More Dinosaur Death Match with Skull the Slayer and the Thing!

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“A Stretch in Time” concludes the two-part adventure with Skull the Slayer and The Thing. Did you miss part one yesterday? Click Read It.

The Thing and his new friend Skull the Slayer struggle to stay alive in a prehistoric world of man-eating dinosaurs. When they make it back to the present, some denizens of this ancient world follow them and attack. Lucky for them, Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four is on hand to lend some help.

For a review and recap of the first 100 issues of Marvel Two-in-One, see our friends at the Longbox Graveyard.

Collector’s Guide:
– From Marvel Two-in-One #36. Marvel, 1978.
Reprinted in Essential Marvel Two-in-One TPB #2, 2007.
Story by Marv Wolfman. Art by Ernie Chan.

Dinosaur Destruction in Marvel Two-in-One with Skull the Slayer!

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“Enter: Skull the Slayer and Exit: The Thing” begins a two-part dinosaur adventure with The Thing and Skull the Slayer. We’ll wrap up part two tomorrow.

Digging Skull the Slayer? We love dinosaurs, but we’re no experts on Skull. But we know someone who is! Click for a Skull the Slayer retrospective on Diversions of the Groovy Kind. It includes the complete first issue of Skull’s own title and lots more scans, history, and goodies.

For a review and recap of the first 100 issues of Marvel Two-in-One, see our friends at the Longbox Graveyard.

Collector’s Guide:
– From Marvel Two-in-One #35. Marvel, 1978.
Reprinted in Essential Marvel Two-in-One TPB #2, 2007.
Story by Marv Wolfman. Art by Ernie Chan.

Ego the Living Planet! John Byrne’s Fantastic Four

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John Byrne created some of the most memorable Fantastic Four epics during his run on Fantastic Four #232-292 and Annuals #17-19. We will share with you a few of our favorites. With five years of work to pick from, it wasn’t easy choosing just a handful!

Today’s Feature: Ego – The Living Planet! Taking the reins of the World’s Greatest Comic Magazine with #234, Byrne wasted zero time getting our adventurers into the most cosmic kinds of trouble he could imagine. Here, they take on a planet with a huge brain that’s gone horribly insane. And guess who gets stuck lugging a modified rocket engine down to the brain in the planet’s core to blow it all to smithereens? You bet your Aunt Petunia – it’s the ever-lovin’ blue eyed Thing! Whatta Revoltin’ Development!

Collector’s Guide:
– From Fantastic Four # 232-235.
– Reprinted in the Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus – Volume 1, 2011.
– Byrne’s run spans Fantastic Four #232-292 and Annuals #17-19.