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Help with comic stories???

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professor liebstrum	Help with comic stories???	Lead	[-]
Dec 11 11 1:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hi, I'm trying to find a couple of comic book adaptions of classic science fiction from the seventies. One is adaption of FAREWELL TO THE MASTER with I think PENCIL ART BY Gil Kane The other, I can't remember the title, but the basic plot concerns the inhabitants of a city waking up to find a giant cube in the middle of the city which contains a monster.After they kill the creature , they decipher the writing on the cube and its a message from the parent asking that they look after its child till they return. No idea of the credits on this one. I think they were both in Marvel books Any ideas where I can find these? Russ Last Edited By: professor liebstrum Dec 11 11 1:21 PM. Edited 1 time.
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HalLane		#1	[-]
Dec 11 11 2:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The FAREWELL story was adapted in Marvel's WORLDS UNKNOWN title, by Roy Thomas. I remember the big guy being called 'Gnut' instead of 'Gort'. The cover was probably by Gil Kane -- that was during one of his prolific cover stints -- but the interior was penciled by Ross Andru. Don't recall the inker (Mike Esposito, maybe?). I do remember enjoying it. The cube story doesn't ring any bells. Hope this helps.
professor liebstrum		#2	[-]
Dec 12 11 2:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks Hal, I read both in a black and white Marvel UK book so I had kind of assumed they originally appeared in a black and white book. I can remember the look of GNUT and the name change kind of rings a bell too. I'm going to try and track this down Thanks again Russ
HalLane		#3	[-]
Dec 12 11 2:48 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yeah, I had a feeling you had read a British reprint, Prof. WORLDS UNKNOWN was 4 color -- I think Gnut (I keep wanting to type Glut) was red-ish or some crazy color. Now I want to go look it up myself! (Could be an excuse to put my comics in some kind of order -- so thank YOU )
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amarok		#4	[-]
Dec 12 11 8:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Here are some cover scans I found: http://www.comicvine.com/worlds-unknown/49-2652/ Marvel's adaptations of famous SF stories -- plus those of Frankenstein and Ted Sturgeon's "It" -- was the main reason I started reading Marvel. After a short run as a color comic, WORLDS UNKNOWN became a B&W mag cleverly re-titled UNKNOWN WORLDS, with excellent adaptations of "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Tick-Tock Man," "Day of the Triffids," "All the Myriad Ways," etc.
professor liebstrum		#5	[-]
Dec 13 11 2:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks, Amarok. Someone should bring out a coffee table style book of Gil Kanes covers, same for Joe Kubert. I'd buy them in an instant. Russ
HalLane		#6	[-]
Dec 13 11 6:11 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That's funny, Russ -- the reason my comic books are out of order is that I've separated out the ones with Kane and Kubert covers and stories, and grouped them separately. So yeah, put me down for that book, and I'll even spring for a coffee table!
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