Issue(s): Marvel Super Heroes #15
Published Date: Jul 68
Title: "Let the silence shatter"
Credits:
Archie Goodwin - Writer
Gene Colan - Penciler
Vincent Colletta - Inker
Stan Lee - Editor

Review/plot:
At first i thought this was a left-over story from the Inhumans back-ups in Thor, but those were all by Lee/Kirby/Sinnott and focused on moments in the Inhumans' past. This seems to be a newly written story. It's drawn by Gene Colan, who is drawing more and more books at this time, but he is a highly specialized artist, very good for moody, atmospheric stories but out of place on a straightforward super-hero story like this.

And it is a fairly straight-forward super-hero story, which is a shame due to the fact that the Inhumans were not supposed to be super-heroes. Medusa leaves the Inhumans to look for a 'cure' to Black Bolt's inability to speak, gets mixed up with her old partners the Frightful Four, gets betrayed by them, and defeats them.

Like a true Marvel character she is distrusted by the public and misunderstood when she tries to stop someon from getting hit by a car. The fact that the lead is female for a change is nice, but that's ruined a bit by the fact that in the end she needs to be rescued by Black Bolt. Also interesting but probably not intentional is the fact that one minute she is lamenting the fact that human society is distrustful, and the next she is teaming up with a bunch of super-villains to steal expensive technology from a NATO military base.

Quality Rating: D+

Historical Significance Rating: 2

Chronological Placement Considerations: Medusa starts off her quest by trying to find Klaw in Paris. She must not know that he was recently kicked in the face by the Black Panther and sent to jail. Klaw will not escape from jail until a little prior to Avengers #83, so Medusa may be acting on bad information. Klaw does not actually appear in this issue, even in flashback.

References:

• Medusa recently encountered Spider-Man in Amazing Spider-Man #62
  
• The Wizard first used his Id Machine against the Thing in Fantastic Four #41
  
• Black Bolt freed the Inhumans from the Negative "Zone" in Fantastic Four #59
  

Cross-over: N/A

Continuity Implant? N

Reprinted In: N/A