Really obscure characters
Peter Garcia Sanchez
characters.
I'm seeking info about the following characters, mainly origin, powers and
whatever happened to them.
Omega the Unknown: He had a brief series in the 70's, and he didn't appear
again. Who was him and what happened tp him?
Rocket Racoon: He had a miniseries in the 80's and he later appeared on
She-Hulk. But I don't know any more of him.
Foolkiller: A Gerber creation, appeared on Defenders and Man-Thing, and had
later his own series.
Shogun Warriors: Some giant robots of the 70's. Who were them?
Strikeforce Morituri: Though I think it was of the proper Marvel U. I liked
the premise. What happened in their series?
Blackwulf: A series published some years ago, that featured Deviants and an
Eternal Skrull. Were they Eternals or what?
Was there a robot satyr or something like that that had a series or
miniseries? I think I saw him on Strange's world in Quasar #14 or so.
If anyone knows of other obscure heroes, I'd be pleased of hearing from
them.
If you know something of someone of the above, please send me a mail
(remove SPAM from the address)
Thanks in advance.
Peter
AKA Doctor Comic
David Crowe
: Hi everyone. I'm making a web page focused on Marvel's really obscure
: characters.
: I'm seeking info about the following characters, mainly origin, powers and
: whatever happened to them.
: Omega the Unknown: He had a brief series in the 70's, and he didn't appear
: again. Who was him and what happened tp him?
Dead.
: Rocket Racoon: He had a miniseries in the 80's and he later appeared on
: She-Hulk. But I don't know any more of him.
Maybe dead. A humanoid racoon skin was seen on the wall of a space tyrant
in Hulk a few years back.
: Shogun Warriors: Some giant robots of the 70's. Who were them?
Some of Japan's greatest Super Robots broght over to the US in an umbrella
licensing deal. Combattra, Dangard Ace and Reideen were the ones in the
comic (Though Combattra was a subsitute for Great Mazinger according to
the lettercol). The series lasted 20 issues (#20 being a Fantastic Four
teamup). To tie up loose ends, a later FF issue had a criminal assemble a
robot out of spare Shogun parts and destroy the others off-panel. The
pilots returned to their everyday lives after that.
Being in Spain(?), you should be able to find some of the original manga
and anime translated into Spanish.
: Strikeforce Morituri: Though I think it was of the proper Marvel U. I liked
: the premise. What happened in their series?
They won. The beacon the Strikeforce brought back from the main fleet
summoned a scout for another alien race, the VXX 199. The Horde foolishly
attacked their ship (1/4 the size of the moon) and got reamed. The VXX
199 started remaking human society so that people would spontaneously
combust, allowing for a harvest of psychic energy as seen in the Electric
Undertow LS.
And it wasn't an MU book. Marvel existed as a comic company in that world
and was referenced a couple of times (Shear said his costume was inspired
by the Punisher's)
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>again. Who was him and what happened tp him?
His story was wrapped up-- unsatisfyingly, and by someone other than series
creator Steve Gerber-- in the Defenders. Both the principal characters turned
out to be sophisticated alien androids, and the kid, upon discovering this,
blew himself up.
>Foolkiller: A Gerber creation, appeared on Defenders and Man-Thing, and had
>later his own series.
>
There were a couple of different Foolkillers. The first, whose name escapes
me, was a religious fanatic who snuffed heretics. The second (and most active)
was Greg Salinger, who altered the mission of Foolkilling and killed people who
failed to live their lives poetically enough (but he gave his targets 24-hour
notice). The third Foolkiller, Kurt Gerhardt (I think), was the classic mugged
liberal whose life fell apart after witnessing his father's random senseless
murder. He established a correspondance with the incarcerated Salinger via a
computer message board and, with the occasional lapse, altered the identity
into a somewhat more conventional vigilante (minus military training) whose
targets tended to be people with a demonstrably negative effect on society,
usually violent criminals, occasionally white collar criminals (including
Marvel versions of Donald Trump and Al Sharpton). He faked his death, lost his
weapons and moved out West with a new name and a new life at the end of his
mini-series. His take on the character also dropped the 24-hour grace period,
and he wore a sexed-up S&M mask. He may be comics' first Internet (well,
message boards, anyway) superhero. Steve Gerber wrote it.
>Was there a robot satyr or something like that that had a series or
>miniseries? I think I saw him on Strange's world in Quasar #14 or so.
>
Woodgod. He had a couple issues of Marvel Premiere and an appearance in Marvel
Team-up. I think he showed up in a couple issues of the Hulk. Pretty
negligible.
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Peter Garcia Sanchez <Pedro....@SPAM.ua.es> wrote:
>I'm seeking info about the following characters, mainly origin, powers and
>whatever happened to them.
Didn't see many followups to this post; sorry if this is redundant
information.
>Omega the Unknown: He had a brief series in the 70's, and he didn't appear
>again. Who was him and what happened tp him?
His story was wrapped up in a couple of issues of _Defenders_ somewhere
in the early-middle of their run, IIRC.
>Rocket Racoon: He had a miniseries in the 80's and he later appeared on
>She-Hulk. But I don't know any more of him.
First appearance was in an early/mid 80s issue of the Hulk, IIRC. I
think Mignola was the artist, but I'm going on memory here.
>Shogun Warriors: Some giant robots of the 70's. Who were them?
A licensed property that received a somewhat generic wrapup in an issue
of _Fantastic Four_ around the time Byrne's run began (just prior, I think).
>Strikeforce Morituri: Though I think it was of the proper Marvel U. I liked
>the premise. What happened in their series?
Wasn't this a New Universe title? Definitely not mainline Marvel Universe,
any any event.
>Blackwulf: A series published some years ago, that featured Deviants and an
>Eternal Skrull. Were they Eternals or what?
Wasn't this a title that came out of the boom in the early 90s, a la
_Darkhawk_ and _Sleepwalker_? Or am I thinking of something else?
>Was there a robot satyr or something like that that had a series or
>miniseries? I think I saw him on Strange's world in Quasar #14 or so.
A "robot satyr" sounds rather like Baron Karza, a villain from the
_Micronauts_ series.
JRjr
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> In article <01bea959$3d287e40$7290a8c0@banco_x.dma.ua.es>,
> Peter Garcia Sanchez <Pedro....@SPAM.ua.es> wrote:
>
> >I'm seeking info about the following characters, mainly origin, powers and
> >whatever happened to them.
>
> Didn't see many followups to this post; sorry if this is redundant
> information.
>
> >She-Hulk. But I don't know any more of him.
>
> First appearance was in an early/mid 80s issue of the Hulk, IIRC. I
> think Mignola was the artist, but I'm going on memory here.
You might be horrified to learn the final fate of Ol' Rocky, but if you
have access to THE INCREDIBLE HULK (Vol. 1) #415 you'll see him in the
background on page 11. :-) R.I.P.
Rich
xep...@jps.net
> In article <01bea959$3d287e40$7290a8c0@banco_x.dma.ua.es>,
> Peter Garcia Sanchez <Pedro....@SPAM.ua.es> wrote:
>
> >I'm seeking info about the following characters, mainly origin, powers and
> >whatever happened to them.
>
> Didn't see many followups to this post; sorry if this is redundant
> information.
> >miniseries? I think I saw him on Strange's world in Quasar #14 or so.
>
> A "robot satyr" sounds rather like Baron Karza, a villain from the
> _Micronauts_ series.
I dunno about any character called "robot satyr", but I do recall a satyr
which was trapped on the Stranger's world in QUASAR. His name was "Woodgod"
and he was the result of a genetic experiment in an early 70s issue of
THE INCREDIBLE HULK. He latter appeared in such books as MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE
and MARVEL PRESENTS as well as the issues of QUASAR> I think Hulk visited
him again later in his book, and we learn that Woodgod is happily living
with a bunch of other genetic experiments, who, like him are half-human,
half animal. Their home is secret. I think there was a link with the
characters who appeared in the NEW MUTANTS where BIRDBRAIN (a.k.a. Birdboy)
became a temporary member of the NMs. Woodgod, supposedly is alive and well,
until some writer decides he needs an obscure character to kill off.
Rich
Grimbiskit
until some writer decides he needs an obscure character to kill off.
Rich>>
Already happened. one of the Lobdell Nick Fury issues.
SLWalsh
You sure about that. For some reason, the Marvel Chronology page lists
an appearance fo Woodgod in Alpha Flight vol.2 #13...
Which issue of Nick Fury does he "die" in anyway? I've been thinking of
grabbing that series if I can find it cheap...
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> Grimbiskit wrote:
> >
> > <<Woodgod, supposedly is alive and well,
> > until some writer decides he needs an obscure character to kill off.
> >
> > Rich>>
> >
> > Already happened. one of the Lobdell Nick Fury issues.
>
> You sure about that. For some reason, the Marvel Chronology page lists
> an appearance fo Woodgod in Alpha Flight vol.2 #13...
That would be an appearance of Woodgod's corpse.
His DNA is being extracted for experimentation by dept. H.
Paul O'Brien
<grimb...@aol.com> writes
><<Woodgod, supposedly is alive and well,
>until some writer decides he needs an obscure character to kill off.
>
If Woodgod was killed off, it's been reversed. He was seen briefly
in Alpha Flight as a prisoner of Department H, IIRC.
Paul O'Brien
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