I could take all day trying to describe this comic series ( that actually lasted 12 FREAKIN' ISSUES!) to you but I can't do better than the links. Stan Lee is kicking himself that he didn't think of this story first.
I am speechless. I am without speech.
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I remember when I first saw a review of this series at a Christmas party back in 2008, I was amazed to discover that it lasted more than two issues or that US eventually made it into outer space. Apparently he's still a part of the Marvel Universe and has made appearances in recent issues of Deadpool and She-Hulk, though he nows goes under the name "US Ace" due to legal issues with the name "US 1".
http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2008/12/us-1-1.html
In those days I always bought a number 1 comic book but I bailed on this one after the first couple of pages. Reading those reviews proves to me that my instincts were dead on. The only way this series should ever be mentioned is to mock it like Deadpool and She-Hulk did.
I hear you about issue 1's man. Unfortunately I was raised during the Dark Age of comics when every #1 was an "Instant Collectable" and thus have a lot of worthless titles that never lasted 10 issues. Now that I'm older I find I'm more trusting of Marvel titles that brandish big numbers in the 500 to 700s to say "Yeah, this has stood the test of time!" then just pass over the New DC New Titles and say "Hey, didn't you used to be somebody?"
One of my comic book pet peeves, and there are many, is all the 'renumbering' that goes on. Put out a new title if you want but for something original like Fantastic Four or Amazing Spider-Man it's nice to see the progress like you said. Long time fans need those benchmarks and those stories should be special. I remember Hulk 300 being so amazing and the start of people rethinking what they could do with the character. Now every month it's Hulk Number 1.
Though to be fair, Indestructable Hulk #1 is pretty cool and that just came out this month.
Titles like Hulk, Thor, Iron Man or Captain America are interesting exceptions since they started with their stories in anthology books like Tales to Astonish or Journey into Mystery and the book was just renamed after the characters had accumulated enough popularity but kept the numbers even if the hero in question hadn't been featured in that many issues. A series like any of those, I'm a bit more understanding of renumbering or being restarted in a spin off with a new adjective than a long standing title like Amazing Spider-Man or Action Comics.
Action Comics is the most glaring example. It started it all and it should be numbered right from the beginning. Detective Comics too.
12 issues? It should be collected in an Essentials format for posterity...
I just don't want to have to read it. The decription alone terifies me.
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