The Marvel Lucky Bag - February 1985.

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What thrilling delights were waiting to greet us when we entered a theatre of kinematographic entertainment in February 1985?

These thrilling delights:

The Breakfast Club, Witness and Turk 182.

I've seen the first two of those movies but not recently enough to know whether they were any good or not. However, I don't recall getting any great enjoyment out of them.

When it comes to the third film in that list, I'm fairly confident I've never encountered it.

I suspect this is the cover of the month, as Dr Doom - now with the power of Galactus - goes fist to fist with the Beyonder.

Can it it be? Is Doom set to be the unlikely saviour of the universe?

No. He isn't.

But he is going to triumph against his foe.

And, surely, that can only mean trouble for everyone.

It's issue #3 and the cover's by Tom Yeates.

Sadly, that's all I know.

You can't keep Cloak and Dagger out of other people's comics. From this fact, I can only conclude that someone high up at Marvel likes them.

And someone also seems to like Dragon Man, as he also turns up, this issue.

Beyond that, my knowledge of this one's contents is highly limited but I do know there seem to be plenty of robots in it.

Yet another Marvel Graphic Novel smashes its way into our lives.

And all I know of this one is it's by Bill Mantlo and Butch Guice and runs to 56 pages.

But forget graphic novels. A brand new mag is born and this one is an Elaine Lee/Mike Kaluta serial about something or other, with this first episode being titled Liar's Poker.

At last, we have a comic I can actually tell you something about.

In a packed issue, Cannonball and Mirage tell Professor X their news and Magneto apologises to Aleytys. Meanwhile, Wolfsbane and Sunspot seek assistance from Father Bowen, Wolfsbane rescues Colossus, and Magik tries using sorcery to restore Wolfsbane and Sunspot.

You know who else shows up?

Only Cloak and Dagger.

It's a shock for us all, as we encounter the last-ever issue of Marvel Team-Up. The book that looked like it would go on forever.

Barry Smith gives us a truly terrible cover before Louise Simonson and Greg LaRocque provide a tale in which Juggernaut gives Black Tom the Cyttorak Ruby for his birthday, leading to all sorts of bother.

Needless to say, it takes the intervention of Spidey and the X-Men for normal order to be restored.

Wolverine tries to cure Kitty of whatever it is that ails her and also discovers that James Hudson is dead and Storm has lost her powers.

From that cover, I'm  assuming our heroes are still in Japan.