Strange #236

(5 août 1989)

Crise d'identité (Table of Contents: 1)

La Division Alpha / comic story / 23 ? pages (report information)

Script

Bill Mantlo

Pencils

Jim Lee

Inks

Tony DeZuniga

Colors

Bob Sharen

Letters

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Genre

super-héros (superhero)

Characters

Alpha Flight [Vindicator [Heather Hudson]; Box [Madison Jeffries]; Sasquatch [Wanda Langkowski]]; Beta Flight [Purple Girl; Manikin; Goblyn [Laura Dean]]; VILLAINS: Tundra; Somon; Kariooq; Tolomaq; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Shaman; Talisman; Snowbird; Aurora; Northstar; Puck; Bedlam; Freakout; Janus; Breakdown; Smart Alec; Gary Cody

Synopsis

Sasquatch is having an identity crisis while trying to adjust to his new female body and the great beasts use this moment of weakness to ask him to return to their fold. Alpha Flight battles the great beasts once again and Jeffries uses Bedlam's underground base to turn Box into a giant robot to defeat Tundra.

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #55 (February 1988)

Indexer Notes

Cover story

Sur les quais (Table of Contents: 2)

L'Araignée / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

David Michelinie

Pencils

Todd McFarlane

Inks

Todd McFarlane

Colors

Bob Sharen

Letters

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Genre

super-héros (superhero)

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; GUESTS: Mary Jane Parker; Silver Sable; Sandman; VILLAINS: Franz Kraus; Neo-Nazis

Synopsis

Peter wants to move to Kansas to take a new research job and MJ is torn as she contemplates leaving her beloved New York to support her husband. Silver Sable hires Spidey and Sandman to help her bring down Neo-Nazi leader Franz Kraus who wants to buy his own state and start the Fifth Reich in America. After the adventure is concluded, Spidey returns home to find MJ has packed her bags and is willing to move to the Midwest with him. Peter tells her that he has decided to go back to school for an advanced degree so that they can stay in New York where they have built a solid life.

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #303 (August 1988) [-2 pages]

La mort du héros (Table of Contents: 3)

Iron Man / comic story / 22 ? pages (report information)

Script

David Michelinie (plot, script); Bob Layton (plot)

Pencils

M. D. Bright (breakdowns)

Inks

Bob Layton (finishes)

Colors

Bob Sharen

Letters

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Genre

super-héros (superhero)

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jim Rhodes; Abe Zimmer; Firepower [Jack Tagger]; General Meade; Edwin Cord; Senator Boyton

Reprints

• from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #230 (May 1988)

Même un dieu peut mourir (Table of Contents: 4)

Les Vengeurs / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern

Pencils

John Buscema (breakdowns); Tom Palmer (finishes)

Inks

Tom Palmer

Colors

Julianna Ferriter; Christie Scheele

Letters

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Genre

super-héros (superhero)

Characters

Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Wasp]; Ant-Man [Scott Lang]; Bucky Barnes (in a photo); Edwin Jarvis; Masters of Evil [Absorbing Man; Baron Zemo [Helmut Zemo]; Bulldozer; Fixer; Goliath [Erik Josten]; Mister Hyde; Moonstone [Dr. Karla Sofen]; Piledriver; Thunderball; Titania; Yellowjacket [Rita DeMara]] (villains)

Synopsis

Ant-Man helps the Wasp stop Titania and the Absorbing Man from killing a comatose Hercules. Captain Marvel attempts to escape from Blackout's darkforce dimension. Mister Hyde tortures Jarvis.

Reprints

• from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #275 (January 1987) [-2 pages]