Issue(s): Marvels #3
Cover Date: Mar 94
Title: "Judgment Day"
Credits:
Kurt Busiek - Writer
Alex Ross - Artist
Spencer Lamm - Assistant Editor
Marc McLaurin - Editor
Tom DeFalco - Editor in Chief

Review/plot:
Phil Sheldon is worried that people are turning on the heroes and the photo book he is working on won't sell as well as he hoped it would.

Meanwhile, Galactus tries to eat the planet.

Another neat angle in the book is the contrast between Sheldon's positive view of the "Marvels" and the way it seems Peter Parker always tries to depict Spider-Man in the worst way possible.

As i've said in my review of the first Marvels issue, this is really great, humanizing stuff with fantastic art.

Quality Rating: A

Historical Significance Rating: 5

Chronological Placement Considerations: Since this spans quite a bit of time, the important thing is to place it after all the applicable references (see below).

References:

• The Avengers were framed by Power Man and the Enchantress in Avengers #21-22.
  
• The Hulk heads for the White House in Tales To Astonish #75.
  
• SHIELD fought the Deadly Druid's Eggs in Strange Tales #144-145.
  
• Attuma caused a massive flood in Avengers #26-27.
  
• "Spider-Man" (actually Kraven) attacks JJ in Amazing Spider-Man #34.
  
• The FF fought Dragon Man in FF #44-45.
  
• Kazar came to the civilized world in Daredevil #13.
  
• The big Galactus fight is from FF #48-50.
  
• Spider-Man fought the Looter in Amazing Spider-Man #36.
  
• Tony Stark loses his defense contracts because he is stuck fighting the Mandarin in Tales Of Suspense #75-79.
  
• The X-Men fought Count Nefaria in Uncanny X-Men #22-23.

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A

Sources page from the trade paperback for cross-checking:

p.1
Widow & Ivan - Tales to Astonish #52
Avengers press conference photo - Avengers #16
"Stark and the Countess" - Tales of Suspense #69-72
"Sen. Byrd Sez Iron Man Botched Weapons Test" - Tales of Suspense #66

p. 3
Avengers declared Public Menace - Avengers #21

p. 4
Avengers innocent/"Avengers Day" - Avengers #22
Byrd's demands for Iron Man's ID/Stark missing - Tales of Suspense #72
Byrd's subpoena issued - Tales of Suspense #74

p. 5
S.H.I.E.L.D. vs. Egg-craft - Strange Tales #144-145

pp. 6-8
Attuma floods eastern seaboard, fights Avengers - Avengers #27

p. 9
"Spider-Man attaked Jonah Jameson!" - Amazing Spider-Man #34
FF/Dragon Man battle wrecks buildings - Fantastic Four #45

p. 10
Hulk in Washington DC - Tales to Astonish #75
Ka-Zar/Daredevil in England - Daredevil #14
Hercules photo - Journey into Mystery #125
Cap/Batroc battle photo - Tales of Suspense #75

pp. 12-40
Galactus events - Fantastic Four #48-50

p. 41
"Galactus Hoax"/"Galactus Vanishes" - Fantastic Four #50
"Goliath Returns to Avengers" - Avengers #28-31

p. 42
Thing wandering alleys - Fantastic Four #50
"Spider-Man fighting that Looter character" - Amazing Spider-Man #36

p. 43
Byrd cancels Stark's defense contracts - Tales of Suspense #77

p. 44
Count Nefaria imprisons Washington DC - X-Men #23

anywhere i can actually read those newspapers (like a dailybugle article)? killing my eyes i could actually make sense of the line making me think are they displayed on the sources?

Finally someone said it! Ehats it gonna take for some gratitude? To actually die???

Nice artist touch near the beginning of this issue: in the “Avengers Day” public celebration pane, look closely and you’ll see that Captain America is actually a life-sized cardboard stand-in for him on stage. This is apparently due to him briefly leaving the team at the end of Avengers #22 just before this party took place.

Wow, I never would have noticed that! And Quicksilvers looking at the cut-out in embarrassment.

What must have inspired this was the third-to-last panel in Avengers 22. The city council announces that Sunday will be Avengers Day ("The ceremony will be one of our greatest tourist attractions"), and Cap quits the next panel!