Fantastic Four 207

Fantastic Four 207

Jun 1979

Might of the Monocle!

by Marv Wolfman, Sal Buscema, Joe Sinnott, John Costanza, Barry Grossman

Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, while hypnotized, flies to the Baxter Building. He breaks into the vault and steals top secret plans for the manufacture of weapons. He takes the plans back and hands them over to the guards and then goes back to bed. 

Peter Parker gets his first assignment from Barney Bushkin, his new boss, the editor of the Daily Globe. Peter goes to Security University where he runs into Johnny Storm. 

The Monocle takes note of Peter Parker and has special arrangements made for him to prevent him from interfering with his plans. Peter finds out later that night that he’s been locked in his room in the dorm. He breaks out through the window and follows hypnotized students as they are bussed to an Army base. 

Kane (1993) 11

Kane (1993) 11

Oct 1995

Living in a Problem Neighbourhood 

by Paul Grist

Captain Dexter makes Kane and Lovett work together on a murder investigation. Marsh, Lovett’s regular partner, is on leave. Dexter doesn’t care about whatever bad blood there is between his Kane and Lovett. 

The murder victim was forced to drink bleach. They have a suspect. Lovett wants to question the suspect. Kane thinks they should canvas the neighborhood. Kane does the canvassing and finds out that Danny Brody, one of Oscar Darke’s men, was seen near the house where the murder occurred on the night in question. 

They bring Brody in for questioning. He talks. He tells them exactly who did it, the cleaning lady at Core, Darke’s club. They catch her. She confesses. They are forced to let Brody go. 

Batman 328 (2)

Batman 328

Oct 1980

A Tale of Time Past

by Marv Wolfman, Don Newton, Kim De Mulder, Adrienne Roy, Milt Snadinn, Paul Levitz

Batman helps Commissioner Gordon solve a decades old mystery. It involves the murder of Hank Weber, a childhood friend of Gordon. The murderer was caught by Gordon but the jewels he stole from Weber were never found.

Thoughts

Hank Weber was murdered 35 years before Batman steps in to help Commissioner Gordon find the missing jewelry, according to Gordon. 

Fantastic Four 206

Fantastic Four 206

May 1979

The Death of… the Fantastic Four!

by Marv Wolfman, Keith Pollard, Joe Sinnott, John Costanza, Barry Grossman

Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Girl, and the Thing (all captured by the Skrulls in the previous issue) are sentenced to death. The Skrulls use a ray beam that will cause them to age rapidly over the course of the next three days. The trio breaks out of the prison where the Skrulls have them locked up, steal a spaceship, and try to make it back to Xandar.

Queen Adora mourns over the failing health of Tanak, her lover. Miraculously he recovers from his ailments thanks to the work of Master Xar. Adora is moved to tears of joy at Tanak’s return to health.

Kane (1993) 10

Kane (1993) 10

Jul 1995

Heart

by Paul Grist

Kane and Kate Felix investigate the shooting of Oscar Darke. The television news delves into Darkes’ past and talks to people who knew him (NEPD Captain Weller, ‘Mad Jack’ MacMadden, Ed Rizzoli, New Eden Mayor Conrad Dyson). 

Kane and Felix find the shooter but she gets away. It isn’t clear how she got away but she left behind a wig. The issue ends with the television news reporting that Oscar Darke is still alive, following surgery, and in stable condition. 

Batman 328 (1)

Batman 328

Oct 1980

Double Jeopardy 

by Marv Wolfman, Irv Novick, Frank McGlaughlin, Adrienne Roy, Ben Oda, Paul Levitz

Carl Ternion taunts Batman by sending him a reel of film in which he admits to having killed two men and gotten away with it. Batman immediately leaps into action to try and figure out what the truth of the matter is and why Carl Ternion would make such an outrageous claim. He suspects that Ternion is setting a trap for him and he finds one but at the end of the story the mystery still has yet to be solved. Ternion is still a free man and Batman still has not figured out what Carl Ternion’s secret is. 

Terry and the Pirates (30.C)

Vol. 5: 1943-1944

By Milton Caniff

The Lost Girl

Feb 15 - Aug 27, 1943

This is the fourth of twelve stories in what Carl Horak, author of the Terry and the Pirates Companion, considers to be the fourth era of Caniff’s run on the strip. This era began in late Jan 1942 and ran through early Nov 1945 and is called The War Years in the companion book.

The Wikipedia article on Terry and the Pirates breaks the entire series down into 60 arcs. It breaks this arc down into the following arcs:

41 - "Terry Joins Up" (2/20/43 to 3/21/43)

42 - "Escape" (3/22/43 to 5/16/43)

43 - "Amnesia" (5/17/43 to 8/29/43)

06/29/23

May 17-19, 1943 - Taffy, still unconscious, is taken to a private home away from the eyes of all the servicemen who are eager to make her acquaintance.

How can they say she has amnesia if she is still unconscious? Wouldn’t they have to talk to her to determine if she knows who she is?

Terry and the Pirates (30.B)

Terry and the Pirates (30)

Vol. 5: 1943-1944

By Milton Caniff

The Lost Girl

Feb 15 - Aug 27, 1943

This is the fourth of twelve stories in what Carl Horak, author of the Terry and the Pirates Companion, considers to be the fourth era of Caniff’s run on the strip. This era began in late Jan 1942 and ran through early Nov 1945 and is called The War Years in the companion book.

The Wikipedia article on Terry and the Pirates breaks the entire series down into 60 arcs. It breaks this arc down into the following arcs:

41 - "Terry Joins Up" (2/20/43 to 3/21/43)

42 - "Escape" (3/22/43 to 5/16/43)

43 - "Amnesia" (5/17/43 to 8/29/43)

05/30/23

Mar 22-24, 1943 - Rouge asks that Terry and Flip come see her. They do but they don’t show her any compassion despite the fact that she is desperate because she has been condemned to death.

Terry and the Pirates (30.A)

Vol. 5: 1943-1944

By Milton Caniff 

 

The Lost Girl

Feb 15 - Aug 27, 1943

This is the fourth of twelve stories in what Carl Horak, author of the Terry and the Pirates Companion, considers to be the fourth era of Caniff’s run on the strip. This era began in late Jan 1942 and ran through early Nov 1945 and is called The War Years in the companion book. 

The Wikipedia article on Terry and the Pirates breaks the entire series down into 60 arcs. It breaks this arc down into the following arcs:

41 - "Terry Joins Up" (2/20/43 to 3/21/43)

42 - "Escape" (3/22/43 to 5/16/43)

43 - "Amnesia" (5/17/43 to 8/29/43)

05/07/23

Feb 15-17, 1943 - Flip arrives back at the air base and is reunited with Taffy. Rouge gets turned over to the Chinese military because of the assistance she provided to the Japanese military.

That was a fairly abrupt end to the previous arc. One read of the situation is that the previous arc is not over yet. I could go either way on this and am happy to say that this is the beginning of the next arc.