The Battle of the Century!
Written by: Gerry Conway
Drawn by: Ross Andru
Inked by: Dick Giordano
Lettered by: Gaspar Saladino
Colored by: Jerry Serpe, Rick Taylor
Originally published: 1976
Here’s why I am considering this story canon:

Wikipedia says the whole Marvel/DC thing with the brothers starts because they become aware of each other due to previous crossovers. This is a previous [...]

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This Woman, This Warrior!
Conceived, written by: Gerry Conway, Carla Conway
Art and storytelling by: John Buscema
Embellishment by: Joe Sinnott
Letters: John Costanza
Colors: Marie Severin
Originally published: January 1977
This was a pretty good start for Ms. Marvel. As far as the hero and plot-points go: I like the whole amnesia/secret-identity-from-herself angle, I was intrigued by the teaser about MJ [...]

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…And There Was Lightmaster!
Writer: Jim Shooter
Penciller: Sal Buscema
Inker: M. Esposito
Plot: G. Conway
Letterer: Joe Rosen
Colorist: G. Wein
Originally published: February 1977
Lightmaster is a fairly lame bad guy, I think. He’s just like a big Christmas light. Lansky’s reasons for turning to supervillainy were also incredibly stupid. Who becomes some evil super-powered criminal kidnapper because city officials don’t [...]

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Kraven is the Hunter!
Writer: Gerry Conway
Artist/storyteller: Sal Buscema
Inker/embellisher: Mike Esposito
Letterers: I. Watanabe, John Costanza
Colorist: Don Warfield
Originally published: January 1977

There’s a little foreshadowing of what I assume will be the return of the Lizard next month
Who’s the leader of this whole kidnap operation? I assumed it was Lansky himself, but I could be wrong. Anyway, now [...]

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At Last: The Decision!
Writers: Gerry Conway, Jim Shooter, Steve Englehart
Artist: George Perez
Inker: John Tartag
Letterer: Irving Watanabe
Colorist: Don Warfield
Originally published: September 1976
A new set of Avengers is chosen. It very much resembles the existing lineup. There are lot of flashbacks, including one with Spidey. This was kind of like a crappy clips episode of a sitcom.
Why [...]

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