Forgotten Marvel

[StrangeVisitor]

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-Elf With a Gun: I've heard there's actually an explanation for this guy somewhere, but I've never seen it. (Okay; he doesn't exactly disappear, he gets hit with a car....)...

Don C.

I hadn't heard of this guy before, had to look him up:



" Steve Gerber for his part stated years later that the Elf with a Gun was only supposed to represent the randomness of life and how no matter how much you plan and work, something completely random may occur and destroy all of your plans - like, one supposes, getting shot by an Elf with a Gun."

EwaG's story is pretty bizarre/convoluted too. If you care too, check it out

[Earth 2 Chris]

The latest BackIssue! had two candidates featured:
The Golem
It, The Living Colossus

I'd add Tatterdamealion (sp), and various other sundry horror-influenced characters from Marvel's early 70s obsession with the genre.

Chris

[ctc]

So;

DC has a whole schload of old, obscure and forgotten characters; many of whom have made comebacks in the last few years. But Marvel has a sizable assortment of obscure characters who've been shucked to the wayside.... sacrifices to the bloated gods "continuity" and "sensibility." Some of my faves:

-Skull the Slayer; who, until his disappearance was competing with Wolverine for most convoluted back story.
-Elf With a Gun: I've heard there's actually an explanation for this guy somewhere, but I've never seen it. (Okay; he doesn't exactly disappear, he gets hit with a car....)
-The Black Llama: Appeared in a few books in the 70's offering the bad guys the secret to the universe; but only after they beat on each other for a while.

Any more?

Don C.