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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · 4d

Cyclops blasts Angel with his eye beams. Accident? Or eliminating a rival for Jean's affections? #X-Men #RoyThomas #WernerRoth #MarvelUniverse

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X-Men #26

Holocaust!

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · 6d

We ask what makes a good #X-Men story, and is there anything that distinguishes it from a good FF or Avengers story. #RoyThomas #WernerRoth #MarvelUniverse

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X-Men #25

The Power and the Pendant!

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · 12d

Human Torch vs... Human Torch? #FantasticFour #StanLee #JackKirby #MarvelUniverse

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Fantastic Four Annual 4

The Torch that Was!

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · 16d

A few months after his triumphant return, #HumanTorch was again given his own solo series. It lasted 3 issues. Here is the final story before Marvel again axed their entire superhero line. #DickAyers #HankChapman #ErnieBache #MarvelUniverse

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PRELUDE: Human Torch #38, Story D

Flame On!

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · 16d

Meant to get this out yesterday. Oops. 4 years after ending its entire superhero line, Marvel attempts a superhero revival, then ends its entire superhero line a second time a few months later. #YoungMen #HumanTorch #CarlBurgos #HankChapman #RussHeath #MarvelUniverse

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PRELUDE: Young Men #24

The Return of… The Human Torch

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · 18d

We look to 1949 as Marvel brings an end to its entire superhero line with the final issue of its flagship title, #MarvelMysteryComics and the last #HumanTorch story. #MarvelUniverse

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · 19d

Years after DC debuted the Justice Society, and well after the superhero genre was in decline, Marvel finally formed its biggest heroes into the superhero team, the #AllWinnersSquad. #All-WinnersComics #BillFinger #SydShores #MarvelUniverse

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PRELUDE: All-Winners Comics #19

The Crime of the Ages!

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · 20d

#HumanTorch teams up with Sub-Mariner against the Angel foe the Python. And we learn that Professor Horton is not dead after all! #MickeySpillane #MarvelUniverse

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PRELUDE: Human Torch #8

Human Torch vs. Sub-Mariner

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · 23d

Immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, #HumanTorch and Toro were striking back against the Japanese, taking the battle to Japan. #MarvelMysteryComics #CarlBurgos #MarvelUniverse

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PRELUDE: Marvel Mystery Comics #31

Scuttle the Japs

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · 24d

They first met as their enemies, but in the second meeting, #HumanTorch and the #Sub-Mariner team up to stop an Axis invasion of the USA. #MarvelMysteryComics #CarlBurgos #BillEverett #MarvelUniverse

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PRELUDE: Marvel Mystery Comics #17

Fighting Side by Side!

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · 25d

After the success of Batman and Robin, every superhero needs a kid sidekick. So #HumanTorch meets Toro in the debut of his own series. Which is of course Human Torch #2. #CarlBurgos #MarvelUniverse

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PRELUDE: Human Torch #2

Introducing Toro, the Flaming Kid

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · 26d

Back in 1939, the #HumanTorch adopts a civilian identity, Jim Hamond. #MarvelMysteryComics #CarlBurgos #MarvelUniverse

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PRELUDE: Marvel Mystery Comics #4

The Human Torch

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · 27d

It's time to look back in time and get an overview of the career of Marvel's first superhero, the #HumanTorch. #MarvelMysteryComics #CarlBurgos #MarvelUniverse

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PRELUDE: Marvel Mystery Comics #2

The Human Torch

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · Sep 17

Klaw returns, now composed of living sound. Kirby fights for a more equitable credit. We learn a new phrase: #MarvelUniverse

#FantasticFour #StanLee #JackKirby

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Fantastic Four #56

Klaw the Murderous Master of Sound!

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · Sep 17

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · Sep 17

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · Sep 16

Thing has a temper tantrum and decides to direct it against perhaps the most powerful being on the planet. #FantasticFour #StanLee #JackKirby #MarvelUniverse

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Fantastic Four #55

When Strikes the Silver Surfer!

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · Sep 12

The war ends for one of the #HowlingCommandos, and the team gets a new member in replacement. #SgtFury #RoyThomas #DickAyers #MarvelUniverse

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Sgt. Fury #35

Berlin Breakout!

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · Sep 11

How did #SgtFury meet Happy Sam Sawyer, decide to enlist in the army, and end up leading the #HowlingCommandos? The answers are here. #RoyThomas #DickAyers #MarvelUniverse

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Sgt. Fury #34

The Origin of the Howlers!

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · Sep 10

#SgtFury and his #HowlingCommandos have a mission in Greece... but only Nick Fury will make it home. #RoyThomas #DickAyers #MarvelUniverse

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Sgt. Fury #33

The Grandeur that was Greece..

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · Sep 4

With the death of Boomerang, the saga of the Secret Empire is over. We take the opportunity to summarize the Them/AIM/Secret Empire stuff. #TalesToAstonish #Hulk #StanLee #GilKane #MarvelUniverse

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Tales to Astonish #88, Story B

The Boomerang and the Brute!

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · Sep 3

More of #JohnBuscema on #Hulk, with the Boomerang saga nearing a conclusion. #TalesToAstonish #StanLee #MarvelUniverse

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Tales to Astonish #87, Story B

The Humanoid and the Hero!

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · Sep 2

It's been a long road. #PrinceNamor has been relentlessly pursuing Krang and Dorma for many issues now. But at last we bring this chapter to a close. #TalesToAstonish #Sub-Mariner #StanLee #BillEverett #MarvelUniverse

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Tales to Astonish #87

Moment of Truth!

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · Aug 28

General Ross has found the Leader's last Humanoid. Surely he's not stupid enough to unleash it on Manhattan just because he hates the #Hulk? #TalesToAstonish #StanLee #JohnBuscema #MarvelUniverse

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Tales to Astonish #86, Story B

The Birth of… The Hulk-Killer!

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Chris Coke @cokeandcomics.bsky.social · Aug 27

Manhattan is flooded by Krang. The last person to flood Manhattan had been #PrinceNamor the #Sub-Mariner. #JerryGrandenetti is on art for one of very few works for Marvel. #TalesToAstonish #StanLee #MarvelUniverse

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Tales to Astonish #86

The Wrath of Warlord Krang!

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