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I just read Planetary, via the two tpb's and back issues 13-15, about three months ago. I really like it.
So today I was going through my comic collection, trying to trim it down and organize it somewhat, when I came across the six issues of Marvel Boy. Couldn't resist another read, as it's been awhile.
Re-reading this story with my newfound awareness of Planetary, I found more similarities and connections than my dendrites could properly handle. I'll resist the temptation to list every single insight I grasped, but I do want to discuss, if anyone else is interested, the Midas/Four parallel.
In Planetary, the one member of The Four who we've never seen is the Ben Grimm-inspired Jacob Greene. Reading Marvel Boy today, I think I figured out why he's been so conspicuously absent. He's been amassing his wealth in the Marvel Universe, dissecting aliens, raising the ultimate exterminatrix daughter (his very own Jakita?), and waiting for a chance to get his hands on a cosmic ray engine so that he can gain all of the powers of The Four for himself.
Unfortunately for Greene, who now goes by the name Midas, his plans were thwarted by a white-haired sourpuss with his own dreams of what the earth should be. Sound familiar?
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