{"id":274,"date":"2005-02-24T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-24T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/2005\/02\/24\/marvels-greatest-comics-72-the-skrull-takes-a-slave\/"},"modified":"2005-02-24T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2005-02-24T15:55:00","slug":"marvels-greatest-comics-72-the-skrull-takes-a-slave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/archives\/274","title":{"rendered":"Marvel’s Greatest Comics #72 [1977] – The Skrull Takes a Slave"},"content":{"rendered":"

This issue reprints FANTASTIC FOUR #90 (1969), inked by Joe Sinnott. The story opens with the wrap-up to the previous issue, where the FF have captured the Moleman in the house they’d planned to move into. Reed lets the Moleman escape, explaining that “It’s a strange paradoxical world we live in. A man can be arrested for illegal parking, but there’s actually no law against trying to conquer the planet”. Ben then goes back to town. Meanwhile, a skrull lands in the country, intent on capturing the Thing.<\/p>\n

In town, Ben deals with some of his many fans when the skrull finds him.<\/p>\n

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Disguising himself as Reed, the skrull fools Ben into going out to his ship in the country, knocks him out and takes him as a slave for the “great games”.<\/p>\n

A nice transition issue between major storylines. The Moleman story finishing up wasn’t that good, although it had its moments, including a few scenes this issue. The “Thing Enslaved” story that begins in here has a slow start, but would turn out to be the highlight of Kirby’s final year on the book.<\/p>\n

The reprint is only 18 pages, knocking two out of the original. Those pages mostly dealt with the FF calling and checking in with Alicia and the as-yet-unnamed Franklin. Nice character bits, it’s a shame the reprint didn’t have room for them.<\/p>\n

Published 1977<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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