Ric had an encounter with Joker’s daughter.., Brainiac had issues with the Legion of Doom, the Teen Titans deal with their secrets, Barry and Bruce have issues, vampires were messing with the Avengers, oh, I guess Logan was also on the outside from the Age of X-Man, Spidey was dealing with a new villain from a bygone age which wasn’t so bygone as one would think, Miles worked with Steve and Rhino, Natasha was having good times in Madripoor dealing with human traffickers, OM Quill was back on Earth not liking what he was seeing, Hulkeverines started, Nightcrawler got his own run during the AOX, No Road Home continued with this new villain of darkness and such, and Logan was busy with returning and Infinity Watch.

I wished a Happy 5 Years to Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan). And Farewell to G. Willow Wilson as being part of the creative team. This is what I wrote to G. Willow Wilson, Sana Amanat, Jamie McKelvie, Adrian Alphono, Saladin Ahmed and Minkyu Jung back then:

I’m a bit late on this post but it’s been a convention weekend. Here they are. I’m only missing the other hardcovers.Thank you all for all of this utter magic. Kamala Khan’s been amazing through you all Ms. Marvel had me at Page 1. From here to here. In these 5 years, I have enjoyed watching Kamala grow and change and understand herself and the world around her more and more. She has become a leader and has begun to truly understand how her powers work. Issue 38 was lovely. I enjoyed all Ms. Marvel’s guest artists. And I am excited to see what is to come from Saladin Ahmed and Minkyu Jung. Also, in the first photos: I added Captain Marvel 14, then the mostly official Ms. Marvel merch below all the issues and also in the top right corner. Again, thank you all.

And of course by now, there have been even more issues and merch. I will probably do another post when we get to the decade anniversary in 2024.

Hawkman vs the Deathbringers (that issue 3 was there because I had forgotten to get it when it came out and only noticed hen I was reading an issue an realized I’d missed one), Darkseid’s plans falling into place, Beast Boy hulks out, Jon Kent return properly and is a bit out of control, the Wonder Twins start as interns at the Hall of Justice in a new run for them, The rice continues with a character didn’t expect since I thought this was connected to something else entirely, Batman Who Laughs continues with his origin story, the Runaways rock some evil duds as they must pretend to be the evil offspring their parent had hoped they’d become, Thor and Odin have bonding time, Captain Marvel’s arc this run was one of time and a future in a bubble that would eventually spawn a new villain for the Marvel universe, Next Gen started within the Age of X-Man, Dooku got a one-shot, Avengers No Road Home started (basically like a sequel event to No Surrender), Ironheart still figuring things out, and finally, Ms. Marvel had its 57th issue which both celebrated 5 years of Kamala, and the departure of G. Willow Wilson being on the creative team. I added that photo at the end to have her first and last issue of her co-created character’s book. There will be a post celebrating Ms. Marvel’s first 5 years later. I had a convention that weekend, so it took a while to get to arranging and taking the photos. The second photo is of variants.

Deathstroke escaped…, Oliver and Dinah were in trouble, Harley had an adventure with Batman, Female Furies got a miniseries, The Price mini event started, WOTR was two months away, Laura and Gabby were having differences of opinion about certain clones, Tony was still reeling from all the brotherly love, Champions were having drama, Daredevil started a new run, Old Man Quill started, oh, that’s right, Cyclops was one of the mutants not brought into the Age of X-Man and the world thought they’d all died in Uncanny X-Men, while in Marvelous X-Men things were quite odd, Anakin got a one-shot and that second image is of that week’s Unnatural but I had already piled the comics before seeing I missed one for the photo. And the last photo is of the variants.

Frank hunting Zemo in Bagalia, Capt in trouble with the law, Unstoppable Wasp dealt with something very real in this arc and I love that they went there, Marvel Boy returns in West Coast Avengers, the Age of X-Man began (this is the big even right before the Age of Krakoa, a familiar situation had unfolded), Doctor Strange got his 400th issue, Exiles got a little break, Kamala felt the love from her friends and community, Raven was having a time, Damian and Red Hood had issues, Diana was traveling with creature of myth and had to bring them to the city, Leviathan had started to rise in Action Comics, the Justice League were at the Source Wall, Flash learned more about the other Forces, and things were still being questioned in Heroes in Crisis.

Sideways in trouble, Teen Titans found their way into the Batcave, More into J’onn and Lex’s connection, Shazam visits the Funlands, Naomi got her first issue of her first run, a returned Logan isn’t doing so well, Moon Girl and Doctor Strange have an adventure, and in Hulk…The One Below All, a new Cyclops perhaps?, a look into the earth’s first Iron Fist from 1,000,000 BC, Guardians got a new run (oh hey it’s Cosmic Ghost Rider in present day! His story is a bit all over the place).

Second photo is of the variants.

Another un-posted photo (now that I think about it, the way I’m searching for these on my twitter might make these supposed un-posted photos not show up for some reason, but I’m not sure).

Selina was busy with things, the Otherkind made themselves known in JLD, Hawkman discovered a Kryptonian past incarnation of himself (as he was being bounced all over time and space in the minds of his past selves during this run), at this time, Superboy (Jon Kent) had aged up after having a lot happen to him over lost years, Flash met the Sage Force avatar, we met the Grim Knight in Batman Who Laughs next issue, Kid Loki was scheming in Asgardians of the Galaxy, The Age of the Republic got its one-shot, Black Widow got a new run, X-Man was doing crazy stuff in Uncanny X-Men (getting ready for an event), Riri was getting used to her new suit, and Doom was getting an upgrade.

Ric Grayson isn’t exactly back o being Dick but he’s helping out the Nightwings group when he can, Professor Pyg drops by in Batman, Hawkgirl vs Hawkgirl and J’onn discovers secret connections between him and Lex Luthor in JL, we got a new run for Young Justice which saw the return of the original Superboy from the 90’s and the introductions of Jinny Hex and Teen Lantern, there had been a lot happening in recent issues of Squirrel Girl and this issue explained why, Miles was trying to balance things in his life, Captain Marvel started a new run, and so did Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, we got another Web of Venom issue, and Jango Fett got a one-shot.

Harley still having trouble on Apokolips, the JL Odyssey team was having problems too, Titans met Mother Blood, Aphrodite visited Diana, Heroes in Crisis had two suspects, Obi-Wan got a one-shot, Mojo got involved in Mr. and Mrs. X, Alex Wilder back from the dead in Runaways, we got a miniseries called Man Without Fear where we saw various characters reactions to a city without Daredevil, Infinity Wars was almost over, and Champions got a new run with that larger roster.