Monday, September 25, 2023

Russkie Smashers BEN GRIMM AND LOGAN "Connecting Flight" Part 1

...well, that's really all you need to know at this second.
So buckle up, kiddies and enjoy the ride...

To Be Concluded TUESDAY at...

Next Month...
More Halloween Madness in Rutland, Vermont as Heroes and Heroines from All Over the Multiverse Battle Mystical Menaces During October!
(After Which, Our Regularly-Scheduled Russkie-Smashing Will Resume!)
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Monday, September 18, 2023

Russkie Smashers BEN GRIMM AND LOGAN "Midnight Train to Moscow" Part 1

We Have Already Seen...

Logan and Ben Grimm are aboard an experimental flying wing piloted by Carol Danvers which is currently in Soviet airspace and being pursued by Russian aircraft lead by Natasha Romanoff (who is not currently using that name)...

To Be Continued TUESDAY at...

Written by Larry Hama, penciled by Kaare Andrews, and inked by Walden Wong, this never-reprinted tale from Marvel's Before the Fantastic Four: Ben Grimm & Logan #2 (2000) is set in the early Silver Age Marvel Universe timeline, at a point when Nick Fury still had both eyes and worked for the CIA, Tony Stark was just a weapons manufacturer, Logan was an agent for the Canadian Defense Ministry who had not yet been forced into the Weapon X program, Ben Grimm was a military test pilot, Carol Danvers was a Department of Defense employee, and Natasha Romanoff was...well, we're not sure what she's doing here!
In case you haven't guessed, this is a "retcon", filling-in previously-untold history about the characters.
Whether current Marvel continuity considers it "canon" or not, I can't say...and don't care!
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Monday, September 11, 2023

Russkie Smashers BEN GRIMM AND LOGAN "Mission to Nowhere" Part 1

Before the Fantastic Four, X-Men, Avengers, or S.H.I.E.L.D. existed...
Marvel's heroic characters battled Russkies...retroactively!
To Be Continued TUESDAY at...
And wait 'til you see why it's being run there!
(Hint: there are TWO Reasons!)
Yes, this is a crossover that'll run in both blogs for three weeks until the entire mini-series is re-presented.
Written by Larry Hama, penciled by Kaare Andrews, and inked by Walden Wong, this never-reprinted tale from Marvel's Before the Fantastic Four: Ben Grimm & Logan #1 (2000) is set in the early Silver Age Marvel Universe timeline, at a point when Nick Fury still had both eyes and worked for the CIA, Tony Stark was just a weapons manufacturer, Logan was an agent for the Canadian Defense Ministry who had not yet been forced into the Weapon X program, and Ben Grimm was a military test pilot.
It's a retcon, filling in previously-untold history about the characters.
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