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| Art by Neal Adams |
In the far-distant past...
technologically-advanced aliens visit the Earth on a mission of exploration.
Their mandate is to observe, but not interfere.
In the present (1975)...
scientists discover ancient cave paintings that tell of god-like beings who came down among the primitive humans.
But, the paintings don't tell the whole story...
Thursday:
The Conclusion!
Written by Doug Moench, illustrated by Alex Nino. this tale from
Marvel Premiere #1 (1975) has never been reprinted!
As we said last week, When Jack Kirby returned to
Marvel in 1975, while he
did take on writing and illustrating two of his greatest co-creations,
Captain America and
Black Panther, his
new projects (
Eternals,
Machine Man/
Mister Machine, and
Devil Dinosaur, were all set firmly
outside the
Marvel Universe, as was the one-shot
Silver Surfer graphic novel Kirby and writer Stan Lee produced (which you can read
HERE),often referring to
Marvel characters as fictional,
All that went by the wayside, when Kirby left
Marvel to do animation design for
Hanna-Barbara and
Ruby-Spears along with his own independent comics projects.
It appears the Marvel creatives couldn't wait to incorporate the new characters and within months, all of Kirby's characters were guest-starring in various titles including
Thor,
Hulk,
Ka-Zar, and even
What If?, firmly integrating them with links to everyone from the Norse and Greek gods to
Thanos himself (who was retroactively made the son of two
Eternals).
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