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Source: Justice League of America vol.1 #114 (1974)Type: Transformation (in an imaginary story)Remember Anakronus? The Lord of Time's silent partner who, way back in Justice League of America #10 defeated the entire JLA more or less right after the comic ended? No? Neither has Snapper Carr who, three years after his falling out with the League (our time), finds his whole family taken hostage unless the JLA gives Anakronus the 10 million bucks their telethon has just netted (a JLA telethon?! Come back Monday for the details, there's a post in them there hills!). He goes on and on about defeating the Justice League and tells an involved story in which he uses his temporal powers to bring back/forward various warriors or evolve/devolve creatures to fight the heroes for him, and it all ends with the JLA - including Superman - devolved into NOTHINGNESS!!!!Obviously they got better.OR the truth may be that Anakronus is a nutjob in a Centurion outfit from a costume shop, wielding a blinged-up .45 automatic. At least, that's what it looks like when the Atom, Elongated Man and Red Tornado show up to save Snapper and his family. Which doesn't explain how Anakronus knew about the Lord of Time or why his gun makes sci-fi noises. I call shenanigans on Len Wein, and to no-win a no-prize, I'll say Anakronus' story is true, but the JLA prevented the timeline from occurring somehow, leaving the poor villain lost in time, his mind broken, with echoes of memories of what once went wrong.Section for Snapper Carr haters: Instead of using his JLA signal device (he doesn't think of it), he calls the telethon and puts subtle emphasis on certain words to let Green Lantern know he was in trouble. Being subtle with Hal Jordan is a risk, I think you'll agree.

"It's a ship." "What, for midgets?" "Or a coffin for a very large man." (A prophetic quote, as it turns out.)TECHNICAL SPECS: This story is available on DVD. First aired Jan.3 1981.IN THIS ONE... The TARDIS and a human ship navigated by a lion-man's imagination get stuck at zero coordinates, in a vast whiteness.REVIEW: I don't think we've had such a visually impressive story since The Leisure Hive shocked the show out of the 70s. There are hiccups here and there - the bit-mapped frozen coin comes to mind - but the handheld work walking around the split-level spaceship set, the leonine Beric running through the void with his own echoes on his trail, the cobwebbed castle right out of Cocteau's La Belle et la Bête, the wire-frame TARDIS in the navigator's eye... But all this eye-candy comes at a price. Appropriately for this program, that cost is TIME, and director Paul Joyce would never work on the show again. Overruns and all that. I don't think it's entirely his fault. There are LOT of video effects that must be catered to, and that just takes time. Not for the audience, of course - this looks to be another of those serials with chapters closer to 20 minutes than 25 - but the short running time is at least filled with interesting visuals and heady concepts.Now, I'm all for rich and complex scripts. For example, I'm on record as a fan of Ghost Light. Warriors' Gate is one of those Doctor Who stories that invites literary analysis too, though I sometimes think it's overrated. What keeps it from really charming me is the underlying science. While I'm intrigued by the theme of randomization and the overt reference to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (the two grease monkeys commenting on the story happening over their heads and flipping coins), I have the niggling feeling that this is another Bidmead wet dream about mathematics. He's created E-Space where coordinates are negative, and now writer Steve Gallagher is asked to set a story at zero coordinates, an imaginary point where the two universes theoretically touch. Thankfully, Gallagher is literate enough to make this concept more poetic than scientific (though those TARDIS scenes tend towards technobabble), and the idea of "two sides of a coin" returns again and again - the two levels on the ship, Beric walking through a mirror, and his zen riddle about being from both the past and future.One thing I've noticed since I started this pilgrimage is that the show used to told from the TARDISeers' point of view and over time moved that POV to the natives of the TARDIS' destinations. We used to discover worlds and times with the Doctor and his companions, but now spend a fair amount of time, especially in the first chapter of every serial, immersed in an alien world before the TARDIS ever arrives. The consequence is that we get tedious TARDIS scenes just so the heroes can appear early in the episode. By the time they disembark, there's only just time for a little skulking about before the cliffhanger happens. That happens here. There's a bit of discontinuity with the Doctor proposing to bring Adric to Gallifrey instead of returning him home as he intended at the end of the previous episode. K9 gets his with solar winds as he once again gets hammered by JNT edicts. And Romana prepares her departure from the program by saying she might part ways with the Doctor. Plus, what's the I Ching and some bla bla bla about time rifts. I've nothing against the "alien POV" structure per se, but they really need to integrate the regulars into it better.THEORIES: A white void? Where have we seen that before? Ah yes. So is there a connection between the void at "zero coordinates" and the whiteness in the Land of Fiction's lobby? Both are outside the universe as we understand it, both snare the TARDIS, and both have strange physical properties that allow people to walk on, and breathe, nothing. In the middle of nowhere, there's a partly visible castle built by a race of lion-men - truly shades of

Author: FootinmouthedSpider-ManEnglish, Rated: TRomance/GeneralPeter P./Spider-Man & Gwen S.Chapters: 9, Words: 16,651, Reviews: 20, In-ProgressIt's Gwen's turn to be the hero. She doesn't suspect Peter would be too thrilled about it.

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By Tim Stevens Layla Miller is a female who presents as an adult. There has been some question whether her level of physical maturation corresponds with her actual chronological age and/or her level of emotional and psychological maturation, but the client maintains that they do and, if anything, it is when she appeared more childlike that things were not properly aligned. The client also presents as being in average to above average physical fitness, with no prominent physical limitations, and is able to fulfill any and all activities of daily living (ADLs). How she came to be an “adult” may be unconventional but an extensive physical exam done by our clinic’s medical partners does not find that there have been any dangerous medical consequences in the physiology of the client’s body or brain. Client self-identifies as a mutant and summarizes her mutant gift with the statement that she “knows stuff.” She refuses to describe the power in more detail or how it works claiming that to do so would have dire consequences to her or others. This writer has not pressed the issue as it does not seem relevant to therapy at this time. However, it is important to monitor as it may be indicative of delusion. Miller is currently a member of the for-mutants by-mutants private investigation firm X-Factor Investigations and is married to founder and fellow Investigator Jamie Madrox (also known as “Multiple Man”). The client has also gone by the “mutant” or codename of Butterfly but does so very rarely. As previously mentioned above, although the client was only a child a few years earlier, she is now a full grown adult. On the way to becoming so, she has been subjected to an apparently alternate timeline in which mutants are kept in internment camps. She was stranded there for a period of time, apparently instigating a full-scale revolution, the so-called “Summer Rebellion,” before finally making her way back to her “native” timeline. Although arguably traumatic, her time in this alternate place seemed to have only strengthened her resolve. The client characterizes it as having both taught her limits and affirmed, for her, her abilities. She was similarly largely unaffected by being sent back too far into her past after another excursion, with Madrox, to the alternate timeline. Consistent with observations made by Dr. Leonard Sampson and reports by her teammates, the client is oriented towards the greater good and self-sacrifice. Having said that, however, she has shown increasing signs of becoming more personally involved with those around her and therefore more likely to make “selfish” choices. This is perhaps best highlighted with her resurrection of the Guido Carosella (Strong Guy) after his death which she claims was about sparing Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix (M) the pain of guilt as they were teammates and, evidently, eventually going to be best friends. In general, although she presents unconventionally, Miller does appear to have a normal, healthy range of emotions and is capable of expressing them in appropriate manners. She has the capacity for empathy, even though she does seem to actively suppress it at times in the name of “knowing stuff;” as noted, that seems to be happening less and less the more she develops relationships to those around her. The client is a quite capable manipulator and often conceals information for others, which she claims is motivated by her desire to ensure the greater. However, as with empathy, the deeper her relationships have grown, the more she has been open and honest with those around her. As a therapist, this writer is dedicated to helping the client continue to deepen her bonds to others and to develop her sense of appropriate withholding versus deception and manipulation. Despite a rebellious streak and a clear desire to prove he

Chris Sabin (image courtesy of Impact Wrestling) Photos courtesy of Impact Wrestling By James Viscardi with Ben Morse For a decade, Chris Sabin has been a mainstay of Impact Wrestling, winning the X Division title on multiple occasions and comprising one half of the legendary Motor City Machine Guns. However, for the past two years, Impact has lacked one of its favorite sons, sidelined with a variety of injuries. On June 2 in Boston at Slammiversary, Sabin steps back up to the plate, challenging X Division Champion Kenny King in a three way contest also involving Suicide. We spoke to Sabin about his comeback, competing with Spider-Man, his qualifications to be an Avenger and more. Chris Sabin (image courtesy of Impact Wrestling) Marvel.com: So you’ve been out for a bit; two years on the sidelines. What does it mean to come back to the stage as big as Slammiversary? Chris Sabin: To me it means everything, especially something as big as Slammiversary, because I’ve been there for every anniversary that the company has had since their very first one. I might not have been physically at every Slammiversary, but I’ve been working with the company for [all of them], so it’s cool to come back and be a part of the company being around for so long. Marvel.com: Did you make any adjustments in your time off to your training and your style? Chris Sabin: Yeah, definitely. I tried to change everything up from the way I looked to the way I wrestled to the way I talked. I tried to give them something completely fresh. I have to change my wrestling style because physically I can’t keep up the pace I could do before. But, you know, you can get around that and still put on an entertaining match. Chris Sabin (image courtesy of Impact Wrestling) Marvel.com: Do you see any challenges transitioning back into singles competition, or are you just ready to go full fire? Chris Sabin: Yeah, pretty much ready to go full fire. You know, it’s been 24 months since I’ve been here, really. I was back for about seven matches then put back [on the shelf] so I’m pretty much ready for anything at this point. Marvel.com: Are you a big Marvel fan? Chris Sabin: I just started getting the comics in the past couple months. Growing up, I watched the X-Men cartoons; I watched the Spider-Man cartoons, movies, video games, all that stuff. I had the X-Men characters as toys; I remember I had Wolverine and Cable. But I wouldn’t use them as X-Men. I’d actually use them in my little wrestling promotions. Spider-Man Marvel.com: Let’s say you had a match against someone like Spider-Man. With your high flying abilities, how do you think you’d do? Chris Sabin: I mean, I think I’d do pretty well. Two years ago, I definitely would have been a lot better because I could’ve maybe kept up a little bit. But I mean, it’d be hard to keep up with Spider-Man. Marvel.com: You mentioned being an X-Men fan. Let’s say you were able to pick someone as a tag team partner, who from the X-Men do you think you’d team up with? Chris Sabin: That’s a pretty tough one. I mean, Wolverine is a great wrestler because he has the healing factor, so he can take any bump whatsoever. You can pick him up and throw him, superplex him off the top rope on the stairs, and he’s able to heal himself, so he’d be a pretty mean wrestler. Wolverine Marvel.com: If you were to have any superpower, what do you think would be the best one to help you out in the ring? Chris Sabin: It almost seems like the healing factor would be the best. Obviously, you know, we get beat up so much. Healing would be very good. I’m just going to go with that, because that’s the most logical one. Marvel.com: Last one for you. Let’s say the Avengers came up to you and said, “Hi, Chris. We’ve got a sp

Marvel is proud to unveil Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada’s jaw dropping wraparound variant cover to AGE OF ULTRON #10, featuring Angela! To save the Marvel Universe, Earth’s Mightiest made the most controversial decision of their lives resulting a disaster unlike any they’ve seen before. But with one final shot to make things right, can they turn back the hands of time and restore everything to its former glory? And if they can’t what happens next?! AGE OF ULTRON #10, by the jam packed creative team of Brian Michael Bendis, Bryan Hitch, Carlos Pacheco, Brandon Peterson, Alex Maleev, Butch Guice, David Marquez and Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada, leaves no stone unturned and has an ending nobody can see coming! Age of Ultron #10 variant cover by Joe Quesada The Avengers are down to their last resort as they forge the ultimate plan to finally break free from Ultron’s ferocious iron grip. So what are you waiting for? Head on over to your local comic shop and reserve a copy of AGE OF ULTRON #10 today!  Join the conversation on Twitter using #AgeOfUltron, and don’t forget to follow us at @Marvel! AGE OF ULTRON #10 (APR130589) AGE OF ULTRON #10 ANGELA VARIANT (APR130592) Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Art by BRYAN HITCH, CARLOS PACHECO, BRANDON PETERSON, ALEX MALEEV, BUTCH GUICE, DAVID MARQUEZ & JOE QUESADA Cover by BRANDON PETERSON Variant Cover by JOE QUESADA ON-SALE – 6/19/13

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By Brett White After making a bloody splash as an X-Force villain just over 20 years ago, Deadpool has grown from a cult favorite second banana to Marvel's most notorious leading mercenary. On June 25, 2013, comic book fans everywhere will get to experience life in the red and black tights when Deadpool's first ever video game breaks its way into stores. This marks Wade Wilson's first time headlining a game after appearing in other titles like “Marvel: Ultimate Alliance” and the Marvel vs. Capcom series. To celebrate this momentous occasion, we're giving you an in-depth look at Deadpool's history, from his humble beginnings as X-Force's snarkiest foe all the way to today. Be sure to visit the Marvel Digital Comics Shop and Marvel Unlimited to brush up on your 'Pool history! Wade Wilson finally became a legit leading man with his first limited series, 1993's DEADPOOL: THE CIRCLE CHASE. Without Tolliver's support network, Deadpool had to give his old tech expert, Weasel, his job back. Following his boss’ death, DP found himself concerned with only one thing: Tolliver's will and the big prize that went to the first person that found it. The catch: every criminal wanted the goodies and everyone thought Deadpool knew the location. He also became a target for Garrison Kane, looking for Vanessa. The mutant known as Copycat had gone missing after Deadpool's botched attack in Boston. After he realized that the merc didn't know Vanessa’s location, Kane left him alone. insert caption here After Deadpool stole a disc containing information about the will, Juggernaut and Black Tom Cassidy immediately attacked him. Even though the two hadn't come looking for the info, they stole it after learning its value. ‘Pool followed the pair to an airport, stowing away on their getaway plane. They clashed again midair, allowing Deadpool to get the upper hand by blowing out the plane's door. Black Tom and Juggernaut were sucked out of the plane, and Wade managed to get the disc back in the scuffle. But peace didn't last long, as a group called the Executive Elite overwhelmed Deadpool. Just as their agent Comcast started to suck DP’s knowledge of Tolliver's will out of his head, Weasel came in cavalry-style and distracted them long enough for his pal to overpower the alliteratively named team. After putting together the information from the stolen disc with the Elite's Intel, our main merc pinpointed the will's location. Upon arriving in Katmandu, Deadpool found a number of individuals already there: Garrison Kane, a cybermorph psychopath named Slayback along with hostage Vanessa, and a dormant ADAM unit guarding the will. The skirmish woke the ADAM unit up, engaging its anti-weapon protocols. The being obviously pegged Slayback and Deadpool as weapons, immediately vaporizing the former. But when ADAM turned its attention to Deadpool, Wade reasoned with the robot. He said that he could also help people and then let the impaled Vanessa use her copying powers on his healing factor, thus saving her life. This satisfied the unit. Vanessa left with Kane, and Deadpool gave up on the will. Saving Copycat’s life gave Wade Wilson his first taste of heroism. Deadpool ventured outside of the X-Men's corner of the Marvel Universe during this time as well, appearing in the pages of SILVER SABLE AND THE WILD PACK #23 and AVENGERS #366. He even joined up with Luke Cage and Dr. Druid to repair the fabric of time in SECRET DEFENDERS #15-17. But no matter how far away Deadpool ran, his own past kept coming back to haunt him. 1994's DEADPOOL let fans peek behind the mercenary’s mask. Wade Wilson revealed his origin and scarred face to a bartender; one not prepared for that epic a sob story. Wilson disclosed that he had terminal cancer and became Deadpool to earn money for a cure. The cure he found worked, but left him horribly scarred.