P.I.HUNT 5/Jack A Dull Boy

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Spoiler warning: Solution follows

Each of of the images has been edited to (naturally) replace all words with ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY. by reference to the originals, the following replacements can be determined:

Word	Ant Man promo	Barnes & Noble	Deer Hunter	Minute Physics	Online poker
ALL	JULY	AND	BACK	WORK	CALL
WORK	MARVEL	NOBLE	WELCOME	IN	<username>
AND	ANT	COM	BACK	THEORY	<username>
NO	MAN	MEMBERSHIP	<username>	VIEWS	ALL
PLAY	NO	GIFT	DEER	SHARE	IN
MAKES	SHIELD	BARNES	HUNTER	MINUTE	POT
JACK	NO	NOBLE	MORE	PHYSICS	<username>
A	ARMOR	ALL	GAMES	.--.	STATS
DULL	NO	SEARCH	OPTIONS	HOW	INFO
BOY	PROBLEM	BARNES	PLAY	LASERS	FOLD

Each set of replacements includes a chain of words that remains within the set "ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY":

• Ant Man: PLAY -> NO -> MAN
• Barnes & Noble: A -> ALL -> AND -> COM
• Deer Hunter: BOY -> PLAY -> DEER
• Minute Physics: ALL -> WORK -> IN
• Online poker: NO -> ALL -> CALL

In order of the penultimate words in this chain (i.e. "ALL WORK AND NO PLAY") the final words in these chains form the phrase CALL IN COM MAN DEER, indicating the answer to be COMMANDEER.