The Ultimate (Forgotten?) Cosmic Experience, by Lee & Kirby
Sept 10, 2014 2:50:14 GMT -5
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Post by ratsalad on Sept 10, 2014 2:50:14 GMT -5
This book was actually reprinted in 1997. I snagged a copy of that edition for a few bucks on eBay a couple years ago, just a few weeks after learning of it's existence and just a couple searches. Dumb luck I guess, it's not very easy to find. Apparently the book grew out of a screenplay they worked on, as per Stan Lee's intro.
Someone mentioned it seemed like it could have used more pages. There are scans of unpublished pages online, I think from xeroxes of pencils from The Jack Kirby Collector. One had a scene of soldiers taking aim at Silver Surfer that was reworked into a war story.
The story is a bit of a retread of FF 48-50 but it's still pretty solid and has some great work from Kirby and Sinnott. It really does deserve to be reprinted again. Being the only original work from Marvel's Fireside line, not being in Marvel continuity, and not featuring any superheroes are the biggest contributors to the GN falling into obscurity I think.
Someone mentioned it seemed like it could have used more pages. There are scans of unpublished pages online, I think from xeroxes of pencils from The Jack Kirby Collector. One had a scene of soldiers taking aim at Silver Surfer that was reworked into a war story.
The story is a bit of a retread of FF 48-50 but it's still pretty solid and has some great work from Kirby and Sinnott. It really does deserve to be reprinted again. Being the only original work from Marvel's Fireside line, not being in Marvel continuity, and not featuring any superheroes are the biggest contributors to the GN falling into obscurity I think.
