WATER FESTIVAL OF THE INHUMANS
Instigator: Royal
Family of
the Inhumans (Black
Bolt, Crystal, Gorgon, Karnak, Lockjaw, Luna, Medusa, Triton)
Purpose: To celebrate life
Allies: Avengers (Black
Panther (T’Challa),
Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), Captain America (Steve Rogers),
Crystal,
Quicksilver, Sersi, She-Hulk (Jen Walters), Thor (Thor Odinson),
Thunderstrike
(Eric Masterson), Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)), Betty Banner, Banshee (Sean
Cassidy),
Black Cat (Felicia Hardy), Boomer (Tabitha Smith), Colossus (Piotr
Rasputin),
Doc Samson (Leonard Samson), Force Works (Iron Man (Tony Stark),
Scarlet Witch
(Wanda Maximoff), Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter), Wonder Man (Simon
Williams)),
Hulk (Bruce Banner), Human Torch (Johnny Storm), Infinity Watch (Drax
the
Destroyer (Arthur Douglas), Gamora, Maxam,
Moondragon
(Heather Douglas), Pip the Troll, Adam Warlock), Inhumans (many
unidentified),
Jubilee (Jubilation Lee), Moira MacTaggert, Elektra Natchios, New
Warriors
(Silhouette Chord, Firestar (Angelica Jones), Kymaera (Namorita
Prentiss), Nova
(Rich Rider)), Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier), Polaris (Lorna Dane),
the
Recorder, Silver Sable (Silver Sablinova), Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd),
Siryn
(Theresa Cassidy), Vincent Stevens, Thing (Ben Grimm), Typhoid
Mary,
Uatu the Watcher, Mary Jane Watson, White Queen (Emma Frost), X-Men
(Archangel
(Warren Worthington III), Beast (Hank McCoy), Lucas Bishop, Cyclops
(Scott
Summers), Forge, Gambit (Remy LeBeau), Iceman (Bobby Drake), Phoenix
(Jean Grey
Summers), Psylocke (Betsy Braddock), Rogue (Anna Marie), Storm (Ororo
Munroe),
Wolverine (Logan/James Howlett))
Opposition: Bullseye (in the
sense that he joined in
the Festival uninvited)
Location: The Blue Area of
the Moon
First
Appearance: Marvel Swimsuit
Special#3 (1994)
History:
(Marvel Swimsuit Special #3) – To celebrate the centennial Water Festival of the Inhumans, the Royal Family of the Inhumans invited many of the Earth's heroes and friends to celebrate the holiday of life with them on the Blue Area of the Moon. Drawn to the mass of Earth heroes, the Watcher viewed the festivities with a Rigellian Recorder. As the heroes (and one or two villains) enjoyed the festivities, the Watcher noted that the assassin Bullseye had arrived without invitation, only to take in the festivities himself. The X-Men enjoyed a game of “Chicken Fight” while Gorgon and a group of Inhumans tossed X-Force’s Boomer into the air as a joke. Many of the heroes enjoyed the quiet time, including the X-Men’s Storm and Forge, the Avengers’ Quicksilver and Crystal, Gambit and Rogue, Hulk and Betty Banner, Nova and Kymaera, and Cyclops and Phoenix. Both Tony Stark and magical construct Vincent Stevens enjoyed the Inhuman women as Thunderstrike took to moon rock-climbing and She-Hulk co-opted the teleporting Inhuman Lockjaw to travel the world in 80 minutes. Banshee and Siryn performed a duet, much to the chagrin of Moira MacTaggert. As the festivities came to a close, the Watcher noted that the variety of lives in the world were like ripples in a body of water as the Silver Surfer passed by the Earth’s moon.
Comments: Created by Rob
Tokar and a slew of
artists.
Like
the previous Marvel Swimsuit
Specials, the issue was written as if it was a magazine published
within
Earth-616, meaning that the creative team involved would have Earth-616
counterparts. The creative team listed in the issue were: Steven
Butler, Tom
Smith, Joe Phillips, John Dell, Jung Choi, Chris Wozniak, John Lowe,
Scott
Benefiel, Jasen Rodriguez, Salvador Larroca, Sergio Melina, Steve
Lightle,
Scott McDaniel, Aron Wiesenfeld, Klaus Janson, John Wellington, Tom
Raney,
Steve Epting, John Stracuzzi, Bret Blevins, Jan Duursema, Greg Wright,
Lou
Harrison, Dan Lawliss, Jeff Albrecht, Kerry Gammill, Mike Kraiger, Tom
Morgan,
Gary Frank, Mark Farmer, Paul Mounts, Greg Hildebrandt, Tim
Hildebrandt, Adam
Hughes, Jeff Johnson, Dan Panosian, Carl Potts, Sergio Melia, Jason
Pearson,
James Fry, Harry Candelario, Rick Mays, Brian Stelfreeze, Darick
Robertson,
Larry Mahlstedt, Steve Geiger, Claudio Castellini, Al Williams, Joe
Madureira,
Terry Austin, P. Craig Russell, Gary Barker, John Cebollero, Stan
Lee, Tom
DeFalco, Mark
Gruenwald, Bobbie Chase, John Romita, Sr., Virginia Romita,
Gene Durante,
Alison Gil, Chris Ebel, Chris Cooper, Dawn Geiger, Rob Tokar, John
Rozum, Sarra
Mossoff, Steve Bunche, Jack Abel, Claire Putsche, Flo Steinberg, Robbie
Carosella, Jesus Gonzalez, Irwin Baum, Scott Elmer, Yancey Labat,
Richard
Perrotta, Terry Stewart, Michael Z. Hobson, Robert L. Losey, Robert J.
Riscica,
Paul E. Shapiro, Matt Ragone and Jim Sokolowski.
Of
course, if the magazine was
actually published on Earth-616 then the Watcher broke his vow of
silence to
report the Water Festival to Marvel’s Swimsuit Special. Then again, he
was seen
with a Rigellian Recorder so perhaps the Recorder only transcribed the
Watcher’s words and reported the Festival to the magazine ... or I guess
one of
the heroes could have, especially considering that Wasp was a
contributor of
the first Marvel Swimsuit Illustrated magazine.
There
were several previously
unseen Inhumans in this issue, none of whom were identified.
Profile
by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Water Festival of the Inhumans has no known connections to
- any other "Water" or “Festival”
events
images: (without ads)
Marvel Swimsuit Special#3, p2-3, splash page (Inhumans welcoming
heroes to the
Water Festival, main image)
Marvel Swimsuit Special#3, p1, splash page (Watcher & the
Recorder)
Appearances:
Marvel Swimsuit Special#3 (1994) – Rob Tokar (writer), Steven Butler,
Joe
Phillips, Chris Wozniak, Scott Benefiel, Salvador Larroca, Steve
Lightle, Scott
McDaniel, Aron Wiesenfeld, Tom Raney, Steve Epting, Bret Blevins, Jan
Duursema,
Lou Harrison, Dan Lawliss, Kerry Gammill, Tom Morgan, Gary Frank, Greg
Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrandt, Adam Hughes, Jeff Johnson, Carl Potts,
Jason
Pearson, James Fry, Rick Mays, Brian Stelfreeze, Darick Robertson,
Steve
Geiger, Claudio Castellini, Dan Panosian, Joe Madureira, P. Craig
Russell, Gary
Barker (pencils), Steven Butler, John Dell, John Lowe, Jasen Rodriguez,
Sergio
Melia, Steve Lightle, Scott McDaniel, Klaus Janson, Tom Raney, Steve
Epting, Bret
Blevins, Jan Duursema, Jeff Albrecht, Mike Kraiger, Tom Morgan, Mark
Farmer, Dan
Panosian, Carl Potts, Jason Pearson, Harry Candelario, Rick Mays, Larry
Mahlstedt, Steve Geiger, Al Williams, Terry Austin, P. Craig Russell
(inks),
Chris Cooper (editor)
Last
updated:
10/01/12.
Any
Additions/Corrections? please
let me know.
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