Descrizione
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GLI ETERNI
EDITORIALE CORNO, 1979
Se qui da noi la definizione GLI ETERNI evoca irrimediabilmente entità immortali, inalienabili ed incombenti quali Giorgio Napolitano, Silvio Berlusconi, Licio Gelli, Daniele Piombi e Pippo Baudo, in america invece è una serie supereroistica a fumetti classica ed intramontabile ( ETERNALS in lingua originale ) che deve il suo successo e la sua popolarità non a scandali, processi , rumours di collusioni con mafia e malavita, presunti crimini dal colletto bianco e bustarelle ma solamente e immensamente ai magnifici disegni dell’ indimenticabile re JACK KIRBY
Questa è la favolosa serie gigante Corno che ha fatto conoscere in Italia la superba saga SF-fantasy , e ne è rimasta l’ unica pubblicazione nostrana per decenni, fino al masterwork integrale uscito un paio d’anni fa e puff ! oggi già disperatamente e inesorabilmente esaurito
Tra l’ altro la collana ospita anche altro materiale eccellente che nessuno si è mai sognato di ristampare, un pò per dimenticanza, un pò per pigrizia, un pò per ignoranza , un pò per accidia: MACHINE-MAN , NOVA , 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY , OMEGA , GUARDIANS OF GALAXY , LUNAR , CYBERNUS / DEATHLOCK , 3-D MAN, addirittura c’è pure un episodio di X-Men di Claremont & Byrne sull’ ultimo numero, il 29.
in questo numero :
come sostituto generico degli esauriti ETERNI di Kirby continua MISTER MACCHINA (Machine Man the living robot), spin off di 2001 odissea nello spazio che ha appena fatto tagliando e service alla officina autorizzata soltanto con ricambi originali e di serie
Proseguono inoltre :
NOVA nel cui episodio è presente il personaggio del ROBOT SHERLOCK HOLMES versione artificiale e avveniristica del detective di Arthur Conan Doyle
MOON KNIGHT (qui ancora chiamato IL CAVALIERE DELLA LUNA– poi più avanti sarà LUNAR – che inizia la sua storica doppietta nella prima miniserie da protagonista su Marvel Spotlight , dopo il debutto ufficiale come manigoldo antagonista di Licantropus su Werewolf by Night # 32 e 33 , in storie purtroppo rimaste ancora inedite in Italia)
e la formidabile saga fantastellare de I GUARDIANI DELLA GALASSIA tratta da Marvel Presents ( che stavolta mette in scena un revival dell’ altro grande mito cosmico cronologicamente antecedente : per maggiori informazioni e ragguagli, chiedi chi era SILVER SURFER)
condizioni : ottime, qualche piccola e tenue fioritura del tempo in copertina, l’ albo NON è di busta
LEGENDA STATO DI CONSERVAZIONE
condizioni ECCELLENTI (o anche EDICOLA e/o MAGAZZINO) = si intende un oggetto nuovo e perfetto oppure usato senza difetti e praticamente ancora come nuovo, tenendone per quest’ultimo caso in conto ovviamente la datazione ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 8,5 e 9,8 (non assegniamo punteggi superiori a 9,8 perchè trattasi di tipi ideali a ns avviso più teorici e scolastici che reali e concreti, ogni manufatto umano in natura ha una percentuale insita e congenita seppur infinitesimale di imperfezione)
condizioni OTTIME = oggetto nuovo (o talora anche usato ma maneggiato e conservato con molta cura) in cui non si riscontra alcun difetto rilevante e degno di nota, tutt’al più qualche minimo segno di lettura o di uso ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 7 e 8,5
condizioni BUONISSIME = oggetto usato (ed in taluni casi anche fondo di magazzino soggetto a piccole usure del tempo) con lievi imperfezioni e difetti poco vistosi, generalmente molto marginali ed appena percepibili ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 5,5 e 7
condizioni MOLTO BUONE = oggetto usato con imperfezioni vistose e difetti abbastanza spiccati, pur se non completamente invalidanti (generalmente specificati nel dettaglio alla voce CONDIZIONI nella parte inferiore della descrizione di ogni singolo oggetto); corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 4 e 5,5
condizioni PIU’ CHE BUONE / MEDIOCRI = oggetto usato con imperfezioni e difetti evidenti, smaccati, madornali ed invalidanti, assolutamente non collezionabile tuttavia idoneo per la semplice lettura o documentazione ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale inferiore a 4
per eventuali ulteriori dettagli aggiuntivi e specifici si prega di fare sempre riferimento alla voce CONDIZIONI nella parte inferiore della descrizione di ogni singolo oggetto
a disposizione moltissimi numeri delle altre serie Corno , Star e Marvel, sono gradite le mancoliste.
| July, 1978 |
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“At Last — the Inner Circle!” / ALL’ INTERNO DELLA SPIRALE
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Inner Circle
- Corruptor (Jackson Day) (shadowed)
- Francis
- Ed
Other Characters:
- Sherly
- Sherlock Holmes (Mentioned)
- Shuffles (First appearance)
Locations:
Synopsis
Rushing home from patrol to get ready for his school exam, Richard rushes through breakfast and leaves, unaware that his brother Robbie and his robot Sherly are trying to learn Richard’s secret.
At school, Richard manages to just barely pass his exam, afterwords he celebrates with his friends. Richard tries to console Donna-Lee when she reveals to Richard and the others that Mike Burley has been missing for some time.
That night Richard’s father is so fed up over his legal problems thanks to the crime he was forced into by the Inner Circle decides to confront them.
Overhearing his father, Richard tries to follow after him as Nova, not knowing that his brother is using his robot to track him.
When Nova loses his father when he travels through the midtown tunnel, Nova terrorizes his underworld stool pigeons to reveal the location of the Inner Circle’s location.
When Nova locates the Inner Circle, he attacks them and grabs one of it’s members, knocking it out with a blow.
He unmasks him and is shocked to find that the member he bagged is his own father, just as Robbie and Sherly (having tracked Richard to this location) catch him unmasking him.
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“House of Nightmares” / LA CASA DEGLI INCUBI
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Garage crew:
- Unnamed owner
- Joe
- Dr. Spalding’s patients
- Mr. Grover
- Mr. Bates
- Room Zero patient
- Dr. Spalding’s staff
- Nurse Mary (First appearance)
- Harry (First appearance)
- Unnamed orderly
Locations:
- California
- Central City
- Central City Sanitarium (First appearance)
- Central City
Synopsis
The adventures of X-51 continue, as he’s plagued by nightmares regarding his humanity.
Still on the run from the Army, he visits a gas station and buys some tires using some newly created diamonds for currency.
Meanwhile, Doctor Spalding, who had met X-51 back in #1 (in this last italian issue), is dealing with a patient who is having odd delusions about being in a space-ship falling into a sun.
As the army catches up with him, MM bursts out of the gas station with his new wheels (three tires attached to him with rods) and escapes.
He then goes out and drives some motorcyclists off the road.
He then arrives in Central City and goes to see the doctor, who agrees to help him.
Just then MM notices an interstellar transmission, which is the same thing the patient had been receiving, and translates it into a visual representation of a ship in distress.
They begin to plan a rescue, which will lead to the battle with Ten-For.
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“The Crushing Conquer-Lord!” / L’ INVINCIBILE CONQUISTATORE
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Crawley (First appearance)
- Frenchie
- Gena Landers (First appearance)
- Marlene Fontaine (First appearance)
- Samuels (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Conquer-Lord (First appearance)
- Weasel
Other Characters:
- Werewolf (Cameo)
- Abner Skrooney
- Jesse
- Mayor of New York (name unrevealed)
- Merkins
- Rankin
- New York policemen
- Frank
- Joey
Locations:
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Long Island
- Spector Mansion (First appearance)
- Brooklyn
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis
In Manhattan, the caped avenger known as Moon Knight spies seven masked men attempting a late night robbery.
He swings down from the rooftops and quickly disables all seven of them with several swiftly thrown crescent darts. His work finished, he returns to his helicopter, piloted by his trusted ally, Frenchie.
Frenchie informs Moon Knight that the building the masked men were attempting to break into was the campaign headquarters for a mayoral prospect named Charles Thurston. Elsewhere, a man known as the Conquer-Lord conspires with a crony named Weasel.
The Conquer-Lord is responsible for the failed burglary of the campaign headquarters. It is his intention to blame the burglary on the current Mayor, thereby allowing him to push his own chosen lackey into office.
Weasel informs the Conquer-Lord that Moon Knight foiled the robbery, and he presents him with a comprehensive dossier containing Moon Knight’s true identity, as well as that of his various aliases. Satisfied that Weasel has told him everything he needs to know about Moon Knight, the Conquer-Lord promptly kills him.
That evening, Moon Knight returns home to lavish Spector Mansion and briefly speaks with his lover and Girl Friday, Marlene Fontaine.
Marlene reminds him of a society function that he is to attend in the guise of millionaire Steven Grant, but Moon Knight has more pressing concerns to worry about. Rather than adopting the guise of the millionaire, he instead assumes the identity of his undercover alias, taxicab driver Jake Lockley.
As Lockley, he drives to a diner called The Other Place, where he confers with two trusted confidantes: a waitress named Gena, and a homeless man named Crawley.
Crawley is a reservoir of useful information, and tells Jake about the Conquer-Lord and his plans to manipulate the election.
Realizing that the current Mayor’s life may be in danger, he returns to Long Island and switches into his Moon Knight costume.
He arrives at the Mayor’s estate along with Marlene, only to find the Conquer-Lord preparing to attack.
The two costumed combatants fight one another, and the Conquer-Lord takes Marlene hostage.
Before Moon Knight can make another move, the Mayor’s butler bursts open a balcony window screaming that the Mayor has been shot.
Notes
- First Appearances: Abner Skrooney (Jake Lockley’s boss); Conquer-Lord (Mister Quinn, a super-villain); Crawley (Jake Lockley’s homeless informant); Gena (a waitress); Jesse (a cab dispatcher); Marlene Fontaine (Steven Grant’s lover and assistant); Merkins (Steven Grant’s valet); Rankin (the Mayor’s butler); Samuels (Steven Grant’s butler); Weasel (Conquer-Lord’s major domo)
- Final Appearances: Weasel (dies in this issue)
- Moon Knight appeared last in Werewolf by Night #33 (unpublished in Italy). He appears next in Marvel Spotlight #29 (in this next italian issue).
- This issue introduces the character of Bertrand Crawley. Crawley will become a regular supporting cast member of the Moon Knight mythos. He appears next in the second story Hulk! (Volume 1) #13 (in Italy in IHC # 3-4).
- This issue introduces Marlene Alraune as Marlene Fontaine (her married name). Marlene will become a regularly featured character in the various Moon Knight solo books. She appears next in Marvel Spotlight #29 (in this next italian issue).
- Frenchie appeared last in Werewolf by Night #33 (unpublished in Italy). He appears next in Marvel Spotlight #29 (in this next italian issue).
- Werewolf by Night appears in a cameo flashback to events which took place in Werewolf by Night #33 (unpublished in Italy).
- Reference is made to the Committee in this issue. The Committee first appeared in Werewolf by Night #10 (unpublished in Italy) and caused problems for Jack Russell and Moon Knight in Werewolf by Night #32–33 (unpublished in Italy).
- Samuels is named “Samuel” in this issue, indicating that it is his first name. However, in future issues, he is addressed by the surname, Samuels. Samuels appears next in Marvel Spotlight #29 (in this next italian issue).
Trivia
- This issue is billed as the first Moon Knight solo adventure.
- The tagline for this issue is “Enter the Conquer-Lord”.
- The visual representation of Crawley in this issue is drastically different from the way he is shown in future comic books.
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“Once Upon a Time… The Silver Surfer!” / C’ ERA UNA VOLTA SILVER SURFER (1a parte)
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extracts from “When Lands the Saucer!” / estratti da QUANDO ATTERRA IL DISCO VOLANTE (from SILVER SURFER # 2 Vol. 1)
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Featured Characters:
Other Characters:
- Silver Surfer (Only in flashback)
Villains:
- Badoon (Only in flashback)
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis
