More to the point--did he ever take over the world while stranded on a desert island?
Because Emilio Gargunza did!
When Gargunza is captured after his latest scheme, the authorities finally realize that he ALWAYS escapes from prison, perhaps an alternate form of incarceration was in order:
So the Marvelman Family drops him off in the middle of nowhere:
Well, that's that, then, right? Stuck there forever? Oh, sure, he'll come up with coconut powered radios or something, but no more threat to the rest of humanity, right?No, dudes. Emilio Gargunza is far, far smarter than The Professor:
Well, OK, sure, he can build a boat, a motor, synthesize fuel for that motor. That definitely puts him several up on the Professor, I'll grant you. Apparently, Gilligan could have gotten off the island far sooner with proper scientific advice.But it's not like Gargunza can take over the world or anything, right?
Wow, those must have been some mineral resources on the island.Still, it's just a boat and a paralysis gun. Not too much trouble there, eh?
After escaping, he finds an island populated by hapless natives, and...
And so, like an SEC "powerhouse" building up it's record by plowing through the likes of Chattanooga or Louisiana-Monroe, Gargunza builds his island empire:
The next obvious step:
What?!!??!?!??
Sadly, or perhaps happily, Gargunza will completely forget about this formula after this adventure.Anyway, after he gives some demonstration bombings:
And broadcasts his ultimatum:
The world immediately surrenders!!
OK, "Japonica" and "Germanica" surrender. But the rest of the world will still follow, because Japonica and Germanica set the standard, right?So, trapped on a desert island with no modern technology, Gargunza has conquered the world!! Take that, Luthor!!
Except, of course, that the Marvelman Family turns out to be really good at stopping missiles...
...and at capturing Gargunza--it takes all of one panel!!
Well, now that the world is saved, how do you imprison Gargunza this time?
SPOILER ALERT: It doesn't work.From Marvelman Family #14 (1958), as reprinted in Marvelman Family's Finest #5 (2010).
1 comment:
What kind of piece of shit crock is this?
I'm sorry if I don't recognize the legacy, if any is involved, but this looks and reads like an idiotical advertisement run by companies inbetween the pages of the actual stories in their actual comics...
...That's what this is, right? A collected omnibus of a series of advertisements that originally ran separately and were purposely written for the youngest and most junior members of the Lowest Common Denominators in the public so that it would be absorbed and understood by all, ie: it's a joke and not to be taken seriously?
Either that, or it's a parody straight out of the pages of Mad Magazine :I
Otherwise, it's well over my head and I got no interest and nothin' to say about it.
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