Cover to Archie Comics THE SHADOW #6, cover by Paul Reinman. Text at the bottom reads "WILL 'THE INCREDIBLE ALLIANCE OF SHIWAN KHAN AND ATTILA THE HUNTER' DOOM THE SHADOW?" The cover shows 4 people in a room with high tech equipment behind them. The Shadow, dressed in a dark blue outfit with green boots, trunks, gloves and high collar cape is to the left dashing forward. Next is a bald man in a brown jacket and Grey slacks holds a woman with black hair in a red dress with a string of pearls. The final figure is a man with a long red beard and wearing some sort of animal skin with horns. He is swinging an axe.

I'm not sure I love this comic, but it is amazing in how wrong headed it is, which I guess makes it #TopShelFriday cautionary material!

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Photo of comic cover Uncanny X-Men #139 (1980). Says”Welcome to the X-Men, Kitty Pryde. Hope you survive the experience!”

My #TopShelFriday this week is Uncanny X-Men #139 (1980). Such a cool cover, with that second part a phrase repeated over and over in all sorts of X-books. And first appearance of Heather Hudson (later of Alpha Flight).

From 1987 (though everything is copyright 1986) comes ICON DEVIL, a b&w series that lasted... 2 issues. Though it did make a comeback in 1989 which lasted... 2 issues. It's sci-fi/martial arts with some superhero stuff? Definitely a forgotten title.

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