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Tim mclean eliot maine3/12/2024 ![]() Having Jack Kirby show up as a character improves nothing, neither does repeating the reveal in a random way just few pages later. Some idea of who these people are and what they’re doing is helpful. The opening action sequence - a dream, of course - with the aforementioned robots is reasonably entertaining, until it ends in a reveal that makes zero sense. Prophet breaks into his own series with creator, layout artist, and scripter Rob Liefeld mashing up the origins of Captain America, OMAC, and The Six Million Dollar Man into a comic that actually might qualify as a story in the most technical sense. If your prediction for a 1993 Extreme Studios comic was Bible verses quoted over page after page of a grunting hero chopping up robots, you likely won the prize of an extra $2.50 in your pocket. (It goes for $3 in near-mint condition at M圜 as I write this.) There’s also a coupon for Prophet #0 stapled into a centerfold that’s a two-page spread, so you can’t read it or see the entire image without - gasp! - removing the coupon and damaging your comic’s collectible value. The story runs 19 pages, with the rest of the issue filled out with pinups, Extreme Studios employee profiles, an autograph appearance announcement, and a talent search ad. as God? Oh, and Bloodstrike shows up at the end, only to be completely indistinguishable from Youngblood or Brigade or StormWatch, etc. What’s really strange is that it’s this satellite that’s giving him energy and “life force” while the comic’s narration quotes Bible passages. Kirby and Prophet fight their way into the Alaska complex and Prophet connects with D.O.C.C. Not much actually happens inside the comic. The Rob Liefeld-penciled cover makes your head hurt if you think about what motion might be required for two men to get in that position. Dan Panosian takes over all the art on this issue, and it’s quite solid, evoking the style of DC stalwart Dan Jurgens to good effect. This is really conventional stuff for a second issue, and surprisingly coherent for an early Image title. Comic-Shop Memories: AAA Best Comics, 1991, Phoenix, Ariz., Part 3.Comic-Shop Memories: Fantasy Comics, 1990-91, Tucson, Ariz., Part 2.Comic-Shop Memories: AAA Best Comics, 1990, Phoenix, Ariz., Part 2.Comic-Shop Memories: Fantasy Comics, 1989-90, Tucson, Ariz., Part 1.Comic-Shop Memories: AAA Best Comics, 1988-1989, Phoenix, Ariz., Part 1.Comic-Shop Memories: David’s Used Books And Comics, aka Comics Corner, 1987-1988, Tucson, Ariz.Comic-Shop Memories: All About Books & Comics (Part I), 1986-87, Phoenix, Ariz.Comic-Shop Memories: Fog Hollow Comics, Phoenix, Ariz., 1986-87. ![]()
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