gasarch@umcp-cs.UUCP (William Gasarch) (01/24/86)
DAREDEVIL: Great stuff, haven't had a bad issue in quite some time. One wonders how this Kingpin series is going to end, it is fascinating, but either the kingpin has to die or Matt Murdock has to die. I can see two way out- if the kingpin gets amnesia (Cheap trick- I hope they don't use it) or for some reason the Kingpin owes Matt for something. Heather's suicide REALLY surprised me, which is good. SPIDERMAN: With 3 comics its hard to keep track of him. I like that MaryJane know who he is, if not for anything else just for a permanent change. He's been one of the least changing charaters over the years. Also, one of his problems has been not having someone he can talk to about his problems. Was it ever revealed how whe knew, except perhaps her saying (paraphrase) ``It was so F**kin' obvious.'' I like the Hobgoblin, but again they didn't even bother explaining how he survived the previous battle. It wouldn't make sense for him to be Ned Leeds or Flash Thompson, he might be Norman Osborns old Business Partner Mendel Strom. I really can't think of any other reasonable candidate. One of the best fun issues of the year was ``Where stalks the commuter'' (or some variation of that title) which explored how hard it would be to be a superhero in the suburbs (what do you swing from?) FANTASTIC FOUR: Haven't had an interesting issue in the longest time. the one where a boy sets himself on fire to emulate the human torch had potential, but didn't really pan out. I am happy to see that the thing really seems to have left. All previous membership changes seemed to be temporary. Anyone know if this is the longest time one of the original four has been gone. Iritating point- When Sue was pregnant they had various Docters who were experts on radiation and other topics- and ALL of them were also either superheros or supervillians or somthing. Are there ANY real people left in the world? (there must be, or else who would those anti-mutant folks be) Point is- did they really need to recruite Doc Ock, I'm sure that somewhere there was someone else who could have helped them. Reminds me of two quotes ``At the current rate there will be more gods than people in the Marvel Universe'' ``It seems as thought very few people actually did die when Kryton exploded'' gasarch@maryland
mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU (01/26/86)
> Iritating point- When Sue was pregnant they had various Docters > who were experts on radiation and other topics- and ALL of them were also > either superheros or supervillians or somthing. Are there ANY real people > left in the world? (there must be, or else who would those anti-mutant folks > be) Point is- did they really need to recruite Doc Ock, I'm sure that > somewhere there was someone else who could have helped them. > Reminds me of two quotes > ``At the current rate there will be more gods > than people in the Marvel Universe'' > > ``It seems as thought very few people actually did die when Kryton exploded'' I always thought that a good topic for a "What If?" backup would have been "What If Everyone in New York City Had Super Powers?". Imagine a crowded city street when a supervillain suddenly appears to rob a bank. Everyone runs off to find a phone booth, closet or abandoned alley to change clothes, and 200 super heroes then converge on the villain. I figure that should be the situation in Marvel's NYC within a few years. Scott McEwan {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan "Hideously disfigured by Indian curse? We can help! Call (511) 338-0959 for an appointment."
ecc@sftig.UUCP (E.C.Chisholm) (01/27/86)
> > > Iritating point- When Sue was pregnant they had various Docters > > who were experts on radiation and other topics- and ALL of them were also > > either superheros or supervillians or somthing. Are there ANY real people > > left in the world? (there must be, or else who would those anti-mutant folks > > be) Point is- did they really need to recruite Doc Ock, I'm sure that > > somewhere there was someone else who could have helped them. > > Reminds me of two quotes > > ``At the current rate there will be more gods > > than people in the Marvel Universe'' > > > > ``It seems as thought very few people actually did die when Kryton exploded'' > > I always thought that a good topic for a "What If?" backup would have been > "What If Everyone in New York City Had Super Powers?". Imagine a crowded city > street when a supervillain suddenly appears to rob a bank. Everyone runs off > to find a phone booth, closet or abandoned alley to change clothes, and 200 > super heroes then converge on the villain. I figure that should be the > situation in Marvel's NYC within a few years. > > Scott McEwan > {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan Well, not Really. NYC at the moment has approximately 100,000 police officers who are charged with the dubious duty of protecting the innocent. Obviously they don't do a very good job of it since there's never one around when you need one. I don't think that the Marvel NYC is even close to over-flowing since there are less than 1,000 superheroes in marvel's entire universe and an even smaller number of (based on the reappearance of certain villians in several mags) supervillians. I think what Marvel should really worry about is the Billion$ of dollar$ in damages caused by superheroes and supervillians each MONTH. The quarterly installments on their monthly episodes of "Let's capture the Hulk and destroy downtown to boot" must be putting the superheroes in the poor house. (I think its safe to assume that the supervillians never volenteer any of their spare cash.) Spidey must have gotten loans from every savings and loan in the big Apple. ( no wonder he's been a wanted criminal most of his life) I think a good Subject for a "What IF" would be "What If The Avengers, The Fantastic Four and Charles Xaiver Went Bankrupt?" Ed. "Shebe" Chisholm "I'd have to go in the TANK soon.. I could feel it." P.S. At least DC acknowledges the fundemental law of Car mechanics -- "That which is broken must by someone be fixed" -- This is evidenced by the massive rebuilding going on in many of Its' comics after the "Crisis ON INFINITE EARTHS" series. (i.e. GL # 199) P.S.P.S. I was a passive observer of the net for many moons before the bug bit me to contribute. I've noticed that net postings have slacked off recently. And I also know that there are many more out there like myself who for one reason or another, just sit back read the reviews and move on. Come on folks, add your nickels worth, every point of view is just as valid as the next and the more views we have the stronger and richer net.comics will be. You don't have to be a great writer just an adequate one like me, who to be frank, just tries to get his message across. I want to thank all of the persons who contribute regularly to the net and who by doing so have provided an immeasurable amount of enrichment and enjoyment to the comics we all purchase and collect. Thanks. "No you can't change the channel and FYI it is NOT a television. It's called -in the language of your trade- a terminal. T-E-R-M-I-N-A-L. ter-mi-nal." attunix!ecc.
ccastkv@gitpyr.UUCP (KEITH VAGLIENTI) (01/30/86)
Actually, if you pay attention, you'll notice that in the Marvel universe
a lot of places are insured against superbattles. Take, for example, the
X-Men issue where Juggernaut and Collosus run into each other in a bar and
pretty well demolish it. As the owner runs out of the bar he turns to a friend
a remarks that he's glad he renewed his insurance against supertypes having a
fight in his place. Another time such insurance was referred to as a necessity
if you planned to own property in New York. Still the beings of the Marvel
universe do occasionally pay up. For example, after trashing Collosus,
Juggernaut gave Wolverine a rather sizable roll of money to pay for the damages
to the bar and the Fantastic Four have been reimbursing people whose businesses
were in the Baxter building when Doom shot it into space.
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