dub@pur-phy.UUCP (Paul Simmington) (07/07/85)
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** (Possible spoilers...well, a definite one about the Hulk) Greetings readers of the Net: I must speak to someone about the eventual termination of Sue Richards. The "What If..." story about Sue dying has finally come to pass. The long and awaited funeral with all her friends has finally come to pass. I would however like to point out that this means that Reed and Johnny will have extra duties in the training of Franklin. It may be even the right opportunity to have Ben reappear in the FF. I would also like to comment about the Hulk and Langowski. There might be a possibility that Langowski and Banner could join forces and give intelligence back to the Hulk. In that way, both would give a new spark and still neither would die, (SPOILER COMING UP) (backwards for those who don't want to read it) ega levram ni dloterof sa. Is this more significant then having the two individuals fight for control of the Hulk and having one character die? I would like to know if anyone has this same opinion, or a different one, or a different point of view. --Paul Simmington--
GMS@psuvm.BITNET (07/10/85)
Regarding Walt Langowski coming back to the animal kingdom in the Hulk's
body - I think you may have something there. In the last issue of Alpha
Flight (which I will comment more on later), at the very end Bochs (owner
of BOX) was searching 'other dimensions' for a suitable, but mindless,
body to pout the sentience of Langowski into. (Bochs reasoned that since
that is where Sasquatch's body came from there must be others there also.)
He found one, and in one panel it is depicted in shadowly outline. Guess
who it looked like? Yes indeedy, the HULK. Also, in the latest HULK
issue, wherein Banner is 'reborn', a mysterious locator beam is caused to
locate Banner by the Beyonder's intereference. (To 'help' him, so the
compassionate Beyonder says.)
I really hope this does not happen, or if so that they do not share
consciousnesses as with DC's Firestorm.
Now for my flame: I really disliked the recent Alpha Flight - Omega Flight
series. They have some really interesting characters in these bad guys but
are doing nothing to develop them. I am glad that MacDonald is not back
from the dead since I opt for some semblance of realism in the comics. I felt
that having them essentially defeated by Shamnan's bag was a cop-out. How
some good-old teamwork or quick thinking? Maybe a character change or
something similar (such as Diamond Lil being not all THAT bad, and falling
for Puck and becomming one of the good guys? - Aw cmon!).
Also the latest Hulk was a waste. I have followed Hulk since the early
60's (when it had a different name and the Hulk was grey, not green), and
have seen the origin story umpteen mission times. Having the 'crazy
sick father' added a little to the story but not much. The only positive
think I saw in it was the compassion of the Beyonder at the end. Which
optimisticlly says something positive about the character of omnisciently-
powerful beings.
Gerry Santoro
Penn State University
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