Task Force Z 5 welcomed Two-Face, Deathstroke was enjoying his time in his kingdom, Robin and the other contestants were decompressing after all the drama was over, Titan’s Tower was down, Mongul was making an example out of Clark, Shang-Chi started a new arc, Silk went to a Luna Snow concert and trouble presented itself by the way of a witch, the Last of the Marvels arc ended with Captain Marvel #170, Tony was doing what he thought was right but his friends weren’t so sure, Miles and Shift had their final battle against the Assessor and Quantum, Ghost Rider got a new run, we got the final issue of Phoenix Song: Echo, some John Walker in Villains for Hire, more Carnage in Carnage Forever which would roll into the next Carnage run, and Ms. Marvel met herself?

Another issue that was late that I got two weeks later when I picked up my net batch of issues. This was the final issue of High Republic Adventures.

Nightwing bonded with Jon when he was younger and thus, he was available to mentor Jon as he was struggling, we got the penultimate issue of Nubia and the Amazons as the Medusa storyline was closing, the Anti-Guardian was destroying Oa, Wally’s kids came to save the day, we got the final issue of this Supergirl run, the 2022 issue of Marvel Voices: Legacy dropped, the X-Men found that M.O.D.O.K. was up to no good, Eddie met with others of his ilk, Thor got some backup against this God of Hammers but it wasn’t enough, although the end of this issue changed everything for Thor, we got a new Iron Fist in both run and character, Omega Red and Logan kept meeting in various times battling it out, and the Reckoning War continued in this FF issue.

Photo two is of the variant for this Marvel Voices Legacy issue that came later. Again, didn’t want a lone post just for it.

Printing was still (and is still) very off since Wonder Woman returned in her title in October 2021 and only at this point did Justice League get to that point in the canon with this annual, DC gave us a Valentine’s Day special, Psycho Pirate was starting to lose control, the Batgirls were still hiding from the false Oracle, Jon was trying to save the creature and save the city, MTG gave me one of my favorite variants ever, Maestro got a new run (the third run in this trilogy arc), Kate, her sister and Lucky had some explosions to run from in the penultimate issue of this run, everyone was getting over the Shadow King crisis, Moira was on the run, the mutants who didn’t win the election had a mission of their own in a new title called Secret X-Men, the Avengers continued to battle their multiversal foes, Vader continued to search for Crimson Dawn hidden within the Empire, I got this Moon Knight issue because it was a Devil’s Reign tie-in, speaking of that, it continued with its antepenultimate issue.

DC gave us a new character called Monkey Prince (he first showed up in another comic recently and now got his own title), the tower needed its pirate, Bruce found Batman Inc., Justice League Incarnate was on its penultimate issue and things were going badly, Star Wars gave us the Galactic Starcruiser Halcyon Legacy title (which showed us the past and present of a specific ship from Star Wars history. It was inspired from a new SW experience at Disney Parks), Crimson Dawn’s tendrils were everywhere, Warbird’s past was revealed in the MARVELS, Shang-Chi met his grandfather and things did not go well, after a while with no new information Non-Stop Spider-Man mutated into Savage Spider-Man as a new run started, continuing the story from the last run, we met the Goblin Queen, Sabretooth got his own title where we learned what had happened to him since being the only mutant to be imprisoned almost since day 1 of Krakoa (basically, he’s been planning), Electra had Kraven problems, we finally got a story that had been hinted at 15 years ago with the FF event Reckoning War, got the next Sweet Paprika (I’d been getting all the variants), and got the next issue of SWI.

Posters to follow.

Batman/Catwoman got a special, Jason was not happy about working with zombies, Harley had to save her friend and the city, Yara’s miniseries came to an end before the Trial began, Robin had to deal with his family drama, the new Red X’s identity was revealed, Wally had to deal with an Eclipso-controlled JLD, Clark and some of the Authority were surviving on Warworld (though everyone was having a very bad time in general, those who were still alive), Detective Comics got to issue 1050 as the villain responsible for how Arkham Tower functioned was revealed, the Cowboy Bebop Netflix series got a comic series, Mary-Jane and Black Cat had an adventure (loved this issue), while Peter had the help of Black cat and Captain America to get him back into fighting form, Tony returned to earth and had some ideas for using his new power cosmic to make the world a better place whether people liked it or not, Thor hit its 747th issue as the God of Hammer hit Thor (a lot), plus we got its origin, in Black Panther’s 200th issue, T’Challa visited Ororo on Arakko, the Death of Doctor Strange saw its last issue as the mystery was solved, the threat was stopped and things went back to normal-ish, Devil’s Reign continued, Robbie was on an earth with Black Skull ruling, and we got the X Deaths of Wolverine’s first issue (X Lives and X Deaths alternated while the story flowed through both titles).

Batgirls 2 was late, the A cover for Savage Avengers final issue was late and one of the variants for Star Wars 20 was the only one they could get. I still don’t have the A cover for that.

Rocket was not impressed by Static, Jon and his boyfriend were trying to combat broader threats when a rather large problem presented itself, John Stewart was becoming something else, Nightwing got a new suit and still had a lot of problems to deal with at once, Huntress was undercover in Arkham Tower but also, she needed help, Catwoman started a new arc back in Gotham, Nubia had more monstrous problems, this Supergirl run was almost over, Banner continued his dive off the deep end, Ben Reilly had some damage to his memories and the results were not good (don’t worry, things only got worse after this), Dylan Brock was still on the run, Miles and Shift started their attack on the Assessor’s compound, Earth 616 got introduced to the new Masters of Evil in Avengers as they attacked Avengers Mountain ad Starbrand has some surprises up her sleeve (that even she didn’t know about), Maya continued to face the Adversary, the Eternals problems continued, Devil’s Reign continued, the X Lives of Wolverine (and next week the X Deaths of Wolverine) event began as Logan was sent back into the minds of his past selves to save Xavier from being killed by Omega Red, Ben Reilly got a title set in the past, Silk got a new run, She-Hulk got a new run (with amazing Jen Bartel A Covers), and the Masked Raider’s identity was revealed as the Defenders traveled through every previous cosmos till the beginning of the first and they witnessed the eternal war between light and dark (there are so many great splash pages from this issue, they’ll be on my comic panel IG) for this title’s final issue.

Another villain was looking to take Ivy’s spot as most toxic villain, Arkham Tower looked legit, we got the Justice League vs Legion of Super heroes event started, Star Wars gave us a title about a major character in the HR novels, Dark Ages continued, the FF had quite an eventful day in court and poor Johnny still couldn’t turn off, Kate’s troubles rose, we got the Wastelanders Black Widow issue, Electra got a title spinning out of Daredevil called Woman Without Fear, Otto got a team of variant Otto’s in his own title during Devil’s Reign called Superior Four, Marvel Voices Heritage dropped which focused on Native American/Indigenous People’s characters, Savage Avengers ended its fantastic run at issue 28 (though a new run with a new cast starts soon), and Ms Marvel was having problems with her powers plus hallucinating.

We got the C&L final issue, Batman got a new villain named Abyss, while Bruce was out of town, we got the Shadows of the Bat period of time which also started the story of Arkham Tower and it’s inevitable fall, Darkseid made moves on the JL Incarnate, Marit Lage had arrived in MTG, an old friend was recruited in The MARVELS, we got Wastelanders Doom, this run of Shang-Chi ended (and another started soon after. Personally I don’t know why all these runs could be made into one run with the creative teams swapping. It’s just odd that one miniseries ends and another begins almost immediately.), we got a new mutant persona called Captain Krakoa, we got a flashback story from Natasha as she remembered her first time facing The Living Blade, before facing him again, Thor continued to struggle against this “new” god, Otto was causing trouble, the Avengers and Guardians join the fight in Last of the Marvels with Carol, the Darkhold event ended, Inferno continued, and Kang’s special named Timeless dropped.

Posters below. So happy the Jen Bartel She-Hulk cover got a poster! She didn’t even know it had been made into a poster! She tweeted at me in surprise when she saw my post.

Deadshot returned (to be honest, when I read the previous issue, I couldn’t remember when he died), Dinah and Slade, adventure continued, the Lazarus Demon had risen, the TT Academy wasn’t long for this wold, Clark was in chains as his team were taken down with ease, Wally and JLD had Eclipso problems, Bruce dealt with the aftermath of Fear State the only way he could, we got the Power Rangers Universe title fro BOOM! Studios, Wastelanders Starlord dropped, Fisk’s fury continued in Devil’s Reign, Peter was compelled to help people even though he had barely recovered, the mystery behind Stephen’s death carried on, and more Sweet Paprika.