tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post7992242506710686416..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: Walk Like An AngelComicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-22645403487557690642012-12-23T17:47:31.762-05:002012-12-23T17:47:31.762-05:00Yeah, I think the ferris wheel story would be a ha...Yeah, I think the ferris wheel story would be a handy deterrent for planets to use against Galactus when he's on approach: "Veer off, or video of your ferris wheel necktie gets transmitted on GalaxyTube--<i>you'll be the laughing stock of the universe!</i> Haw haw!"<br /><br />(Not that the guy cares about a bunch of ants making fun of him.)Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-69796082345015259702012-12-23T14:59:17.435-05:002012-12-23T14:59:17.435-05:00Loved this story when it appeared in Captain Brita...Loved this story when it appeared in Captain Britain weekly. But what did Marvel have against ants? I do hesitate to step on ants nest and other such things. And who could forget The Thing attacking Galactus with a Ferris Wheel.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736842219529837344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-87082821670800984202012-12-22T17:53:02.340-05:002012-12-22T17:53:02.340-05:00I don't think there was any danger initially o...I don't think there was any danger initially of readers making a comparison between this story and what happened with the threat of Galactus, as the story focused strongly on what everyone thought Gabriel represented--i.e., a threat foretold in one of Earth's own religious denominations. It was only when the two-part Gabriel story concluded that Galactus appeared, and with an added twist--not to attack Earth, but to compel the Surfer to rejoin him as his herald. (Though that's in conflict with Gabriel's stated goal of destroying the Surfer.) I suppose Gabriel's warnings and threats to humanity were technically correct in the sense that Galactus would be prepared to consume the Earth at the Surfer's refusal, and thus they served to pressure the Surfer once Gabriel's origin was revealed.<br /><br />Gabriel, though a robot here, got a more proper sendoff when he later appeared in the pages of <i>Thor</i>, where his origin as a herald of Galactus was more fully described.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-84826666700551385642012-12-22T15:20:40.077-05:002012-12-22T15:20:40.077-05:00Nice post - I'm not super familiar with Fantas...Nice post - I'm not super familiar with Fantastic Four history, but I do know about Galactus and the Silver Surfer, so while reading the first part of this article I was thinking that it sounded like a blatant rip-off (if its possible for a comic to rip-off one of its former stories) of the Silver Surfer. Turns out that it kinda was. <br /><br />This issues looks like it was about 5-6 years after Galactus first terrorized Earth in former issues of FF - do you think the creators felt like they were losing readership or something and had to do another doomsday issue? It just seems like it wouldn't fly so well with readers, since they had been hearing about Surfer and Galactus for years. Maybe it was a dud of a storyline, and that could explain why I'd never heard of this Gabriel before.<br />Rustyhttp://www.comic-prospector.com/noreply@blogger.com