francis@osu-eddie.UUCP (RD Francis) (09/29/85)
Going almost unnoticed right now in the Marvel universe is a
real secret war. In a number of Marvel titles, an unknown being
has been going around wasting villains. So far, this person has
attempted, and in most cases succeeded to kill the following
villains:
Enforcer (killed in IRON MAN)
Miracle Man (in THING)
Hate-Monger (killed in FANTASTIC FOUR or SECRET WARS II)
Megatak (killed in THOR)
Constrictor (still alive: attempt in CAPTAIN AMERICA)
There is at least one more that I can't remember at the moment. I
see no discernible pattern to these attacks except that:
a. They all occur in the New York area ( I think, at least )
and b. This all started around the time that SWII started.
Has anything on this showed up in the fan press? I mean,
they killed at least 4 or 5 villains off now, including one of
their oldest ( Miracle Man, FANTASTIC FOUR #3 ). These changes
are more radical than the ones in Secret Wars! I mean, like,
*death*, ya know?
Also, while we're discussing weird crossovers, I'd like to
mention something a friend of mine recently pointed out -- in
THOR 362, on the bottom of one of the first few pages, is a
woman with shoulder-length hair and an "X" on her belt buckle,
in Valhalla ( or wherever ). Hmm -- an unknown "X-factor"
crossover, or a Simonson joke?
RD Fozz Francis ..!cbosgd!osu-eddie!francis or francis@osu-eddie.UUCPowen@rtp47.UUCP (Karl M. Owen) (10/02/85)
> in > THOR 362, on the bottom of one of the first few pages, is a > woman with shoulder-length hair and an "X" on her belt buckle, > in Valhalla ( or wherever ). Hmm -- an unknown "X-factor" > crossover, or a Simonson joke? > > RD Fozz Francis ..!cbosgd!osu-eddie!francis or francis@osu-eddie.UUCP That's one of the Muties (see the New Mutants Special, fantastically drawn by Art Adams). Kind of a joke :-). Karl -- Karl M. Owen Data General, RTP, NC ...!seismo!mcnc!rti-sel!rtp47!owen