When the sweeping series EARTH X was released, I was one of those entrenched fans who actually knew all those characters well enough that I got goosebumps when the series revealed the identity of the only-mentioned-once “He Who Remained”. I would buy comics based on the bibliography: Juggernaut vs Thor? Sold. I knew the names of the Heralds of Galactus. The Elders of the Universe and which infinity gem they had.
I knew the names of the Celestials Arishem the Judge, Oneg the Prober, One Above All. I know the names of some of the oddest, craziest characters Marvel would like you to forget. (Except the accursed two issues that I could never track down.) A series of A4 sheets with the picture of a Marvel character on one side, and on the back all the biographic information you could imagine, including a bibliography of their appearances. I grew up buying all the individual issues of the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe: Master’s Edition. I shared the stage with him in New York to give our first ever day-long lecture on the subject. I am the co-author with Robert McKee on our upcoming book on the Action genre.
Starring a talking raccoon and a talking tree.
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