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    Episode 43: Issues 98-100

    en-usApril 03, 2016
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    About this Episode

    These three issues all have something to do with Ares, which means they're pretty awful. First Ares disguises himself as Warhawk and tries to incite riots on Earth. Then he gets his hands on the Black Knight's Ebony Blade. Goliath returns as Hawkeye. Hercules returns, but doesn't know who he is. And we celebrate a rather bland centennial issue..

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