Marvel Graphics Novel 9 The Futurians
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- Other > Comics
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- 42.93 MB
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- Marvel Graphic Novel Futurians
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- Dec 27, 2012
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- SplhcbPrime
The Futurians was a superhero team created by Dave Cockrum, who first appeared in 1983 in issue 9 of the Marvel Graphic Novels series; and then later, in a three-issue run published by Lodestone Comics. The series was reprinted by Eternity Comics in 1987. The premise was of an extremely advanced future society called the Terminus, who attempted to alter the past by sending genetic information back through time, to give certain human beings super-powers (and a compulsion to use them) in order to enable them to stop some unnamed disaster. In the late 20th Century, a future inhabitant known only as "Vandervecken," or "The Dutchman," (both names for The Flying Dutchman) downloaded his mind into the body of a hobo who later becomes the owner of the Future Dynamics corporation. Vandervecken then began gathering up those who had been empowered to begin preparing them for their historic battles. Here are the main characters of The Futurians: ΓÇó Avatar: The first empowered human, he has flight, superstrength, and invulnerability, as well as three thousand years of knowledge and experience in strategy and tactics. He is the only Futurian to have overcome his genetic conditioning to obey Vandervecken. He has had many names and identities throughout the centuries,the most recent being Andrew Pendragon. ΓÇó Vandervecken: The mind of a future time traveller in the body of vagabond who later becomes a millionaire scientific genius. He has vast knowledge of future events and technology. ΓÇó Terrayne: Geologist Harry Robbins has become a livng mud-man who can manipulate rock and earth. At first he is permanently trapped in this form, but Vandervecken supplies him with a ring that allows him to become human again. ΓÇó Silkie: Marine biologist Tracy Winters becomes a green-skinned amphibian with the ability to breathe underwater at great depths, fire bio-electrical blasts, control and shape water, and transform into a humanoid manta ray-like form, which allows her to fly or swim at great speeds. ΓÇó Werehawk: Matthew Blackfeather, an attorney for the Dakota Indian tribe, can turn into a clawed, flying hawk-like humanoid; however, when he does so, he can become overwhelmed by predatory instincts and a berserker rage. If he loses control entirely, he turns fully into a giant raptor bird. ΓÇó Silver Shadow: Ex-spy Jonathan Darknyte is able to become a living shadow, who can merge with, animate, or teleport through shadows and darkness. ΓÇó Mosquito: Dana Morgan gains the ability to fly and generate ultrasonic energy. She also carries a gun that fires anesthetic or explosive darts. ΓÇó Sunswift: A living fire elemental from Egypt, Neith can survive in space or in the Sun's corona where she currently resides, generate solar-temperature plasma, and fly at tremendous speeds. She is also the former lover of Andrew Pendragon from ancient times. Sunswift must shed a great deal of her power before she enters a planetary atmosphere for fear of accidentally destroying anything around her. But even after doing so, she is still a very formidable opponent. ΓÇó Blackmane: Walter Bonner becomes a lion-like being with razor-sharp talons and superhuman strength and agility.
This was one of the very first comics I read as a kid. I think the WildCATS was kinda based on this book.
thanks, I can't wait to read this!
oh, so this is just the Marvel Graphic Novel... will you upload the three-issue Lodestone Comics run?
Cool! Can't wait to read this! Dave Cockrum is so underated as a creator. He was one of the alltime greats.
So, this is where the 4400 mainly got their entire show concept from?
SplhcbPrime, two great superhero series are missing a good torrent: The Spectre by Ostrander and Mandrake and Dr. Fate by DeMatteis. It'd be epically heroic if you uploaded them!
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