You can check over there for rules and to enter, which I heartily encourage; and Chris also gave an example, that "you can even go after a 22 year-old classic of comics literature if you want!" Well, taking that to mind, I took a stab at another classic, twenty-seven years old this month! Here's the 30 Second Recap, of Micronauts #37, "There's a Reason They Call It...the Danger Room!" As usual, click to enlarge, or shrink yourself until you can easily read it:
Original written by Bill Mantlo, with art by Keith Giffen, Greg Laroque, and Danny Bulanadi.
#37 was the Micronauts' last newsstand issue, at least until the ill-fated New Voyages a few years later. Micronauts, Moon Knight, and Ka-Zar were Marvel's first test books for direct sales only. I can't speak to how well they did as a yardstick, but the switch didn't seem to do them any favors. A couple years later, Micronauts was relaunched as New Voyages (which lasted 20 issues) and Moon Knight as Fist of Khonshu (which only made six), and I think Ka-Zar just drifted off.
Nightcrawler mentions it in passing in X-Men/Micronauts #1, but doesn't go off the handle. I do kind of figure he got like two solid years of KP or latrine duty or some horrible X-related chore.
EDIT: Of course, I forgot to mention that Huntarr would eventually switch sides, breaking Force Commander's hold on him and becoming I think the last addition to the Micronauts, at least until New Voyages. (I read New Voyages as a kid, but have since lost those issues, and the last half-year of the book gets dragged into Secret Wars II and has a terrible ending.) And I love Huntarr's very Micronaut-esque big boots. Now, he doesn't show up anymore, and I don't know why: Commander Rann, Marionette, and of course Bug were Marvel creations and still made appearances after the license for the others had expired. Maybe Mantlo based Huntarr on a Micronauts toy, at least in part.
I was hoping to get a chance to "draw" Force Commander, but he was in his new, non-toy armor here, and only briefly. The old, white FC would be about as easy to draw as, say, ROM's face.
And I didn't draw her for this, but Marionette=the hotness. Just saying.
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Boy, the Danger Room used to get blown up on a regular basis didn't it? If it wasn't Micronauts and little space ships, it was demons.
It's a good thing that Xavier was rich.
The constant destruction makes it going evil (in Joss Whedon's Astonishingseem like a reasonable choice.
In my haste to comment, it occured to me, that I forgot to say that your artwork and story layout were a hoot as well. Sorry!
Professor X is awesome, and now I want to see a Claremont-Byrne version of Wolverine's death match with the Awesome Blossom (which sounds like a '70's Spider-Man villain, too). Also, Micronauts kick ass.
Tim C
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