Marvel Super Hero Squad (comics)

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Marvel Super Hero Squad
Super Hero Squad
CategoriesAction and Adventure
FrequencyMonthly
First issueSeptember 9, 2009
(as Marvel Super Hero Squad)
January 13, 2010
(as Super Hero Squad)
Final issueDecember 16, 2009
(as Marvel Super Hero Squad)
December 8, 2010
(as Super Hero Squad)
Company Marvel Comics
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Language English

Marvel Super Hero Squad is a comic book series based on The Super Hero Squad Show . The series lasted for 4 issues and then ended. Instead Marvel Comics started a monthly comic book series called Super Hero Squad.

Contents

Issues

Limited series

  1. Freaky Fractal Friday!
  2. And Lo, There Shall Be a Reptil!
  3. Imperius Wrecks!
  4. Every Inhuman Has Its Day!

Monthly series

  1. Issue 1 - The Super Hero Squad members are turned into babies.
  2. Issue 2 - Enchantress and Mystique compete to win the hearts of the Super Hero Squad.
  3. Issue 3 - When a tiny jellyfish is transformed into a giant slimy blob, the Super Hero Squad have their hands full trying to keep it from engulfing Super Hero City. Meanwhile, Thor reflects on his childhood.
  4. Issue 4 - The Collector sends his minions to capture the Super Hero Squad and add them to his collection.
  5. Issue 5 - In honor of World War Hulks , this issue depicts an Infinity Fractal turning any superhero exposed to it into Hulk-like forms.
  6. Issue 6 - When an Infinity Fractal turns a paleontologist into Stegron, Speedball teams up with the Super Hero Squad when they venture into the Savage Land to stop Stegron from amassing a dinosaur army. Meanwhile, Doctor Doom sends Klaw to use his sound-based abilities to locate Infinity Fractals.
  7. Issue 7 - Ringmaster hypnotizes the Super Hero Squad into thinking that they are performers in his circus, allowing Doctor Doom and the Lethal Legion to raid the Helicarrier.
  8. Issue 8 - Discovering that different Fractals possess different qualities, the Super Hero Squad are stunned when one falls nearby and makes them overweight.
  9. Issue 9 - She-Hulk, Tigra, and Wasp want to join up with the Super Hero Squad.
  10. Issue 10 - The Super Hero Squad celebrate Halloween when a mysterious macabre menace crashes their Halloween party, called the Man-Thing.
  11. Issue 11 - In the wild west, the Super Hero Squad face off against a western version of Doctor Doom.
  12. Issue 12 - The Super Hero Squad teams up with Santa Claus to make sure Christmas goes off without a hitch.
  13. Marvel Super Hero Squad Spectacular - Beyonder has transported the Super Hero Squad and their enemies to his prison planet to do battle with one another.

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