Strange #247

(5 juillet 1990)

Ce lien qui nous unit (Table of Contents: 1)

Division Alpha [Alpha Flight] / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Mantlo

Pencils

Hugh Haynes

Inks

Gerry Talaoc

Colors

Bob Sharen

Letters

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Genre

super-héros (superhero)

Characters

Alpha Flight [Vindicator [Heather Hudson]; Sasquatch [Wanda Langkowski]; Box [Madison Jeffries]]; Beta Flight [Purple Girl; Goblyn; Laura Dean]; Elizabeth Twoyoungmen [Talisman]; Snowbird; Dreamqueen (Villain, Origin); Nightmare (Flashback); Zhilla Char (Cameo Flashback); Nanquato (Cameo Flashback); Manikin (Cameo Flashback); Tundra (Cameo Flashback); Somon (Cameo Flashback); Killgrave, the Purple Man (Cameo Flashback); Eugene Judd [Puck] (Cameo Flashback)

Synopsis

Snowbird appears in Elizabeth's dreams and tells her the origin of the Dreamqueen, the daughter of Nightmare, and that the villain will try to bridge the dimensional barrier to earth by using a psychic link with Alpha Flight. As Elizabeth races to warn her former team, she finds that the Dreamqueen has already arrived.

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #67 (February 1989) [-3 pages]

La quête du Scorpion (Table of Contents: 2)

L'Homme Araignée [Spider-Man] / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

David Michelinie

Pencils

Todd McFarlane

Inks

Todd McFarlane

Colors

Gregory Wright

Letters

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Genre

super-héros (superhero)

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker; Mary Jane Parker; Harry Osborn; Liz Osborn; VILLAINS: Scorpion [MacDonald Gargan]; Rhino; Blacklash; Justin Hammer

Synopsis

Scorpy double-crosses Hammer and decides to trade the army officer he has captured for JJ Jameson. Hammer sends Rhino and Blacklash to teach him a lesson.

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #319 (Early September 1989) [-1 page]

Honneur au Maître ! (Table of Contents: 3)

Iron Man / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Alan Kupperberg (layouts)

Inks

Bob Layton (finishes)

Colors

Bob Sharen

Letters

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Genre

super-héros (superhero)

Characters

Felix Alvarez; Iron Man [also as Tony Stark]; Jim Rhodes; Kathy Dare; Li Fong (the Mandarin's servant); the Mandarin [also as Zhang Tong]; Mrs. Bambi Arbogast; the Shan-Tun monks; Soo Lin & her grandfather

Synopsis

Kathy Dare shoots Tony Stark in the chest.

Reprints

• from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #242 (May 1989) [-2 pages]

Indexer Notes

Cover story

Invasion ! (Table of Contents: 4)

Les Vengeurs [The Avengers] / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern (plot); Ralph Macchio (script)

Pencils

John Buscema (breakdowns)

Inks

Tom Palmer (finishes)

Colors

Christie Scheele

Letters

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Genre

super-héros (superhero)

Characters

The Avengers [Dr. Druid; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]]; Marrina; Super-Adaptoid (villain, origin, disguised as the Fixer); Awesome Android; Mentallo; Fixer (cameo); Machine Man; Dan Smallwood; Bobby Hutchinson

Synopsis

The Avengers discover the true Fixer is being held within a containment tube beneath Hydrobase. They realize that the Fixer who battled the Avengers is actually the Super-Adaptoid who had been released from confinement and traded places with the Fixer when the Masters of Evil attacked Hydrobase.

Reprints

• from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #287 (January 1988)