Mars 9

Mars 9

Sep 1984

World War III: The Addiction!

by Mark Wheatley, Marc Hempel, Kathryn Mayer, Mike Gold

Milos organizes an army of Martians against the small group of Morgana and her friends. The human group fights back with collars that allow them to project illusions. The Martian forces don’t fare well. They don’t realize that the creatures they are fighting aren’t real.

Milos enters the fray as he fears his forces will be defeated. Morgana leaves the battle to look for Fawn whom she fears is in danger. Milos is killed. The Martian forces are defeated. Morgana and Fawn, thinking that their side has lost, depart the area without verifying what they fear may have transpired. 

Steve Canyon (8)

Vol. 1: 1947-1948

by Milton Caniff

Plantation Sabotage 

Sep 4 - Nov 3, 1948

12/24/25

Sep 4, 1948 - Steve and Happy wash up on a beach, too tired to do anything. Nearby the sound of a radio program that is being broadcast from beneath a beach umbrella reaches them.

Ms. Tree in Eclipse Magazine 2

Eclipse Magazine 2

Jul 1981

I, for an Eye

Chapter Two: One Grave for My Tears

by Max Allan Collins, Terry Beatty

8 pages

Chick Steele, Mike Tree’s old partner from his time on the force, offers to find the killer but Ms. Tree intends to do that herself. It is back to business as usual once Mike has been buried. Ms. Tree takes over the detective agency but Roger, one of the agency’s detectives, quits because he doesn't want to work for a woman. Dan, the other remaining detective, doesn’t feel the same and sticks around.

Human Target (2003) 5

Human Target (2003) 5

Feb 2004

Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Part Two: The Strike Zone

by Peter Milligan, Javier Pulido, Javier Rodriguez, Clem Robbins, Karen Berger

Chance gets coached by McGee in hitting. He studies videotape of Larry hitting and in the next game he hits two homeruns. Things are looking up for Larry but then the mob steps in again. They threaten to expose the fact that Larry had been using illegal steroids. 

Larry refuses to play ball with the mob so they send someone to his home. Alisha, Larry’s wife, is murdered. Chance deals with the mobsters but then finds letters that indicate Alisha maybe was having an affair with Ruben Valdez. He destroys all the evidence and then tells the ball team’s managers that he was unable to figure out why Valdez committed suicide. 

Mars 8

Mars 8

Aug 1984

World War II: Old-Timer’s Disease

by Mark Wheatley, Marc Hempel, Kathryn Mayer, Mike Gold

Everyone gets sick. Morgana sorts through recordings from past missions to Mars looking for information that will help them find the cure. She finds something and it leads her to the answer. 

Thoughts

The story still feels like it is moving too fast. I'm still not getting this story. I don't just mean that I don't understand it but that it isn't entertaining me or making me think. It feels rushed, but I'm not sure why. 

The Spirit 500

The Spirit 500

Dec 25, 1949

Reprinted in The Spirit (1983) 52

Feb 1989

The Christmas Spirit

by Will Eisner

7 pages

Santa Claus explains why gifts were delivered late on Christmas Eve. He went out before Christmas to make last minute updates to his list of what people (children and adults) wanted for Christmas. A bump on the head caused him to lose his memory. Eventually he remembered who he was but it wasn’t until 11 PM on Dec 24. 

Sgt Rock in Our Army at War 83

Our Army at War 83

Jun 1959

The Rock and the Wall!

by Robert Kanigher, Joe Kubert

11 pages

Joe Wall, a veteran who used to be with a different unit, joins Easy Company. He’s a real tough guy and proves it in battle but he doesn’t get why everyone else in Easy Company looks up to Sgt Rock. His opinion of Rock changes after they team up. The Wall stumbles but Rock is there and helps him out.

Human Target (2003) 4

Human Target (2003) 4

Jan 2004

Take Me Out to the Ballgame, Part One: The Set-Up Man

by Peter Milligan, Javier Pulido, Javier Rodriguez, Clem Robbins, Karen Berger

Christopher Chance is hired by a major league baseball team to find out why Ruben Alfredo Valdez, one of their star players, killed himself. Chance impersonates Larry McGee, an African-American ball player who is in danger of being traded by New York to another team. 

This issue ends with Chance finding out that he is going to have to play in a game as McGee, which really makes him nervous. 

The Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1982) 4

The Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1982) 4

Feb 1983

Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself…!!

by Bill Mantlo, Rick Leonardi, Ian Akin, Brain Garvey, Janice, George Roussos, Mark Gruenwald

A man dressed in white, his face obscured by a hood, visits Bova the cow-woman in her cabin on Wundagore Mountain. He seeks information. He leaves once she has told him the names of the children that were entrusted to her years before. 

Scarlet Witch and Vision arrive on the Moon. Quicksilver and Crystal greet them, as do Crystal’s relatives (Medusa, Black Bolt, Karnak, Gorgon). They originally intended to bring Nuklo with them but he has been healed of his deadly curse. The doctors of Attilan, instead, examine and repair the Vision’s partially severed arm.

Mars 7

Mars 7

Jul 1984

World War I

by Mark Wheatley, Marc Hempel, Kathryn Mayer, Mike Gold

20 pages

Morgana and Vanessa get everyone to detox. Winston has the toughest time with the detox process. He escapes while he is detoxifying. Morgana and Josh chase after him. 

Fawn spends most of this chapter on the run from some wolf-like creatures. The creatures finally catch up to her about the same time that she catches up to Morgana and Josh, which is not long after they have caught up to Winston. 

Fawn explains the the creatures were sent by Milos, who wants to kill them all.

Ms. Tree in Eclipse Magazine 1

Eclipse Magazine 1

May 1981

Ms. Tree: I, for an Eye

Chapter One: The Girl in the Red Wedding Dress

by Max Allan Collins, Terry Beatty

Ms. Tree tells the story of how she met and married private investigator Mike Tree. Her first name is also Michael. She was a police officer when they met. They met when she gave him a parking ticket. She leaves the police department to work with him. Eventually they got married but he was murdered while they were on their honeymoon.