ulp. In my excitement and zeal to be an oh-so-clever supernerd, I didn’t do my research. Humus Sapien(s) DID indeed appear in a Marvel comic 28 years later in THUNDERBOLTS #54!
Truth. I was also a fellow FOOMer, 16 years old in that glorious instant back in 1973! Alas; I didn’t enter that Create-a Character contest, but I did rapturously await the debut of the winning creation, Humus Sapien! Oh, how disappointed I was when I read GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1 two years later and Humus Sapien was nowhere to be found! Not that I complained in the least, since the brand-new mutant characters that Len Wein and Dave Cockrum introduced in that historic issue more than made up for H. Sapien’s absence!
However, to this very day, I’d like to believe that Krakoa, The (Mutant) Living Island; also famously introduced in that hallowed tome, was a reworking of that concept! And if true, considering how integral Krakoa is to the current X-Men saga; Mike A. Barreiro, the creator of ol’ Humus, should be very proud indeed!
P.S., NOBODY, past, present, or in the far flung future will EVER be able to write purple prose like Stan Lee, bless his soul - pardon me for even DARING to try!
Thanks for your response Curtis. It’s very welcome, and I totally agree with you about Stan’s purple prose, I read it again last night and I’d forgotten just how genius it was. Excelsior ‘n’ all!
ulp. In my excitement and zeal to be an oh-so-clever supernerd, I didn’t do my research. Humus Sapien(s) DID indeed appear in a Marvel comic 28 years later in THUNDERBOLTS #54!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humus_Sapien
Well found!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Giant-Size_X-Men_(no._1_-_cover).jpg
Truth. I was also a fellow FOOMer, 16 years old in that glorious instant back in 1973! Alas; I didn’t enter that Create-a Character contest, but I did rapturously await the debut of the winning creation, Humus Sapien! Oh, how disappointed I was when I read GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1 two years later and Humus Sapien was nowhere to be found! Not that I complained in the least, since the brand-new mutant characters that Len Wein and Dave Cockrum introduced in that historic issue more than made up for H. Sapien’s absence!
However, to this very day, I’d like to believe that Krakoa, The (Mutant) Living Island; also famously introduced in that hallowed tome, was a reworking of that concept! And if true, considering how integral Krakoa is to the current X-Men saga; Mike A. Barreiro, the creator of ol’ Humus, should be very proud indeed!
P.S., NOBODY, past, present, or in the far flung future will EVER be able to write purple prose like Stan Lee, bless his soul - pardon me for even DARING to try!
Thanks for your response Curtis. It’s very welcome, and I totally agree with you about Stan’s purple prose, I read it again last night and I’d forgotten just how genius it was. Excelsior ‘n’ all!
I spotted another couple of comics pros on the list:
Mary Jo Duffy
Nigel Kitching
… and Karen Walker (a character in Will & Grace) is in there twice …as is Mike Palmieri
Oh, wow! Thanks for spotting those Alan. I’d completely missed them.