Maestro got a new run, the next rounds of Phoenix’s contest happened, Thor took on Knull (Oh, by the way, in KIB 1, everything went badly, all the Valkyrie’s were slaughtered Sentry was beaten in a second, and earth fell very quickly after that), Felicia had some Toxin fun, Rogol had survived into the time of the LoSH and came to finish what he started, we got a FS for Clark (this is similar to what’s happening in present day with Clark), and we got FS Immortal Wonder Woman which was very good.

Ochi tested Vader, we got a Chris Claremont special, Leader’s plans had come to fruition, Spidey was still having a bad time of things after Last Remains, Gwen’s MJ got taken by Knull and made into Carnage, KIB was just generally doing quite well, in DC they began the era of Future State (this was a time where all titles got paused and they focused on stories in the potential future of DC. Some of which would come to pass, others wouldn’t. This lasted for a couple months. I didn’t really know what they were doing, I thought all of this was a kind of Elseworld event and none of it really mattered if it was all potential futures, so I didn’t get a lot of them beyond characters I always enjoy), the first of these were Justice League, with these younger generations having taken over (which is basically what they are about to start with “killing off” the JL in JL 75), Dark Detective, and Kara Zor-El Superwoman (this one I liked the most I think because it was more accurate to what I thought Future State would be, either solely potentially or far enough in thee future that the story didn’t matter, whereas a lot of FS was set in the near future).

Hmm, online it says Juggernaut 5 came out Feb 10, I guess I didn’t make a lone photo for it.

Juggernaut had is final issue, Miles and Starling had a day together, Thor was still stuck while Blake raged, Korvac had his plans, Eternals got a new run, Last Remains got an epilogue issue, The Valkyries returned (one new and others of old, including the 616 version of the MCU Valkyrie whose name we didn’t know yet), the Guardians issue of KIB happens before he gets to earth (the pandemic plus general publishing issues made it so all the events of 2020 and some of 2021 were all out of order), Star Wars had begun its High Republic age across all mediums, we got the finale of Dark Knights: Death Metal where we learned Diana’s fate, and because of that event, we got Generations (a two-part mini event right before Future State), and we got the first issue of Wonder Woman with the new Wonder Woman.

The issue of Symbiote Spider-Man below came out on this day but was a week late, but I wasn’t going to have it in its own post.

We got a Ghost Rider special, Cyclops and the others had things to do after XoS, Wolverine got its 350th issue, the Avengers event “Enter the Phoenix” started and she was looking for a host so she made a game of it this time, Tony and Victor got another crossover series during KIB, Namor had a bad time during the invasion, Last Remains ended for Peter but he was forever changed , we got the origin of Clownhunter, we got the Endless Winter finale, we got another TFTDM featuring the original Dark Knights Metal event and we got an issue showing the DKDM war in The Last 52: War of the Multiverse.

Another DWM issue and Jinny Hex got a one-shot on December 29.

IDW published a miniseries depicting the history of comic books, Maestro continued his road to ruler, Excalibur was left changed after the events of XoS, Sin-Eater took on the Order of the Web, the KIB took over very easily, Jessica had to deal with a symbiote dragon, Actions Comics saw the end of the House of Kent event and would be on a break for three months, Nakano became mayor of Gotham and banned vigilantes, with this JLD Endless Winter issue, this run of JLD ended, We got another DKDM special, and this run of Batman Beyond ended at issue 50.

X-Force had Omega Red problems, Deadpool had some bone beast problems, Red Hulk returned in Capt 26, The Thing and Hulk tried not to smash each other, Tony and Helcat did their best, Kamala had C.R.A.D.L.E. problems, Felicia was dropped into the KIB invasion, Hulk wasn’t happy about it either, Vader met a funky-looking creature deep within Mustafar, Selina found some new allies, Superman and Synmar’s battle ended, we got parts 4-6 of Endless Winter, there was one more TFTDM issue featuring COIE’s, and we got the beginning of the final fight in Dark Knights: Death Metal with Diana leading the charge against the Darkest Knight and his Multiverse Who Laughs.

Endless Winter Parts 1 and 3 arrived, and a couple DWM issues did too.

Carol was still in this alternate future, Avengers 39 gave us a flashback to the first human host of The Phoenix before it arrived on earth in present day to search for a new host, Kindred went after other people Peter cared about, Peter Quill died, but then he went elsewhere, this began the story of his journey before a brand new Guardians story in 4 issues time, S.W.O.R.D. got a new run in the Krakoan age as big moves were being planned, KIB invasion continued, the mini event Endless Winter started the previous week but the issue was late but issue 2 came on time, we got another TFTDM featuring Flashpoint, and we got a DKDM special with the hero team preparing for the final battle with a lot of big moments, DC got a holiday special, and we got a mini comic called Heroes at Home parts of which had been sprinkled in other issues as variant covers or mini stories at the end of issues I think, this was just them collected.

After this are many posters.

I felt this KIB poster needed a color tone change, so I made it so.

I just really loved this art. I have the issue for this cover as well (it’ll be in 2021’s second post).

Bruce had to find Ghost-Maker before he killed Clownhunter and Harley even though Clownhunter was already trying to kill Harley, Tom King had ended his run and wanted to continue the story he wanted to tell, so he started this Batman/Catwoman title that showed what could have happened if the wedding had happened and what he would have written (unless stated somewhere, Black Label stories are Elseworld stories, which are like the “What If…?” ones Marvel does), we got another TFTDM story, Miles and co.’s final battle with Ultimatum happened, Matt killed someone and went to jail as Daredevil, Donald Blake was back, Thor was stuck and Blake wanted vengeance on everyone, the Champions were still on the run with a mole on the team, and finally, Knull, The King in Black had arrived on earth, and the world was certainly not ready, the Atlantis Attacks storyline finally ended during Knull’s invasion, The Union started during the invasion, and Knull got a Marvel Tales issue.