Friday Night Fights--Lo, There Shall Come An Ending Style!!

This week sees the final Friday Night Fights EVER.

And so, it is only fitting that we present the very, very last battle EVER between Reed Richards and Victor Von Doom.

Now, Doom has a really stupid plan to take over the world by mind-controlling all of the delegates at the United Nations. Because, I mean, you could hypnotize America's U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley to do your bidding, that wouldn't really do anything to take of the U.S., right? And the U.N by itself really doesn't rule the world in any meaningful way, does it? So...not Doom's best plan.

Still, he does have a pretty bitchin' Solartron Complex!!

And just in case you missed the foreshadowing...

So...

And Doctor Doom would never trouble the world again.

Spacebooger should be thanked sincerely and profusely for hosting Friday Night Fights for the last several years.

The final battle between Doom and Richards is from Fantastic Four #200 (1978), by Marv  Wolfman, the criminally underrated Keith Pollard, and Joe Sinnott

Now is the time for you to go and vote for my fight. Why? You'll never have another chance. So go and vote!!

Friday Night Fights--Toom Toom Toom Style!!

Sometimes Friday Night Fights takes us to stupid, better-off-forgotten alternate universes.

Like the Heroes Reborn universe, where someone is knocking at the door of Avengers Mansion...

Oh, sucker punch!!

Spacebooger is fairly sure that no matter what reality, Wonder Man's costume will always be terrible.

Marvel leased out it's legacy in Avengers #7 (1997), by Rob Liefeld (plot), Jeph Loeb (plot & script), Ian Churchill (pencils) and Lary Stucker & Jon Sibal & Norm Rapmund (inks)

Now is the time for you to go and vote for my fight. Why? Well, actually, you probably shouldn't. I mean, Heroes Reborn--what was I thinking? Still, go and vote!!

Friday Night Fights--It Style!!

It's time to learn your Marvel history in this week's Friday Night Fights!

Most of you cats out there probably don't remember It, The Living Colossus.

Well, let me tell you, he was pretty boss.

He started in the Atlas days, as a 100 foot tall granite statue, carved by a Soviet dissident. And a visiting alien was somehow able to take over the statue and threaten the world!

 Good stuff.

After another horror mag appearance, the statue was shrunk down to 30 feet tall (by SCIENCE), and disabled Hollywood special effects man Bob O'Bryan was somehow able to use his consciousness to animate the big guy!

Meanwhile, evil scientist Dr. Vault kept sending giant monsters after O'Bryan, because he wanted it to house his own conscious, as his body was dying.

The series only lasted 4 issues, but man, what a 4 issues!! A kung fu battle with Fin Fang Foom?!?! Holy crap!!

Anyway, let's leap ahead 7 years, as the Hulk is rampaging in Hollywood, and a near-death Dr. Vault has seized control of It. The result? Inevitable fight...

It's only a flesh wound!

Well, that's enough to finish off Dr. V...

But...but...those gazillion particles of It...scattered through the air of Los Angeles...doubtlessly inhaled by thousand of Angelinos! What if Vault were still alive? And what if, thanks to their inhaling bits of It, he could now control all of those people?!? And he could make them form a giant flesh-creature, a colossus made up of other bodies, and...

Spacebooger notes that this is why snell isn't allowed to write comics.

Death of the greatest character ever is from Incredible Hulk #244 (1980), by Steven Grant, Carmine Infantino (!!), and Mike Esposito

Now is the time for you to go and vote for my fight. Why?!? It, man. IT!! Now go vote!!

Friday Night Fights--Ben Grimm Style!!

Look, the Fantastic Four are back, so of course they're going to be in my Friday Night Fights!! Like, duh.

Doctor Doom has swiped the Silver Surfer's cosmic powers, and is kicking the FF's butt. Like so:

Like that's going to keep Bashful Benjy down!

THROK!!

Spacebooger would like to remind you that Ben ultimately loses this fight, but Doom is tricked by Reed into losing the powers, so why not show Ben hangin' in there with Silver Doom?

Stan, Jack and Joe give us great fight in Fantastic Four #60 (1967)

Now is the time for you to go and vote for my fight! Why? The Fantastic Four are back!! So go and vote!!

Friday Night Fights--Just One Page Style!!

Not a lot of time for this week's Friday Night Fights, so let's be quick:

Batman vs. Nazi grave-robbers!

'Nuff said!

Spacebooger could watch Batman beat up Nazis all day long!

Robert Kanigher and Jim Aparo set up Batman's trip to Argentina in The Brave And The Bold #188 (1982)

Now is the time for you to go and vote for my fight. Why? No time to worry--just go vote!!

Friday Night Fights--Respect The Archer Style!!

As much as I loved the Fraction/Aja Hawkeye series, it has a lot to answer for.

Namely, it's caused everyone afterwards to portray Hawkeye as a schlub, as a down-on-his-luck-and-lucky-to-ever-actually-succeed hero wannabe.

C'mon, folks, you've got to have longer memories than that. Hawkeye was trained in combat by Captain America himself. Hawkeye founded and led the West Coast Avengers. Hawkeye led the Thunderbolts. When all of the other Avengers had been captured, Hawkeye--all on his own--defeated the Collector. When most of the East and West Coast Avengers were dead, Hawkeye--all by himself--defeated the Grandmaster.

Clint Barton is the bomb, but after Fraction/Aja, all anyone seems to do is show him getting his but kicked.

This week's Friday Night Fights will be a much needed restorative.

Hawkeye, kicked out of the Avengers by Henry Peter Gyrich, has just taken a job as head of security at Cross Technologies, who have been experiencing a string of mysterious break-ins...

Uh-oh...

Yeah, that's my Hawkeye.

Spacebooger still thinks the fight would have been better with Pizza Dog there.

Hawkeye takes down the Shi'ar's greatest warrior in Avengers #189 (1979), with a plot by Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant & Roger Stern (with "creative kibitzing" by David Michelinie), script by Grant, pencils by John Byrne, and inks by Dan Green

Now is the time for you to go and vote for my fight. Why? You don't want me going on another Hawkeye rant, do you? Then go vote!!

Friday Night Fights--Vibranium Knuckles Style!!

We all get by with a little help with our friends, as this week's Friday Night Fights demonstrates.

It's Klaw's first appearance as a being made of sound, and, well, he's kinda of whoopin' on the Fantastic Four...

Hey, that's Luke Skywalker's line!!

Anyway, Reed is right, as a FedEx package arrives...

Mr. Fantastic with vibranium brass knuckles...outtasight!!

Spacebooger says that no matter how good the MCU's Black Panther is, he'd be even better with the FF for friends...

Klaw's knuckle sandwich from Fantastic Four #56 (1966), by Stan, Jack and Joe.

Now is the time for you to go and vote for my fight. Why? Maybe T'Challa will rocket you some special gifts if you do!! So go vote!!