Incredible Issues: The Incredible Hulk #1 Review
Fantastic Four(ays): Fantastic Four #1 Review Marvel's first Silver Age super-team subverts the genre in this origin issue, even if their motivations are somewhat underdeveloped
Crawling Back: Amazing Spider-Man #1 Review Lee and Ditko follow up Spidey's origin issue with a new series, exploring the choices faced by a superhuman teenager
Spider-view: "Spider-Man 2099" (Spider-Man 2099, Part 1) This three-issue narrative definitively introduces an amazing (if not spectacular) version of Marvel's famous web-headed hero
Crawling Back: Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2 Review A somewhat generic tale defines Spidey and Doctor Strange's first team-up, the story failing the annual's impressive artistry
Distinguished Critique: Batman: Ego and Other Tails Review This volume presents several examples of a master craftsman's calculated contributions to Gotham City
Crawling Back: Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #2 Review (The Osborn Prelude, Part 6) Though historically lightweight, this issue packs in an intense game of wits between Spider and Goblin
Spider-view: Spider-Man/Dr. Strange: The Way to Dusty Death This graphic novel pairs two unlikely heroes in a fun continuation of older continuity by a classic writer
Crawling Back: Amazing Spider-Man #4 Review (The Sinister Six, Part 3) Steve Ditko's creativity carries an issue introducing a villain whose potential outstrips his first appearance
Distinguished Critique: Wonder Woman by George Perez (vol. 1) Review Perez's post-Crisis introduction to Wonder Woman is a resonant blend of myth and modernity which remains highly readable today

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Revolution—01.01.2012