tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post8253582065987713795..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: The Ancient Origins of the InhumansDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-1108023048303055592016-02-03T11:25:26.641-06:002016-02-03T11:25:26.641-06:00I have The Superhero Women. If I think of it I can...I have The Superhero Women. If I think of it I can check it out. But it's that remembering to do it thing...<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-84621714265075344962016-02-03T11:20:20.626-06:002016-02-03T11:20:20.626-06:00Glad you guys enjoyed this. Honestly, I searched a...Glad you guys enjoyed this. Honestly, I searched around on the internet and through my books to see if I could find any information on the Medusa backstory, but never found anything. Maybe it is covered in that old "Superwomen" book that came out after the "Origins of Marvel Comics." I never got that one. Or maybe the Jack Kirby Collector would have something on it. I have to say I am curious about how she went from typical super-villainess to an Inhuman.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032477453891087135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-66719484363653623052016-02-02T19:56:46.898-06:002016-02-02T19:56:46.898-06:00Nice Inhumans review Karen! Yeah, the Inhumans wer...Nice Inhumans review Karen! Yeah, the Inhumans were one of those outsider-type people like the mutants who were feared by others in the Marvel universe. Personally, I would have liked to see more of them, but I'll take what I can get!<br /><br /><br />- Mike 'lobbying for an Inhumans movie' from Trinidad & Tobago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-18297741875775951382016-02-01T19:44:15.332-06:002016-02-01T19:44:15.332-06:00I always wondered how much ahead Kirby had his wor...I always wondered how much ahead Kirby had his worlds thought out. I agree that Medusa was probably not developed with the Inhumans in mind, but I wonder when his creativity linked the two. Were there many early Marvel villains that the origin was skipped over and left for further explanation? Green Goblin was left mysterious in Spider Man. But I find it interesting Medusa was as well. I must just be forgetting others. Although with less than a year separating Medusa's and Inhumans' intros, it makes me curious. <br /><br />I like the Inhumans, always have. They were supposed to be strange and genuinely came across that way. I also like that historically they weren't over used, so it was nice to see them very occasionally. I have fond memories of Blackbolt showing up in an MTIO annual, and later Byrne moving Attilan to the moon. Although I never thought that Maximus was a good ongoing super villain; too one note as J A Morris indicated. <br /><br />Thor had some nice backups.(I liked the adventures of young Thor and Loki), but I find the Inhumans an odd mix for that title. Although Thor also had a cosmic side with Ego and Galactus so maybe it did fit. Martinez1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-55659320095320502292016-02-01T15:44:41.400-06:002016-02-01T15:44:41.400-06:00Nice writeup on the Inhumans. Like the others, I ...Nice writeup on the Inhumans. Like the others, I always enjoyed seeing them as guest stars when interacted with the FF and Avengers. But every "Inhumans" story seemed to lead to Maximus going insane and doing something evil again. J.A. Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800901321134394272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-47759174154376467782016-02-01T12:33:51.128-06:002016-02-01T12:33:51.128-06:00Weren't the Thor back ups repurposed material ...Weren't the Thor back ups repurposed material from a Lee/Kirby Inhumans comic? I loved seeing them in the FF but they could never sustain a title; they only work when contrasted with humans. Also, reformed Medusa was a shadow of herself. She was far more effective as a villain. Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-24146507420456938152016-02-01T08:51:56.717-06:002016-02-01T08:51:56.717-06:00Well, M.P., maybe it's the talking mammoth fro...Well, M.P., maybe it's the talking mammoth from Ice Age who sounds just like Ray Romano... :P<br /><br />Karen, thanks for the review and the tip on this book. I recall reading a bunch of these Inhumans origin stories in the early 1980s - they were reprinted in Marvel Tales, I think. There was also a new (i.e., non-reprint) Inhumans back-up story in an issue of What If - of all places - which tells how they moved Attilan to the Himalayas with the help of the Eternals.<br />I found all of these stories quite interesting. You're right about the great world-building that was going on there, and I think it's a bit unfortunate that all of the attempts to have the Inhumans run as a solo feature never really gained traction and led to a long-term ongoing series. The concept and characters are quite good.Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-50891881163892393582016-02-01T08:45:47.144-06:002016-02-01T08:45:47.144-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-11256713183856539682016-02-01T08:26:47.109-06:002016-02-01T08:26:47.109-06:00Is the Sentry explaining his mission on Earth to t...Is the Sentry explaining his mission on Earth to that mammoth?<br />Because that what it looks like, just sayin'.<br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com