After the success of Hembeck Destroys the
Marvel Universe it was a no-brainer that a sequel would be forth coming. Sadly,
Marvel dropped the ball on this- sorta.
This comic isn’t
comprised of all-new material. It’s a treasury of so of Hembeck’s work from
Marvel Age. Why Marvel wouldn’t allow Hembeck to create another original story
like in Destroys is beyond me. That’s why I think there’s never been a third
book to round out a trilogy.
There is one short
story about Hembeck and the obscure Marvel Horror character- Brother Voodoo and
that’s it! Apparently, Brother Voodoo is the butt to a lot of Hembeck’s jokes
but it really isn’t that characters fault. In an article at the end of the
comic by Hembeck, he admits that he got Brother Voodoo confused with another character-
Brother Power, the Geek, a sort of hippy Frankenstein monster that’s not really
bright. I guess it’s understandable as both characters have ‘Brother’ in their
name. But Brother Power was a DC character!
Usually, I get really
ticked if I buy a comic and I don’t know that it’s just a bunch of reprints.
However, since I have no intention of ever collecting a run of Marvel Age
books, I’ll forgive it this one time. The cartoons were really funny although
some punch-lines got stale (see Brother Voodoo.) The funniest cartoons were
Cyclops’ x-traordinary answers to everything and a call-in show in which
callers keep getting Quasar confused with Nova. The lamest cartoons were, well,
I told you to see Brother Voodoo, right?
Worth Consuming and
you should be able to find this in a bargain bin. You’ll just have to look
really hard, like I did.
Rating: 7 out of 10
stars.
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