Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sftig.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!mhuxm!sftig!ecc From: ecc@sftig.UUCP (E.C.Chisholm) Newsgroups: net.comics Subject: Re: mild comments on the year II Message-ID: <668@sftig.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Jan-86 13:02:04 EST Article-I.D.: sftig.668 Posted: Mon Jan 27 13:02:04 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 28-Jan-86 06:27:26 EST References: <2845@umcp-cs.UUCP> <36000102@uiucdcs> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Summit, NJ Lines: 67 > > > 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.