dan bailey
02-24-2006, 11:08 AM
sifting through the detritus of my memory (something i spend entirely too much time doing, admittedly) over the years, i've found myself idly wondering more than once about a marvel monster reprint strip i would've come across in the back (no doubt) of a comic on the stands circa '65. i'm pretty sure the featured creature's name was "budda" or something very close to that (could've been an "r" somewhere in there, come to think of it), & that he/it was colored brown ...
& that's all i remember, really (though looking back, i'd say the art was far more kirby/ayers than it was ditko). definitely one of my earliest comics memories, even though i didn't buy the ish in question (aged 5 or so, i'm sure i didn't have access to the necessary 12 cents anyway) ... but it made enough of an impression that i still vaguely remember breathlessly making my way through the story at the front of my hometown's piggly wiggly.
almost had to have been '65-'66, because i could read at least some of the words, a superpower i didn't begin to develop till sometime during first grade, which began in 9/65.
i dunno how complete the roster at monsterblog.com is, but none of the names there quite fits the bill. "bruttu" is closest to the name i remember, but he's way too humanoid -- i recall a somewhat blob-like creature.
any ideas, anyone?
& that's all i remember, really (though looking back, i'd say the art was far more kirby/ayers than it was ditko). definitely one of my earliest comics memories, even though i didn't buy the ish in question (aged 5 or so, i'm sure i didn't have access to the necessary 12 cents anyway) ... but it made enough of an impression that i still vaguely remember breathlessly making my way through the story at the front of my hometown's piggly wiggly.
almost had to have been '65-'66, because i could read at least some of the words, a superpower i didn't begin to develop till sometime during first grade, which began in 9/65.
i dunno how complete the roster at monsterblog.com is, but none of the names there quite fits the bill. "bruttu" is closest to the name i remember, but he's way too humanoid -- i recall a somewhat blob-like creature.
any ideas, anyone?