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09-05-2006, 05:16 PM
Via this week's Lying In The Gutters (http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/?column=13):
Over on his message board, Jim Valentino has been talking about his '90s run on Guardians of the Galaxy. Apparently he had about fifty issues worth of ideas, but left the book after just under thirty. Bits and pieces of his ideas made it into the stories told after his departure, so it's interesting to compare this stuff with the actual comics.
Here (http://www.imagecomics.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=144) is the thread. The "future" bits are on pages three and four. Here's a taste:
#45-50—“The Protégé War”
The entire series would have been building up to this storyline. I saw issue #50 as being double or even triple sized with only splashes and double-splashes (and where, obviously, the shit would truly hit the fan).
The Universal Church of Truth, led by the Protégé, guided by Malevolence and with their new converts, the Stark, invades the Earth! Malevolence’s father, Mephisto will join the young god (most likely killing his daughter along the way). While Force and the Galactic Guardians would join the Guards in trying to protect the planet (I would have figured out some reason or another why Force would join the side of the angels for this battle).
Unfortunately, even with all of their powers, they fail.
The Earth would have been destroyed. Sensing the release of energy, Galactus (the Keeper in tow) rushes there to consume the Earth’s energy. Upon seeing the world-eater, the Protégé attempts to “learn” his power while he’s feasting. The energy backlash causes the youngster to absorb him instead, killing Galactus and sending the Protégé into a comatose state, expelling energy that threatens to destroy the universe. The child is then plucked from Eternity by the Living Tribunal and reverts to his cocoon state Keep in mind the Protege was very similar to Adam Warlock).
Left without their god and with most of their fleet destroyed in battle, the Stark and UCT give up the battle. The Galactics will quarantine the remaining fleet.
In Epilogue 1, we see the fate of the Protégé. His mind wiped completely clean of all his life experiences. His cocoon will become a universe unto itself. Over time, he will age and, as an adult, he will venture back into Eternity’s universe, there to seek the experiences and knowledge he was denied…as the Beyonder!Nifty, eh?
Over on his message board, Jim Valentino has been talking about his '90s run on Guardians of the Galaxy. Apparently he had about fifty issues worth of ideas, but left the book after just under thirty. Bits and pieces of his ideas made it into the stories told after his departure, so it's interesting to compare this stuff with the actual comics.
Here (http://www.imagecomics.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=144) is the thread. The "future" bits are on pages three and four. Here's a taste:
#45-50—“The Protégé War”
The entire series would have been building up to this storyline. I saw issue #50 as being double or even triple sized with only splashes and double-splashes (and where, obviously, the shit would truly hit the fan).
The Universal Church of Truth, led by the Protégé, guided by Malevolence and with their new converts, the Stark, invades the Earth! Malevolence’s father, Mephisto will join the young god (most likely killing his daughter along the way). While Force and the Galactic Guardians would join the Guards in trying to protect the planet (I would have figured out some reason or another why Force would join the side of the angels for this battle).
Unfortunately, even with all of their powers, they fail.
The Earth would have been destroyed. Sensing the release of energy, Galactus (the Keeper in tow) rushes there to consume the Earth’s energy. Upon seeing the world-eater, the Protégé attempts to “learn” his power while he’s feasting. The energy backlash causes the youngster to absorb him instead, killing Galactus and sending the Protégé into a comatose state, expelling energy that threatens to destroy the universe. The child is then plucked from Eternity by the Living Tribunal and reverts to his cocoon state Keep in mind the Protege was very similar to Adam Warlock).
Left without their god and with most of their fleet destroyed in battle, the Stark and UCT give up the battle. The Galactics will quarantine the remaining fleet.
In Epilogue 1, we see the fate of the Protégé. His mind wiped completely clean of all his life experiences. His cocoon will become a universe unto itself. Over time, he will age and, as an adult, he will venture back into Eternity’s universe, there to seek the experiences and knowledge he was denied…as the Beyonder!Nifty, eh?