Historians Find Another Spy in the U.S. Atomic Bomb Project - The New York Times

[gary webb]

Also, if any are interested, and if local library provides service you can
find the first two volumes of the on Hoopla.

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On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 6:42 PM gary webb <gwebb8686 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 100% agree Jerky. Immortal Hulk reminds Peter David's run with series back
> in the 90s... If there are any X-Men stans out there I'd also recommend
> House of X and Powers of X... And if your X-men taste buds haven't been
> sated look into Ed Piskor's X-Men: Grand Design...
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 6:20 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You mighta sold me, Jerky. thanks for the words.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Nov 25, 2019, at 3:25 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > 
>> > Pynchonian is right!
>> >
>> > GODSEND sounds like he (or she) could be the boss of underlings named
>> SHOCK and SHROUD (code-names only, not that GODSEND would be the boss of
>> crash test dummies). Make a great set of enemies for a superhero comic book
>> story, I'll tell you what!
>> >
>> > And a great, literary inside joke to boot!
>> >
>> > Speaking of which, if anybody is interested in wasting their time in a
>> particularly entertaining way, try picking up the last three issues of The
>> Immortal Hulk (#23-#24-#25) for a bit of grand old fun. And each issue is
>> so different from the others!
>> >
>> > #23 is a double-sized issue, and a cosmic leap forward to the End of
>> All Things, where we see the (beautifully alien) last conscious beings in
>> the universe witnessing the snuffing out of the last
>> civilization/planet/star in all existence. The last conscious being then
>> breaks every rule and taboo of his hyper-advanced culture in order to
>> somehow send a message back in time... and then we see the recipient of
>> said message (probably the only person in the Marvel universe with the
>> brains to comprehend such an advanced message... which itself is a hint as
>> to his identity, the unveiling of whom sent THIS lifelong Hulk fan into
>> paroxysms of nerdish delight).
>> >
>> > #24 features Banner/Hulk going all Greta T, deciding that there's
>> nothing that the human race is going to be WILLING to do to save themselves
>> or the planet from their depredations, so he's going to use the Hulk to set
>> things to right. Prince Namor shows up as a short order cook and listens as
>> Banner explains his plan to Amadeus Cho, supergenius who took over the
>> position of Hulk from Banner for a while (starting just before the latter's
>> death and subsequent resurrection), and who now is just a green-hued,
>> super-strong handsome Korean dude who retains all his intelligence and
>> remains a friend to his former mentor (Banner), despite their political
>> differences and Cho's doubts about Banner's plans.
>> >
>> > #25 is a knock-down, drag-out, issue-long brawl featuring an angry,
>> righteous Banner/Hulk laying a serious beat-down on a team of legitimately
>> scary minions to the leader of the multinational corporation ROXXON
>> (Marvel's evil stand in for both Exxon AND Facebook/Google), who himself
>> just happens to be a frigging MINOTAUR!
>> >
>> > Oh, man... so much fun!
>> >
>> > Also, the recently completed SILVER SURFER BLACK miniseries (5 issues
>> long) was fantastic, particularly if you've ever enjoyed Marvel's "cosmic"
>> characters. A collected edition is surely soon to come.
>> >
>> > Jerky the Comics Guy
>> >
>> >> On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 7:04 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> His code name was pure Pynchon: GODSEND.
>> >>
>> >>
>> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/23/science/manhattan-project-atomic-spy.html
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Sent from my iPhone
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