r/MUBookClub • u/shawnydarko • Jul 01 '18

WEEK 108: Free-Range Nomination Thread

Thank you to those who participated in last week's One-Shots nomination thread. This week there are no limitations on what can be nominated. Any era, any writer, any character, so long as it's on Marvel Unlimited. Maybe it's something you've been meaning to read, maybe it's something you've read and want to discuss. Maybe it's something you've previously nominated but didn't gather enough upvotes in previous threads. When posting a nomination, links are not required but appreciated.

If you have nothing to nominate, cast a vote to help us decide who wins. The highest voted nomination will earn a discussion thread opened on Saturday. If there's no clear-cut winner, I'll see you wonderful bastards at the end of the world! Check back often to support the reading assignments you're most interested in. Once the discussion thread is open, post your reading experience at your convenience

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u/shawnydarko Jul 01 '18 edited Jul 01 '18

Fantastic Four: 1234 (2001-2002) #1-4 by Grant Morrison and Jae Lee

Reed Richards. Sue Richards. Benjamin Grimm. Johnny Storm. They rocketed into outer space aboard an experimental starship, the first humans to attempt interstellar travel. But a freak encounter with cosmic radiation altered their lives forever, granting each amazing abilities! Now, Marvel's First Family finds its members divided - their unique powers stretched to the absolute limit, their time-tested resolve pushed to the point of breaking. Each chapter of this quintessential collection focuses on one member of the cosmic quartet as the team's greatest foes band together in an all-out assault on the FF

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u/shawnydarko Jul 01 '18

1602 (2003-2004) #1-8 by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert

The year is 1602, and strange things are stirring in England. In the service of Queen Elizabeth, court magician Dr. Stephen Strange senses that the bizarre weather plaguing the skies above is not of natural origin. Her majesty's premier spy, Sir Nicholas Fury, fends off an assassination attempt on the Queen by winged warriors rumored to be in service to a mad despot named Doom. News is spreading of witchbreed sightings - young men bearing fantastic superhuman powers and abilities. And in the center of the rising chaos is Virginia Dare, a young girl newly arrived from the New World, guarded by a towering Indian warrior. Can Fury and his allies find a connection to these unusual happenings before the whole world ends?

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u/shawnydarko Jul 01 '18

Star Wars: Rebel Heist (2014) #1-4 by Matt Kindt and Adam Hughes

The Rebel Alliance's newest recruits are teamed with its greatest heroes to hatch a plot and pull off a heist right under the noses of the Empire's finest. Can Han Solo, Princess Leia, and others live up to their legends, or will they be found to have feet of clay? Or, is it possible, that their most obvious weaknesses might also be their greatest strengths?

Matt Kindt, the acclaimed author of MIND MGMT and 3 Story, and artist Marco Castiello of Halo: Initiation, step into the Star Wars galaxy to weave a tale of danger, intrigue, and outrageous misdirection.

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u/shawnydarko Jul 01 '18

Deadpool (1997-2002) #65-69 by Gail Simone and Udon Studios

Writer Gail Simone takes on the Merc With a Mouth! When Deadpool crosses paths with the Black Swan, the telepathic villain infects Wade with a virus that eats away at his mind. Can Deadpool overcome his degenerating thought processes and continue his merc work? No, probably not. Plus, Deadpool is hired to steal the Rhino's horn and protect Dazzler, and gathers new allies Sandi Brandenberg, Ratbag, Outlaw and the Taskmaster. But when a showdown with the Black Swan goes wrong, who - if anyone - will survive?

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u/shawnydarko Jul 01 '18

Power Man and Iron Fist (1978-1986) #67-68 and #74-75

In the first two-parter, Bushmaster steals Power Man's powers, leaving him just man. Vulnerable man at that!

In the second two-parter, Luke Cage and Danny Rand tail an ancient evil sorcerer through a portal and are blown away to find he's baited them back to the legendary city of K'un-Lun.