It Was 50 Years Ago Today...

...that The Beatles released their "magnum opus", Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band!

Considered by many (myself included) to be their finest work, it left an impact on an entire generation that reverberates to this day!

Less than a year later, writer Gary Friedrich and illustrator John Verpoorten (with an assist on caricatures by Marie Severin) produced this amazingly-detailed send-up in Marvel's Not Brand Echh #12 (1969)...

Enjoy, True Believer!
BTW, here's a list of all those who appeared on the cover...

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Reading Room 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY "Marak!" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...20,000 years ago, before recorded civilization, barbarian Marak captures an old man creating scientific miracles...who takes the barbarian to the "speaking stone" that inspires his wonders...the Monolith!
The fearless warrior touches the mysterious obsidian slab and...

This tale contains several "firsts"!
The first two-part story!
The first non-movie story featuring several characters in a time-frame interacting with a monolith!
(usually, it's only one in each era!)
The first story to not transition between time-frames, with the entire tale taking place in one era!

Next Friday...the next issue...and more "firsts"!

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Reading Room 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY "Beast-Killer!" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...the mysterious Monolith providing guidance in constructing tools and weapons to primitive Man, in this case, one who becomes known as "Beast-Killer"...

The second part of this never-reprinted sequel tale from Marvel's 2001: a Space Odyssey #1 (1976) adheres closely to the structure of the last part of the movie...astronaut in peril encounters Monolith, travels through it and is transformed/reborn as an immensely-powerful being resembling a human fetus!

But Jack Kirby was never one to be predictible, as the second issue will reveal...Next Friday!

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Reading Room 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY "Capture of 'X-51'" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...when all the prototype robots of a secret government project are ordered to be destroyed, Dr Abel Stack refuses to allow the model he was testing, X-51, to be blown up.

Dr Stack had programmed X-51 with the emotional capabilities of a human being and renamed him Aaron Stack.

Considering the now-sentient robot to be the son he hever had, Stack removes the self-destruct bomb from X-51/Aaron and...

The Saga of X-51/Aaron Stack Continues Next Tuesday!

Beyond the use of the Monolith as a catalyst for change, this story arc bears no connection to the movie!

Written and penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Mike Royer, Marvel's 2001: a Space Odyssey #8 (1977) was the beginning of the end for the title.

(Note: John Verpoorten inked the cover)

From what I've been told, Marvel and MGM were at loggerheads over the book.

Ending their contractual obligation with a reduced run of 10 issues instead of the original 12, Marvel suggested Kirby come up with something that could be spun-off into it's own title.

Thus was born Mister Machine...who had to be retitled Machine Man due to the fact Ideal Toys had revived the popular 1960s toy and had plans for marketing and licensing the property to other media, including comics.

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