tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post493308782324185442..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: When Began Galactus!Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-79897131106784384512015-11-05T23:26:58.167-05:002015-11-05T23:26:58.167-05:00Damn. It's amazing still, to see just how inno...Damn. It's amazing still, to see just how innovative and ahead of the curve Kirby was in terms of design of futuristic technology and layout, everything.<br />He was exactly right where he was supposed to be at exactly the right time, because ten years later, he was considered passe' and out-dated by his peers and the own company he helped build.<br /><br />Sad really.....<br /><br />Mr. Morbid's House Of Funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721085161381688977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-29868498689924314862015-09-30T07:51:25.901-04:002015-09-30T07:51:25.901-04:00That stood out for me as well, Jonathan. Most of ...That stood out for me as well, Jonathan. Most of the time Kirby gives Lee all he needs to script a story, yet there are times when Lee chooses to go in another direction--and the result is sometimes confusing. Here, his scripting doesn't really mesh with how Kirby is laying out the fate of Taa. For instance, if this man has been to different worlds where the plague has struck, he doesn't need to whip out his visi-screen to discover that it's striking down other species and that its arrival on Taa is imminent.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-87081181438063277302015-09-30T02:45:39.798-04:002015-09-30T02:45:39.798-04:00The panel with the speech bubble "He returns ...The panel with the speech bubble "He returns at last!" - the text doesn't really fit the image. It looks like a guy working on something, not a returning traveller.<br /><br />C'mon, Stan!Jonathan Hendryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969795168617852589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-31760995462430239972015-09-26T21:49:38.341-04:002015-09-26T21:49:38.341-04:00m.p., you raise a good point about Lee and his tho...m.p., you raise a good point about Lee and his thoughts on Odin vs. Galactus. To his credit, he decided to go in his usual direction--that of always leaving the reader wanting more--and avoiding the question altogether. Though for a better story overall, perhaps he might have had Odin reflect on his reasons for calling off the hunt, and the retribution.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-83593728531154652302015-09-25T17:24:22.461-04:002015-09-25T17:24:22.461-04:00Well, first of all, Kirby.
In other hands this co...Well, first of all, Kirby. <br />In other hands this could have been a lousy comic, but it's not, because Kirby drew it. The nascent, unformed Galactus leaking energy all over the place is a scary image, and reminds me of John Carpenter's THE THING. Kirby was also a master at drawing images of dead, ruined worlds. Nobody does this stuff better, this powerful imagery, and Kirby probably did it before lunch.<br />Thor doesn't have a lot to do here, he's basically just the witness, so Stan Lee could get Galactus' origin out of his system. The tale had to be told, at some point. And you have your basic deus ex machina with Odin swooping Thor out at the end to battle the mind-boggling threat of the Thermal Man, your basic sci-fi robot run out of control.<br />I wonder if 'ol Stan was sure who was more powerful at this point, Odin or Galactus. He and Kirby had created these two immensely powerful characters, and weren't quite ready to put 'em in the same room together, quite yet. Imagine what could happen! Sure, Thor had sent Galactus scurrying one time whilst protecting Ego, (which is like getting between a coyote and a badger) but I had the sense that Galactus just didn't think it was worth it. Not really a test of raw power.<br />Rather poignant, tragic story, actually, Galactus' origin.<br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com