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The Super-Skrull punches the Human Torch clean out of the air, as they battle in the lobby of the Baxter Building, the headquarters of the Fantastic Four. The title of this comic strip, “All-New, All-Intelligent Avengers Presents… ‘Future Cluttering Its Waters’,” is visible at the top of the image.

All-New, All-Intelligent Avengers #151 – ‘Future Cluttering Its Waters’

Posted on August 28, 2024September 4, 2024 by phil.wrede

It took just about seventeen months, but Kate Neville’s finally getting her own super-powered day in the sun (or whatever it is that produces the light over the Negative Zone)! I can’t say that I had this exact stop along the way of her ultimate story planned out from the first time we met her…

On the streets of New York City, the Scorpion catches the Black Widow across her midsection with a strike from his mechanical tail weapon. The title of this comic strip, “All-New, All-Intelligent Avengers Presents… ‘We Case Our Lines Into an Ocean’,” is visible at the top of the image.

All-New, All-Intelligent Avengers #150 – ‘We Cast Our Lines Into an Ocean’

Posted on August 21, 2024August 21, 2024 by phil.wrede

My goodness – we’ve arrived at one hundred and fifty (150!) installments of the “main” story here of the Phil Wrede Marvel Action Figure Comic Universe! Back in #100 (July 2023), Domino and War Machine were amicably breaking up, and Tony Stark was just beginning his (short-lived) relationship with Jocasta. Remember any of those moments?…

The android Jocasta faces off against a Doombot in the middle of a New York City street. The title of this comic, “All-New, All-Intelligent Avengers Presents… ‘Exactly Where I Most Belong’,” is visible at the top of the image.

All-New, All-Intelligent Avengers #149 – ‘Exactly Where I Most Belong’

Posted on August 14, 2024August 21, 2024 by phil.wrede

We’re finally entering the phase of the Kirby/Stryker showdown where the ideological lines are being drawn, where the two candidates start differentiating themselves in more meaningful ways than “doesn’t much care for mutants” (Kirby) and “actively wants to exterminate mutants” (Stryker). I know whose side I’m on, if these are the only two choices. I…

Inside the Baxter Building (the headquarters of the Fantastic Four), Johnny Storm can barely control his flame powers at the sound of the building’s alert siren sounding. Former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Kate Neville (“played” here by an action figure of Emily Van Camp from her appearances in the MCU) stands beside Storm, although not too close. The title of this comic, “All-New, All-Intelligent Avengers Presents… ‘Everyone Else Continues to Stand’,” is visible at the top of the image.

All-New, All-Intelligent Avengers #148 – ‘Everyone Else Continues to Stand’

Posted on August 7, 2024August 2, 2024 by phil.wrede

Thanks to my post-vacation sickness, we took a detour from the main story in the Phil Wrede Marvel Action Figure Comic Universe last week to the nonspecific parallel Earth where Jimmy Woo is the Spectacular Spider-Protector! I hope you enjoyed reading it; I sure enjoyed putting it together (long before I got ill, anyway)! Now,…

Spider-Protector (which is what I call my Jimmy Woo version of the Japanese Spider-Man, for the sake of differentiation) faces off against Venom. Above them looms Spider-Protector’s gigantic robot buddy, LEO-SP//DR, and above him looms a tall bridge. The title of this comic, “The Spectacular Spider-Protector,” and the issue number (1) are visible at the top of the image.

The Spectacular Spider-Protector #1 – ‘Venomous Vengeance!”

Posted on July 31, 2024June 4, 2025 by phil.wrede

My take on Jimmy-Woo-as-Spider-Man, I first introduced in March of 2023 (and he’s come back a couple times, since), but my original idea dates back to whenever I found out there was going to be a Jimmy Woo action figure. I’m a big fan of Randall Park, as I’ve mentioned before; beyond that apparently immortal…

Inside the Baxter Building, the headquarters of the Fantastic Four, Kl’rt, the Super-Skrull, the shapeshifting king of the Negative Zone, shakes his fist and declares, “You will yield to the strength of the Negative Zone, or there shall be war!” The title of this comic, “All-New, All-Intelligent Avengers Presents… ‘Are Hiding in Your Room’,” is visible at the top of the image.

All-New, All-Intelligent Avengers #147 – ‘Are Hiding in Your Room’

Posted on July 24, 2024July 24, 2024 by phil.wrede

So, after last week’s vacation-inspired detour into ROGERS, a standalone Captain America adventure (which could become a whole other ongoing project unto itself, depending on how much time I can set aside to work on it), we’re back to the main story in the Phil Wrede Marvel Action Figure Comic Universe! Justin Hammer’s lazy trend-grubbing…

An unmasked Captain America, with his back to the viewer, reminiscent of the pose in which Alan Ritchison stands in the REACHER season 2 promo poster. The title, “ROGERS” (in a font, again, reminiscent of the REACHER streaming show title font), is visible at the bottom of the image.

ROGERS (proof-of-concept)

Posted on July 17, 2024June 30, 2024 by phil.wrede

I’ve never read a single Jack Reacher book, so serious fans of the character might consider my opinion on the movie and TV adaptations invalid, but between the Tom Cruise movies, and the Amazon show, I definitely prefer the first of the movies. The first Jack Reacher is unhinged in a way I didn’t expect…

In the hidden underground lair beneath his Long Island mansion, Justin Hammer (“played” here by an action figure of Jeff Goldblum from the Jurassic Park movies) orders his subordinates to seize the android Jocasta, from whose brain he intends to build his LLM “A.I.” bot. The title of this comic, “All-New, All-Intelligent Avengers Presents… ‘All the Efforts You Have Made’,” is visible at the top of the image.

All-New, All-Intelligent Avengers #146 – ‘All the Efforts You Have Made’

Posted on July 10, 2024July 22, 2024 by phil.wrede

It turns out Miles Morales was right, all those months ago, when he worried about how unrestricted palladium mining in the Negative Zone would be felt by the beings already living there. If only Jay Hansen and S.H.I.E.L.D. hadn’t tried to cut the Avengers out of the palladium action; maybe Reed and Sue would be…

Via a holographic transmission from the secret X-Force base in New Mexico, the Beast and Tony Stark (who stands in his office in Avengers Tower) argue about the course of action they each want to take, in response to the Reverend William Stryker’s escalating rhetoric of violence against the mutant community. The title of this comic, “All-New, All-Intelligent Avengers Presents… ‘Nothing Affects Me Anymore’,” is visible at the top of the image.

All-New, All-Intelligent Avengers #145 – ‘Nothing Affects Me Anymore’

Posted on July 3, 2024July 7, 2024 by phil.wrede

Well, the Beast finally did it! After years of complaining about his unfulfilling position at Stark Industries, he’s rejoined some of his fellow Xavier School alums at the secret X-Force base, ready to fight for mutant rights, or spring more political prisoners from confinement, or whatever it is they get up to. We haven’t really…

In the secret cave-like prison beneath his Long Island mansion, Justin Hammer (“played” here by an action figure of Jeff Goldblum from the Jurassic Park movies) looms ominously over his captive, the android Jocasta. The title of this comic, “All-New, All-Intelligent Avengers Presents… ‘As Bitter As I Am’,” is visible at the top of the image.

All-New, All-Intelligent Avengers #144 – ‘As Bitter As I Am’

Posted on June 26, 2024June 19, 2024 by phil.wrede

This comic began equally as a way for me to apply my love for comics, photography, and toys, as it was a way for me to wrestle with the state of the world that I feel broadly powerless to impact. In 2024, I said I wanted to tell more stories that considered the impact the…