"In 1917, what brought together UNION JACK, IRON FIST, and FREEDOM’S FIVE? Would you believe…invading MARTIANS?!"
Yeah, I'm all over that. FYI, if you're curious about Freedom's Five, here's their bio. That's why I love what James Robinson is doing on this book...he's taking a one-panel throwaway idea by Roy Thomas and blowing it up into it's own thing---which is exactly the same thing that Roy Thomas himself did to other throw-away long-forgotten characters/concepts.
And then there's this:
Still, that's one heck of a bitching cover!
3 comments:
Marvel's re-introducing the Killraven future into the mainstream Marvel Universe, and it includes tripod-controlling "Martians".
But, I think they're indicating the War of the Worlds aliens are just using Mars as a launching point, and that they're not native to the Red Planet.
Cool concept indeed. Unlike his horrible run on FF, Robinson seems to thrive when dealing with Golden Age/forgotten characters like this. He should stick to only writing stuff like this from now on.
Good call on the Roy Thomas homage. Definitely the same spirit here.
You might want to chase up the Marvel UK Knights of Pendragon which also paid a bit of attention to those Great War heroes.
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