I say, "Yes!"
I say. "Let's steal a feature from the guy who inspired me to start this thing! If Snell can keep going with Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep! for 10 damn years, maybe i can manage a post now and then." (Yeah, my ambitions bar has been set pretty low these days)
And so the title to this post, lifted directly from the Kalamazoo Kid. We'll call it an homage. A tribute. (no lie)
And for our first entry, a cover most never had the chance to see - from FOOM #17 (1977).
F.O.O.M., for you younger critters, was the primordial spawning ground of Marvel Zombies. A secret cult (well advertised secret cult, mind you) of hidden information, arcane knowledge, and peeks at the wizard behind the curtain. 40 years ago. long before the internet stepped up to sub for the UFP Civilian Database, FOOM was there. (Don't start on the MMMS, tweren't the same)
F.O.O.M. - Friends Of Old Marvel. after 4 decades and change, it's probably okay to let other take a look, right? I don't have to worry about hordes of A.I.M.* swarming in the night to carry me off to some secret lab any more. I hope not. It would screw with my current laboratory subject schedule...
*(Aggressive Idealist Marvelites)
Hmmm-what?
Stop babbling and show the damn cover?
Fair 'nuf:
This beauty was painted by Arnold Sawyer back in 1977 (76?), apparently referencing advertising photos from Stan's book, Origins Of Marvel Comics. It may have been a decade and more after i started reading comics, but THIS is the Stan Lee making all those cameos in my head. And, y'know ... it even could be used to support that Watcher theory.
In theory, you can click for that prettier view. But this is the first post, and the Universe loves to laugh.
(Bonus points if you can identify the hat when picking out all the characters used in this Composite TheMan painting.)
