Forgotten Marvel

[johnnystorm]

He's also no longer human...all kinds of funky tentacle stuff going on under the surface.

[ctc]

>He's apparently now known as "The Uranian".

So.... "Marvel Boy" wasn't wimpy enough?

And that's a weird pic. He kinda looks like a supporting character from "Bleach." (Must be the hair and eyes....)

Don C.

[samurainoir]

Is that Marvel Boy

I couldn't make this stuff up even if I tried. He's apparently now known as "The Uranian". <insert the off-coloured joke of your choice here>

[thunderbolt]

Yeah, Jimmy was there in the 50's Avengers What If? He was the nemesis of the Yellow Claw before SHIELD drafted him.

[samurainoir]

Yes, the 1950s Avengers were Marvel Boy, 3-D Man, Venus, Gorilla-Man, and M-1 the Human Robot as appearing in What If? vol1 #9...one of the few issues that got absorbed into regular continuity.

The current Agents of Atlas has the same team but adding ex-SHIELD Agent Jimmy Woo

I might be misremembering, but wasn't Jimmy Woo part of the 1950's Avengers What If Storyline as well?

Dig the fact that the dude also hunted Godzilla.

[ctc]

....

Marvel Boy? REALLY?!?!?

Don C.

[johnnystorm]

>It's not like there isn't a precedent for him on this team.

Is that Marvel Boy and Venus?

Don C.

Yes, the 1950s Avengers were Marvel Boy, 3-D Man, Venus, Gorilla-Man, and M-1 the Human Robot as appearing in What If? vol1 #9...one of the few issues that got absorbed into regular continuity.

The current Agents of Atlas has the same team but adding ex-SHIELD Agent Jimmy Woo and a revived Namora...but the 3-D Man is not on the new team, but certainly deserves to be! The book is one of Marvel's better efforts...currently cancelled but I understand that the team will be appearing in Hercules as a backup series, a couple specials, then returning in the spring starting at #1 again. Jeff Parker told me that when I asked him about the series at the Baltimore ComicCon.

I've not read that Avengers Forver series...any opinions?

[ctc]

>It's not like there isn't a precedent for him on this team.

Is that Marvel Boy and Venus?

Don C.

[johnnystorm]

Anybody mention the Human Fly yet? That one and Marvel's Godzilla were the first comics I collected every issue.

Oh, man the Human Fly...the WILDEST super-hero EVER..because he's REAL!!!
I would SO buy a special or one-shot of this character...maybe written by Matt Fraction or Kurt Busiek!

[thunderbolt]

Anybody mention the Human Fly yet? That one and Marvel's Godzilla were the first comics I collected every issue.

[Wee67]

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

Just wasted 20 minutes at work reading about this guy. Now i want to guy get the Defenders books where he randomly appears.

[samurainoir]

Because 3D-Man wasn't around in the Atlas days (aka the fifties). He was created in the 70s and given a backstory retroactively that he'd operated in the fifties.

Retcons don't really stop Marvel from filling teams up with them... just look at the Invaders (Union Jack, Spitfire)!

It's not like there isn't a precedent for him on this team. He's here as well!

[thunderbolt]

i like em' very kirby like artwork.

Maybe because it is Kirby artwork.

[StrangeVisitor]

Why isn't he one of the Agents of Atlas?
it would make sense given the original version that appeared in What If...
http://image2.milehighcomics.com/ist...76770084.9.GIF

Because 3D-Man wasn't around in the Atlas days (aka the fifties). He was created in the 70s and given a backstory retroactively that he'd operated in the fifties.

[goldenryan]

He became the new 3-D Man in Avengers Initiative. During Secret Invasion, he was the only one who could see the Skrulls thanks to his 3-D goggles (ala the movie They Live), and teamed him up with the Skull Kill Krew.



it would make sense given the original version that appeared in What If...

i like em' very kirby like artwork.

the forgotten marvel villain i remember for some reason is vanisher from x-men #2.