By the way, did you know that Stan Lee got the idea for the Watcher from the Bible?
"I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven." Daniel 4:13
He often read the King James Bible --- sadly, not for inspirational value, but for story/character ideas. Why else would a Nordic god (Thor) speak in Elizabethan English (the KJV was written in 1611) to sound 'more noble'?
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By the way, did you know that Stan Lee got the idea for the Watcher from the Bible?
"I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven." Daniel 4:13
He often read the King James Bible --- sadly, not for inspirational value, but for story/character ideas. Why else would a Nordic god (Thor) speak in Elizabethan English (the KJV was written in 1611) to sound 'more noble'?
The only comtemporary creator I know of at Marvel who would attempt such is Lee Weeks, as he did in last year's Daredevil: Dark Nights #1 - 3:
http://www.speculativefaith.com/2013/09/20/the-gospel-according-to-...
http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?disp=img&pid=137...
Great post Alec. Too bad we don't see more of that in the current books.
More to come in the next few days!
I really appreciate these posts. Action in comics is fun, but it's stuff like this that really grabs people and inspires them.