—MarvexSo this is the 21st century. I don't like it much. I'm going to go into space!
Appearing in "Murder on Another Planet"
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- Amanda Brayden (First appearance)
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- Michael Brayden (First appearance; dies)
- "Firewire" (First appearance)
- "Neon" (First appearance)
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Synopsis for "Murder on Another Planet"
Louise Mason learns that her old friend Michael Brayden has been murdered. His second wife relates she heard her husband being murdered in the upstairs part of their home, but was powerless to stop it, as she is confined to a wheelchair.
Mason decides to investigate the suspicious circumstances in her friend's death, donning her costumed identity of the Blonde Phantom for the first time in years. Believing the murder to be the result of a robbery, she wastes little time in locating the person who sold the computer hard-drives that were stolen from Brayden's office. She discovers that he got the hard-drives from a guy who found them in a dumpster a week ago, though the murder only occurred forty-eight hours ago. Locating a security tape of the bodega next to the dumpster, she sees that a woman dumped the hard-drives there.
Piecing together a new theory about why Brayden was murdered, looking through his old legal files at the law office of her old boss, Blake Tower. She soon confronts Brayden's seemingly grieving widow, Amanda, accusing her of murdering her husband and of pretending to need a wheelchair. She discovered that Brayden's murder was exactly six years to the day of the day that Amanda was hit by a drunk driver, supposedly paralyzing her. Brayden was actually the driver who struck Amanda, and she orchestrated their relationship in order to get back at him. She needed to wait until they were married five years as part of their prenup policy, explaining why she waited so long before murdering him. She wanted to get back at him because after the accident she was required to have an emergency hysterectomy in order to save her life. Amanda attacked Louise after she espoused her theory, though she was no match for the Blonde Phantom.
Appearing in "Marvex the Super Robot"
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- Unnamed mayor (First appearance)
- Unnamed women (First appearance)
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- Ingrediento (First appearance)
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- Numerous unnamed individuals
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Synopsis for "Marvex the Super Robot"
Finding himself on Earth with nothing to do, Marvex attempts to find reason for being. When a sandwich gets struck by lightning and turns into Ingrediento, Marvex throws him to France, earning the gratitude of the town's mayor. Marvex then goes to the woods to contemplate and remains there for the next seventy years. When he emerges, he decides that he doesn't like the 21st Century and travels into space.
Appearing in "The Origin of Marvex the Super-Robot"
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- Super-Robot (Marvex) (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Clara Crandall (First appearance)
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- Fifth Dimension Inhabitants
- Bolo (First appearance; dies)
- Numerous unnamed aliens
- Von Crabb's Spy Ring
- Von Crabb
- Numerous unnamed spies
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- Unnamed Motorist
- Unnamed Store Clerk
- Dr. Crandall's (Clara's Father) (First appearance; dies)
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Synopsis for "The Origin of Marvex the Super-Robot"
There, the robot would earn money helping tow a mans car to a service station. Finding that people look at him strangely, the robot would purchase some clothing. Noticing a burning building, Marvex would go to the aid of the people trapped inside, saving Clara Crandall and her father. Unfortunately her father would die anyway and Clara would explain to Marvex that they were attacked by spies who stole her fathers new armor coating formula.
Marvex goes after the spies and slays them, taking back the formula and turning it over to the authorities. Clara is smitten by Marvex, however he tells the girl that they can only be friends and reveals to her that he is a robot.Appearing in "The Spike Green Case"
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- Jim Hansen (First appearance)
- Clara Crandall
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- Spike Green's Gang
- Spike Green (First appearance; dies)
- Numerous unnamed members
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- Unidentified Police Department
- Numerous unnamed police officers
- Prison
- Unnamed Warden
- Numerous unnamed correction officers
- Numerous unnamed inmates
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- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Unidentified Prison
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "The Spike Green Case"
Later, Martinex is ambushed by some of Green's men and dumped in the river. However he survives the attempt and overhears how they are plotting to break Spike out of prison because -- as it turns out -- he was the person who is truly guilty of the crimes that Jim has been accused of and that he may be identified while in prison.
Martinex rounds up the gang members and then rushes to the prison where Spike Green is already causing a riot in an attempt to break out of the prison. When Martinex arrives he takes on all the rioting prisoners on his own and while he has superior strength and durability over the crooks he is soon overpowered and strapped into the electric chair. With the chair turned on, Spike and his men leave him to die, however the robot survives and breaks free.
Confronting the crooks in the courtyard, Martinex knocks them all out and then strong arms Green into confessing the crimes that he has framed Jim for, clearing his name.Solicit Synopsis
See Also
- 8 image(s) from All Select Comics 70th Anniversary Special Vol 1 1
- 1 reprint(s) of All Select Comics 70th Anniversary Special Vol 1 1
Links and References
http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=12321