Showing posts with label FOOM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FOOM. Show all posts

Saturday, January 11, 2025

Space Force Saturday SEEKER 3000!

Comics Have Tried to Emulate the Success of Star Trek...

...as Marvel did when it took a crack at the genre with this one-shot in 1978 to test audience reaction.
You can read it by clicking on these links...
Despite promoting the series in a special science fiction issue of their Prozine FOOM (as shown HERE), the best the project got was a serialized reprint in Marvel UK's sci-fi anthology, Future Tense.
It then disappeared from everybody's radar!
Apparently, two British readers found that reprint enough to inspire their imaginations.
And, two decades later, after they turned professional, the duo pitched a sequel to the original tale!
After a highly-promoted reprint (with a couple of promotional articles detailing the new series) of the decades-old original story...

...a 4-issue limited series appeared in 1998 with an extra-long premiere issue!
"A New Beginning"
Then three regular-sized issues...
"Medusae"
"HumanKind"
"Mind Bomb"
Personally, we loved the original tale and enjoyed the sequel, which was left open-ended for more adventures with the crew of Seeker.
Sadly, over 25 years later, it's been forgotten yet again, without even a reprint hardcover or trade paperback to inspire yet another generation of creatives to continue their interstellar exploration!
But here's your chance to see "what might have been" by clicking on the links!
Enjoy!

Monday, October 4, 2010

FOOM--Friends of Ol' Marvel by Jim Steranko!

In the early 1970s, Marvel Comics launched FOOM, a fan club (their third one*) with some very kool exclusive goodies including this magnificent, HTF, never-reissued poster by Jaunty Jim Steranko!
Now, a digitally-restored and remastered reproduction of this long out-of-print collectible, shot directly from an original poster, is available at a reasonable price! (note: the watermark on this image is NOT on the poster itself)
Makes a perfect display piece for a Marvel fan's bedroom, den, or game room!
It's a truly unique birthday or holiday gift (Christmas is coming faster than you think)!
Not available in stores!


*Previous clubs were The Merry Marvel Marching Society and MarvelMania.