Ah, where to begin here? So I seem to recall, way back around maybe either the Korvac Saga or the first Contest of Champions, Grandmaster and Collector were referred to as 'brothers.' I may have taken that literally, but it might be more metaphorical, like a lodge brother, in the local Elders of the Universe. I think the Champion was an Elder right from the start; but Ego was a much later addition to the loose group: I need to re-read Steve Englehart's Silver Surfer run, which introduces some more Elders, although none I'd run out and buy the toy of like Champion or Kurt Russell...That run also features one of the Elders' bigger schemes, which alleges the Grandmaster threw the Contest of Champions, to get the Collector back from the realm of Death with intel. I know parts of their plan were 'get blacklisted from dying by Death' and 'kill Galactus for reasons,' but I think there was something even more they were shooting for. On the other hand, in the Thanos Quest the Elders get jobbed, badly; as Thanos collects the Infinity Stones from them. Kurt referencing the Avengers--possibly more specifically just Cap--sharing files, which might be a throwback to, I don't know, all the way back to the early 80's or before, when there were like three super-teams, total. (I don't think Cap ever counted the Defenders...) Of course Cap would have notes on how to counter foes; but he was also an artist and could see even him doodling on those. I wonder, has anyone connected Cap and Colossus as artists? While Piotr seems written as like the sensitive soul trying to express himself through paintings; I wonder if Cap isn't a bit more...worksmanlike? Art and drafting might have been one of the few things he could've done, back when he was sickly little Steve Rogers; and would've been maybe a viable career path back then if the Depression and the war hadn't derailed that for him.
Oh, and I know we've referenced "quatloos" before: they were the betting currency of the Gamesters of Triskelion, in the classic Star Trek episode. It didn't really seem to have any value except as a poker chip; it's probably crypto.
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The Champion casually & intentionally proving the Collectors’ point was hilarious and spot on, especially if you come from a large family.
Ego ate his kid? There’s a Chili’s Baby Back Ribs joke in there somewhere but I’m not brave enough to make it.
Was the GL Cap met Hal? I can totally see them getting along together due to their respective military backgrounds. John too, especially for the architect thing. Kyle would at least offer him some drawing tips & artist shop talk.
Definitely curious to see who eats a loss on Kurt’s team. Probably Indian Spider-Man.
Wasn’t Ego eating his kids the plot of the second GOTG? I never saw that movie but it sounds familiar.
Yeah, Hal was the GL. Coincidentally, they just did a reprint of the story this week- JLA/Avengers. Kurt Busiek and George Perez, so you know it had broad appeal. Cap keeping files on everybody was in a back-up from one of the Avengers annuals, some time around early West Coast Avengers.
Wow, so it’s just beat-em-up style fights, not challenges? That’s going to be rough- Spiders aren’t really known for arena combat. They usually do the ‘fight smarter not harder’ thing. I mean, they can get in a few good shots but it’s usually just civilians and unpowered foes that actually get beat up.
The plan in Engelhart's Silver Surfer was something about killing Galactus, which would make each of the Elders the oldest beings in the universe, and then maybe the universe would end and since they couldn't die they'd become the new Galactuses (Galacti?) in the next universe? It didn't seem like a very good plan.
Your "lodge brother" description is spot on. They were each the last members of their respective species (although Ego was supposedly the only member of his species, ever), and they all devoted themselves to one thing - collecting, fighting, running, gardening, shit like that - which was apparently enough reason to form their little club.
I feel like Spidey 2099 is going to try and take a run at Hyperion, and it's going to go badly.
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