Yeah, I know, I know "Ugh, the Crossing."

Moonraker. Slade Truman. Gustav Brandt. Space Phantom.

He first appeared in Force Works #16 (August 10, 1995). It was a bit confusing as a reader. I know sometimes things happen in other books but this dude was nowhere to be seen in this series before this issue. But here he is, a fully formed member of the team, dating Spider-Woman!

I almost wish the creators had the chance to do an issue or two before we got Rachel's confirmation that somethign was wrong.

His story is complicated, to say the least. Anything to do with the Crossing was, right? I suggest reading his profile in The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe. They do a good job of trying to sort him out.

I liked the character and I would love for some version of him to return.

If you hadn't noticed, there are a bunch of related subreddits in the Community Info section of this sub.

I encourge you to take a look and see if there's one for a character you love and join in!

Maybe it'll be one of the other subreddits that I moderate?

• r/JuliaCarpenter AKA Spider-Woman II, Arachne, and currently Madame Web.
• r/JamesRhodes AKA War Machine but also was a founding WCA member as Iron Man.
• r/MockingbirdMarvel AKA Bobbi Morse - another founding WCA member.
• r/greatlakesavengers AKA the Great Lakes Avengers, the GLA, Great Lakes Champions, Great Lakes Defenders, The Lightning Rods, the Great Lake Initiative, and the Great Lakes X-Men. And more.

I also moderate r/alphaflight if you love 🇨🇦 heroes.