The Presence and Starlight are billed this issue as the cosmic assassins. They of course factor big into this issue. It's also very important to remember them for later.
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SPIDER-MAN: HOOKY
Marvel Graphic Novel #22. Spider-Man is pulled into a fantasy world by a perpetually 12 year old sorceress. While there, he confronts the creature Tordenkakerlakk, which was created by Kurudred the Blood Drinker.
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The Fantastic Four guest star as the apparent cosmic assassin goes after Eon. Some of the weightier character oriented issues start rearing their head. A little bit of humor pops up with the Fantastic Four.
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Amazing Spider-Man #31 tries hard to make the sort-of-not-really retcon work. And it almost succeeds. But a big ask for suspension of disbelief and an ill-conceived story structure drag an otherwise good issue down.
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The prologue continues here from the previous issue. Again, the entire prologue precedes the beginning of the main story in Quasar #19. The confrontation here with Anomaly is key to the entire story that follows.
Presence and Starlight definitely come as kind of assassin-y. Eon is a little bizarre what with the giant eye and removable heart.
This is a pretty good demonstration of Quasar's power, which makes the next couple issues shocking. And seriously...what is up with Kayla? She establishes that Wendell is straight, learns his secret identity, and then totally gets with his friend before the end of the night.
The existentional issues for Quasar start getting heavier here. The death of Wendell's father and his impersonation by Eon turns out to be a big deal. This also sets up a big character arc for the next few issues of Quasar coming to terms with his relationship with Eon. A great end to the issue.
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Good Story, Bad Foundation - Good writing and art is completely undercut emotionally by bad story construction.
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POWER MAN AND IRON FIST
The title began as Hero for Hire (#1-16) and changed to Luke Cage Power Man (#17-49) before becoming Power Man and Iron Fist at #50. The series ran until #125, during which issue Iron Fist was killed.
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Quasar #19
Some of Marvel's biggest metaphysical and cosmic concepts come into play in the seven part Cosmos in Collision. Quasar goes through some serious existential issues in the process. Given all that, it starts off pretty simply.
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