Annihilus Origin & Early Appearances - (1968, 1971, 1973)
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- Опубліковано 13 гру 2018
- Today I look at the origin and early appearances of Annihilus in the pages of Marvel.
Source Material:
Fantastic Four Vol 1 #108-110, #140, Annual #6
Music by Shroud courtesy of Alex Mizell
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You hate when the heroes resort to violence first? I'd say being kidnapped by a hostile enemy warrants a violent resistance as appropriate. As far as Annihilus' character, I take him as being based on a 'Snidely Whiplash' villain archetype.
Although they have the emotional temperament of a petulant child, with their self-absorbed tantrums and petty outbursts, do not underestimate this archetype's intelligence, cunning and relentlessness.
Annihilus is the extreme of this Archetype; a maniacal, single-minded narcissistic nihilist that fuels the psychopathic compulsion of a mind that has absolutely no concept of empathy or compassion and never will. He is a fiend with a genius mind and bleeding edge technology.
Of course he has mastered Hordes of creatures to use as waves of expendable soldiers. He kills everyone that is truly sentient so they can't advance enough to ever be a threat. It's like saying a warlord wouldn't have any guard dogs or soldiers at the ready around his war tent or his palace. Pinging on this (15:22) is being hypercritical in my view.
Fun stuff tho-thanks!
Love the starscream mention. I always thought that Anihilus would speak with the same voice.
Hahaha! Glad you enjoyed it! Lots more to come!
Just discovered your vids and they are the greatest. Thanks for putting this stuff out.
Thanks for watching and commenting! It's going to be awhile before I move into a regular production schedule again but more videos are eventually coming.
I had a chance to reread the FF Annual #6 story recently, in the pages of FF issue of the new Marvel Tales (and this was my first time reading it in color; Essentials, you were great for your time, but come on, Epics in color are the new hotness). It boggles my mind how a one-off character like Annihlus, designed for the express purpose of Reed punching some sort of representation of anti-life for about fifty pages before we get to the part we all wanted to see (Franklin being born for most readers I'd imagine, but Johnny and Crystal being reunited is always the biggest winner for my blood), not only managed to warrant return bouts for decades, but eventually became the key villain for multiple major line-wide crossovers. That first story is so remarkably complete to me that all of his subsequent appearances seem a little forced and samey. That "Annilation" story from a few years ago did give him a pretty cool army to rally around, but the dude himself desperately needs an image touch-up.
All this and more is why I fail to understand any hype about bringing Annihilous to the MCU (and doubly so as a villian that would give Thanos pause). Only one villian stood up to him while held the Gauntlet and walked away as victor - Maelstrom.
Those reprints were an appreciated injustice. I was so excited when I first saw one. I wish I knew the face I made when I looked inside one the fist time. I remember the disappointment
Essentials are great i got a captain America essential to read in mail in jail.u can have essentials sent to inmates so i jumped on it.order on amazon use mailing adress as jail with your buddys name