Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Paranex The Fighting Fetus

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"Paranex The Fighting Fetus" from Captain Victory #7 (Pacific, 1982) by Jack Kirby

One of my favorite WTF Kirby creations. I've been rifling through my old collection of Captain Victory comics, which I appreciate a lot more now than in the 80s, and there's some truly demented stuff in there. Expect more to show up.
Posted by Siskoid at 6:00 AM
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6 comments:

  1. SallyPNovember 15, 2011 at 5:31 PM

    "What in the name of natural variation is that thing?"

    That's exactly what I was thinking myself.

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  2. DeltaNovember 15, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    And what in Sam Hill is that thing with the face in the far right?

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  3. SiskoidNovember 15, 2011 at 7:52 PM

    That's regular cast member Mister Mind, the brains among Captain Victory's cohorts. Think Brainiac 5 meets Spock meets Egg Fu.

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  4. DeltaNovember 16, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    I will decline to think about that, thank you!

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  5. SiskoidNovember 16, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    But it's the recipe for a delicious omelette!

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  6. King BeauregardDecember 15, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    I've read a fair amount of "Captain Victory", and I can sort of explain Paranex. The point Kirby wanted to make was that there are forces out there so powerful that even their children are far beyond us. But that wasn't emphatic enough, so Kirby no doubt revised it to, even their infants are far beyond us. But not even that was enough, so ...

    I am proud to say I can use "Goozlebobber" in a sentence. Two, counting that one.

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