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What if Ben Parker's nephew was Galactus?

2013-02-13T02:36:00Z

Posted by: cyberghostface

( Scans under the cut... )

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Rachel Summers - A Space Odyssey

2012-07-17T22:09:51Z

Posted by: icon_uk

Given all the fuss about the Phoenix of late, I thought this might be timely, or possibly far too late.. but it has Alan Davis on art, so I just don't care.... Look on this as one of my "Accentuate the Positive" posts in reply to much of AvX if you like...

( Alan Davis' version of 'What IS the Phoenix?' )

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Fantastic Four #604

2012-03-15T18:40:05Z

Posted by: sherkahn

The War of Four Cities/Mad Celestial/Council of Reeds war ends here.

With the arrival of the last line of defense at the end of the last issue, we get this moment.

Spoilers, but most of you would've seen this coming.

( A boy and his giant. )

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Fantastic Four #603 preview

2012-02-16T20:05:29Z

Posted by: sherkahn

ComicBookResources brings the preview as the War of Four Cities reaches its apex.

( Exterminate!!! )

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Heroes! A Guy & his G'nort: Squirrels Unleashed!

2011-11-30T13:47:44Z

Posted by: eyz

Hello everyone!

This is the kinda Bonus Features I usually post on my Heroes! blog.

It's time for some more Heroes!, by yours truly.
It's about darn' time I introduced the greatest Green Lantern of them all. No! Not Hal Jordan! G'nort!
( Featuring Adventures of G'nort, Galactus attacking NYC..again and Dynamic Duo - Boostle! )

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Deadpool Team-Up 883 - Deadpool meets Galactus

2011-10-28T22:21:09Z

Posted by: kirke_novak

Ever wondered what would have happened if Wade became The Herald of Galactus?

( This. )

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Moebius and the Silver Surfer

2011-10-27T21:00:27Z

Posted by: causticlad

In American comics you've got your Jack Kirby and you've got your Steve Ditko. The number of artists who aren't influenced by them is infinitesimally small. But there has been, over the last thirty years, a slowly growing contingent of superhero artists who use another guy as their touchstone -- hero of ~~Freedom~~French comics Jean Giraud or, to be more precise, Moebius, as he prefers to be known when talking about his SF and fantasy work. He only really came to prominence on this side of the Atlantic around 1978-9, when the English translations of Métal Hurlant began to take off in the States, but within a few years you could see his influence on the likes of Walt Simonson and Art Adams, an influence that has spread down to 2011 in the drawings of Frank Quitely, Geof Darrow, and others -- not least because his style seems to be a natural starting point for, bitte Gott hilf uns, imitators of Rob Liefeld to up their game. And let us not forget his international influence: Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind manga is noticeably Moebius-like, though mixed with Miyazaki's own genius it's one of the few pieces of such work that can stand toe-to-toe with the Frenchman's best and not be knocked flat to the canvas.

But as much as I love his art, what drives me absolutely mental about Moebius is his taste in stories. While acknowledging that it is just a matter of taste, I can't stand the preciousness of, say, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and that's the sort of thing Moebius returns to again and again with all of his collaborators and in his own writing. It's maybe tilting at windmills in a genre that co-opts everything fantastic and turns it into stew, but I do prefer straightforward story-telling.

This brings me to Silver Surfer: Parable, for which Moebius supplies the art and Stan Lee provided the story. I don't think I'm going against the critical grain to say that Lee's muse had long since wandered away when this was printed in 1989. I can see that you'd have something interesting if this had been made twenty years prior to that (and preferably twenty-five), but Lee's writing had collapsed in a thick dust cloud of ponderousness and self-seriousness by the time this made it to print.

So I'm not going to try very hard to sum up the story here, particularly the second plot arc. It soberly informs us that religious leaders are often interested in their own power and people rely on religion to avoid thinking, which is bad, m'kay? And it does so with a singular lack of finesse. Instead I'll focus on the Surfer and Galactus and the A-Plot, which...

( ...brings a lot of the pretty )

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Fantastic Four #600 teaser image

2011-10-17T23:57:36Z

Posted by: sherkahn

ComicBookResources continues to deliver the goods in terms of previews this day, as the teaser image for Fantastic Four #600 is released.

( Oh, hai der. )

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The fate of Pastor Mike the Wee

2011-09-30T21:31:31Z

Posted by: proteus_lives

Greetings True Believers!

I can't express how much I love the current Thor titles. One of the things I love the most is the interesting human characters interacting with the Gods of Asgard.

One of those humans is Pastor Mike; according to Volstagg his full title is Pastor Mike the Wee, Small Friend of Jesus.

A small town preacher finds his destiny.

Bonus: Norrin Radd has no need for your primitive Earth-pants!

Enjoy!

( Read more... )

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The Mighty Thor #6

2011-09-28T17:06:00Z

Posted by: sherkahn

The Galactus Seed story concludes.

Let there be resolution.

MAKE MINE MARVEL!

( Peace be with you. )

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Back in the saddle. Surfboard, Whatever.

2011-09-09T04:28:38Z

Posted by: causticlad

Marshall Rogers and Steve Englehart were in a select group of people that revitalized Batman in the 1970s. The pairing of Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams was first and probably more famous, but the artist Rogers and writer Englehart had a highly influential short run on Batman during the mid-70s that more or less defined how the character was written and drawn well into the 21st century.

Englehart and Rogers were something of a dynamic duo themselves, working together on a mid-70s revival of Miracle Man for a while, as well one of DC's earliest direct distribution comics (the one-shot Madam Xanadu) and on early indie comic Coyote for Eclipse. Their longest run together, however, was on a mid-80s revamping of the Silver Surfer.

From his first appearance in 1966 to the printing of this story in 1987 (Silver Surfer vol 3, #1), the Surfer had been trapped on Earth. Englehart had a penchant for cosmic-scale stories and spent issue one of the new series liberating Galactus' ex-herald so he could get down to writing some. After hearing that his ex-boss' new gofer, Nova, has been captured by the Skrulls in an attempt to weaponize the World-Eater by extorting him into eating the Kree Empire, the Surfer uses a temporary escape from Earth to negotiate his permanent release. Nova has been stashed in a facility with ~~plotnecessitium~~ vibranium walls that are primed to blow if damaged. Slow and ponderous as he is, Galactus will only kill Nova if he tries to rescue her. The Surfer is a different matter, though. If he gets Nova back, Galactus promises to stop acting like a spoiled child and will let him go on his way.

This leads to a virtuoso stretch of pencilling from Rogers, whose background before coming into comics was in architectural drawing. His sci-fi buildings always rather looked like real buildings, and for this he basically "plotted out" a Skrull facility for...well, look at it yourself:

( Maybe if I take a run at it? )

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The time Galactus was turned into a giant brain.

2011-09-09T00:35:15Z

Posted by: flint_marko

( Images behind the cut. )

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The Mighty Thor #6 wordless preview

2011-09-01T16:13:50Z

Posted by: sherkahn

Newsarama has the wordless preview of the conclusion to the Galactus Seed story arc.

No words are needed. Just... DAMN!

Make mine MARVEL!

( DESTROYER of worlds. )

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Oh No You Didn't

2011-09-01T01:39:54Z

Posted by: akodo_rokku

( Today's Comic Critics Beneath The Cut )

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Scans of Awesomeness from The Mighty Thor #5

2011-08-31T20:55:43Z

Posted by: proteus_lives

Greetings True Believers!

This book continues to knock it out of the park.

Odin vs. Galactus, the continuing adventures of Li'Loki and Pastor Mike!

Enjoy!

( Read more... )

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Woody is invading your nether regions

2011-07-08T14:31:54Z

Posted by: blackruzsa

I am sorry, guys.

I am so so sorry.

( Trolling the comic book universe... )

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Strange Tales (2009) #1 - Marvel's Most Embarrassing Moments

2011-05-28T04:28:52Z

Posted by: sleepymax

( SNIKT! )

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Wordless preview of Mighty Thor #3

2011-05-26T19:22:00Z

Posted by: sherkahn

Courtesy of ComicBookResources we get a glimpse of issue #3 of Mighty Thor as the Odinson and the Herald of Galactus spar once more.

Something we haven't seen in a while, two of the Powers that Be of the Marvel universe begin to move to one another. It doesn't go well, but we do get this wonderful page. If Marvel is smart they will not put ANY writing on top of the art.

( The Big G. )

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Deadpool: Herald of Galactus!

2011-04-22T06:04:44Z

Posted by: proteus_lives

Greetings True Believers!

The last issue of Deadpool Team-Up was too much.

A great way to end the series.

Deadpool and Galactus! What could go wrong!?!

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The Carnage Cosmic!

2011-03-10T01:31:59Z

Posted by: cyberghostface

( Scans under the cut... )

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All along the watchertower

2011-01-24T22:58:23Z

Posted by: stubbleupdate

After Solve Everything and the Prime Elements arcs, Dale Eaglesham left Fantastic Four, passing Steve Epting as he moved on to some Captain America stuff. Now, Eaglesham's work on Fantastic Four was amazing. It was reminiscent of the Jack Kirby stuff in terms of figure work and the over-the-top style.

Wouldn't it be great if Eaglesham could draw a retro Fantastic Four book? It could be like Iron Man Legacy or Batman Confidential, but for Fantastic Four. I would buy loads of them.

But, Eaglesham sort of has drawn a retro Fantastic Four book, thanks to two staples of the Marvel Universe - ( Secret Origins ) ( and What If )

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Judge of all the Nu-Earth

2010-12-22T22:47:24Z

Posted by: colonel_green

Four pages from Fantastic Four #586.

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Because I Love You All: GALACTUS IS COMING! (JTC parody)

2010-12-05T09:50:13Z

Posted by: jlroberson

( First of all, it's DR. Richards. )