Logan was the next on the list of heroes to clash with Shang-Chi, Logan was tracking Solem…or maybe he being tracked, Thanos was still making moves against the Eternals, Cable ended this run at issue 12 where the young Cable decided to return to his time, Rūna and Jane were unraveling things while Karnilla was creating life in Hel, Bullseye had taken NYC hostage as he started sniping people at random, and with Matt in prison, Electra had to deal with him (while all the heroes of NYC fail to find or stop him), Johnny did a very bad thing that caused Doom to forever (and continues to do so) change him in the Bride of Doom conclusion, Infinity Score started for Felicia as she was hired to steal the infinity gems which were people (this was happening alongside Infinite Destinies. Both event series ended with that Giant-size Black Cat: infinity Score that dropped before this), Last Annihilation continued with Doom helping out S.W.O.R.D., Sinister War continued with The Sinister Six and The Syndicate going after Spidey but Kindred is also around, Harley was freeing people from Hugo’s clutches, Huntress got a BSF special, Damian left the island for a bit and found Ra’s, who decided to help him a bit, Milestone debuted the new run for icon & Rocket, Kirk Langstrom was killed, Diana was still having Roman god problems, Clark had to stop world war fro breaking out over this Warworld tech, and Lois was in unexpected danger, a new Black Lantern appeared, Jon truly became Superman as he got his own title: Superman: Son of Kal-El, Sweet Paprika debuted, and Thunder was the focus of the final issue of DC’s Other History series.

Had to get those last two issues of Cable for those connecting covers in the second image.

Late issues and variants and issues I decided I wanted after the 21st.

Selina met Father Valley finally, Nightwing learned who Melinda Zucco was, tensions were rising in JL as Checkmate snuck into the HOJ, Wally was back with his newly rediscovered kids and things were getting back to normal (normal for a Flash at least), Booster Gold and the original Blue Beetle got a miniseries, shazam got a microseries (I’m calling a 4 issue series this just for clarity, I’m not sure if there’s a name for that already) that spun out of TT Academy, Superman and The Authority had begun (Clark had decided to give the Superman mantle to Jon since his powers were waning and he and a group of metas were poised to head to Warworld to free it from Mongol, well the new Mongol. This microserises was about him choosing that team), Laila Starr’s next issue dropped, this run of Captain Marvel got to its 30th issue so they made is extra long, Miles’ Clone Saga ended with a new friend gained, WOTBH continued, Thor got an Infinite Destinies issue, Phage was the next Extreme Carnage issue, and we entered the Last Annihilation in Guardians 16 where Dormammu wanted space as his next domain.

Demon Days poster at the end.

Mayor Nakano hired Vile, Vile was literally vile, Diana wandered the graveyard of the gods, Wally’s journey came to an end back in the present, the House of El (from Future State) got a annual on AC, wow, I forgot how much was going on in Infinite Frontier, Jessica Drew took on Lady Bullseye, political drama galore in Excalibur, Thor started a new arc (with a new artist) after all the Donald Blake chaos, Tony was stuck on a world with Ultimo on it with random others and Stilt-Man, Roxxon attempted to trap a crowd of Kamala’s Law protesters, WOTBH continued, Scream headlined the second part of Extreme Carnage (each life-foundation symbiote had an issue as Carnage attempted to control them for his plan), and Sinister War had begun (Peter had just such a rough year).

Runaways was at issue 99 before the final issue of this run and things were looking dark, America was also on its penultimate issue where she was about to learn more about her past, we got Ta-Nehisi Coates last issue of this Capt run, Hulk needed advice so he went to Betty, we got introduced to a new assassin character in WOTBH, COTA were captured but one of them had a secret that could save them, (odd online the publishing date for X-Force 21 is August 2021), the vote having ended, we got a new run of X-Men with the new team (also we had the next vote already for this year’s Gala, we’ll see in June what the new team is for 2022), for Peter, the Sinister War was brewing, Peter also got an issue of Infinite Destinies with Star guesting, the Avengers headed into an arc dubbed World War She-Hulk (not as grand as the original WWH, but a lot happened to Jen), after his defeat in Absolute Carnage, plans were being set for Extreme Carnage (an 8-part event), Signal got a BSF issue, Batman and Peacekeeper-01 continued to battle it out, the United Planets formed a grip of heroes called The United, and they came to earth, on Oa, things were very bad, only a handful of lanterns were left, Crush and Lobo’s adventure continued, Yara had to eyes of Olympus on her, Batman TAC continued and the Justice League TAS also got a comic continuation called Justice League Infinity.

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Capt wa unsure of Shang-Chi’s intentions (as were other heroes), the Eternals still were dealing with Thanos before it was too late (spoilers, too late happened), there was a lot going on in Daredevil, Black Cat got an Infinite Destinies issue (though this was the last issue but the some of the previous issues hadn’t even come out yet, so I had to wait a couple months before getting to this), we got the Chameleon Conspiracy ending which would change things, Durge the bounty hunter (from the original Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series that preceded the CGI Star Wars: The Clone Wars series) made his comic debut in this Doctor Aphra issue, we got an origin issue for Father Valley (the bounty hunter hired to kill Selina), Infinite Frontier got a special that was styled as Mr. Bones’ secret files on the character in the story (he was going through a bit of multiversal paranoia at the time), Green Arrow got its 80th Anniversary issue, and we got the next SWI issue.

Cable 7 was very very late from January (though that might have also been because I ordered it late and my store just had to track down and issue, I ‘cant remember now.), Star Wars 12 was from March and Laila Starr wasn’t actually so late, but it arrived after a lot else in June.

These were variants of DC’s Pride issue that I liked, of Crush & Lobo 1, and of Demon Days: Mariko from earlier in June. Plus the Harley Black, White and Red collected edition.

Grundy visited Harley, Damian and Conner Hawke got acquainted, the Bat-pack learned the new Red X’s identity, There was tension between Atlantis and the other countries with Warworld looming, Clark and Jon were dealing with shadow creatures, Diana got back to Olympus only to find it in ruins and the gods slain, Checkmate got a new run spinning out of the Leviathan event (all the world’s greatest detectives worked together in secret), the Infinite Frontier miniseries started (this series would lead to the next big event for DC which is starting very soon. Darkseid was making his move after being hidden from everyone since the end of DKDM when he killed The Quintessence. A group of powerful beings in the DC universe, including Hera, Highfather, Ganthet, Phantom Stranger, Spectre, and The Wizard.), The new Guardians configuration continued to move forward, Carol and Stephen’s fling continued, Vader and IG-88 had conflict, Deadpool tried to crash the Gala, a new run of Gamma Flight spun out of Immortal Hulk, and Marvel Voices released their Pride special.