May 18, 2020

Episode 14 - Phantom of the Galaxy

59 minutes

Episode 14: Phantom of the Galaxy

Today we’ll be covering Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) 18, and Marvel Two-in-One (1974) 4-5. This is a more relaxed episode so we can try to get caught up.

Dramatis Personae:

PROTAGONISTS

Guardians of the Galaxy

Charlie-27

Major Victory - Vance Astrovik

Martinex - Martinex T’Naga

Yondu - Yondu Udonta

Fantastic Four

Mr. Fantastic - Reed Richards

Thing - Ben Grimm

Medusa - Medusalith Amaquelin-Boltagon

Avengers

Captain America - Steve Rogers

Sharron Carter

Namorita - Namorita Prentiss

ANTAGONISTS

Brotherhood of Badoon

Drang - Supreme Commander of the Eastern Sector

Monster of Badoon

Misc Badoon

Zoms

Saturnian Hound-Hawks

Preface:

This is the first few appearances of the Guardians of the Galaxy

To clarify, this isn’t the GotG from the movies, this is the original team.

They are no longer in existence

Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) 18 - “Earth Shall Overcome!”

Charlie-27 is fifth generation Jovian. He’s been on Space-Militia Duty and returns home after six months to find it overthrown by Badoon

He flees death, taking the Living Matter Transmitter in a mad frenzy, ending up on Pluto

Again he is attacked by Badoon, chased by Saturnian Hound-Hawks

Martinex is a crystalline human Pluvian.

Charlie-27 and Martinex work together to escape Pluto

Yondu and Major Vance Astro are captured, in the Badoon throne room on Earth

Major Vance Astro is the first human to leave Earth for a distant star, Centauri. He’s in a full body copper suit which protects him from aging but if it’s ever breached then he’ll age and die instantly

When he arrives at his destination, due to advances in technology there’s already human colonists there, celebrating him as a hero

Yondu is from Earth’s first non-solar system colony on Centauri-IV

Having teleported again using the Pluvian Tele-Tran, Charlie-27 and Martinex appear in the throne room on Earth and help Vance and Yondu fight their way out to a Jump Tube and land on Planet New New York to begin the fight to defeat the Badoon

Marvel Two-in-One (1974) 4 - “Doomsday 3014!”

Much of this issue is setup, I’ll skip that here

In the Baxter Building there is a scream in the lab. Thing, Sharron Carter, Medusa, Reed, and Captain America respond and find a woman who’s been teleported there

She’s from the future and is shocked to discover Captain America and the Fantastic Four, fainting

Her name is Tarin and after getting the info on the Badoon invasion Steve knows they need to travel to the future to help

Cap, Sharron Carter, and Thing escort Tarin to the future with Medusa and Reed staying behind to run the time machine

They’re immediately beset by Zoms, enslaved humans under Badoon control

The Monster of Badoon attacks and makes short work of the team, Tarin flees for further help

Marvel Two-in-One (1974) 5 - “Seven Against the Empire!”

The Monster of Badoon and Zoms bring our heroes before Drang in the throne room

Drang mind-probes Cap learning the back story

The heroes awaken and begin to fight back

Ben may not know how to drive alien cars, but he knows how to smack a baboon with one!

Sharron Carter is dope and she does dope stuff

Thing is definitely struggling with anger throughout these two issues

Tarin gets to the Human Resistance, once they are caught up on events they summon the Guardians back to help

Their starship, named the good ship Captain America is absolutely a Star Trek Galaxy Class ship, dead ringer

With all the heroes combine they fight a fraught battle but defeat Drang and his forces

Sharron, Thing, and Cap return to their home time

Creators of these issues:

Arnold Drake, Gene Colan, Mike Esposito, Stan Goldberg, Herb Cooper, Stan Lee, Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema, Frank Giacoia, Petra Goldberg, Charlotte Jetter, Roy Thomas, Gil Kane, and Joe Sinnott

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By Everett Christensen and Jonathan Hutson