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Andy E. Nystrom

Jun 17, 2010, 03:16 pm

List of changes in hardcovers. Originally there wasn’t supposed to be anyone from this book unless they appeared in other Handbooks, but enough appeared that, with the ones from other volumes, you do get quite a few.

All: Original text more or less now History unless noted (therefore text changes below mainly focus on History, though there’s a couple of exceptions to this). Most other categories added (Vital Statistics, Abilities/Accessories, Physical Statistics, Power Grid/Numbers, and Art Credits). First Appearance moved from back of book to entry. Significant Issues from same section removed.

Bombu (1 page): Not carried over

Devil Dinosaur & Moon Boy
Hardcover Volume: 14
Now Listed As: Devil Dinosaur (Earth-78411) (note: no hardcover entry for Moon Boy)
Page Count: Unchanged at 2
Text Changes: History completely rewritten
Graphic Changes: Old illo removed. New main illo and 2 new captioned secondary illos

Droom (1 page): not carried over

Elektro (1 page): not carried over. Appears in the new Marvel Universe Update#2 but that’s beyond the scope of these lists.

Fin Fang Foom
Hardcover Volume: 4
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 3
Text Changes: History completely rewritten. Note added
Graphic Changes: Old illo removed. New main illo and 4 new secondary illos (3 captioned)

Gargantus (1 page): not carried over

Gog (1 page): not carried over. Appears in the new Marvel Universe Update#1 but that’s beyond the scope of these lists.

Googam (1 page): not carried over. Appears in the new Marvel Universe Update#1 but that’s beyond the scope of these lists.

Goom (1 page): not carried over
Gorgilla (1 page): not carried over
Gorgolla (1 page): not carried over
Grogg (1 page): not carried over

Groot
Hardcover Volume: 14
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: History completely rewritten
Graphic Changes: New main illo; old illo now captioned secondary/less cropped

Grottu (1 page): not carried over
House of Shadows (1 page): not carried over

It, the Living Colossus
Hardcover Volume: 14
Page Count: Unchanged at 2
Text Changes: History completely rewritten
Graphic Changes: Old illo removed. New main illo and 3 new captioned secondary illos

Warlord Kaa (1 page): not carried over
KhlƟg (1 page): not carried over
Creatures from Kosmos (2 pages): not carried over
Krakoa (1 page): not carried over
Manoo (1 page): not carried over

Monster Isle
Hardcover Volume: 14
Now Listed As: Mole Man’s Monsters
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 3
Text Changes: History completely rewritten. Sub-sections added for Brute that Walks (see below), Fin Fang Foom, Goom, Googam, Kra, Korgarrian, Rhedollante, Skreeal variant, Slugmon, Tanakadon, Ugu, X, unidentified. Giganto, Gigantus, the Neolithic (now Ugu the Neolithic), Skreeal, Tricephalous, Vandoom’s Monster passages completely rewritten.
Graphic Changes: New small but main illo; old one removed. Giganto, Tricephalous illos replaced with new ones with captions listing First Appearances (carried over from back of book). Gigantus, (Ugu) the Neolithic, Skreeal, Vandoom’s Monster illos now captioned with First Appearances (same). Neolithic illo removed. 16 additional new captioned secondary illos with First Appearances.

Orrgo
Hardcover Volume: 8
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: History completely rewritten
Graphic Changes: Old illo less cropped, background removed; new captioned secondary illo

Red Ronin (2 pages): not carried over
Rommbu (1 page): not carried over
Scarlet Beetle (1 page): not carried over
Spragg, the Living Hill (1 page): not carried over
Taboo (1 page): not carried over

Tim Boo Ba
Hardcover Volume: 12
Page Count: Reduced from 1 to ½
Text Changes: History completely rewritten
Graphic Changes: Old illo replaced with new one

Two-Headed Thing (1 page): not carried over
X, the Thing that Lived (1 page): not carried over

Xemnu (2 pages): not carried over. Appears in the new Marvel Universe Update#1 but that’s beyond the scope of these lists.

Yeti (1 page): not carried over (different version in hardcovers)
Zzutak (1 page): not carried over

Brute that Walks (½ page): not carried over, though illo used in Mole Man’s Monsters sub-section

Blip (½ page): not carried over

Chtylok the Che-k’n Kah
Hardcover Volume: 3
Now Listed As: Chytlok
Page Count: Unchanged at ½
Text Changes: 1st paragraph removed; 2nd Paragraph heavily revised to form the two History paragraphs. 3rd paragraph revised to form the Abilities/Accessories paragraph.
Graphic Changes: Old illo now coloured

Diablo
Hardcover Volume: 14
Now Listed As: Diablo (5th Dimension)
Page Count: Unchanged at ½
Text Changes: History completely rewritten
Graphic Changes: Old illo replaced with new one

Giganto
Hardcover Volume: 14
Page Count: Increased from ½ to 1
Text Changes: Traits added (not Real Name, etc). History completely rewritten/expanded.
Graphic Changes: Old illo removed. 7 new illos captioned with First Appearances of that particular Giganto

Gormuu
Hardcover Volume: 14
Page Count: Unchanged at ½
Text Changes: History completely rewritten
Graphic Changes: Background removed from illo, which is now slightly cropped)

Lizard Men (½ page): not carried over
Living Totem (½ page): not carried over (different version in hardcovers)
Molten Man-Thing (½ page): not carried over
Monstrollo (½ page): not carried over

Rorgg
Hardcover Volume: 9
Page Count: Unchanged at ½
Text Changes: History completely rewritten
Graphic Changes: Old illo replaced with new one

Spore
Hardcover Volume: 11
Page Count: Increased from ½ to 1
Text Changes: First Appearance revised. History completely rewritten
Graphic Changes: Old illo removed; new main illo and 3 new captioned secondary illos




Angelicknight

May 31, 2011, 03:21 pm

In the Yeti entry it states that Carl and Kurt Hanson unrelated explorers are both cursed and turned into Yetis. The Carl Hanson Yeti appeared in Tales to Astonish #13 (1960) but where did the Kurt Hanson Yeti appear was it Strange Worlds #1 (1958) are another issue?