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Marvel Comics' Lost Space Bounty Hunter by Howard Chaykin
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Chris discusses Howard Chaykin's MONARK STARSTALKER single-issue scifi story from the ultra-cool try-out book, Marvel Premiere.
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0:00 Music & Intro
0:59 Plug for Marvel’s upcoming collection of early Howard Chaykin work
1:13 What is Marvel Premiere?
2:41 Who is Howard Chaykin?
3:42 Diving into Monark Starstalker
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Chapters
1. Music & Intro (00:00:00)
2. Plug for Marvel’s upcoming collection of early Howard Chaykin work (00:00:59)
3. What is Marvel Premiere? (00:01:13)
4. Who is Howard Chaykin? (00:02:41)
5. Recapping the 17-page story! (00:04:57)
6. Chaykin’s adaptation of Stars, My Destination (00:07:37)
7. Monark’s mission is stated (00:08:11)
8. Praising Chaykin’s page layouts (00:08:43)
9. Alex Toth influence (00:08:57)
10. The reputation of this work by Chaykin (00:09:55)
11. Monark Starstalker’s origin (00:12:02)
12. Special connection with Ulysses the falcon (00:12:42)
13. Compressing story, accelerating the storytelling by leaning on genre tropes (00:14:41)
14. Corporate exploitation theme (00:16:55)
15. Strange undercurrent of sexual lust in an outer colony for an elegant woman (00:18:28)
16. The truth behind Shaw’s murder (00:20:16)
17. Old-school compressed storytelling v modern decompressed storytelling (00:22:25)
18. How dope is the coloring?! (00:22:48)
19. Chaykin is not a fan of superhero comics (00:23:04)
20. The curious response to Siebold, an elegant off-world woman (00:26:10)
21. Chaykin’s unique take on drawing women (00:29:05)
22. The story’s finale (00:29:55)
23. The much-heralded nature of this story (00:31:20)
24. Discussing Chaykin’s artistic evolution (00:31:30)
25. Deeper examination of an arguably thin story (00:32:05)
26. Chaykin’s diverse depictions of the people (00:35:18)
27. Artistic choices for non-superhero work (00:38:08)
28. Landscape art (00:40:00)
29. Deep dive into Origin page design (00:41:41)
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