This week was when DC villains who accepted Luthor’s offer got their Dark Gifts. Darkseid got a lot of his power back, the Outsiders had to deal with Ras, Batman and Mr. Freeze had beef, Captain Cold took on Barry and did decently well, Cheetah used her Dark Gift against Diana, the mystery of the leader of Leviathan begins, Spider-Man meets the Sinister Syndicate, Stephen was having a magical time and it wasn’t good, Carol was still figuring things out after the big revelation, Hulk and The Thing continued to brawl, Riri took a trip to Wakanda, Loki messed with Tony, Silver Surfer’s infection spread, Gwenpool got a new run, The Age of Krakoa continued, and the Life Foundation symbiotes and Scream were being tempted by Carnage.

Detective Comics 1000 variants in photo two.

The 1930’s and 1950’s-1980’s Detective Comics 1000 variants. : )

There were multiversal Green Lantern adventures with Hal, Harley got some upgrades (from Lex I think she accepted his offer for a bit), Jericho came for his father, the Justice League had some Starro issues, Sinestro was using his new Lantern powers, Bane goes for Batman again trying to repeat his previous record of breaking Bruce’s back, Black Cat has some magical fun, Matt is trying not to be Daredevil, Cosmic Ghost Rider visits his past self in Frank’s past, Susan was in Natasha’s cross-hairs, Aero was learning about her powers, Sam was a black helmet Nova, Agents of Atlas got a new run, the Future Foundation got a new run (other than Sue, Reed and their kids, the Future Foundation was with them), House of X issue 2 dropped and Absolute Carnage’s debut happened.

Variants in photo two followed by posters.

So much fantastic art! Love the action figure variants! And yes that Thor issue came with old-school 3-D glasses.

A couple annuals, a Batman Secret Files issue within City of Bane (I forgot to mention, this event has a few HUGE things that changed the Batman world forever), the Batman Who Laughs final issue revealing all, the the Sequel era got a one-shot, an alien was hunting the Venom symbiote, we got a history lesson in FN Spider-Man, Victor went Doom? The Thing has only a certain amount of time to be in his human form once a year, the Hulk interrupted that, Carol and Kamala team up in the next arc of Marvel Team-up, and we got issue 1 of Powers of X (10).

Mister Thunderbolt was causing havoc in Dial H for Hero, Rose&Thorn showed up to give Clark trouble (she actually had a crazy arc during all of this that ended very surprisingly, I really enjoyed her character during it all), more villains got Offers, Flash ended his time in the past learning from it and his potential future in this run’s 75th issue, JLD needed to find someone new to dawn Nabu’s helmet, in Wonder Woman’s 75th issue of this run, Themyscira was under attack, Peter having a super villain roommate was not going well, Stephen and Clea has to deal with a magically enhanced Galactus before he literally consumed every magical realm, Kamala got a fancy new alien suit, Sword Master got a title (the art of which was breath-taking at times, I posted (or will post) some of those panels on my comic IG), we got Jane as the new (and only) Valkyrie wielding the All-Weapon, the Fearless anthology miniseries started (it focused on a female heroes inspiring young women through various adventures), another Web of Venom issue, and the first issues of both History of the Marvel Universe and House of X arrived.

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I posted this initially ten days after this date because I was at San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) 2019 that week. It was my first time after years of trying and it was everything I thought it would be and more. And because I picked up this week’s issues and the next week’s, I left all the variants in my box for another time for both week’s piles. Though I did get a Marvel Rising poster.

Jimmy Olson got his own title, Ric was having Court of Owl problems, Black Manta returned in Aquaman, Lobo may have been surprised by his daughter, Lex evolved into something more thanks to Perpetua, Bane had taken Gotham, Punisher had to battle some Brood, Spidey Life Story had reached the 2000’s, Norman Osborn was making moves, after Carol learned she was half Kree, some of the general public wasn’t happy about it, oh right, I forgot that Domino and the Hotshots had that random story arc of getting powers of Celestials, Loki got a title which was a pretty great run of finding out more about himself and what his purpose was, and AOX was ending as everything was crumbling.

Wonder Twins had to try to save the world, Young Justice were lost in the multiverse, Naomi was living her best life with her powers manifested more fully (even though in present day we still don’t know her limits), Bruce and Thomas duke it out, Flash also meets a future self in his past, Spectre and Bruce still having problems (that variant I got, wow), Red Hood, Catwoman and others got an Offer, Hawkman was dealing with shadows, Black Lightning was not happy with Bruce, man were united against Rogol Zaar, the Event Leviathan mystery continued, Eddie and his newly discovered son have some bonding attempts, Felicia was plotting, Susan Storm got a minseries that drove into her past as an undercover agent for Nick Fury, Captain Phasma got a one-shot, Riri needed Doctor Strange’s help, Sam Alexander was in search of a new helmet while he was being hunted, Mephisto was having fun messing with the Avengers, AOX was getting tense, the WOTR’s was nearing its end, and this ASM run reached its 25th issue.

Variants in photo two and six posters after that.

See? Look at that Batman cover with Spectre on it! Also the Absolute Carnage variant for Black Cat is pretty cool.

It was almost time for House of X and Powers of X (10) to begin the Krakoan age, hence these posters. Jane would soon become a Valkrie and we would soon get the Absolute Carnage event and the History of the Marvel Universe minseries.

Lois got a title (the variants of which were amazing), in Justice League we learned more about Perpetua and who her children were, “Deathstroke” and Harley got Offers, we got a reprinting of New Mutants 98 (first appearance of Deadpool), things weren’t going well for OMQuill, Fisk was out to get Frank (great use of the title as the poster), Gwen decided to give up the suit for a while (the cover being an homage to the classic Spider-Man cover when Peter gives up), Cosmic Ghost Rider was collecting marvel souvenirs, Aero got a title (the art of which was wonderful), Finn got a one-shot, we got the miniseries Target Vader Down in Star Wars, Hulk gave us Betty as a harpy, and Kamala took on the Super Skrull.

See what I said about the Lois variants? ^_^ I feel like that second Ms. Marvel variant is based on a classic cover, and I enjoy that design of Sabretooth, so I try to get covers with it when they happen. Luckily, there’s a Sabretooth run happening currently!

Miguel continued to have adventures with the H-Dial, JLD had to deal with their darker selves, Barry wasn’t doing well in his past, Clark was avoiding the Red Cloud, Spectre paid Bruce a visit, Rogue and Remy were doing better, Peter Porker got a title, Victor and Gert caught some feelings, Galactus hired Dormammu as a herald, Peter had more interactions with his new villain, Kamala was still on an alien world which believed her to be a chosen one, and the War raged on, though Frank was happy. Variants in second image.

Crush got a visit from dear old dad, Starman had some trouble and left a warning, Flashpoint Thomas Wayne tried to get Bruce to stop being Batman, The Daughters of Liberty help out Capt, all out conflict in Guardians, Nadia and Janet dealt with HIVE, AOX still going, Carol and Stephen got powers-swapped, and Superman got an Elseworld-type Year One Black Label run.

The Teen Titans variant of this era were fantastic!

Barry’s modern mind in his past body met the Turtle but things were different this time, pretty much all these DC comics were all in utter chaos, oh and Event Leviathan started properly, Vader got a one-shot, more horror in Hulk, Peter encountered Prowler, Riri and Nadia had their hands full, Silver Surfer Black started where he went back to the beginning of this universe and saw how things began including a certain future devourer of worlds and he encounters a young Knull, more from AOX, the epilogue of The Hunted, and much more of the War of the Realms.

Such great covers!!