Friday, June 20, 2025

Special guest-star, Shuma-Gorath!

I'm not positive why his--her--its?--upcoming figure got renamed Gargantos--it's a rights issue since the name Shuma-Gorath at least was from a Robert E. Howard story--but I'll probably have to throw in on that. OK, he's not really in this issue, but for a quick one today, from 2023, Star Wars: the Mandalorian season 2 #3, "Chapter 11: the Heiress, adapted by Rodney Barnes, pencils by George Jeanty, inks by Karl Story. From the dollar bins, I got the below "concept art" cover by Brian Matyas, and had to scan that for the GCD.
I was going to say, issue #3, chapter 11; because Marvel, but they do have it broken out by seasons. I was a little disappointed they went with straight adaptations, and not all-new adventures; although I suspect Disney and corporate are maybe keeping a tight rein on the continuity stories for Din Djarin and Grogu. Still, "The Heiress" is a solid episode. All of these would've been collected in trades as well, I wonder how they sold?

1 comment:

Mr. Morbid said...

Yeah how is this whole trademark thing with his name an actual issue NOW after all these years of that name being in use, even during the years when Marvel didn’t have the publishing rights to Conan?