They did publish Wolverine’s background in a 6 issue mini series entitled “Origin”, which aside from having very nice cover art, was poo.
Some of the things you found out in that series were:
He was born and raised in Alberta. So he always was a Canuck.
His real name is James Howlett. Logan was the name of his family’s hired hand.
His claws are a mutation, he had them pop during his first mutant “episode”. (Why the hell the guys who gave him the adamatium didn’t notice them when the cut him open, I don’t know.)
A traumatic experiance with his first mutation caused him to go into shock and caused amnesia.
A later traumatic experiance caused him to flee into the Yukon wilderness, and live like a beast.
Magneto is dead and will be for some time as long as Marvel wants to keep Morrison happy.
Although Savage killed Resurrection Man, it was believed permanently, in the 83d century, the DC One Million 80-Page Giant showed that Mitch somehow survived.
Shadowcat is currently starring in the Claremont-penned miniseries Mekanix. I don’t know more about it than that.
If you’re familiar with both the early-80’s Marvel Micronauts series and the current Devil’s Due/Image series, you’ll note that some but not all of the characters are the same. For instance, Baron Karza is owned by the toy company and so was part of the license, while the Marvel character Bug was created for the comic and is owned by Marvel. (This is the same reason you shouldn’t expect to see Circuit Breaker show up in the current Transformers series.)
No, Immortal Man died in the Crisis. The jewel that was essential for his rebirth was destroyed by the anti-matter effect.
Superman didn’t stop aging because of living in the sun. He was just staying there for a few thousand years relaxing and meditating. He was already tens of thousands of years old before he went in.
And J’onn was not a ghost. He became one with the planet Mars. This actually follows from an issue of his short lived series.
Actually, more recently he was killed (again) while on the island of Genosha which I believe the UN granted him control of. Professor X’s evil twin sister found a cousin of Sentinel creator Trask and enticed him to take control of a hidden Sentinel factory. Since the Sentinels detcted Trask DNA, they did what he told them to do. X’s sis had him command them to destroy Genosha, which they did a damn good job of. Magneto was in the top floor of some building, reading, when he looked up and saw a Sentinel flying right into him (shades of 9/11). The Sentinels then made short work of the rest of the country and Maggie is presumed dead (riiiiiight)
Also Doc, Resurrection Man in DC 1,000,000 hadn’t learned how to change powers without dying, he wore a device that injected him with a neurotoxin that would kill him quickly. He could then change to a power he’d already consciously chosen. He still had to die to make the change, though.
And looking around, he was around in the last couple of issues of Resurrection Man where he apparently gave his all to save the earth, leaving Mitch to carry on his vendetta against Vandal Savage. What powers of the Immortal Man are you talking about? He only had one power besides returning from the dead (Sounds like a good one to me. But Mitch already has it.) and that was pyrokinetic bolts from his hands.
It is important to note that Magneto was still recovering from a horrible gut wound when the Sentinels attacked Genosha. (Wolverine speared him a few months earlier, during a raid on Genosha to free a captured Xavier)
It is in fast a joint trademark that Marvel holds with DC Comics. The actual trade mark is “Super Heroes”, note the capitolisation.
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This is a pretty subjective question, but here’s my opinions…
Marvel - Hulk, Thor, She-Hulk, Silver Surfer, Juggernaut usually top the list.
DC - Superman, Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, Green Lantern, Amazo, the Shaggy Man, and Doomsday would be my tops here.
Technically, I believe that Martian Manhunter #1,000,000, the DC One Million tie-in issue, was the first issue of J’onn’s series. (Maybe the second.)
That was an excellent title, by the way – I’d recommend it to anyone hunting the back issue bins. It ran 38 issues (0-36 & #1M) plus two annuals, the first of which is tied tightly to the monthly and the second of which is not, but still kinda cool.
Pretty sure Shulkie doesn’t rank nearly as high as her cousin. Thing is definitely stronger and a heavier hitter than she.
If the question is strength, I’d say that list is pretty good (if not incomplete.) If we’re talking about POWER, though, and not including cosmic entities like Eternity, Living Tribunal, Death, etc, then I put my money on Thanos with the Infinity Gauntlet.
I don’t think it was the first issue, but it might have been the second. It was definitely right in that area. I agree about the quality, I was really disappointed by its cancellation.
Come on. It would be my 3 year old grandnephew if he had the Infinity Gauntlet.
Last I recall, he, at least, was integrated into the modern-day Marvel Universe as a member of a mutant team called the “Fallen Angels.” Apparently he’s not from the Marvel Universe’s distant past, but from its present in an alternate dimension.
What’s happened to him since then - I think that that miniseries was in 1989 or so - I have no idea.
Devil Dinosaur and his anthropoid ally, Moon Boy, appeared in a Spider-Man annual a few years back, in which they were first hypnotized by the Ringmaster (of the Circus of Crime…hey, I didn’t write it!), freed by Spidey, and relocated to the Savage Land.
But Mitch already has it.) and that was pyrokinetic bolts from his hands.