Marvel Premiere #36-37Issue(s): Marvel Premiere #36, Marvel Premiere #37 Review/plot: Rock and roll star Vince Rivers, subbing for Elvis while he's in the army (and "Ricky's too tame")... ...is suspected of causing teenagers to riot. And 3-D Man suspects him of being a Skrull. But the Skrull is actually the DJ sponsoring Vince, and Vince is wrongly locked up. It's worth noting that at this point 3-D Man just gets a tingle when he's near Skrulls. Much later, when 3-D Man gives his glasses to Triathlon, it actually allows him to see Skrulls through their disguise. The DJ Skrull then turns himself into Richard Nixon (!)... ...and helps a scientist that hates commies turn himself into a super "hero" called the Cold Warrior. Ugh, that's bad. With cold powers, of course. And lines like "putting you on ice" and "cool off". Nixon-Skrull convinces him to go after 3-D Man. The story ends with the Cold Warrior defeated, 3-D Man seemingly having lost the Chuck Chandler portion of his personality, and the Nixon-Skrull giving a monologue about how he'll 'probably' never have to use his Nixon identity again. 3-D Man is a terrible character and these stories were very poorly written. Roy Thomas has a text piece in the back of issue #36 talking up the concept of the character like he's a great inspiration instead of a throwaway. Quality Rating: D Chronological Placement Considerations: See the entry for issue #35 for why these 3-D Man appearances take place during the "Hero gap". References:
Crossover: N/A Continuity Insert? Y My Reprint: N/A Inbound References (2): showCharacters Appearing: 3-D Man, Cold Warrior CommentsFOOM#15 confirms the 3-D Man stories taking place in 1958-9. Posted by: Mark Drummond | March 31, 2013 6:14 PM Plus 3-D Man states the year as being 1958 when talking to the cops early in #36. Posted by: Robert | January 28, 2016 4:36 PM Per Roy Thomas in the letters page in What If?#9, Don Glut also assisted in plotting #37 but his credit got left off. Posted by: Mark Drummond | May 15, 2016 11:01 AM Comments are now closed. |
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