Marvel Fanfare #33/Questprobe #4 page 22
Artists: June Brigman (Penciller) , Terry Austin (Inker)
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DescriptionThe second issue of Questprobe featured Spider-Man. If you note the date, 1984, you might realize the problem, as that was right in the midst of a big changeover in home computers and game consoles, and the change quickly made games like Questprobe obsolete. Adams went into bankruptcy in 1985, midway through the fourth game, which was to feature the X-Men. Meanwhile, Al Milgrom had a title, Marvel Fanfare, that wasn’t exactly living up to its title. Intended as a showcase series for big-name creators to do whatever they wanted with Marvel characters, it slowly turned into a book where you could burn inventory stories. In 1987, one of those inventory stories was published - the X-Men tie-in comic for Questprobe!! The most amazing thing about it, though, is that writer Mark Gruenwald didn’t even stop THERE, as years later, he revived the main character throughout the stories as a nemesis in Quasar. Besides eventually locating some of the original comic art from the X-Men Questprobe story, I FINALLY, LOCATED IT IN A SECRET ARCHIVE, THE QUESTPROBE 4 (X-MEN) GAME!!! THIS IS THE PC VERSION, AND HAS NO GRAPHICS (NEVER FINISHED), BUT YOU CAN PLAY THE TEXT VERSION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO DECADES!!! THE OUTPUT DISK REBOOTS YOUR PC INTO DOS 2.0 MODE, SO PARTY LIKE ITS 1985!!!However, rather than give you the code to download (thats too easy), you can find it yourself the same way I did by following the lines of this simple haiku: "Code You Seek, Google Will Find, But Archive Divine." (I think that's a haiku. Just be glad I didn't try a sonnet). And now, I end this retro issue of Page 23. My next few pieces of art will feature the "deconstruction" of a comic art collector as I sell a few pages, buy a few pages, and get ready for the comic convention season (not to mention get ready for the movie "Hot Tub Time Machine", another tale of time travel back to the 80s). Social/Sharing |
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Ben Herman
Member Since 2003
Posted on 3/29/2010
I had the Questprobe game with the Hulk for, I think, the Apple 2E, back in the mid-1980s. Thinking back, wow, that game was a total dinosaur compared to the stuff that would come just a few years down the road, much less what's around today. Anyway, I like the set of pages you have from this issue. June Brigman is a great artist, and Terry Austin's inking is always incredible.
Jim Arnold
Member Since 2005
Posted on 3/29/2010
Yes, having Bruce Banner "Bite Lip" is only so much fun...
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