the TWELVE 1
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:53 am
the Twelve #1
March, 2008
Appearances:
Main Cast:
Black Widow(Claire Voyant), Blue Blade(Roy Chambers), Captain Wonder(Professor Steve Jordan), Dynamic Man(Curt Cowan), Electro… Marvel of the Age!(Professor Philo Zog), Fiery Mask(Dr. Jack Castle), Laughing Mask(Dennis Burton), Master Mind Excello(Earl Everett), Mister E.(Vince Jay), Phantom Reporter(Dick Jones), Rockman, the Witness(?), unnamed Colonel
Guest shots:
Red Raven, Angel(Thomas Halloway), Destroyer II(Roger Aubrey), Union Jack II(Brian Falsworth), Black Marvel(Dan Lyons), Captain America II(William Naslund), Bucky II(Fred Davis), Sgt. Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, Reb Ralston, Night Raven(2?), Namor, the Sub-Mariner, Human Torch(Jim Hammond), Miss America(Madeline Joyce Frank), Captain Terror(Dan Kane), Fin(Peter Noble), Whizzer(Robert Frank), Blue Diamond(Professor Elton T. Morrow), Father Time(Larry Scott), Defender(Don Stevens)
Synopsis:
Pg1-pg9: Berlin; 25 April, 1945
Allied super heroes fight Nazi troops as Berlin falls. A group of twelve, led by Master Mind Excello, split off and searches the nearby S.S. Headquarters. They make their way to the basement where they’re ambushed and frozen by an S.S. Commander and some doctors. They planned to wait until the Americans won and their attention turned to Japan, so they could come back and retrieve their research, but they hadn’t planned for the vengeance of the Russians.
Pg10: Berlin; most likely 27 April, 1945
The S.S. Commander and his doctors have been captured by the Russians. Most will be killed, and some will be tortured. Meanwhile, the Twelve continue to sleep.
Pg11-pg14: Berlin; 2 August, ‘now’
Construction has started on a new apartment building in Berlin, but the ground collapses revealing the frozen twelve heroes. Shortly afterwards, American military arrives to claim them.
Pg15: America; a few days later
The Phantom Reporter rests in his hospital room, but something’s wrong. Some details of the nurse aren’t quite right and he suspects he’s being held by the Nazis.
Pg16-pg19: three days later
Having worked out the staff’s schedule, the Phantom Reporter puts a plan together with Captain Wonder to find out where they are. Captain Wonder flies up to the roof while the Phantom Reporter grabs a nickel for a phone call… but the nickel is dated ‘2008’ and the city looks very strange…
Pg20-pg21: a few days later
The Twelve have been debriefed and they agree to pick up where they left off, working as American heroes, but under the new Registration laws.
Pg22: quite some time later
With a gun in his hand, the Phantom Reporter stands over the dead Blue Blade.
References:
Current Day Stuff:
It’s after Civil War, the Registration Act is still in effect, and that’s about it. There’s no S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, though, which is kind of strange.
Those last two pages will most likely have other issues taking place between them. Just a heads up.
World War II Stuff:
25 April, 1945 really nails things down for placement, for everyone involved. Except:
According to Marvel Superheroes 390-393, the Night Raven appearing here can’t be the first Night Raven. These issues aren’t currently in the MCP yet, and I don’t own them to verify, so does anyone care to analyze these?
Cap(Steve) & Bucky(James) ‘died’ after FDR did, before Hitler died, and before Germany fell. Therefore, these are the replacement Cap & Bucky appearing here.(Naslund & Davis) This causes some weirdness with WI? 4, SAGAHT 2, & SAGASM 5, but oh well I guess.(President Truman didn’t inform the Invaders that Cap & Bucky had been replaced until after Hitler had died. I guess with all the excitement of Berlin falling, no one had a chance to chat) In any case, this has to follow CA 215-FB for Naslund, making this the first appearance of Cap II & Bucky II.
Sgt. Fury was in a coma at this time, but since the Howling Commandos appear here, and since Fury’s eye is bandaged, I’ll have to grudgingly assume that somehow Fury was able to get out of his coma, appear shortly during the fall of Berlin, and then fall back into a coma to appear in the remainder of Peacemaker.
With Philo Zog long dead, I wonder what Electro will do except stand around? I guess we’ll find out!
Not really a reference, but it was nice to see, when the Twelve start working their way through the S.S. Headquarters, pictures on the wall of Baron Strucker and Baron Zemo, along with a picture of Hitler and a bust of the Red Skull. Along with all of the retcon heroes appearing alongside the Golden Age heroes, that really was a lot of fun.
Some placement suggestions:
BLACK WIDOW/CLAIRE VOYANT
MARVELS 1
*TWELVE 1
BLUE BLADE/ROY CHAMBERS
TWELVE 1
CAPTAIN WONDER/PROFESSOR STEVE JORDAN
TWELVE 1
DYNAMIC MAN/CURT COWAN
TWELVE 1
ELECTRO/PROFESSOR PHILO ZOG
MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS 4/5
MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS 5/5
MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS 6/5
MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS 7/5
MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS 8/5
*TWELVE 1
FIERY MASK/DR. JACK CASTLE
HUMAN TORCH 2/6
*TWELVE 1
LAUGHING MASK/DENNIS BURTON
TWELVE 1
MASTER MIND EXCELLO/EARL EVERETT
TWELVE 1
MISTER E./VINCE JAY
TWELVE 1
PHANTOM REPORTER/DICK JONES
TWELVE 1
ROCKMAN
USA COMICS 1/4
USA COMICS 2/5
USA COMICS 3/5
USA COMICS 4/6
*TWELVE 1
WITNESS/
TWELVE 1
(and of course, this would bump the other two Witnesses up a numeration each)
RED RAVEN
RED RAVEN 1
*TWELVE 1
UX 44-FB-BTS
…
ANGEL/THOMAS HALLOWAY (1940's hero)
…
HUMAN TORCH 5B
SUB-MARINER COMICS 3/2
SUB-MARINER COMICS 4/3
*TWELVE 1
CV 1-FB
…
DESTROYER II/ROGER AUBREY
From Dyna-Mite
INV 26
INV 34-FB
INV 34
ALL WINNERS COMICS 4/5
MARVELS 1
MSU 9 (01/45)
*TWELVE 1
CV 1-FB
CV 2-FB
TB 42-FB
…
UNION JACK II/BRIAN FALSWORTH
…
INV 41
FS-DOCA: IM-FB
BP4 21-FB
M/U 1-FB
WS: WK 1-FB-BTS (12/24/44)
MSU 9 (01/45)
SAGAHT 2
*TWELVE 1
WI? 4 (1-8)
SAGASM 5
WI? 4 (9-34)
CV 1-FB
BLACK MARVEL/DAN LYONS
MARVELS 1
*TWELVE 1
CA 442
…
CAPTAIN AMERICA II/WILLIAM NASLUND
From Spirit of ‘76
*TWELVE 1
WI? 4 (1-16)
…
BUCKY II/FRED DAVIS
*TWELVE 1
WI? 4 (1-16)
…
FURY, SGT. NICHOLAS "NICK" JOSEPH
…
F: PM 5
F: PM 6 (1-17)
*TWELVE 1
F: PM 6 (18-22)
NF3 38-FB
M/SPT 31 (3:7-4:4)-FB (03/46)
SGTF@ 1
…
DUGAN, TIMOTHY ALOYISIOUS CADWALLADER "DUM DUM"
...
SGTF 108 (02/45)
CA: SL2 12-FB
*TWELVE 1
SGTF@ 1
…
RALSTON, ROBERT "REB"
…
SGTF 108 (02/45)
*TWELVE 1
SGTF@ 1
…
NIGHT RAVEN II/
TWELVE 1
SUB-MARINER/NAMOR MACKENZIE
…
N@ 1/2-FB
*TWELVE 1
WI? 4 (1-8)
…
HUMAN TORCH/JIM HAMMOND
…
N@ 1/2-FB
*TWELVE 1
SAGAHT 2 (19:3-23)
WI? 4 (1-5:4)
…
MISS AMERICA/MADELINE JOYCE FRANK
…
MISS AMERICA MAGAZINE 5
*TWELVE 1
WI? 4 (1-16)
…
CAPTAIN TERROR/DAN KANE
USA COMICS 2
USA COMICS 3
USA COMICS 4/5
*TWELVE 1
CA 442
FIN/PETER NOBLE
DARING MYSTERY COMICS 7
DARING MYSTERY COMICS 8
COMEDY COMICS 9
*TWELVE 1
WHIZZER/ROBERT L. FRANK
…
COMPLETE COMICS 2
*TWELVE 1
WI? 4 (1-16)
…
BLUE DIAMOND/PROFESSOR ELTON T. MORROW
DARING MYSTERY COMICS 7
DARING MYSTERY COMICS 8
M/PRM 29
INV 6
M/PRM 30
INV 35-FB
INV 36
INV 37
INV 38
*TWELVE 1
CV2 1-FB
M/TIO 79
FATHER TIME/LARRY SCOTT
TWELVE 1
DEFENDER/DON STEVENS
USA COMICS 1
USA COMICS 2/4
USA COMICS 3/4
USA COMICS 4/3
*TWELVE 1
March, 2008
Appearances:
Main Cast:
Black Widow(Claire Voyant), Blue Blade(Roy Chambers), Captain Wonder(Professor Steve Jordan), Dynamic Man(Curt Cowan), Electro… Marvel of the Age!(Professor Philo Zog), Fiery Mask(Dr. Jack Castle), Laughing Mask(Dennis Burton), Master Mind Excello(Earl Everett), Mister E.(Vince Jay), Phantom Reporter(Dick Jones), Rockman, the Witness(?), unnamed Colonel
Guest shots:
Red Raven, Angel(Thomas Halloway), Destroyer II(Roger Aubrey), Union Jack II(Brian Falsworth), Black Marvel(Dan Lyons), Captain America II(William Naslund), Bucky II(Fred Davis), Sgt. Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, Reb Ralston, Night Raven(2?), Namor, the Sub-Mariner, Human Torch(Jim Hammond), Miss America(Madeline Joyce Frank), Captain Terror(Dan Kane), Fin(Peter Noble), Whizzer(Robert Frank), Blue Diamond(Professor Elton T. Morrow), Father Time(Larry Scott), Defender(Don Stevens)
Synopsis:
Pg1-pg9: Berlin; 25 April, 1945
Allied super heroes fight Nazi troops as Berlin falls. A group of twelve, led by Master Mind Excello, split off and searches the nearby S.S. Headquarters. They make their way to the basement where they’re ambushed and frozen by an S.S. Commander and some doctors. They planned to wait until the Americans won and their attention turned to Japan, so they could come back and retrieve their research, but they hadn’t planned for the vengeance of the Russians.
Pg10: Berlin; most likely 27 April, 1945
The S.S. Commander and his doctors have been captured by the Russians. Most will be killed, and some will be tortured. Meanwhile, the Twelve continue to sleep.
Pg11-pg14: Berlin; 2 August, ‘now’
Construction has started on a new apartment building in Berlin, but the ground collapses revealing the frozen twelve heroes. Shortly afterwards, American military arrives to claim them.
Pg15: America; a few days later
The Phantom Reporter rests in his hospital room, but something’s wrong. Some details of the nurse aren’t quite right and he suspects he’s being held by the Nazis.
Pg16-pg19: three days later
Having worked out the staff’s schedule, the Phantom Reporter puts a plan together with Captain Wonder to find out where they are. Captain Wonder flies up to the roof while the Phantom Reporter grabs a nickel for a phone call… but the nickel is dated ‘2008’ and the city looks very strange…
Pg20-pg21: a few days later
The Twelve have been debriefed and they agree to pick up where they left off, working as American heroes, but under the new Registration laws.
Pg22: quite some time later
With a gun in his hand, the Phantom Reporter stands over the dead Blue Blade.
References:
Current Day Stuff:
It’s after Civil War, the Registration Act is still in effect, and that’s about it. There’s no S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, though, which is kind of strange.
Those last two pages will most likely have other issues taking place between them. Just a heads up.
World War II Stuff:
25 April, 1945 really nails things down for placement, for everyone involved. Except:
According to Marvel Superheroes 390-393, the Night Raven appearing here can’t be the first Night Raven. These issues aren’t currently in the MCP yet, and I don’t own them to verify, so does anyone care to analyze these?
Cap(Steve) & Bucky(James) ‘died’ after FDR did, before Hitler died, and before Germany fell. Therefore, these are the replacement Cap & Bucky appearing here.(Naslund & Davis) This causes some weirdness with WI? 4, SAGAHT 2, & SAGASM 5, but oh well I guess.(President Truman didn’t inform the Invaders that Cap & Bucky had been replaced until after Hitler had died. I guess with all the excitement of Berlin falling, no one had a chance to chat) In any case, this has to follow CA 215-FB for Naslund, making this the first appearance of Cap II & Bucky II.
Sgt. Fury was in a coma at this time, but since the Howling Commandos appear here, and since Fury’s eye is bandaged, I’ll have to grudgingly assume that somehow Fury was able to get out of his coma, appear shortly during the fall of Berlin, and then fall back into a coma to appear in the remainder of Peacemaker.
With Philo Zog long dead, I wonder what Electro will do except stand around? I guess we’ll find out!
Not really a reference, but it was nice to see, when the Twelve start working their way through the S.S. Headquarters, pictures on the wall of Baron Strucker and Baron Zemo, along with a picture of Hitler and a bust of the Red Skull. Along with all of the retcon heroes appearing alongside the Golden Age heroes, that really was a lot of fun.
Some placement suggestions:
BLACK WIDOW/CLAIRE VOYANT
MARVELS 1
*TWELVE 1
BLUE BLADE/ROY CHAMBERS
TWELVE 1
CAPTAIN WONDER/PROFESSOR STEVE JORDAN
TWELVE 1
DYNAMIC MAN/CURT COWAN
TWELVE 1
ELECTRO/PROFESSOR PHILO ZOG
MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS 4/5
MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS 5/5
MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS 6/5
MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS 7/5
MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS 8/5
*TWELVE 1
FIERY MASK/DR. JACK CASTLE
HUMAN TORCH 2/6
*TWELVE 1
LAUGHING MASK/DENNIS BURTON
TWELVE 1
MASTER MIND EXCELLO/EARL EVERETT
TWELVE 1
MISTER E./VINCE JAY
TWELVE 1
PHANTOM REPORTER/DICK JONES
TWELVE 1
ROCKMAN
USA COMICS 1/4
USA COMICS 2/5
USA COMICS 3/5
USA COMICS 4/6
*TWELVE 1
WITNESS/
TWELVE 1
(and of course, this would bump the other two Witnesses up a numeration each)
RED RAVEN
RED RAVEN 1
*TWELVE 1
UX 44-FB-BTS
…
ANGEL/THOMAS HALLOWAY (1940's hero)
…
HUMAN TORCH 5B
SUB-MARINER COMICS 3/2
SUB-MARINER COMICS 4/3
*TWELVE 1
CV 1-FB
…
DESTROYER II/ROGER AUBREY
From Dyna-Mite
INV 26
INV 34-FB
INV 34
ALL WINNERS COMICS 4/5
MARVELS 1
MSU 9 (01/45)
*TWELVE 1
CV 1-FB
CV 2-FB
TB 42-FB
…
UNION JACK II/BRIAN FALSWORTH
…
INV 41
FS-DOCA: IM-FB
BP4 21-FB
M/U 1-FB
WS: WK 1-FB-BTS (12/24/44)
MSU 9 (01/45)
SAGAHT 2
*TWELVE 1
WI? 4 (1-8)
SAGASM 5
WI? 4 (9-34)
CV 1-FB
BLACK MARVEL/DAN LYONS
MARVELS 1
*TWELVE 1
CA 442
…
CAPTAIN AMERICA II/WILLIAM NASLUND
From Spirit of ‘76
*TWELVE 1
WI? 4 (1-16)
…
BUCKY II/FRED DAVIS
*TWELVE 1
WI? 4 (1-16)
…
FURY, SGT. NICHOLAS "NICK" JOSEPH
…
F: PM 5
F: PM 6 (1-17)
*TWELVE 1
F: PM 6 (18-22)
NF3 38-FB
M/SPT 31 (3:7-4:4)-FB (03/46)
SGTF@ 1
…
DUGAN, TIMOTHY ALOYISIOUS CADWALLADER "DUM DUM"
...
SGTF 108 (02/45)
CA: SL2 12-FB
*TWELVE 1
SGTF@ 1
…
RALSTON, ROBERT "REB"
…
SGTF 108 (02/45)
*TWELVE 1
SGTF@ 1
…
NIGHT RAVEN II/
TWELVE 1
SUB-MARINER/NAMOR MACKENZIE
…
N@ 1/2-FB
*TWELVE 1
WI? 4 (1-8)
…
HUMAN TORCH/JIM HAMMOND
…
N@ 1/2-FB
*TWELVE 1
SAGAHT 2 (19:3-23)
WI? 4 (1-5:4)
…
MISS AMERICA/MADELINE JOYCE FRANK
…
MISS AMERICA MAGAZINE 5
*TWELVE 1
WI? 4 (1-16)
…
CAPTAIN TERROR/DAN KANE
USA COMICS 2
USA COMICS 3
USA COMICS 4/5
*TWELVE 1
CA 442
FIN/PETER NOBLE
DARING MYSTERY COMICS 7
DARING MYSTERY COMICS 8
COMEDY COMICS 9
*TWELVE 1
WHIZZER/ROBERT L. FRANK
…
COMPLETE COMICS 2
*TWELVE 1
WI? 4 (1-16)
…
BLUE DIAMOND/PROFESSOR ELTON T. MORROW
DARING MYSTERY COMICS 7
DARING MYSTERY COMICS 8
M/PRM 29
INV 6
M/PRM 30
INV 35-FB
INV 36
INV 37
INV 38
*TWELVE 1
CV2 1-FB
M/TIO 79
FATHER TIME/LARRY SCOTT
TWELVE 1
DEFENDER/DON STEVENS
USA COMICS 1
USA COMICS 2/4
USA COMICS 3/4
USA COMICS 4/3
*TWELVE 1