Descrizione
GLI ETERNI
EDITORIALE CORNO, 1978
Se qui da noi la definizione GLI ETERNI evoca irrimediabilmente entità immortali, inalienabili ed incombenti quali Giorgio Napolitano, Silvio Berlusconi, Maurizio Costanzo, Pierferdinando Casini, Corrado Augias 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 pochi anni fa e puff ! oggi già disperatamente ed inesorabilmente esaurito
Tra l’ altro la collana ospita anche altro materiale eccellente, ristampato poco o addirittura mai, un po’ per dimenticanza, un po’ per pigrizia, un po’ per ignoranza , un po’ per accidia, un po’ per impedimenti oggettivi : MACHINE-MAN , NOVA , 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY , OMEGA , GUARDIANS OF GALAXY , LUNAR alias MOON KNIGHT alias IL CAVALIERE DELLA LUNA, CYBERNUS / DEATHLOK the demolisher , 3-D MAN, e c’è persino un episodio di X-Men di Claremont & Byrne sull’ ultimo numero, il 29.
in questo numero : ETERNI – NOVA (alle prese col commovente superfrullatore EARTH-SHAKER in un episodio ancora una volta caratterizzato dalla superba smania di protagonismo degli autori marvel che si autocelebrano partecipando come finti personaggi reali alla storia) – OMEGA
prosegue inoltre la pubblicazione della espansione seriale di 2001 ODISSEA NELLO SPAZIO ad opera di Jack Kirby che segue a ruota la graphic novel della Treasury Edition in formato gigante con il suo personalissimo adattamento a fumetti del film di Stanley Kubrick ispirato a sua volta al romanzo di Arthur C. Clarke (quella di questa collana resta a tutt’oggi l’unica edizione italiana mai prodotta , infatti la miniserie non è tuttora ristampabile per il drastico ed inflessibile veto della casa di produzione cinematografica MGM detentrice dei diritti che non ha mai gradito questa stupenda versione considerandola invece una interpretazione arbitraria ed incoerente, poco aderente e troppo divergente dai canoni concettuali fondamentali e dai cardini di senso assiomatici dell’ opera originale, se non addirittura lesiva nei confronti della leggendaria pellicola)
condizioni : buonissime, l’ albo non è di busta
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“Gods and Men at City College!” / ALLE SOGLIE DEL CAOS
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- NYPD
- Insp. James Fisher
- Hogan (First appearance)
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Agent Parks (First appearance)
- Agent Stevenson (First appearance)
- Agent Tyler (First appearance)
- Nick Fury (Mentioned)
- Doctor Samuel Holden (First appearance)
- Student body of City College
- Arnold Radisch (First appearance)
- Gammenon
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Harlem
- City College (First appearance)
- Harlem
- Manhattan
- New York City
- New York
- United States of America
- Atlantic Ocean
- South America
- Andes Mountains
- City of the Space Gods (Behind the scenes)
- Andes Mountains
- North America
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis
Thena and Makkari continue to find the Deviants. They surround them
in a ring of fire then Thena hurls an anti-gravity spear that forces all
of those trapped by the flames to rise into the air. They set their
craft down and confront Kro directly.
Kro tells Thena that he has no
reason to continue his attack on New York. He has inspired sufficient
fear in the human populace and is confident that they will see the Space
Gods as their enemies just as much as the Deviants. Thena is
incredulous of Kro’s strategy and believes that humanity will rise above
their innate fear of “space devils”. Kro proposes a truce and Thena
accepts.
Meanwhile aboard a Deviant submersible, Sersi antagonizes her
captors while Margo looks on in shock.
After tormenting the Deviants
with her powers of transformation, she forces them to retrieve the
torpedo tube containing the unconscious body of Ikaris. Once the
cannister is brought on board the craft, the Brain Mine that kept him
inert is removed.
They return to New York and reunite with Thena, Makkari and Kro.
Ikkaris cannot believe that Thena agreed to a truce with the Deviants.
Margo comes up with the idea of introducing them to an anthropologist
named Sam Holden. After learning about the history of the Eternals and
the Deviants, Holden decides to hold a Q&A session at City College.
Kro and the other Eternals attend the function and provide a public
display of their abilities.
Meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D. sends a team of researchers to survey the
sealed area in the Andes Mountains surrounding the City of the Space
Gods. The Celestial known as Gammenon suddenly appears before them and
seemingly kills the men.
Notes
- This is the first time that the existence of the greater Marvel
Universe is acknowledged in this series. Previously, it was unclear
whether the Eternals existed in the same continuity as the Marvel
Universe, or in a separate continuity altogether.
- The names of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Parks and Tyler is not revealed until next issue.
| January, 1977 |
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“Evil Is the… Earth-Shaker!” / IL MALEFICO SCAVATORE !
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Marv Wolfman
- Sal Buscema
- Beth Bleckley
- John Verpoorten
- Roy Thomas
- Archie Goodwin
- Stan Lee
- John Costanza (Mentioned)
- Gene Colan (Mentioned)
Locations:
Items:
Synopsis
After a date to the movie gone wrong, and another day at school,
Richard Rider returns home to hear a television news announcement that
Marvel Comics is seeking out Nova because they are interested in doing a
comic book based on him. At the Marvel Comics office he meets with Marv
Wolfman and Sal Buscema who want to follow him on an adventure.
They get their wish when Tyrannus terrorizes the surface world
once more with a boring device, prompting Nova to go into action.
He
battles Tyrannus and his Tyrannoids, and destroys his Earth-Shaker
device. With Nova capturing Tyrannus and his plot destroyed, Tyrannus
agrees to leave peacefully.
Returning back to the Marvel Comics office, the impressed Marv
and Sal try to sell the idea of a Nova comic book to Stan Lee himself.
However, Stan thinks that Nova is too young for his own comic book
series and rejects the proposal.
The proposal is also rejected in lieu
of a new series that Stan greenlit: Mida the Million Dollar Mouse. Nova
departs the Marvel Comics office figuring the whole episode is just
another example of the Rider luck.
Notes
- In Incredible Hulk #241 (in Italy in URCSETT #10), Tyrannus is revealed to have lost his youth since his previous appearance in Fantastic Four #128 (in Italy in F4C #126).
He explains then that he possessed one of his Tyrannoids and
transformed it to look like him and take his place during this
appearance. - At one point in the Marvel Comics office, John Verpoorten berates Marv Wolfman: “You’re late on Tomb of Dracula again! Colan needs a story!” Wolfman has to wait until Harold H. Harold telephones him to find out the latest poop on The Count.
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“Wheels of Death” / RUOTE DELLA MORTE
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Featured Characters:
- Marak the Merciless
- Herb Marik
Supporting Characters:
- Jalessa
- Queen of Jalessa
Locations:
- Jalessa
- Mars (Planet)
Items:
- The Monolith
Synopsis
Marik reaches the land of Jalessa and rather than pit their two
armies against each other, she becomes his queen.
The story shifts to
2001 and a space station orbiting Mars that is doomed to destruction by a meteor strike.
The monolith
appears to rescue Herb Marik and transports him to a location similar
to Jalessa’s kingdom but something is wrong in the seed conversion
process and Herb’s aging does not accelerate.
Herb fails to become a
new seed and will live out his normal life span in a pastoral Eden that
will fade upon his demise.
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“Burn While You Learn!” / LEZIONE DI FUOCO (2a parte)
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- James-Michael Starling
- Amber Grant
Villains:
Other Characters:
- Freddie
- Freddie’s mother
- Television Presenter
Locations:
- New York City
Synopsis
Continued from last issue….
James-Michael and Amber tune into the telethon on TV just in time to see
Omega defeat the android. Omega and Electro engage in a power struggle
with their respective energy blasts, but the balance is broken when
Freddie takes the chance to trip Electro with his crutch, allowing Omega
to defeat the villain.
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“Cats and No Dogs!” / UNA PIOGGIA D’ ARTIGLI (1a parte)
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Featured Characters:
- Omega the Unknown
- James-Michael Starling
Supporting Characters:
- Teresa Mendez (First appearance)
- Ruth Hart
- Amber Grant
- Dian Wilkins
- John “Nerdly” Nedley
- Gramps
- Nick Delbello
Villains:
- El Gato (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- fiancé of Teresa Mendez (Only in flashback) (Death)
Locations:
Synopsis
with a copy of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in hopes that it will
help make things more bearable for him.
his gang again, Dian gets them to back off. She and Nedly let
James-Michael know that the bullies only pick on kids they can
outnumber, so it’s best to stay in groups.
or justified on this world, he speaks his first word to ask her the
question, “Why…?”. He takes her to Gramps’ Pawn Shop to recover where
she introduces herself as Teresa Mendez, and explains that she has been
cursed by violent misfortune ever since she attempted to walk out on her
late mother’s debts to her hometown’s local brujo, El Gato. Gramps,
calling Omega “Sam” since the mysterious man won’t speak enough to say
his real name, has him go for a walk while he tries to console Teresa.
a disposizione moltissimi numeri delle altre serie Corno , Star e Marvel, sono gradite le mancoliste.
