The Ultimates continues, with even more cynicism, but hey, the books are beautiful to look at!   And if you like this series, please, write us and tell us why.  Defend your fandom!

Its the introduction of the Avengers to the Ultimate Universe, called The Ultimates!!  What if The Avengers, but as reimagined by one of the most cynical comic book writers in the business?  The issues are problematic, but man, they are gorgeous to look at!

Its the final issue of the crossover of the century, between the JLA and the Avengers and everyone's invited...not just the heroes of both teams but all of the villains as well!  

Its issue 3 of the epic JLA/Avengers crossover and there's a problem with time, as the Avengers and JLA are remembering crossovers that never happened and moving through the histories of both teams.  

The JLA/Avengers crossover continues as both teams race to get the cosmic items of power first in order to win the Grandmaster's game.  But if one team wins, everybody loses!  And can Krona be counted on to uphold his end of the bargain if he loses?

We're hitting it about a year before it should come up in our timeline, but it made sense to do it after we finished the Kurt Busiek run on the main title...that's right, it's the four issue Avengers and JLA crossover from 2003 by Busiek and George Perez!  And it's an excuse to have Jason and John talk about some DC characters!  This issue is a lot of table setting, but we discuss the Justice League and a ton of DC characters and get that table setting out of the way so we can get into the exciting stuff next issue!

Daryl Lawrence of the X-Factor Files has written a book about Alpha Flight (True North, available from Barnes & Noble) and we thought we'd use that as an opportunity to talk about the crossover from the 1980's when the Avengers and Alpha Flight teamed up to save Marrina from Attuma!  We saw one issue of it in Avengers #272, but there were a ton of Alpha Flight issues leading up to that one Avengers issue, and we're here to discuss them all!

You can (and should) preorder Daryl's book here: True North: A Complete Reference Guide and Analysis of Alpha Flight's First Volume by Daryl Richard Lawrence, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®

  We are sad, as we examine the last two issues of Kurt Busiek's historic run on the book, one finishing up the Kang War and the other showing the inner workings of the Maria Stark Foundation (Avengers vs accountants!)!

The Kang War ends at last!  The heroes win (no surprise) but is Kang punished for what he has done?  And what is the final fate of the Scarlet Centurion?

This episode we start with a pseudo-Astro City issue, with Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson teaming up to tell a story together about Wonder Man and the Scarlet Witch!  And then the heroes gather to fight Kang for the final time!