Other Side of the Portal

Ways to approach the poll if the character isn’t a royal:

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1996)

wanda and pietro return to mount wundagore

thor #134, first appearance of wundagore, 1966

Healing Hands

September 1966. In the heart of the distant Black Galaxy, Thor and a robotic Rigellian Recorder come face to face with Ego the Living Planet, initially represented in THE MIGHTY THOR #132 (above) as a Kirby photo collage.

In the following issue (THE MIGHTY THOR #133), Kirby instead depicts Ego with conventional illustrations. He initially follows the layout of the collage closely, but the subsequent pages reveal that Ego can actually take many forms by manipulating the molecules of his "Bio-Verse."

Alas, these wonders are inked by Vinnie Colletta, whose quick hand with the eraser undoubtedly destroyed a certain portion of Kirby's wild imaginings — if only Joe Sinnott had inked these issues, as he did FANTASTIC FOUR!

I finished my rewatch/relisten of the Vox Machina campaign in mid-December (although I recently re-embarked on the second half of the Chroma Conclave arc hoping season 3 of TLVOM will be announced (released?? 🤞) by the time I reach "A Bard's Lament"). Predictably, I bawled, AGAIN, but by then I'd already been scribbling and sketching ideas for this for... a couple of weeks? Hence the little WIP preview last month.

I'll never shut up about this moment. It's just as beautiful as it's heartbreaking, in- and off-game, especially taking into account all the context of characters/people involved.

Also, bonus, because after I finished sketching that 6th frame I thought a hug was needed.

"You broke my heart." and all of ours as well 💔

first appearance of Ego the Living Planet