Descrizione
I FANTASTICI 4
FANTASTIC FOUR
prima serie Editoriale Corno
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1980
mentre la nave va inesorabilmente a fondo, uno dei pochi che si ostinano inutilmente a tentare di tenerla a galla è il povero Ben Grimm alias LA COSA, a cui gli altri tre compari ingrati hanno ormai mollato questo catorcio di testata ancora in vita solo in virtù e memoria dei fausti e delle glorie passate
per rendere un po’ più credibile e giustificabile l’ inutile accanimento terapeutico, al capezzale dell’ uomo-mattone accorre di volta in volta qualche altro superdotato e superfluo scansafatiche part-time, nell’ episodio di questo numero tocca ad Hulk che con il garbo e la grazia da pachiderma che si ritrova combina come sempre i soliti casini, tra l’ altro turbando gravemente la quiete di una amena e ridente località come burbank dove gli unici frastuoni e schiamazzi a cui la gente è abituata sono le urla dei fratelli warner che cazziano ferocemente i dipendenti e le scoregge rumorose di topolino quando si chiude in bagno e crede che nessuno lo senta ma non sa di avere le cimici addosso, oltre che le pulci e le zecche
contiene inoltre : LA DONNA RAGNO (in un osceno episodio dal titolo L’ OCCHIO DELL’ AGO che poi ad essere pignoli in italiano sarebbe stato più appropriato tradurre come CRUNA ) – NICK FURY AGENTE DELLO SHIELD (storiellina fuori serie di filtri di eterna giovinezza, lozioni per la ricrescita dei capelli e creme anti-cellulite, tratta dal carrello dei bolliti di MARVEL SPOTLIGHT , pur prestigiosamente firmata da Jim Starlin e Howard Chaykin)
CONDIZIONI BUONISSIME, L’ ALBO NON E’ DI RESA
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“Battle in Burbank!” / BATTAGLIA A BURBANK
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Other Characters:
Locations:
- Burbank, LA, California
Synopsis
Furious that the Hulk has been given his own television series, the
Thing decides to go to Hollywood and try to talk the studio into making a
show based on the Thing.
Meanwhile elsewhere, when Bruce Banner himself
sees that a television show based on his alter ego causes him to change
into the Hulk. Furious that there is a television show about him, the
Hulk also heads towards Hollywood as well.
While the Thing tries to talk to a studio exec about getting his
own show, the Hulk arrives and goes on a rampage.
After a battle with
the Thing, the studio exec agrees to not make the Hulk look stupid on
television (satisfying the Hulk to leave) and agrees to give the Thing
his own show.
However, Ben gets more than he bargains for when he
realizes that the program is called “Thing in the Family” and turns out
to be a poorly conceived sit-com.
Notes
- At the time of this publication, the television series The Incredible Hulk (1977) begins airing as a regular series in March of 1978.
- “One week” later, the Thing gets the script and some prints for the new “Thing In The Family” show
- “Thing in the Family” is a parody of the sit-com “All in the Family” which starred Carroll O’Connor as Archie Bunker.
- While in Hollywood, the Thing runs into “Uncle Waddles”, a dead ringer for Howard the Duck.
- The Hulk is shown crashing through the set of a M*A*S*H television series. M*A*S*H* Aired from 1972 to 1983. This should be considered a topical reference relative to the era of publication per theSliding Timescale of Earth-616.
- Although the Thing doesn’t get his promised TV show in this
story, he does find himself appearing in other film and television
productions later. His life was adapted into a television series called
Monster Man as seen in Marvel Two-In-One #78 (unpublished in Italy). There are at least two Cartoons based on the adventures of the Fantastic Four that Ben is aware of as seen in Fantastic Four #209 (in Italy in SETTURC # 23) and 396 (in Italy in F4CM # 139) respectively. Ben is also later part of a film adaptation of Moon Boy and Devil Dinosaur as seen in Thing #31 (unpublished in Italy).
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“Eye of the Needle” / L’ OCCHIO DELL’ AGO
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Villains:
- Needle (First appearance)
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Locations:
Synopsis
After a night out with Jerry Hunt, Jessica Drew
refuses to let him drive her home, opting instead to glide home as
Spider-Woman. Jerry, left alone in his thoughts, overhears a scream, and
goes to the person’s aid. There he comes face to face with a costumed
being known as the Needle.
Pulling a gun on the Needle, Jerry soon finds himself paralyzed when
the Needle makes eye contact, and is helpless when the Needle stitches
his mouth shut and then flees.
The next day, Jessica is informed by Priscilla Dolly
that Jerry is in the hospital. When Jessica rushes there, she learns
about what happened. In spite of Jerry’s protests, she decides to go out
and investigate as Spider-Woman. That night, she goes out on patrol
looking for the Needle. However, she doesn’t find any sign of him until
it’s too late, and only finds one of his latest victims.
The next day, Jerry is released from the hospital, and he gives Jessica
flack for going out after the Needle alone. Both agree to tackle him
together. That night, as the Needle prepares to make his next nightly
appearance, he reflects how he was just a mild-mannered elderly tailor
until he was beat senseless by thugs. In the hospital he developed an
ability to stun with his one good eye and upon his release from the
hospital, he took on the guise of the Needle to get revenge on the kind
of people who made him a victim.
When he strikes again, Jerry and Spider-Woman are there to stop him.
When Jerry is stunned, Spider-Woman steps in to stop the Needle. During
the fight, she too is stunned by the Needle’s gaze. However, Jessica
manages to snap out of it before the Needle has a chance to stitch her
mouth shut.
She then easily defeats the Needle by knocking him out with a
powerful venom blast. When the police arrives, Spider-Woman flees the
scene. Later, back in her civilian guise, she watches with Jerry as the
Needle is taken into police custody.
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“Assignment: The Infinity Formula!” / MISSIONE : LA FORMULA DELL’ ETERNITA’ (2a parte)
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Other Characters:
- Professor Sternberg (dies)
- Jake
- Gloves
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Synopsis
Continued from last issue…
Nick finds
Harris in Las Vegas and battles him and his minions.
Even though the
Colonel defeats Harris and his thugs, the future indeed looks bleak for
Fury as he begins to incredibly age (from not recieving an innoculaton
of the Infinity Formula). However, the timely intervention of Val de Fontaine
saves the day. Fontaine had previously liberated the serum from its
captors and innoculates Fury just in time to save his life.
