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The Lumpy Orange Guy Appreciation Society
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1 hour ago, bc said:

Wouldn't disagree there.

The word "prototype" is used a lot in the PHM era (a little too much for me). I think of it more as an evolutionary step as Stan, Jack & Steve were beginning to formulate the successful characteristics that would spawn the upcoming superhero explosion. You could say that many of the PHM monsters were Hulk prototypes (big muscular monster smash puny humans!). We had several lumpy orange monsters before the Thing arrived in FF1. Plenty of dudes in weird headgear and masks, are they all Iron Man or Dr. Doom prototypes or just good early ideas whose potential was fully realized later on?

Going back a little farther to 12/56, Yellow Claw #2 featured a Kirby story where "mutants" provided the Yellow Claw "awesome powers" - is this a mutant "prototype" or just a good early idea that Jack & Stan would revive when they were ready?

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(The flying dog is my favorite part of this surreal scene. The bending buildings remind me of the Dr. Strange movie effects.)

Plus, pretty much everyone re-uses good ideas & styles - comic writers & artists aren't any exception!

-bc

 

 

 

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