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Continuing this Fury/Punisher Vietnam saga. Old Nick has been captured by the Viet Cong. Some CIA and US military top brass send Frank to take away Nick to prevent his leaking of sensitive intel to the eneny under torture. But it seems Frank iintends to rescue Nick after all.
I know Garth Ennis uses it as a plot device to support his story, but he seems to portray the Vietnamese as unrealisticfluent English speakers

Well, Garth Ennis injects political intrigue into this Fury/ Punisher war comic in the attempt to make it compelling. I think it's too much exposition for a Marvel comic. 😆

Gritty stuff from Garth Ennis. Nick Fury is captured behind enemy lines. The U.S. military is concerned that he would most probably be tortured for info. So Captain Frank Castle is ordered to take him out at all costs.

Peter and MJ go to this exclusive restaurant for dinner. There they meet all sorts of couples also going for dinner like Thor & She-Hulk, Doc Ock & his date, Kingpin & Typhoid Mary, etc. Chaos ensues even after a quiet dinner dispels the brewing tension between adversaries which was the intention of the proprietor to claim insurance.

Ben Grimm suggests to Ghost Rider to confront Galactus and exact vengeance for the countless lives he took. The Ghost Rider goes to space accordingly to face Galactus. He goes Cosmic to perform the Penance Stare on Galactus but to no avail. The Watcher soon intervenes and returns GR back to earth.

The secret origin of Galactus by Marvel master creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby! He was firmer Galan of Taa before his rebirth of Galactus - devourer of worlds to sustain his existence and bring balance to the universe!

Michaela joins her friends to a house party where she finds herself going through endless doors and scenarios of anarchy. Later, she finds her long lost fiance, Philip, who mysteriously disappeared before their wedding day. She reconnects with him, but she discover the truth about his disappearance much to her chagrin.

Two Whiplashes for the price of one. 😆

Rhodey in his War Machine armor arrive and confronts Tony with his questionable activities of late. Later, Whiplash joins Madame Masque and Adam Ware at AIM.

Ironman, Spider-man team up with Norman Osborn to stop Ghost who used the Iron Patriot suit to download info at Oscorp. 😬

Adam Ware teams up with Tony to escape the grip of Madame Masque and AIM. They are intercepted by the Fixer in an Advanced Iron Man armor suit. Adam is caught in a blast and the hellicarrier they are on nosedives from the sky. Masque forcibly rejects Tony & the Hellicarrier explodes, no one survives. Later, we learn that Masque, Fixer & Adam all survive. As a plot twist, Adam becomes a new villain and takes over AIM.

Well, Tony faces Advance Iron Man, who is really the Fixer in an updated Iron man armor.

Tony learns from MODOK that there is an internal civil war at AIM. Later, he infiltrates his old helicarrier that Masque had stolen. They have a confrontation that leads to Tony facing his greatest nightmare. Has Madame Masque succeeded?

Iron Man is on the hunt for Madame Masque & A.I.M. who intends to create another Tony Stark out of the greatest minds he himself had chosen. Tony finds himself in Madripoor where he ends up defending MODOK from attacking AIM agents.

Hmmn. Of course, Tony Stark also sleeps with Whitney Frost, aka Madame Masque in his spare time. 😬 Now, Masque exploits Tony's greatest fear and aims to recreate Tony's experience of creating his Invincible Iron man persona.

First issue of the new regular series, actually just reset back to #1. 😄 We find Iron man in conflict with Madame Masque and A.I.M. who just kidnapped one of his hand-picked awardees who they intend to make him re-create Stark's Iron man suit. Next, we find Cap and the Avengers in doubt of Tony. 😬

Not bad. Another enjoyable tale from Ryan North. The enraged cosmic Hulk pounds on the continental ice and creates a fissure deep enough for molten lava from the Earth's core to spew out into the atmosphere. He falls deep into the crevice he created. The Thing later jouns him to help carry the shifting continental plates while the heroes above figure out how to return all the molten lava. In the end, they succeed.

The Cosmic Hulk cometh. He is after the Leader who had banished him in black hole in space. The Marvel superheroes arrive to intervene. He is transported away to Antarctica where he pounds on the ice shelf enough to create a fissure unto the Earth' s core. 😬

The Leader had sent the Hulk to a black hole to die, but he survived and evolved to a more powerful Hulk. He then contends with Galactus. An old Franklin Richards intervenes before further damage occurs in the universe. And so the ebilved Hulk is returned to Earth.

The Leader goes back in time to fetch the Hulk upon realizing that any damage the Hulk can inflict upon the prehistoric creatures can change the course of history. Then then sends the Hulk in outer space towards a balck hole!

The Leader sics the Hulk at the Sanctum Sanctorum to steal an magical ring that transports him to Latveria. Before the Leader could loot, Strange in turn transports the Hulk to him. Thereby, using Doom's time platform, the Leader sends the Hulk to the prehistoric dinosaur period where the asteroid is about to hit Earth!

Grace encounters another space ship apparently with the same goal of reaching Tau Ceti and understand Astrophage. The other ship's occupant sends a cylindrical container made of Xenon as a means to communicate.

Cute fast read of Jeff/Aquaman team up. 🙂

Banner and Dr. Voodoo journey below to the Soul Cage to reunite with the Hulk. Meanwhile, the Infernal Hulk starts his campaign of carnage. Charlie becomes the Lycana skin to fight Infernal Hulk's minions.

The Infernal Hulk intends to grow hi own monster army. Bruce and the Avengers travel underground in the hopes to find something to fight the Infernal Hulk with. They meet Skaar and the Rutlings. They also see the God's Blood tree. The Infernal Hulk gets wind up of this info and now intends to kidnap Betty Ross as hostage. Bruce later returns to Dr. Voodoo to him reunite with the Hulk again.

The Infernal Hulk now takes on the X-Men. He takes away from them Glob with whom he has some secret purpose. Meanwhile, Bruce finally joins the Avengers in this Hulk war. 😬

The Infernal Hulk could not be beaten even with Tony Stark's new Hellbuster Iron man armor. 😬

The One Above All sends an avatar to suppress the Infernal Hulk, but he rips him into shred. The Avengers could only watch astounded. Meanwhile, Bruce and Betty encounter a monster zombie of their neighbor's son. Bruce is now convinced to help fight back. 😬

The Hulk and all the other Hulk persona are trapped in the Hulkscape by the Eldest/ Infernal Hulk. The Hulk needs a more powerful ally to escape.

This new Infernal Hulk is now attacking everything on his path. Iron man & Mr. Fantastic locate Bruce Banner to convince him to help them stop the Hulk. He turns them down, unwilling to give up his hidden life with Betty.