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Wednesday, December 04, 2024

JABBA THE HUTT

Saw this online:

High quality, factory injected (steel mold), fully articulated figure.

The Story Behind the Design:

As you may know, the design for the gangster Jabba The Hutt was not known during the production of the Star Wars 1977 comics by Marvel, as his scenes were cut from the film.

The official design for Jabba wouldn't be determined until the making of Return Of The Jedi. The likeness of Mosep Binneed, a Nimbanel seen in the background of the Mos Eisley scenes, was therefore used in issues 2, 28, and 37.

The article "Red Five" in Star Wars Insider #149 established that the "Jabba" as seen in the Marvel comics is in fact Mosep Binneed, who sometimes used Jabba's name in interactions.

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RED HULK

Since we're going to be seeing the RED HULK on screen soon in 'Captain America 4: Brave New World', I thought I'd do a quick post.

First off, if you've never read a Red Hulk comic and want to, I highly suggest skipping the Jeph Loeb issues and jump straight to the JEFF PARKER run; 'RED HULK: SCORCHED EARTH' tpb. While Loeb introduced the character, it was so silly it felt more like a parody... like something out of the old "WHAT THE--?!" series. Parker writes the character with a more serious tone and makes you believe Red Hulk is a manifestation of General Ross and not Woody Woodpecker. He explores the idea of what happens when Gen. Ross becomes what he's hated and hunted for decades - A HULK.

Plus, Parker's run starts with the kickass artwork of GABRIEL HARDMAN.

There's also the THUNDERBOLTS RED series (collected in a nice omnibus), which has Red Hulk on a government team alongside Elektra, Punisher, Deadpool and Agent Venom (Flash Thompson).

I haven't read this series,
so I can't speak for its quality.

Next, let's address the elephant in the roomL
THE LACK OF MUSTACHE ON HARRISON FORD AS GENERAL ROSS!

Not only has it been established for a few movies now, the mustache is a signature look for the character (and 2 previous actors). It's like making a Wolverine movie where he's bald.

Yes, I saw the trailer where Ford says something akin to, "They told me I had to lose the mustache if I wanted to win the election." Bah. More like, "I'm Harrison Ford and I refuse to wear a mustache." Bah, I Say!

Moving on from the mustache to more important matters....

In the comic, when General Ross would Hulk-out, his mustache would disappear. This was in large part because for the first several issues, WHO Red Hulk was a mystery. I always thought Red Hulk would've looked cool with a BEARD; a) to differentiate the look from regular Hulk (uh, besides the RED skin), and b) I think he'd look sweet with a beard!