Rick Jones CAPTAIN MARVEL and Marlo Chandler Appreciation 2019

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The Kree-Skrull War & Its Effect on Marvel's Event Comics

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Avengers #8 Sep 1964
First appearance of Kang in "Kang, The Conqueror!"
Kang appears and demands to be made ruler of the Earth;

The Avengers attempt to stop him, but it comes down to Wasp and the Teen Brigade


to slow Kang long enough for the rest of the Avengers to free themselves and put an end to Kang's threat.

Roster includes: Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Wasp, Giant-Man and Rick Jones.

Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta

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Marlo is talking with Bruce Banner, Captain Marvel and Rick Jones
which isn’t possible, since Rick and Marv are merged together, but we soon find out she is dreaming.
She is saddened by the death of Lorraine, when Lorraine suddenly awakes and attacks her in her dream.
At this very moment, Captain Marvel drops Marlo as he is flying her back to California.

As he flies down to get her, he runs into a goose.

He then realizes what the saying he has been shouting as a battle cry, "Owah-tagoo-siam" means.

From Captain Marvel #4
Written by Peter David http://www.comicsreporter.com/index....y_peter_david/

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Incredible Hulk #360 Oct 1989
"Nightmoves"
In the Dimension of Dreams, Nightmare is visited by his "brother" D'Spayre
who offers to join forces to bring pain and misery upon a soul in the waking world.
Nightmare is interested and D'Spayre suggests that they set their sights on Betty Banner,
as she has undergone much suffering in recent months, making her ripe for their manipulations.
Nightmare agrees, recalling how Betty is the wife of Bruce Banner, also known as the Hulk.
While Nightmare wishes to torment her with images of her husband in the form of his brutish alter ego,
D'Spayre disagrees and tells his benefactor that they must deal with a more subtle means of tormenting the poor woman.
They then turn their focus to Betty's current location, a hospital where she has been staying for some time.

Inside, Rick Jones waits patiently outside of Betty's room for her doctor to tell him of her status.
When the doctor and a nun enter the room, Rick is told the bad news: Betty has had a miscarriage.
When Rick asks to see her, the doctor allows him a few minutes, but tells Jones that Betty needs her rest.
Going into the room, Rick expresses his condolences to Betty and the two hug.
Betty is upset, because as far as she knows her husband is dead,
and the baby was the last part of him that she thinks she will ever have.
Just as Rick starts to console her, the nun enters the room and tells Rick that it is time for Betty to get some rest.
After Rick leaves, the nun asks if there is anything she can do for Betty.

Mrs. Banner tearfully asks if her prayers can bring back her baby or her husband.
As she breaks down she confides in the nurse that she is alone all over again.

As Betty goes to sleep that night, Nighmare and D'Spayre enter her dreams where D'Spayre creates an idealic suburban setting.
Nightmare is confused by this, as he expected something horrifying.
D'Spayre tells his brother that he is lacking in subtlty and tells him to wait and observe.
In this dream, Betty is visited by her husband Bruce and their child, Bruce, Jr.
Betty is happy to hold her baby in her arms with her husband. Nightmare is even more confused by this.
D'Spayre just tells him to continue watching his artistry at work. Suddenly the Banners are visited
by Betty's father Thaddeus Ross and her ex-husband Glenn Talbot who are coming over to dinner.
Watching Betty interacting with all the people she has lost in her life, D'Spayre explains that his torment is a subtle one,
giving Betty everything she has ever wanted before taking it all away again.
Just then, D'Spayre makes the image of Betty's happy family crumble to dust, leaving her in a barren desert.
Nightmare finally gets it, but finds the progress too slow and uses his powers to create the image of a baby carriage.
As Betty approaches the crying baby inside, it suddenly turns into a massive gamma-spawned creature that chases her.

Disgusted by such a vulgar display, D'Spayre banishes the monstrous apparition and tells Nightmare to observe him at work.
Nightmare will have nothing of this and departs, seemingly leaving D'Spayre alone to his work.
However, Nightmare has other ideas in mind and travels to Las Vegas.
There he finds the Hulk in a fitful sleep after a night of partying.
He then takes the soul of the Hulk into the dream dimension.
There he is surprised by the random transformations between the Hulk and Banner in this realm,
realizing that the two are ever so intertwined.
They return to D'Spayre who is tormenting Betty with images of demons dragging her late mother away.
The two then agree to use the Hulk to further terrorise Betty.
D'Spayre creates an image making it look like the Hulk has killed everyone Betty has loved.

In the waking world, Rick Jones wakes up to hear Bety's nightmares as they become vocal in her sleep
and convinces the nun to let him back in her room so he can be by her side while she sleeps.
Back in the dream world, the Hulk tries to approach Betty but she fearfully flees from him.
Thinking that this is just a dream, the Hulk dismisses Betty. Spotting Nightmare and D'Spayre, he threatens to beat the two demons.
D'Spayre then tells the Hulk that Betty has lost her child that night.
This strikes a chord with the Hulk, bringing sorry to both him and Betty that is so deep both react to it in the waking world.
D'Spayre then believes it is time to claim their souls and begins putting down Betty.
This angers the Hulk and he lashes out at the monster.
While Nightmare torments Betty, D'Spayre forces the Hulk to change back into human form.
They then begin the process of claiming their souls, which manifests in this dream
as massive hands pulling Bruce into the ground and quicksand swallowing up Betty.
Bruce manages to pull himself free by turning into the Hulk
and despite interferences from Nightmare and D'Spayre, he reaches out and grabs Betty's hand.

When both Bruce and the Hulk say that they need her, the spell placed upon them by Nightmare
and D'Spayre is shattered and the two lost souls are returned to their rightful bodies.
As they are being pulled apart, Betty tells Bruce that she will hold because he believed in her and that she loves him.
The Hulk wakes up from his sleep and dismisses the entire encounter as a dream.

Meanwhile, Betty wakes up in her hospital room and seeing Rick by her side tells
him that after that nightmare she now has the strength to move on with her life.
While back in the dream dimension, D'Spayre admits defeat for now,
but vows to get the Banners to see their ultimate dispair and their rightful ends.

Story by Bob Harras, pencils by Dan Reed, inks by Marie Severin.

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Captain America #118 Oct 1969
"The Falcon Fights On!"
Captain America and the Falcon battle the Exiles, who are unaware that their former leader,
the Red Skull, has used the Cosmic Cube to switch bodies with Cap.


While at Avengers Mansion, Rick Jones laments over being rejected by "Captain America",
little realizing it was really the Red Skull posing as his mentor.

Ripping up his Bucky mask, Rick decides to leave and try to find his own way.

Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Joe Sinnott http://www.comicsreporter.com/index....y_joe_sinnott/

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Avengers Forever #10 Oct 1999
"Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow..."
The endgame begins!
The future Avengers battalion of Jonz Rickard is poised to sweep the universe

and Immortus has the Earth's Mightiest Heroes at his mercy!


The hope lies with Kang and the Supreme Intelligence - but will the cure prove more fatal than the disease?!

Script by Roger Stern (co-plot) and Kurt Busiek (co-plot & script),
pencils by Carlos Pacheco https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/11...arlos-pacheco/, inks by Jesus Merino

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Comixology has a Kree sale going right now, and both of PAD's Captain Marvel series are included. I adored Avengers Forever and bought the entirety of PAD's first Captain Marvel volume, but for whatever reason I never bought volume two.

Any fans recommend it? How does it stack up to the first volume?

If you enjoyed the first volume, I would recommend it. Its more of PAD continuing the story of Genis and Rick. That said, there IS a significant tone shift, which some readers didn't care for.

Yes The shifting tone was either INTRIGUING or UNINTRIGUING to readers (to me it was the former).

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Avengers Forever #11 Nov 1999
"The Destiny War!"
The combined attack of the Avengers, Kang, Rick Jones and the Supreme Intelligence forces the Time-Keepers and Immortus to withdraw.
However, the Avengers and company catch up with them at the End of Time.
The Time-Keepers kill Immortus and pull a variety of fallen Avengers from different timelines and pit them against the Avengers.

Rick Jones meets his future counterpart who has bonded with Captain Marvel


and together they summon a horde of Avengers to even the stakes.

Script by Roger Stern (co-plot) and Kurt Busiek (co-plot & script), pencils by Carlos Pacheco, inks by Jesus Merino

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Avengers #11 Dec 1964
"The Mighty Avengers Meet Spider-Man!"
Iron Man is declared on a leave of absence from the Avengers as he is missing,

and now that they are weaker, Kang tries to defeat them again.
He creates a replica robot of Spider-Man, because of his vast range of powers.

The robot Spider-Man attempts to join the Avengers, claiming he knows the whereabouts of Iron Man.
He leads the Avengers to a temple, where he separates them and defeats them all, one by one.
However, the real Spider-Man appears on the scene and defeats the robot copy and saves the Avengers.

Roster includes: Captain America, Thor, Wasp, Giant-Man and Rick Jones.
Cameo appearances by Zemo, the Executioner, Wonder Man, Dr. Doom, Magneto,
Mysterio, the Unicorn and Kraven the Hunter (all in Kang's files).

Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Chic Stone

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Any thought's on Rick's current status? He's no longer the Abomination (Turns out the new Abomination is pretty much just a 'suit') but is now pretty much overflowing with gamma radiation, giving him the ability to fly and melt stuff. Apparent ally doesn't wear a shirt anymore either.

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The comicbook character Rick Jones is overflowing with gamma radiation? Does that mean he can't be around humans without giving them radiation sickness or something? So no way to be with the comicbook character Marlo?

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Tales of Suspense #60 Dec 1964
"The Army of Assassins Strikes!"
In South America, Baron Zemo has his newly gathered Army of Assassins fight a fake
Captain America for one final test before sending them to battle against the real one.

While in the United States, Captain America and Rick Jones are on site for Cap to put on
a private exhibition of Cap's athletic prowess to encourage young people to be physically fit.

Although they planned a mock battle, the actors get replaced by the Baron's Army of Assassins who attack Cap.

With the help of Rick Jones, Cap manages to fight off the Army of Assassins.

Later, Baron Zemo checks in with his video screen to see if his Assassin's have defeated Cap. But as soon as he turns his TV on, he sees
Cap telling him that he has failed and that he's a coward for not battling him face-to-face. Angered by Cap's taunts, Zemo blasts the screen.

With the Assassins taken away by the authorities, Cap vows to Rick that he will someday stop Baron Zemo.

Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone

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Tales to Astonish #62 Dec 1964
"Enter... the Chameleon!"
Continuing from last issue, the army is about to execute the Hulk.
Meanwhile, the mysterious Leader hires the Chameleon to travel to New Mexico to
find out what happened to the spy he hired to steal the robot from the missile base.
While in New York, Rick Jones hears of the Hulk's fate and gets permission from Captain America to go to his friend's rescue.
Both the Chameleon in disguise and Rick Jones end up flying to New Mexico on the same plane.

While in New Mexico, Betty Ross worries that perhaps Bruce ran into the Hulk while out in the desert,
not knowing that the Hulk is really Bruce Banner himself. The Hulk, meanwhile, is attempting to break free of his bonds,
bringing him near to the point where his level of excitement would cause him to revert into Bruce Banner.
Rick Jones arrives on the base and tries to get near the Hulk, but fails each time.

The Chameleon fares better however, disguising himself as Thunderbolt Ross and asking the Hulk to aid him.
When the Hulk refuses, the Chameleon, using General Ross' brass, sends the other soldiers away so they can talk more.
While his back is turned, the Hulk's constant strain causes him to change back into Banner.
He escapes the bonds that were made to hold someone of the Hulk's size.

Rick finds the fleeing Banner and secrets him away long enough for Bruce to change clothes.

Banner reports to Ross, who is reprimanding his soldiers for allowing the Hulk to escape.
Talbot attempts to question Banner, but Banner rebuffs him.
Walking out of the room, Banner is knocked out and tied up by the Chameleon who disguises
himself as Banner in order to steal the plans and a prototype for a grenade-type gamma bomb.

Betty interrupts the Chameleon and soon realizes that she's talking to an impostor. As the Chameleon tries to capture the girl,
Bruce Banner who is locked in the closet turns into the Hulk and smashes through the wall to save Betty.
The Chameleon holds the Hulk at bay by threatening him with the Gamma grenade until the Hulk is scared off by an approaching military patrol.

The Chameleon tries to get rid of Betty by shooting her off into a rocket speed-velocity test sled,
but the Hulk stops it and saves Betty, then chases after the Chameleon.

Knocking away an army of soldiers, the Hulk dives on the Gamma grenade,
which the Chameleon attempted to use to destroy the Hulk.
The resulting explosion is contained by the Hulk's body. T
The gamma radiation causes the Hulk to revert to Bruce Banner, who escapes in the smoke.

Later, during a board of inquiry, due to Betty's testimony, Banner is cleared of any suspected involvement,
but Ross explains that he will find out what sort of connection if any there is between Banner and the Hulk.
Elsewhere, the Leader decides that it's time for him to get involved in finding the government secrets he seeks...

Script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko and George Roussos (as George Bell)

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Rick's gamma, like the Hulk's doesn't seem to pose any major threat via exposure. I don't think we've seen too many people killed by being around gamma-irradiated beings. It was said how that was how Betty died but then Joe Casey pretty much immediately retconned that to be the Abomination's doing.

Rick can melt stuff but only by directing that energy. He can also fly, create lighting for example. His last appearance was doing that at a rock concert.

Marlo was also mentioned a few issues ago when Bruce discovered that her ex, "Joe" had come back, although he now shares Banner's human form.

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Incredible Hulk #362 Dec 1989
"Phasing Out"
The Hulk is hanging out in the Nevada desert when he is attacked by the Werewolf by Night;
As daylight comes and both the Hulk and the Werewolf revert to human form, Bruce heads for work as janitor of a nuclear testing facility
where he meets scientist Phil Stearns who reveals that he recognizes Bruce despite the false last name Bancroft and the goofy mustache;
Unhappy with the way things were left with Marlo, the Hulk forces Bruce to call her

and she drives out into the desert to meet him but her car breaks down on the way;
Marlo is attacked by the Werewolf and Hulk steps in to rescue her.


Story by Peter David, pencils by Jeff Purves, inks by Marie Severin.