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Artifacts of Infinity is a Hybrid Continuity/Explainer Podcast. We focus on the cosmic aspects of Marvel continuity and foundational stories to help people find Cosmic Marvel more accessible.

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December 21, 2020

Episode 18- Defenders of the Galaxy

Today we're covering a crossover between the Defenders and the Guardians of the Galaxy. This episode is about the Badoon who are extraterrestrial Bad-Dudes from our first Guardians of the Galaxy Coverage back in Episode 14. We’ve got a Time Travel Team-Up for you that goes into excruciating detail about how terrible the Badoon are! Dramatis Personae: Protagonists <ul> <li>Defenders</li> <li>-Dr. Strange - Stephen Strange</li> <li>-Hulk - Bruce Banner</li> <li>-Nighthawk - Kyle Richmond</li> <li>-Valkyrie</li> <li>-Aragorn</li> <li>Guardians of the Galaxy</li> <li>-Vance Astro - Vance Astrovik</li> <li>-Charlie-27</li> <li>-Martinex</li> <li>-Yondu - Yondu Udonta</li> <li>-Starhawk</li> <li>Jack Norriss</li> </ul> Antagonists <ul> <li>Eelar - YESSSS!!!!!!!</li> <li>Brotherhood of the Badoon</li> <li>Zoms</li> </ul> Hard to Judge but… Good Grief <ul> <li>Sisterhood of the Badoon</li> <li>-Queen Tolaria</li> </ul> Giant Size Defenders (1972) 5 “Eelar Moves in Mysterious Ways <ul> <li>Hulk is a whole mood in these issues and I love it. I don’t normally enjoy Hulk so much but Steve Gerber has a really fun voice for him throughout</li> <li>Why… why are the Defenders fighting… fish? Hulk doesn’t know, but he’ll do it!</li> <li>Eelar is kinda rad looking, actually</li> <li>These goons straight up shank someone in the beginning of this issue, and that’s surprising</li> <li>Charlie-27 sure is a slab-o-beef</li> <li>Going into this, my prediction is that Nighthawk is Starhawk</li> <li>I actually really like that the spaceship falling from the sky isn’t hidden from anyone. All the time in these stories they act like no one notices these things, but in this issue everyone notices, is kinda alarmed, then goes about with life as usual… which seems way more realistic to me</li> <li>Dude! Is it ever explained why the fish are involved?</li> <li>This kid… I feel bad for him and want Valkyrie to punch his dad in the stomach real good once</li> <li>I like this Vance Astro costume a lot</li> <li>Gerry Conway’s art in this is quite dynamic</li> <li>Hulk Punch Fire, not Fish… I’m crying!</li> <li>Getting the band back together to Mess Eelar Up!</li> <li>Oh boy, this kid is gonna cause trouble</li> </ul> Defenders (1972) 26 - “Savage Time” <ul> <li>So, I gotta talk about this Valkyrie/Jack Norriss situation for a moment. There’s certainly backstory I’m missing but I feel terribly for everyone involved here. It honestly ripped me up reading this whole saga. I can’t imagine coming home one day and my wife legit didn’t know who I was. I’d probably act similarly to Jack here, honestly. Trying anything you can think of to spark a memory. At the same time Valkyrie is an entirely different person and has no memory. His forceful kiss is definitely line-crossing in very uncomfortable and bad ways… that said, again, were I in his shoes…</li> </ul> It’s heartbreaking and tragic and I want the best for both of them and in 616, I just don’t expect it… <ul> <li>All that said, Valkyrie is good peeps, she saves him without a second thought even after so remarkably uncomfortable a moment</li> <li>The Enterprise… I mean Captain America… nah, I mean Enterprise, is even more wrecked than it looked before and the News is covering it</li> <li>Oh man, an alien emerging from a space ship with a human kid… how are you still alive Martinex?</li> <li>Strange with the save!</li> <li>Major Vance Astro’s early recap is… pointed… at us… still…</li> <li>Humans raised as food, SNAP INTO A SLIM JIM!</li> <li>I had to go back to Two-in-One to see if Killraven was Wundarr. I’m still not sure, but refuse to google it</li> <li>Techno-Barrons is my new 80’s retro band</li> <li>Why is Aqua-Man in this issue?</li> <li>Dude, these Mercury dudes look Rad AF</li> <li>So… much… recap…</li> <li>Jack does need to back the heck off though</li> <li>The Enterprise is repaired and ready to head back to Stardate 1312.4</li> </ul> Defenders (1972) 27 - “Three Worlds to Conquer!” <ul> <li>The Badoon are the worst</li> <li>Hulk is suspish of transport… AS HE SHOULD BE, DON’T YOU WATCH CGP GREY?!?</li> <li>Chill Jack, you still aren’t helping</li> <li>I kinda dig the half lizard half ape design here though</li> <li>Why is Valkyrie getting weaker? What the heck is happening?</li> <li>Woah… glowy person</li> <li>Planet of the Stereotypical 60’s</li> <li>Seriously, this issue has big Star Trek vibes</li> <li>I dig this robot design, and the bond between mama and babies</li> <li>Hulk don’t care though, HULK SMASH</li> <li>Dr. Strange-Tech is a thing I hope to see more if going forward</li> <li>So… how will it reveal that Nighthawk has become Starhawk?</li> <li>Oh good, it’s Denethor....</li> <li>Wait, the Badoon Eliet Guard is 90% Zoms?!?! What the heck?</li> </ul> Defenders (1972) 28 - “My Mother, the Badoon!” <ul> <li>Excellent Opening Scene</li> <li>Hulk, I mean Charlie-27 SMASH</li> <li>So, Night enhances Nighthawks Powers? Cool! Will it enhance Starhawk’s powers though? How is this tied together?</li> <li>Digging future Nighthawk though</li> <li>Woah! Badoon Sisterhood City looks awesome</li> <li>At least we know the Badoon aren’t into corpse stabbing</li> <li>Techno-Bondage Hulk Action Figure!</li> <li>LOVING Super-Death Sweepstakes and ABSOLUTELY getting a Running Man vibe from it</li> <li>Yondu is one tough cookie</li> <li>The Badoon backstory is… yikes</li> <li>Starhawk is OUT</li> </ul> Defenders (1972) 29 - “Let My Planet Go!” <ul> <li>The Battle Royale between the Badoon and the Guardians and Defenders kicks off while Hulk and Yondu are still MIA</li> <li>Damsel is in distress and Hulk will SMASH (hyuck)</li> <li>Starhawk’s family is… normalish</li> <li>Hulk is indeed the strongest there is</li> <li>Hulk being teleported mid punch and absolutely leveling a Badoon is HILARIOUS slapstick comedy</li> <li>I really love how the battle royale begins at the start of the issue and just builds and builds throughout. It’s mostly just a fight issue but it’s so well done that it’s a ton of fun to read</li> <li>Strange and Jack to save the day! I’m starting to suspect that Nighthawk and Starhawk aren’t related</li> <li>That’s some cool eye-effect though with Starhawk</li> </ul> Creators of these issues: Steve Gerber,Gerry Conway, Roger Slifer, Len Wein, Chris Claremont, Scott Edelman, Don Heck, Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito, Jim Mooney, Dave Hunt, Vince Colletta, Frank Giacoia, John Tartag, George Roussos, Irene Vartanoff, Glynis Wein, Al Wenzel, Dave Hunt, Artie Simek, Gaspar Saladino, Karen Mantlo, John Costanza, Joe Rosen, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Ron Wilson, Al Milgrom, Danny Crespi, Gil Kane, John Romita, Danny Crespi, Frank Giacoia, Gaspar Saladino Find us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ArtifactsofI" rel="nofollow">@ArtifactsOfI</a> and <a href="http://www.artifactsofinfinity.com/" rel="nofollow">ArtifactsOfInfinity.com</a>

August 3, 2020

Episode 17 - They/HIM

Episode 17: Episode Title Today we’ll be covering an introduction to HIM/Adam Warlock. This won’t be in depth because although we think of Warlock being Cosmic, that aspect of his character doesn’t develop until later on. We’ll be covering Thor (1966) 165-166 and Marvel Premiere (1972) 1 Dramatis Personae: PROTAGONISTS <ul> <li>HIM - Adam Warlock</li> <li>The High Evolutionary</li> <li>Sir Raam</li> <li>Hulk - Bruce Banner</li> <li>The Watcher - Uatu</li> <li>Fantastic Four</li> <li>-Mr. Fantastic - Reed Richards</li> <li>-Thing - Ben Grimm</li> <li>-Human Torch - Johnny Storm</li> <li>Counter-Earth Disciples of Adam’s</li> <li>-Jason Grey</li> <li>-David Carter</li> <li>-Ellie Roberts</li> <li>Alicia Masters</li> </ul> ANTAGONISTS <ul> <li>Asgardians</li> <li>-Thor</li> <li>-Sif</li> <li>-Balder</li> <li>-Odin</li> <li>-Karnilla</li> <li>-Haag</li> <li>Man-Beast</li> <li>Kohbra</li> </ul> Preface: <ul> <li>HIM was created by scientists to be a “perfect being” in Fantastic Four (1961) 65-67</li> <li>Pluto mentions that a powerful being is inside the Advance Science Research Center in Thor (1966) 163-164</li> <li>Jack Kirby had intended HIM to be a perfect Objectivist. Roy Thomas was inspired by Jesus Christ Superstar to try and create a messiah figure. This likely explains some of the weird facets of the character in these early portrayals as well as possibly being one of the early dividing wedges between Kirby and Stan Lee.</li> </ul> Thor (1966) 165: “HIM!” <ul> <li>Thor, Sif, and Balder have defeated Pluto’s armies</li> <li>Thor and company investigate the Atomic Research Center, Thor is concerned because of Pluto’s foreboding</li> <li>Karnilla, still an absolute QUEEN, pines for Balder and is upset that Balder has spurned her love. She’s salty that Odin has protected Balder from her magic so she turns to Haag, the seeress</li> <li>Haag is prepared to snatch Balder directly to Nornheim but Karnilla bids her wait</li> <li>The Atomic Research Center begins quaking and all is engulfed in light. A figure emerges from a cocoon</li> <li>It’s HIM</li> <li>He recaps his origin and concludes with launching himself into space and cocooning himself.</li> <li>Uatu sees the cocoon, bemoans his interference in human affairs, then interferes again, returning the cocoon to Earth</li> <li>Thor criticizes HIM for despising mankind but HIM rebuts that he is a law and truth unto HIMself</li> <li>Thor is ticked off because he and Sif are in a relationship. Unfortunately for everyone he’s angry enough that he isn’t listening to reason as Sif entreats him to de-escalate.</li> <li>HIM runs off with Sif… not cool dude</li> <li>HIM teleports away with Sif but Thor and Balder catch up with them quickly.</li> <li>Haag takes this opportunity to strike, snatching Balder in her gigantic hand which Thor blasts out of existence.</li> <li>As Thor returns his attention to HIM and Sif he finds them gone. Completely enraged, Thor swears Vengeance against HIM!</li> </ul> Thor (1966) 166: “A God Berserk!” <ul> <li>Thor opens the issue pitching a fit and shattering mountains in the process. He has given in to Warriors Madness, a High Crime in Asgard</li> <li>Thor teleports himself and Balder to HIM again.</li> <li>Karnilla snatches Balder again but this time Thor, lost to Warriors Madness, ignores his entangled half-brother</li> <li>Thor and HIM begin brawling. Thor is so enraged that he sets down Mjolnir so he can beat HIM to death with his own bare hands</li> <li>Belder begs Thor to relent but Thor ain’t having that</li> <li>HIM is defeated and thus cocoons himself again, launching HIMself into space.</li> <li>Thor sobers up now that the conflict is over and Sif is back in his arms and is overwhelmed with guilt at the shame he’s brought upon himself</li> <li>Thor, Sif, and Balder return to Asgard and Thor prepares to face justice at the throne of Odin</li> </ul> Marvel Premiere (1972) 1: “And Men shall call HIM… Warlock!” <ul> <li>The opening page of this issue is an excruciatingly messianic image of HIM floating in space surrounded by roiling vapors of power with the High Evolutionary’s head in the bottom corner looking on</li> <li>An asteroid floats past the Earth, then the Moon but it’s no mere asteroid, it’s the hidden base of the High Evolutionary</li> <li>He recaps his prior adventures in Thor 134-135 and Tales to Astonish 94-96. He was a scientist named Herbert Wyndham who created a race of Nu-Men who were animals transformed into furries. Unfortunately his wolf furry was evil and became the dred Man-Beast, besmirching the good name of wolves the world over</li> <li>Thor overcame the Man-Beast so High Evolutionary exiled himself and the New-Men off planet where they revolted against him</li> <li>Facing his destruction he summoned the Hulk to defend him but High Evolutionary was ultimately forced to evolve into a form of pure energy which then merged with the eternal cosmos</li> <li>Later, loneliness overwhelmed him and his energy possessed his signature armor which catches us up to the present</li> <li>Sir Raam, one of the Nu-Men, informs H- E- that he’s found a strange thing floating through space. They bring the cocoon in and begin inspecting it enroute to the far side of the sun</li> <li>They telepathically communicate the Thor issues we just covered and H- E- is about to return HIM to the void but HIM asks what H- E- is upto and so he explains that he’s going to use his incredible power to create a Counter-Earth on the other side of the sun and populate it with peaceful, loving people.</li> <li>We then are treated to a dazzling fast-forward montage of the start of Counter-Earth</li> <li>At the critical moment where H- E- is going to purge mankind’s killer instinct, he’s overcome with exhaustion and falls asleep</li> <li>Man-Beast makes an appearance and corrupts the new mankind and then teleports to the planet below with some fellow evil Nu-Men</li> <li>High Evolutionary decides to just obliterate the new planet when HIM chimes in and says that he needs a chance to save Counter-Earth from Man-Beast’s influence as well as from their corrupt selves</li> <li>Before he departs, High Evolutionary grants HIM two gifts. The first is the glowing green gem which adorns his forehead and the second is a new name, Warlock! Warlock pops down to Counter-Earth ready to save them all</li> </ul> Creators of these issues: Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, Vince Colletta, Dan Adkins, Artie Simek, Sam Rosen Find us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ArtifactsofI" rel="nofollow">@ArtifactsOfI</a> and <a href="http://www.artifactsofinfinity.com" rel="nofollow">ArtifactsOfInfinity.com</a>

July 7, 2020

Episode 16 - Artifacts of Justice

For this episode, we have added a page to our site with resources for you to explore. There is a lot there to process and take in. Also, we will be adding to this as we come across works we believe are valuable to the conversation. <a href="https://artifactsofinfinity.com/social-justice-resources" rel="nofollow">https://artifactsofinfinity.com/social-justice-resources</a> Find us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ArtifactsofI" rel="nofollow">@ArtifactsOfI</a> and <a href="http://www.artifactsofinfinity.com" rel="nofollow">ArtifactsOfInfinity.com</a>

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