Si mais il « disparaît » des radars durant l’arc Heavy Métal. C’est l’époque où il devient le Captain.
Et puis parce que Gruenwald voulait faire péter l’équipe à l’approche du #300, ce que Stern ne voulait pas non plus. Et c’est Simonson qui s’en est chargé (personnellement, j’aime beaucoup ces épisodes, mais la gestion du couple Richards est le signe que c’était quand même bien le bordel à l’époque : si ça avait été géré correctement, d’une manière diplomate, je pense que Simonson aurait raconté dans Avengers ce qu’il a raconté dans Fantastic Four et qu’Englehart aurait continué son run, en officialisant ce qu’il a montré sous forme de « rêve » dans ses épisodes signés Harkness. Et je crois que ça aurait été pas mal dans les deux cas).
Jim
Pendant la période Onslaught il doutait d’ailleurs de sa place au sein des grands.
J ai relu les deux à la suite puisque ce sont les deux seules séries avengers de l epoque…
Je trouve qu ewing est un peu en dessous, quelques arcs ratés
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COMICS THAT ALMOST WERE, #3
Late in 1983, artist/photographer/friend Brett Breeding approached me about the possibility of co-creating a new character to wear the « Nighthawk » title. The previous Nighthawk, Kyle Richmond, was busy being dead at the time, so the name was available. And with updated abilities and a few novel twists, we figured we could develop an interesting and entertaining addition to Marvel’s ever-expanding roster of costumed heroes.
Initially working with editor-in-chief Jim Shooter, who gave us the go-ahead to come up with a pitch, Brett and I held several skull sessions which produced a 2-part origin story. Part 1 (see first illustration, a Brett Breeding pencil sketch): Cole Richmond, a young man distantly related to the late Kyle Richmond, has seemingly found his niche in life as a member of a well-organized gang of street-savvy thieves headquartered in Manhattan’s Bowery. The group is organized and overseen by Billy Fagan, who had become a mentor and father figure to Cole. This leads to jealousy in fellow thief Malicayang Koreo, master of the Philippine Balisong, or butterfly knife. Koreo had seen himself as Fagan’s favorite until Cole came along. In truth, Koreo had lost favor because of his quick temper and tendency towards violence.
Koreo makes a deal with the #2 boss of the local Mob, to kill the #1 boss so she can take his place. The plan also allows Koreo to frame Cole for the murder, thus killing two birds with one stone. Koreo then kills Fagan out of spite. Wanted by both cops and The Mob, the street smart but inexperienced Cole finds himself tracked and trapped and about to be captured, when he’s unexpectedly saved by Hobson Tweed, an ex-special forces Brit who owed Kyle Richmond his life. (See second illustration, the cast by Ron Frenz.)
Tweed takes Cole under his wing (so to speak), and at the mothballed Richmond estate reveals background as well as prototype Nighthawk gear. He’d promised Kyle to find a successor, but unfortunately the serum that gave Kyle his Nighthawk abilities only works on those who share Richmond DNA, and Cole was the imperfect but only available subject. Left alone, Cole decides to try the serum. He takes a sip but feels nothing. So he chugs the whole bottle. When Tweed returns he finds Cole trying to lift a roll-top desk, and failing. Tweed then explains that the serum provides great strength, but that effect is suppressed by sunlight. Therefore, the user is truly exceptional only at night. And he’s a little concerned that Cole drank a lot more than he should have.
Cole accepts combat training from Tweed, thinking it’s a good way to increase his odds for survival. But he gets his chance to try his new skills when Koreo tracks him down and attacks Richmond Hall. Part 1 ends with Cole about to die as Tweed tsk-tsks in the background: « Sorry, Kyle, I did me best… »
Part 2: Cole calls on desperation, determination, and improvisation to avoid Koreo’s blades, and eventually fends the attacker off. Tweed decides that Cole might not have the polish or experience he’ll need to serve as Nighthawk, but does seem to possess the will and inner strength to at least give him a chance. Later, the two attend Fagan’s funeral–and are attacked by Koreo, who’s backed by special powered Mob soldiers. Cole tries to fight but soon feels weak as a kitten. It seems the massive dose of Nighthawk serum actually saps his strength in daylight! Tweed wades in with his military skills and keeps Cole alive until convenient storm clouds block the sun and return enough Nighthawk power to help the two good-guys win the day.
In the aftermath Cole sees the grim results of the Mob’s uncaring violence, as first responders tend to wounded and dying mourners. He understands now that with great power comes great responsibility (thanks, Stan!). This isn’t responsibility he necessarily wanted, and his « great power » is actually a hinderance in daytime, but he mans-up and agrees to be Nighthawk. So with Tweed as his burly Kato to Cole’s Green Hornet, he sets out to learn how to be a super hero.
Oh, and at the end of Part 2 the new Mob boss is contacted by the man who is her boss: Justin Hammer!
The first plot was submitted to Marvel on December 14, 1983. It was approved, and a full script was turned in to Jim Shooter on April 16, 1984. A plot for issue #2 was submitted on July 24, 1984–and there the project started to unravel. Finding the right artist proved to be a daunting task, and even when Ron Frenz was enthusiastically brought on board, his prior commitments made progress a slow process. Eventually, the administration at Marvel changed, and the new folks in charge had their own directions they wanted to pursue. And so Nighthawk died. Again.
We decided to try again years later (after another administration change), got an editor interested, and sent in our revised proposal on February 26, 1997. (See third illustration, by Frenz & Breeding.) After waiting a reasonable time without a response, we contacted the editor for an update. We’re still waiting for it. (And, no, I’ll name no names.)
So there you have it: another Adventure In Creating Comics!
We ran nine episodes in Epic Illustrated and it still wasn’t enough to save the book,” Byrne remembers, “so it was canceled. Then, of course, there was essentially nowhere else to put it. I kept promising myself that one of these days I would finish it as a story in the Fantastic Four, but I left the book and felt it was no longer my prerogative to deal with those characters since they weren’t ‘my’ characters anymore. Marvel, in one of their Marvel Universe entries, declared that story to be imaginary and I said, ‘Well, jeez, I don’t work on imaginary stories (laughter),’ or I didn’t in those days. So it languishes in comic book oblivion, or wherever the ‘comic book stories that never get done’ go.”
"We get to the end and he battles a Rogue Watcher, who is actually the same Watcher present when Galactus first appeared. This was the same Watcher who didn’t do anything to stop Galactus from being created and who’s consumed with guilt. So what the Rogue Watcher was trying to do was move an entire galaxy away from Galactus and hide it, so that at least one would be spared.”How could the Rogue Watcher do this? Byrne came up with the idea that by focusing the collected stars’ energy into the galaxy’s core, the Rogue Watcher would then be able to propel the galaxy away from Galactus. Byrne explained, “The Rogue Watcher was taking the stars of the galaxy and moving them so as to create a tunnel effect through it’s core. And if you believe a word of this, you’ve been reading far too many comic books (laughter)!”
“Galactus then battles the Rogue Watcher,” Byrne continues. “It’s almost at the end of the universe; all the entropy has worked up to its full vigor and the universe is running down. In order to defeat the Rogue Watcher, Galactus finally consumes every last shred of energy that is in the universe. Galactus becomes the final repository of all energy in the universe. He then cracks the seal on his helmet, takes his helmet off, and all the energy that he’s stored up explodes out of him. He becomes the big bang of the next universe, with Nova becoming the Galactus of that universe.
J’aurais bien aimé que Byrne finisse cette histoire à l’époque, parce que désormais, même s’il finissait l’histoire, les liens entre Galactus et les différents Big Bangs ayant été entre-temps explorés de long en large, sa fin, qui est très chouette, paraîtrait un peu éculée.
Jim
On peut voir que cette enchère est organisée pour Bob Wiacek et après une petite recherche, j’ai découvert que Wiacek a récemment du avoir recours à une cagnotte solidaire suite à ses problèmes de vue.
Voilà le doc dit tout bien.
Les mêmes que ceux de George Pérez ?
On dirait bien, oui…
C’est un décollement de la rétine ?
Je sais que Don Rosa a le même problème. Il nous l’a expliqué lors d’une de ses dernières apparitions en France, à Lille en… Oh, au moins 2011/2012 je dirais.
C’est marqué « glaucome »…
Tori.
On discute sur buzz de Iron Man âge or innocence.
Je lisais peur CBR que Kaminski a quitté le titre pour ne pas gérer un geek Tony ou que busiek avait prévu une mini pour parler des intrigues abandonné es look back in Armor
Cependant sais tu on ce qui était prévu? Entre autre qui est la sorte de Spawn qui parle au jeune Tony sur son lit d hôpital?
Je ne trouve rien
Allons au bout de l’info, pour celles et ceux qui ne l’ont pas et je pense que ça va en intéresser pas mal (bon, pas moi, parce que c’est en anglais)
Tiré du FB du Commis des Comics :
UN ALAN MOORE INÉDIT GRACE À BRIAN K. VAUGHAN POUR BOB WIACEK !!
Pourquoi est-ce que Brian K. Vaughan est génial ? Parce qu’en plus d’avoir écrit Saga et tous ses autres comics qui nous font rêver, c’est un grand altruiste !
J’en parlais dans le JT Comics #275, l’éditeur Scott Dumbier avait mis en vente sur Ebay 35 pages d’un script inédit d’Alan Moore pour un Annual de GEN 13 qui n’est jamais paru. Les fonds allaient servir à aider l’artiste Bob Wiacek à payer les frais médicaux liés à son glaucome.
Le script est parti à 3 433$ et l’acheteur n’est autre que le scénariste Brian K Vaughan, déterminé à ne pas garder ce script pour lui, tout en continuant à œuvrer pour la bonne cause, en mettant le script à disposition !
Il suffit de faire une donation de n’importe quel montant à cette cagnotte :
https://www.gofundme.com/f/bob-wiacek-glaucoma-relief-fund
et d’envoyer le reçu à l’adresse suivante : ThanksForHelpingBobW at gmail dot com afin de recevoir un lien pour aller lire le script !
Vaughan déclare que Moore réfléchit plus sur chacune de ses cases que n’importe quel autre auteur réfléchit à sa série entière. Le script est une satire des Teen Titans, des X-Men t de l’industrie à l’époque.
J’ai évidemment sauté sur l’occasion, et j’encourage tout ceux qui sont intéressés à faire de même !!
PS : Vaughan déclare qu’ils bossent bien sur Saga avec Fiona Staples et il nous remercie pour notre patience.
Mais là n’est pas le sujet, foncez donner pour Bob Wiacek et lire un Alan Moore inédit par la même occasion !
MERCI BRIAN !
Et ceux qui ne sont pas intéressés peuvent faire un don quand même.
Tori.
Triste nouvelle, en plus de ses coups de crayon de toute beauté Francis Manapul a déjà prouvé qu’il s’avait aussi manier la plume avec justesse. Espérons que ce n’est que partie remise !
Oué c’est dommage…