dub@pur-phy.UUCP (Dwight U. Bartholomew) (05/10/84)
Greetings all readers, I've had a problem with the workings of the creative juices of Marvel Comics, or specifically the abandonment of Galactus's first Herald, the Silver Surfer. It would seem there are a few flaws in the story of Galactus and his imprisoning of the Silver Surfer around the planet Earth. The first problem is, when Galactus sent Firelord to go to Earth and bring back Thor, why wasn't Firelord effected in the same way as the Silver Surfer? Secondly, why was the Silver Surfer imprisoned by Galactus in the first place? Also, I would like to address the topic of the Secret Wars [Secret Bores]. It would seem, to me personally, that Marvel could have gotten more powerful bunch of criminal than those present; if they were on the scale of Dr. Victor Doom... Where did those two women appear from? They weren't there in Secret Wars #1 or #2. I quess it must be another foul up by Marvel Comics. The Secret Wars are going flat. How could the Hulk hold up billions of tons of rock? The use of Spiderman's webshooters, and Captain Marvel's and the Human Torch's powers was a rather skimpy escape. Meanwhile, Galactus seems to appear to concentrate on something. The next issue should prove to bring a headquarters for Galactus. I'm still wondering why Galactus hasn't consumed the planet. I'm sure he could use the extra energy and the Beyonder could simply create another planet. At this point logic would be absurd, since the "Wars" have no direction and when do we get a hint of what the Beyonder truly is? (SLIGHT SPOILER IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH!!!) If you read the Marvel Age magazine, we see that Dr. Doom is going to fight Galactus. I think that's a joke. Remember that Galactus is telepathic so he could read the thoughts of Doom and counter any move (in fact, this makes the ending of FF#214 <or so> where Reed bluffs the Big G rather absurd) that Doom would make. Signed, Paul Simmington North Eastern University Massachusetts