The Marvel Lucky Bag - November 1984.

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Hither, let us enter the cinemas of November 1984 and discover just what we can find inside them.

As we blunder along the corridors, amongst our findings are such well-known flicks as The Killing Fields, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Night of the Comet, Supergirl and, erm, Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure.

I will bravely speak out and declare Night of the Comet to be my favourite of those films and I don't care if it was The Killing Fields that won all the awards.

The Avengers get their 13th annual but will it be unlucky for some? 

Sadly, I can't say, as I don't think I've ever read this tale, even though that cover looks highly familiar to me.

Anyway, it all seems to involve Hulk-Related shenanigans caused by the Fixer and Arnim Zola.

I can't shake off the feeling I've covered this comic before, somewhere, even though I can't work out just when and where that would have happened.

It's what we've all been praying for, when Kitty Pryde and Wolverine get a whole new book dedicated to them and them alone.

As far as I'm aware, Kitty goes to Japan to rescue her father from someone or other  - only to discover he's mixed up in dodgy doings with Japanese criminals!

I get a feeling this may prompt Wolvie to get involved.

Marvel's biggest project yet hits its seventh instalment, and does so by introducing us to the new Spider-Woman.

Meanwhile, the Wrecker and his allies show up and throw the body of the dead Wasp at our heroes.

And Dr Doom is sneaking around in Galactus' ship while She-Hulk is sneaking around in Dr Doom's base.

It's Annual Number Three for Rom who celebrates the occasion by saving a children's daycare centre from young Dire Wraiths.

Meanwhile, one of the Dire Wraiths is planning on marrying someone called Brandy who seems to be the woman on the left, on that cover.

Aunt May's criminal past catches up with her when she starts to receive love letters from an old flame.

And that's not all because that tale's followed by an adventure in which the Black Cat goes to great lengths to retrieve a wine carafe Spider-Man gave to her.

I know. Dramatic stuff indeed.

A brand new comic appears - and, almost inevitably, the cover's by Bill Sienkiewicz.

Other than that this strip stars someone called the Starriors, I know nothing of it but, apparently, it features characters called Hotshot, Crank, Cut-Up, Runabout, Nipper, Tinker, Thinktank and Motormouth.

From those names - and from that cover - I'm going to assume they're all robots.

And that they're from outer space.

My vast intellect tells me this may be an adaptation of the film of the same name.

If so, that can only mean our favourite puppets arrive in New York City, hoping to get their college show performed on Broadway.

They soon, however, discover the Big Apple is no paradise and, by the tale's end, they are all lying dead in a pool of their own blood.

The Epic imprint presents us with a brand new experience in life when something or other happens.

I don't know what it is but I know it's brought to us by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik.

This gives me some grounds for some optimism.

It's a double-sized issue.

And that can only mean we're getting double-sized entertainment.

The New Mutant girls are certainly hoping so. They are, after all, hosting a slumber party with their friends from Salem Centre. And I can tell you there's nothing I'd rather see in a super-hero comic than slumber parties.

Meanwhile, Warlock destroys Asteroid M, causing a series of events which lead to him being invited to join Professor X's school.

I must confess to not having the slightest idea what happens in this one.

But Tom DeFalco, Herb Trimpe and Barry Smith are still on board.

Like the Avengers, the Hulk's also landed himself a thirteenth annual.

My knowledge of this one is slight but I do know our hero's on an alien world where he meets and befriends a strange symbiotic being.

And that the Puffball Collective is involved.