The archive

The longbox

Every issue so far, newest on top. Each one is built the same way: open the comics, read the pages on camera, name the issue every claim came from.

Jean Grey

She didn't lose control. She got hungry, ate a star, and a planet full of people went dark. The pages say so.

SRC: The X-Men #1 (1963) · Uncanny X-Men #135 (1980) · X-Men #137 (1980) · Phoenix (2024)

Captain America

Marvel once rewrote the most trusted man in comics into the villain, and he took the world without throwing a punch. Watch the trailer again.

SRC: Captain America: Steve Rogers (2016) · Secret Empire (2017)

Ghost Rider

The Spirit of Vengeance is not a curse. It's a weapon somebody loaded, and the pages show who.

SRC: Ghost Rider (1973) · Spirits of Vengeance

Spider-Man

The real story behind Brand New Day's title, and why One More Day is still the most infamous trade in comics.

SRC: One More Day (2007) · Amazing Spider-Man #545

Secret Wars

The multiverse died. One man caught the pieces, built a world from them, and put his face on the sky.

SRC: Secret Wars #1–9 (2015) · New Avengers (2013)

Doctor Doom

The witch mother, the frozen father, and the pact that made the mask. By the end, the man telling the story isn't even alive.

SRC: Books of Doom (2005) · Fantastic Four Annual #2 (1964)

One-panel shorts

Sixty-second cuts for the scroll. The long issues live above.

Ghost Rider was just announced — look what Marvel was hiding

The pressure point is the planet you're standing on

Secret Wars, explained

Marvel's craziest twist ending

Doctor Doom's scar was never about vanity

The saddest superhero origin ever written