets that deserved to die. Although, if said targets didn't want to die, did Mercy have any power over them? I can see the creative team maybe wanting a player on the team that Ross couldn't just Red Hulk over, but Mercy was a wild card with vague rules. And there would apparently be some reveals for her later, that I think make even less sense? She seemed possibly alien in her first appearances, or perhaps a metaphysical manifestation like Death; later in this series she would be neither. And I think Ross might make more bad decisions regarding her then... Read more!

If I got zinged by Steve Rogers, I think I'd give up intelligence, it obviously wasn't working for him.

The cover scene doesn't happen inside this issue, but still got me to buy it: from 2015, Hulk #13, "The Omega Hulk, chapter nine" Written by Gerry Duggan, pencils by Mark Bagley, inks by Drew Hennessy.

We've seen maybe some of this storyline before, although I just searched my blog for when...yeah, chapter two, wherein the new, improved? nanotech-altered Hulk as "Doc Green" de-powered Rick Jones/A-Bomb. It took me a second, because I had put Gerry as 'Gary,' had to fix that. Doc Green had by this point depowered Skaar, Red She-Hulk, and the Gamma Corps; but Red Hulk was his main target. Another target might be taken off the board, at least for the moment, as the then-aged Steve Rogers tells Doc Green, that Jennifer Walters was off-limits. Steve floors him with a trick cane, which doesn't seem like the sort of stunt that would work twice; then takes a call from Deadpool, who was currently working for Doc Green, on the trail of the Red Hulk. (This was in a relatively brief window, before Secret Empire, where Pool was a trusted ally for Steve; also post-Red Hulk's Thunderbolts.)

At the Baxter Building--I'm thinking the FF were gone at the time, huh?--Doc Green's assistants were still trying to find Lyra, who was lost in time and/or space. (I forget her deal; I think she was introduced and written out fairly quickly. I mainly recall her as an unreleased Marvel Legends swap figure.) The bedraggled assistants are in over their heads, and Doc Green sadly releases them from any obligations to him. But, he also thinks A.I. might be able to find Lyra, except his "Project Omega" had gone rogue and disappeared. Later, Doc Green storms Red Leader's new lab, killing his new gamma mutate (Gasp! Not Dim!) then depowering him. Doc tells the powerless Sterns to stay out of the gamma business, but Project Omega, under its new name "Gammon," later resets him to his usual green look.

Doc Green then teleports to Deadpool, keeping tabs on the Red Hulk near Yucca Mountain: the Red Hulk could absorb radiation, and Doc Green likens this to "Popeye sleeping with a can of spinach under his pillow." Deadpool says, great, I'm gonna bail, but Doc Green borrows his phone, to call Rick Jones: not to talk to him, though. He knew Project Omega would be monitoring him, and speaks directly to it: find Lyra, and then they can leave each other alone. Pool is amused at Doc Green apparently calling the sky to yell at it, but he has another job for the merc: hit Ross with this special bullet, in the eye or ear, to inhibit his radiation-absorbing ability. Miss or cop out, and Doc Green would tattle, that Pool betrayed Ross.

This still had three more chapters, running to the last issue of this series. Then was maybe Totally Awesome Hulk, a bit of confusing legacy numbering, the traumatized Jennifer Walters Hulk run, then Immortal Hulk. All of which somehow feel longer ago and further away than this one, somehow. (Probably because it's the issue next to me right now; mystery solved.) Read more!

Honestly, I'm not sure why they're yelling for his help, anyway.

The cover is a great one, and I think this series had a few in there; but it's the second of a three-parter, and the parts I recall were in the other two. It's also part of a crossover event I'm positive I've flipped through but am sure you could tell me anything was in it and I'd just have to trust you. From 2013, Thunderbolts #17, written by Charles Soule, art by Jefte Palo. Cover by Julian Totino Tedesco. 

The Thunderbolts at the time were a loose confederation, working under a system where they would take turns picking missions. When the Punisher gets to make a pick, he selects...some mobsters; which Deadpool calls the least surprising thing ever. But, Frank had picked the Paguro crime family, who were so behind the scenes he'd never been able to get at them. Unfortunately, the day of the mission coincides with Thanos's invasion of New York; but Frank isn't about to let a little thing like that hold them up. 

Red Leader was losing his intelligence, while Red Hulk is helping him not out of the kindness of his heart, but just to avoid losing a useful tool. Mercy had gone berserk, since the entire city maybe needed to be put out of its misery. Frank, Elektra, and Venom were murdering their way through the Paguros' goons; when they notice gas. While they don't know what it is, it's not hurting them, so they ignore it: Red Leader explains it's Terrigen Mist, and they also ignore it...even as it transforms some goons into Inhumans!

Meanwhile, having wandered off last issue, Deadpool is still looking for some pizza. Which he finally gets to, but the punchline has to wait until the next issue; and it's not bad. 

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T-Bolt Ross pulls something readers might've wanted for years here.

I wonder if I started reading this book for John Byrne, because I've had it for years, but it would've been a slightly unusual one to start with: from 1986, Incredible Hulk #319, "Member of the Wedding" Story and art by John Byrne, background inks by Keith Williams.

Byrne might've done this a few times before, but this issue is told in almost split-screen: half following new Hulkbusters LaRoquette and Saunders versus the mindless Hulk; half with the separated Bruce Banner about to marry his longtime, long-suffering love interest, Betty Ross. They greet their old friend Rick Jones, who drifts in for the nuptials, and maybe get a bit of his guilt over the creation of the Hulk assuaged.

Saunders hesitates mid-fight, afraid to take a shot since the female member of their team was basically fridged the issue prior in a fight with Doc Samson, when Samson returns, still hellbent on stopping the Hulk. LaRoquette opens fire on Samson as well, leaving himself open to the Hulk; and Saunders has to talk the reluctant Samson into saving him. In the best soap opera tradition, as the minister gives the "speak now or forever hold your piece" bit, former general "Thunderbolt" Ross shows up, with a gun, intent on keeping his daughter from making a terrible mistake. Ross is a disheveled wreck of a man, since he had committed at least a little light treason with M.O.D.O.K. in his lengthy war against the Hulk. Rick attempts to stop Ross, and gets gutshot for his trouble. Fed up over years of his overbearing orders, Betty lets him have it, with a verbal slapdown that seems to crush what was left of him: Bruce is impressed, Betty isn't: "A tired, foolish old man. And I crushed him, as he tried so many times to crush me. Quite a triumph!!" It wasn't seen very often, but Betty seems to handle the gun she takes away from her father quite handily: he did train her, up to a point, then seemed to just think of her as something to be married off and maybe produce some sons with a good Army type.

Although badly injured, Rick refuses treatment, until the wedding is completed; it had been put off far too long already. Meanwhile, Samson rescues LaRoquette, then slugs him, claiming the Hulk as his, and they and Banner should back off. Once he loses sight of everyone, the mindless Hulk promptly forgets about them, and jumps off. 

Thunderbolt Ross might not have been seen since appearing with his gun to his head in Hulk #291; Betty and Bruce had suspected he was dead prior to this. We mentioned his treason some time back, and I know he would be killed off fairly soon after this, yet somehow return and get recommissioned much, much later. And that's even outside of the Red Hulk stuff!

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This wasn't the issue I thought it was, but the cover was so great, still worth it: from 2014, Thunderbolts #19, written by Charles Soule, art by Gabriel Hernandez Walta, cover by Julian Totino Tedesco.

What could be more relaxing than a road trip?...in a van without air conditioning, with some of the crabbiest people on earth? Samuel Sterns, the Red Leader, has had about enough of the Thunderbolts; who haven't yet noticed he was subtly manipulating them. He's pretty sure he could kill them all, if he played his cards right, except for Mercy...who I had kind of forgotten about. Worse, while he plays out his plan in his head, after a recent battle with Thanos's agent Super Giant he took some brain damage, on top of the damage he took at the start of the series; so Leader was doubting himself, and decides to hold out instead of chance it.

Most of this issue didn't really happen, except it appears Deadpool did indeed request a bullet to the head rather than sit through their road trip. Look, it's not like Frank and Elektra were going to lead a singalong. They probably didn't even turn on the radio...

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"The End" Week: Thunderbolts #32!

This is another one I thought we had seen already; but I could probably get two or three more out of this series! From 2014, Thunderbolts #32, "Punisher vs. Thunderbolts, part six" Written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, art by Kim Jacinto.

Previously, the Punisher had gotten fed up with the Thunderbolts (for not killing Cap villain Dr. Faustus) and quit; only to find a bomb led in lieu of severence from the Red Hulk. Frank then took down his former team one by one, even though the bomb had actually been planted by the Red Leader! Red Hulk had thought he had him under control, and I believe Red Leader had acted like a scared doofus most of the series as a cover. Six months after the Thunderbolts fell, Red Leader rules the island of Kata Jaya, with an army of gamma-irradiated guards and Crimson Dynamo suits. (I was thinking Titanium Man, but he has to lean into the color scheme!) It seems like he should be having more fun with his endangered species banquet, mutated knockoff bloodsports, and portal to hell; but he's putting a lot of mental effort into winning over the heart of his assistant Caitlin. Tough to run the numbers on making someone love you, but giving a panda fur coat to a vegan isn't a winning strategy.

The Thunderbolts get the band back together (with a lot of Avengers behind them) to clean up Red Hulk's mess. Hawkeye--himself a longtime former Thunderbolt, remember!--comes across as only mildly disappointed in RH: his Thunderbolts weren't about redemption, were they? Frank, while still furious, carries himself like a professional; Elektra still holds a grudge, and does give him an incidental stabbing. Using Faustus's gas, Red Leader turns the locals there into violent psychopaths; some innocent, others not. Deadpool nearly gets the Red Leader, but gets jumped by a pair of hallucinating pandas. In the end, before he can escape, Red Leader is brought down by Caitlin, Agent Cross of...something! S.H.I.E.L.D. maybe?

Red Leader is imprisoned, with the decapitated skull of the Ghost Rider: Frank explains, the Penance Stare still works. That's cruel and unusual, but he probably wasn't going to trial anytime soon; and at any rate Mephisto shows up to renegotiate their deal, so being dragged to hell was the best he could hope for. (The Leader would be back, with his usual green hue!) Amusingly, that also resets Johnny Blaze, who had peaceably been enjoying a book when his head catches fire...While Hawkeye is letting the Thunderbolts go, they've had more than enough togetherness: Red Hulk doesn't hold a grudge with Frank, but Frank still walks away from him. Pool, as you'd expect, goes on about what a terrible idea this had all been; while Elektra merely disappears; leaving Red Hulk wondering where he went wrong. Read more!

Callback! It's taken years, but we finally have our Player-2 Avengers team; or if you prefer, the boys from The Terminatrix Objective. War Machine has gotten more than a couple figures since our 'callback' picture, and USAgent could do with an upgrade, but today we've got the brand-new Thunderstrike!

I don't know if the screaming head suits him, although it reminds me of Quasar #48, possibly because that's one of the only issues with him I had when they were coming out. I could be wrong, but does his head look like Triple H? Along with his titular mace, Thunderstrike also came with a BaF Mr. Fixit head and an alternate left fist; but his regular left is a perfect drinking hand! Not sure he has any up-down neck movement, though.

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Every time I see this cover...

...I can't help but think of this.

From 1981, Marvel Super-Heroes #101, reprinting 1972's Incredible Hulk #153, "The World, My Jury!" Written by Gary Friedrich, with extra dialogue by Roy Thomas, pencils by Dick Ayers and Herb Trimpe, inks by John Severin.

Recently captured by the Fantastic Four (with help from Spider-Man and Daredevil) the Hulk is facing trial, charged with "conspiracy against the well-being of every citizen of these United States." That's a bit much: I'd have to admit the Hulk's probably smashed up a chunk of Nevada or New Mexico, but he's never done anything to Montana or Maine...Matt Murdock comes in for the defense, feeling that the Hulk was "as much sinned against as sinning," but the deck may be stacked against him. The court date is rushed forward, possibly because the government doesn't want to give the Hulk the chance to escape, but leaving Matt little time for a defense strategy. But it feels like a show trial: with the Hulk gagged and bound during jury selection, Matt's pretty sure he's not going to get an impartial jury. (To say nothing of finding the Hulk's peers!)

While there are some protesters on the Hulk's side, the man is coming down hard on him, with General 'Thunderbolt' Ross up first to testify...which we don't actually see, at all. Instead, there's a cutaway to the Baxter Building, where current D.A. Foggy Nelson meets with Mr. Fantastic, who is fretting over the "Nega-Gamma" weapon he used to capture the Hulk: it should've turned him back into Banner, but didn't. Meanwhile, the Avengers show up in court as witnesses for the defense, but are blocked from offering any opinions. Matt is left no choice but to have the Hulk testify, but his ranting indicates he's not really competent for that. Still, the judge pushes on, until Mr. Fantastic enters the courtroom...through an airvent! He thought his Nega-Gamma might be able to cure the Hulk, which the Hulk wasn't really keen about.

Instead of curing the Hulk, though, it gives him just enough strength to escape! The prosecution is pissed, but can't prove Reed didn't just make a mistake; but Matt is pretty sure. And in the south Bronx, the Hulk...is under a pile of rubble, since his full strength hadn't returned yet.

Also this issue: A Herb Trimpe "Star Hulk" pin-up! Why...just because.

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That really doesn't seem like enough food...

We saw the previous issue a couple months back, and we're not going to get anywhere near all the way through the AvX crossover; but we'll check out another one today: from 2012, Avengers #28, written by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils by Walt Simonson, inks by Scott Hanna.

This was midway through the crossover, when Cyclops, Namor, Emma Frost, Colossus and Magik each had a piece of the Phoenix Force; and things were looking bad for the Avengers. Through the skirmishes with the mutants, the Red Hulk, former general "Thunderbolt" Ross, wonders what he brings to the proverbial table. Is he just a blunt instrument, or does his military experience give him something else to offer? Since Ross decides he can do what Captain America or Wolverine couldn't, maybe; but since he decides to assassinate Cyclops, maybe not.

Changing back to human, Ross infiltrates Utopia Island, but runs into Emma before he can kill Cyclops. Emma's mental powers shut him down, and she nearly forces Ross to slit his own throat before he Hulks out again. Facing the Phoenix Five (and Magneto, for good measure) the Red Hulk is outgunned, but they also know he would be too tough to contain or kill. They settle for sending him back to the Avengers in Wakanda, with a big 'X' carved into his chest. Still, Ross feels like Cyclops and his team just lost, by not killing him.


Since the previous issue featured Protector washing out of the team, I had half-expected this to be Red Hulk's swan song, but he wasn't out yet. Still, if you're asking yourself, what do I have to contribute? and the answer's murder; you may want to reconsider your life choices. Also, Ross's ego must be visible from space; since how could he consider his military experience the equal of Cap's? Ross lost how many campaigns against the Hulk?

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They're together to get back at Daredevil. Both of them.

I just had to search for ten minutes, because I was positive I blogged the last issue of this run for "The End" week at some point, but no dice. Well, this one's got a great cover, let's go with it: from 2013, Thunderbolts #7, "Direct Action" Written by Daniel Way, art by Phil Noto, cover by Julian Totino Tedesco.

After some hiccups, the first mission of Red Hulk's new Thunderbolts was a success; there was now some fallout to deal with. The intelligence community is scrambling for an explanation of who wiped out a bunch of previously unknown terrorists who had a previously unsuspected new superweapon; and Captain America is approached to see if he would take credit for it. Cap declines.

Nice page there. Meanwhile, in the T-Bolts' stolen sub, tensions are mounting, among other things: the Punisher and Elektra are hooking up, although neither will admit to any kind of emotional involvement, because there may literally be no emotional involvement. A jealous Deadpool is considering killing Punisher, even though Elektra wants less than nothing to do with him. And Agent Venom has learned some of Red Hulk's lies, and proposes a mutiny. While the confused (and recently resurrected by Ross) Red Leader doesn't think he's been lied to, Deadpool proposes forcing the truth out of the Red Hulk. Elektra questions this plan.

After beating down the entire team, Red Hulk changes back into former-General Ross, to explain: they're on the trail of modified gamma bombs. Ross knows the middlemen who traffic in weapons, who coincidentally are being confronted with the gamma buyer, who has turned the g-bombs into power sources for modified Crimson Dynamo suits!

I'm sure I read and enjoyed this whole run on Marvel Unlimited, but like most Thunderbolts series, I still have random issues here and there. I don't think either Elektra or the Punisher would rub their, um, "relationship" in Daredevil's face; that's not like either of them. Regardless of how funny that might be...
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Better read than Red, I think.

Is there a name for when you should re-read a book you didn't even like that much, just because you think you may have missed something, that may not be there anyway? I felt that way when I finished Hulk No More, a hardcover collection written by Jeph Loeb, with art by Ed McGuinness, Ian Churchill, and Whilce Portacio.

This was one of the books I picked up from Hastings for $2.99 a while back, and I just got around to flipping through it. I mentioned when I got that Red Hulk figure that I hadn't read any Red Hulk comics, so here we go: this contains Hulk #10-18 and #600. These stories all feature the Red Hulk, whose identity was still a secret at the time.

The good: The art is all pretty solid, but Ed McGuinness has a lot of fun in his sections. There's a Defenders reunion of sorts, as the Grandmaster and the Collector play a game, with the Collector picking the Red Hulk and his "Offenders" Tiger Shark, Baron Mordo, and Terrax the Tamer. Later, the Red Hulk puts together another team, with the Punisher, Deadpool, the Crimson Dynamo, and Elektra; three of whom would later join Red Hulk in his Thunderbolts. The Red She-Hulk makes her first appearance in these issues as well, with a couple of red herrings (so to speak!) but in retrospect her and Red Hulk's identities seem obvious. Did anyone guess right at the time?

The bad: The Red Hulk is kind of a dick. Wait, strike "kind of." He's judgmental, mean-spirited, a hypocrite and a cheat and a liar. Previous issues featured Red Hulk punching out the Watcher and beating Thor, and this book features him murdering the Defenders, then cruising around on the Silver Surfer's board with Terrax's ax. It's probably supposed to seem like a "Hell yeah!" moment, but just seems dickish. He also chases Domino around during the second portion of the book, for possibly having seen his true identity, and it very much seems like he's more than willing to murder her to protect his secret.

Also protecting the Red Hulk's secret? Jeph Loeb, since there is a scene where the Red Hulk and his secret identity are in the same place! Shades of Silver Age Superman, it was a S.H.I.E.L.D. Life Model Decoy robot, or some sort of hallucination, and a huge cheat! The Red Hulk also has some sort of boss, and may not be completely responsible for his actions, but other times seems either a loose cannon or completely devoted to his mission. And Doc Samson is turned into the villainous "Bad Doctor." I suspect he went bad just to seem worse than the Red Hulk.

I wasn't entirely impressed with this one, but that may be in part because I find the Red Hulk unlikable. We'll flip through it again some other time...
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"Red Team."

Odd that so far this year, I've picked up three red figures: Red Superman, Red Hulk, and Red She-Hulk. Red Tornado I've had for a while...

I am reading the actual Red Team comic from Garth Ennis and Craig Cermak: four members of a major crimes unit decide to murder a suspect, and as one explains, the absolute worst possible thing happens:

Detective Mellinger realizes, all too late, that even for professionals, beginner's luck is a curse...I liked the first issue, but am somewhat surprised that Ennis has this planned as a series, not a limited. Not because of the brutal realities of the comic book market in regards to non-superhero, non-big two books; but because I kinda figured Ennis would kill off all his characters inside of nine issues.
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The best "leg" plans of mice and men...

A timeline:

10-30-2008 I bought the Target exclusive Marvel Legends Union Jack. Part of the Red Hulk Build-a-figure wave, UJ runs me $9.99 plus tax. He comes with the torso piece, but I have no intention of building the Red Hulk.

12-28-2008 Marked down to clearance, I pick up Adam Warlock and Spiral for $6.98 each. That gets me a leg and a head.

12-30-2008 Possibly from the same Target location, I get Black Costume Spider-Man and Black Costume Wolverine. Also $6.98 each. Why didn't I pick them up two days ago? I could not say. Why didn't I pick up Silver Savage, the last figure I needed to complete the Red Hulk? I don't recall--it may not have been in stock, or I may have thought it would be there later. I put together the pieces of the Red Hulk that I had, minus the last leg. You can just see it, under the bumper of the Mach 5, on the third annual Year in Toys post.

05-2010 The Red Hulk's identity and origin is finally revealed in Hulk #22-23. Spoiler alert: he's General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross!

06-24-12 The Red Hulk appears on the 35th episode of Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, "Nightmare in Red."

09-23-12 Red Hulk returns in "Code Red," ironically, as a pawn of the Red Skull.

10-07-12 "The Deadliest Man Alive" culminates the Red Hulk's A:EMH appearances; as he attempts to replace the Hulk on the Avengers. His plot and identity are revealed, and the disgraced General Ross is arrested.

02-02-13 I finally get the final Red Hulk piece, the right leg that came with the Silver Savage, finally completing the Build-a-Figure.

Today: I realize, to the best of my knowledge, I have to date never actually read a comic with Red Hulk in it.

About 51 months from the first figure to completion, which I think is the slowest Build-a-Figure completion yet! For comparison, the first series DCUC Metamorpho and the recent Hasbro Marvel Legends Terrax took me 20 days start to finish. Trigon took me about a year and a month, Grodd and Ronan the Accuser over two years.

Recently, I sold some Ares BAF pieces--the head, torso, and a leg--from the Walmart exclusive wave of 2008, right about the same time as the Target exclusive Red Hulk wave. Initially, the Red Hulk figures were $15 each, but they were "corrected" to $9.99 pretty quickly, and I think clearanced out before 2009. The completed Ares figure, however, is crazy expensive. Part of that may be because it was more figures, and stronger characters: Crossbones, Kang, Guardian, Vision, Ultimate War Machine, Heroes Reborn Iron Man, Scarlet Spider, and the Human Torch. Kang was a reissue of an impossible to find Fantastic Four figure, and he and Crossbones were both pretty great.

I may consider looking at more Build-a-Figure, Collect-and-Connect figures later. None of which took this long...
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"Gamma Show."

Red Hulk is a recent arrival, sort of; but we'll talk about him on Friday.

We last saw Mordecai and Rigby interviewing for jobs as groundskeepers for Avengers Mansion. I'm sure nothing ever happens there, except maybe rotating in and out the memorial statues for whoever is currently dead. Actually, that sounds like a full-time gig.



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