tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post7816942293488905250..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: Death Of A Hero!Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-5599452286939405722014-06-13T08:59:22.167-04:002014-06-13T08:59:22.167-04:00No need to speculate on the Intelligencia. The iss...No need to speculate on the Intelligencia. The issue is still on my desk from digging it out yesterday.<br /><br />It started with the Leader, the Wizard, the Red Ghost, the Mad Thinker and Edwin "don't call him Egghead!" Starr. Dr. Doom was involved, but didn't go on field missions. When Egghead died, he was replaced by MODOK.<br /><br />In "Amazing Spider-Man" #676, the Leader had been replaced by Klaw (had been replaced by Chameleon). Dr. Octopus and his Sinister Six took the Intelligencia "out to the playground and pantsed them" (to paraphrase Sandman). Mostly because their schemes were going to conflict with Doc Ock's schemes, but also because Dr. Ock wasn't invited to join their club.Murrayhttp://www.murraylindsay.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-37049040758513595942014-06-13T06:57:41.780-04:002014-06-13T06:57:41.780-04:00Heh heh, Prowler--the "Klik!" was sort o...Heh heh, Prowler--the "Klik!" <i>was</i> sort of out of the word balloon, coinciding with the Wasp switching off the set. Anyway, that's a great observation about Egghead, whose name apparently doubles as his credentials.<br /><br />Murray, thanks for that info about the Intelligencia, it had (pardon the expression) slipped my mind. I wonder who else was in that assembly? The Wizard? Doctor Sun? The Thinker? The Supreme Intelligence?<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-70882864581747717632014-06-12T19:25:54.141-04:002014-06-12T19:25:54.141-04:00Gentleman Gene Colan's art was fantastic, and ...Gentleman Gene Colan's art was fantastic, and I can overlook illogical elements in the story, but the dialogue exceeds the recommended daily allowance of cornball. It's painful.<br />Also, Clint had no business being Goliath. I have never understood that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-8406006097559941802014-06-12T10:45:30.190-04:002014-06-12T10:45:30.190-04:00Something in your opening leads me to infer you...Something in your opening leads me to infer you're not up on the "Intelligencia" in Marvel. I cannot explain why this particular one-shot issue caught my eye during "World War Hulk". None of the rest of that "epic" did.<br /><br />Narrated by the Leader, we learn a club of villain superbrains has existed for years in the Marvel Universe. Egghead was one of the charter members. Unlike most efforts at retconning history, I rather admired this one. It was explained that the Intelligencia helped establish "back doors" to rescue fellow members when "personal projects" took a turn for the worse. To keep the heroes distracted and busy, they kept resurrecting-reconstituting brawlers like Sandman and Absorbing Man (without their direct knowledge).<br /><br />In this recollection narrative, the Leader speculates that Egghead may have grown too cavalier on the "back door" rescue. "He risked too much, pressing an advantage he really didn't have and paid with his life."<br /><br />He goes on to comment "His loss was nearly the end of the Intelligencia"<br /><br />Which suggests to me, if Egghead ever returns, it will <b>really</b> be a hail mary miracle of a resurrection.Murrayhttp://www.murraylindsay.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-43140331588916983232014-06-12T08:46:56.543-04:002014-06-12T08:46:56.543-04:00It almost boggles the mind some of the things they...It almost boggles the mind some of the things they wanted us to believe back then. Sub space, platforms in low earth orbit, high ranking people getting their information by seeing it on the news, people x-rayed for weapons!?! Imagine if we did, indeed, live in a world such as that.<br /><br />Now for the real things. Shouldn't the "KLIK" have been out of the word balloon? Or did the newscaster say "Klik" so people would know to stop listening? I just realized it was Egghead, not Dr or Prof, just Egghead. And speaking of Egghead, a boy like that, will kill your brother.....<br /><br /><br />The Prowler (Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes).<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com