Digital Comics Storyline Spotlight: X-Statix - The Good and the Famous
Milligan and Allred pit their murant troop against the Avengers
Posted: 2008-05-08 Updated: 2008-05-12 10:22:21
Each week we highlight a classic storyline told in full inside Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited, the greatest collection of Marvel comics available online! This week we focus on X-STATIX #21-#25, "The Good and the Famous"!
Written by Peter Milligan with art by indie-superstar Mike Allred, X-STATIX "The Good and the Famous" serves up more of the action-packed zaniness fans adored in this cult-favorite series.
When the mysterious and powerful little green fella' known only as Doop falls into the hands of Russian terrorists—a plot which would turn him into a super-weapon—X-Statix turn to Earth's mightiest, the Avengers, to save their friend. Although the combined might of the celebrity mutant team and the world's premier superhero outfit defeat the Ruskies, Doop's brain explodes from a wound suffered during the rescue effort, sending glops of green super noggin all over the globe.
Pit against the Avengers who want to try to contain the incredible power of Doop, X-Statix races against time, across the planet, and into mythical Asgard, scrambling to put their broken friend together again. Read all five issues now on Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited!
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