For this, the 12th appearance of Hercules and Vixen together, it looks as though they have run afoul of The Grey Gargoyle. That guy used to really creep me out when I was a kid. Being turned to stone seemed like a fate worse than death. At least it was eventually reversible, unlike the same effect from the Greek god Medusa.
You raise a valid point, Ross. GG's petrifications usually only lasted an hour. So, how could Herc be "lost to [Vixen] forever"? Well, he's either implying that he's about to smash Herc to pieces (literally). Or he's allied himself with the aforementioned she-demon (who shouldn't be confused with a certain Inhuman queen).
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There's magic in the air!! What would Vixen know as she confronts G.G.?
ReplyDeleteI recently saw the movie "The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao" in which the Medusa stone effect was reversed by Merlin. A great flick, if you can get past Tony Randall doing "yellowface".
ReplyDeleteThat’s hardly a problem.
DeletePoint of detail: Medusa wasn't a god (or even goddess), but a Gorgon. An even more minor detail: because she'd been a human cursed to become a gorgon, by some accounts she also was the only one with the turn-to-stone effect.
ReplyDeleteAs for today's cover, I might as well go ahead and say it: This rocks!
Not to mention a Scottish burr while explaining why the Loch Ness Monster is so elusive.
ReplyDelete@BG: some mythologists even disagree as to whether or not she even had sisters named Stheno and Euryale!
ReplyDeleteVixen's reply should be "I will see what happens when I invoke powers of Tiger and tear you to pieces".
ReplyDeleteWhat if she tapped into the bottlenose dolphin and gave him a bio-sonic zap?
ReplyDeleteP.S.---how about Vixen on the Planet of the Apes?
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