Would you read an Absorbing Man and Titania comic?

[Sensational C]

Thanks for the update. More Titania is always a good thing.

Agreed!

Its funny how Creel will also be guest starring in a Hulk book soon.

[Huntsman Spider]

Agreed!

Its funny how Creel will also be guest starring in a Hulk book soon.

Oh, yeah. Immortal Hulk. That's gonna be a real horror show (in the good way, I hope).

[areacode212]

Oh, yeah. Immortal Hulk. That's gonna be a real horror show (in the good way, I hope).

Yeah, he'll be in Immortal Hulk #9 (and maybe 10?). Hope Creel makes it out of that comic OK. Also interesting how at least 2 articles I've seen about the issue mention how Absorbing Man is currently dead. Did they just ignore the Black Bolt issues where he came back to life, or did he die yet again?

#9 has a nice cover:

[Ptrvc]

Creel is probably gonna try to absorb some of Hulk's power.

That's a real bad idea right now.

[Sensational C]

Oh, yeah. Immortal Hulk. That's gonna be a real horror show (in the good way, I hope).

Yeah, he'll be in Immortal Hulk #9 (and maybe 10?). Hope Creel makes it out of that comic OK. Also interesting how at least 2 articles I've seen about the issue mention how Absorbing Man is currently dead. Did they just ignore the Black Bolt issues where he came back to life, or did he die yet again?

#9 has a nice cover:

I hope he makes it out okay too but I'm sure he'll be fine in the long run. I'm interested to see Ewing write Absorbing Man as his series has built around this theme of people becoming monsters given the right circumstances weither they be physical monsters or moral ones since Creel has taken very dark turns in moments of his life.

I don't think he died in-between BB's solo and his upcoming appearance, I guess Creel's resurrection just wasn't as big news as his death was for whatever reason. Maybe because there were more issues of BB that referenced his sacrifice then his time back in the land of the living but can't say for sure.

[616MarvelYear is LeapYear]

Incredible Hulk #348 Oct 1988
"Job Security"
Although he has found a way to prevent his reversions to Bruce Banner during the daytime hours, the Hulk discovers that sunlight now starts to burn him.
When the Colosseum's cook comes with his morning breakfast he takes out his frustrations on the man.
Meanwhile, rival mobster Anthony Gold has hired the Absorbing Man to get revenge
against Michael Berengetti for blocking his attempts to set up operations in Las Vegas.
Asking the Absorbing Man if he is up for the job, the super-villain shows that he is by absorbing the properties of a nearby fire hydrant.
Seeing this display of power makes Gold wonder why the Absorbing Man hires himself out when he could be his own boss.

This causes the Absorbing Man to think back to his last defeat at the hands of Thor which left him banished to another dimension.
While trying to survive in this realm, Creel killed a creature and tried to cook it when, suddenly, the creature came back to life and sprinted away.
Realizing that time flows differently in this realm, the Absorbing Man decided to wait for time to roll back the moment of his arrival.
When the dimensional portal opened, the Absorbing Man leaped through, escaping at the same time his past self was being banished to this world.

Since his return to Earth, the Absorbing Man decided to abandon his desire for revenge
and try to live the life he and Titania wanted for each other before her apparent death.
He tells Gold that his reasons for being for-hire is none of his business.
Anthony Gold tells the Absorbing Man that Mr. Fixit can be found at the Colosseum Casino.

Back at the Colosseum, Michael Berengetti learns that Mr. Fixit is in a foul mood and decides to see what's up.
Talking in the darkened room, Berengetti reminds the Hulk how he found him in Yucca Flats
and hired him on as his enforcer in exchange for everything he could want out of Las Vegas.
The Hulk admits that the mobster was true to his word and hasn't betrayed him, at least not yet.
Berengetti tells the Hulk that he doesn't plan on it and tells him that if there is anything that is bothering him they can talk about it.
Michael later gets another phone call from Anthony Gold and hangs up on him.
Gold believes that Michael is going to regret that decision very soon.
While at her apartment, Marlo Chandler tells her friend Mona about her date with Joe Fixit.
However, Mona wants all the dirty details, but Marlo is candid about their encounter.
She does, however, mention that Mr. Fixit has some strange skin tone that she can't really identify.

Meanwhile, at the casino, the Absorbing Man turns himself into concrete and begins running amok on the main floor.
When regular security proves to be ineffective, the Hulk is called in to help.
The Hulk is reluctant to get into a fight during the day for fear he might change back into Bruce Banner and be promptly killed.
By this time, the Absorbing Man has made short work of Berengetti's men and is about to confront the mobster when Mr. Fixit finally arrives.
Even though he is mostly covered in clothing, the sun is still burning the Hulk's skin and affecting his strength.
Not recognizing the Hulk for who he is, the Absorbing Man piles into him.
Their fight takes them outside where Creel manages to fight off the Hulk and more of Berengetti's men.
Deciding to take the fight elsewhere, the Hulk leaps off with the Absorbing Man now knowing Fixit is the Hulk following not far behind.

Hulk lures him to Hoover Dam, but the Absorbing Man still manages to get the drop on him.
He pummels into the Hulk and tries to absorb his powers.
This works against Creel as he also absorbs the Hulk's weakness to sunlight, giving the Hulk a change to turn the tables.
As they continue to pound on each other, they end up falling into one of the dynamos inside the dam.

As Marlo tries to call Joe Fixit to make another date, the Hulk now has to face the Absorbing Man after he has adopted the properties of electricity.
The Hulk tricks his foe to toss his electrified ball-and-chain into some nearby water shorting himself out.
The Absorbing Man then changes into concrete to dull the pain.
Furious at the idea of having his cover compromised, the Hulk smashes the Absorbing Man into pieces

and then tosses the remains into the water in the hopes of remaining anyonymous for as long as possible.

Story by Peter David. Art by Jeff Purves, Mike and Valerie Gustovich.

[Gaastra]

Reading the replies convinced me that I would definitely give this a shot. They've been given a little more time than other villains through the years, so people know
who they are. I remember seeing their wedding in one of my comics, but I don't remember which one. All the Masters Of Evil were there and a bunch of good guys who
were chasing them also stayed and let them go. I wish I remembered where that was.
point?

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The one thing I likes was creed was friends with thunderstrike. The two really were great friends. Nice to see a good guy and bad guy just be friends with each other.

[Ichijinijisanji]

Ahh secret wars. Gave us creel and titania and molecule man and volcana lol

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I am very grateful to Jim "Hardball" Shooter and Mike "Way cool" Zeck for the Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars issues which presented to me the comicbook characters Titania and Volcana.

[Ptrvc]

We'll, if you read the last Immortal Hulk issue it looks like Creel and Titania might be joining Gamma Flight.

[areacode212]

Titania (wearing the Power Gem from Slott's run) got a nice Marko Djurdjevic variant cover back in December:

[maklelin highbain]

Creel & Titania are best when written by Tom DeFalco. He actually gave their relationship some depth.

I totally agree some of both of their best moments were during defalco run on thor featuring eric masterson. Sparky the lightning kid as creel called him.

[616MarvelYear is LeapYear]

Y'know, I gotta give credit to Creel and Mary for staying married through so many ups and downs, I don't know of any married supervillain couple who've lasted. So how do you motivate them to turn from a life of crime to a (relatively) law-abiding lifestyle? Titania has lived under the shadow of She-Hulk's head-to-head domination practically since her creation.

Which I always found tedious.

gotta find some other goal in life than besting her nemesis.

I'd like for the female comicbook character Titania to have a male comicbook character as a nemesis instead.

[PCN24454]

I'd like for the female comicbook character Titania to have a male comicbook character as a nemesis instead.

Well, it used to be Spider-Man but that got downplayed in recent years.

[Huntsman Spider]

Which I always found tedious.

I'd like for the female comicbook character Titania to have a male comicbook character as a nemesis instead.

Well, it used to be Spider-Man but that got downplayed in recent years.

Which is kind of a shame because they're actually fairly similar when you think about their backgrounds. They were both bullied as kids/teenagers before gaining superpowers (along with superpowered physiques), but since Titania never had an "Uncle Ben moment" where her abuse of her newfound power led (in)directly to the death of someone she cared about, instead she went headlong into villainy, mostly in the form of using her powers to become a bully herself, something Spider-Man pointed out when he took her down in Secret Wars #8. That juxtaposition would be a great dynamic to play on, and if it wasn't for Titania's relationship with Absorbing Man, I'd ship the hell out of Titania/Spider-Man.