MC2 A Day

  Writer: Tom DeFalco Penciler: Ron Frenz Synopsis: A foe from the Avengers first battle comes back to seek revenge.  Comments: Uroc was first appeared in Thor #408 and was created by Tom DeFalco and Mike Mignola. In Thor #450, Uroc's left hand was frozen and destroyed by the special forces police team of Code: Blue. In Wolverine #137, written by Eric Larsen and drawn by Jeff Matsuda (designer on The Jackie Chan Adventures and The Batman ), Uroc had both hands intact, so Uroc's history on Earth 982 must diverge from Thor #450 and the events of Wolverine #137 did not happen. Uroc was created before Hellboy (Mignola's most famous creation), but shares a resemblance to him with the filed down horns on his head. Frenz has strengthened the resemblance by giving Uroc a presumably prosthetic uru left hand that resembles Hellboy's right hand as a tribute to his creator.  Sabreclaw looks like the trolls. I thought it might result in a friendly fire incident.  There's a ...

Writer: Tom DeFalco Penciler: Ron Frenz Synopsis: J2 tells Bluestreak an untold story of the Avengers in Asgard.  Comments: The flashback in this story takes place between pages 20 and 21 of A-Next #1.  MC2 is really set in the here and now, because smart phones, selfie sticks and even selfies were not a thing in 1998 when A-Next #1 was published.  Bluestreak and J2 are ignorant of Avengers history, since A-Next #1 established that Jolt and Jubilee were Avengers and that was confirmed again in Spider-Girl #32, along with Speedball. It was ambiguous if he was ever an Avenger in A-Next #1. It's also a bit of retcon that an appeal was sent out to a host of heroes. The appeal was sent out to reserve Avengers, Jubilee and Jolt got the signal as did Stinger because her technology was so similar to Ant-Man's (Scott Lang), a former Avenger. J2 and Speedball did not get the signal and joined because the saw the commotion with the trolls.  A-Next #1 referenced a glorious c...