Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Bug vs. Annihilus



I was glad to see Forager the Bug get some time in the spotlight in the character's recent Mike Allred-Illustrated mini-series. I remember his role in Cosmic Odyssey decades ago, and I always wondered why more was not done with the New God.  Let's hope its not another 30 years before he gets an opportunity to shine again.

6 comments:

jlbgriggs2 said...

Has Bug met Bug from The Micronauts? *Tik*

Anonymous said...

"...I always wondered why more was not done with the New God."

The most Discernible Cop-out?

"All memory of the events in 'Cosmic Odyssey' were wiped out by the various cyclical crises that have occurred throughout the multiverse since then."

Jay Johnson said...

A fairly different version of Bug was a featured character in Young Justice: Outsiders (Season 3). He got a holo projector and went to school with Halo. Ended up staying with the other non-human looking characters at Cadmus.

Carycomic said...

JJ: So, Bug's people actually being New Genesis humans who simply live underground, like Formicidae, got ret-conned away for good?

Jay Johnson said...

@CaryComic: Well, remember that Earth-16, where YJ takes place, is quite different from Earth-1 for most of the B- and -C list characters, including the secondary New Gods. In the E-16 universe, Bug's folks are insectoids and are considered barbarians and almost slave labor by the New Genesis folks. On Earth-1, I'm not sure if we've even see Bug or his people since Rebirth or even the New 52 started.

Carycomic said...

More's the pity. :-(

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