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Date: Tue, 19-Feb-85 15:32:51 EST
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[color=blue]>  I doubt the Surfer cares, anyway...  However, how does this leave Dr.[/color]
[color=blue]>  Doom?  I thought Mephisto was keeping his Mom.  Is she free ("Hi, Son! [/color]
[color=blue]>  I'm out on parole!"), or has she been traded to another league --[/color]
[color=blue]>  Pluto?  Satan (as in dad for Son of)?   [/color]

The Surfer might care if it means Shalla Bal isn't going to be bothered
any more. Last seen, she was back home again, right?

Dr. Doom and Dr. Strange will be teaming up in a graphic novel written
by Roger Stern ("The Two Doctors"?, nah!), in which they try to
get Mrs. Doom back from Mephisto.  At least this was announced
at Ithacon, 11 monnths ago.

Concerning the Son of Satan, it was established that his father
was really Mephisto under one of his alternate manifestations,
and the the Big M decided to pose as Satan since the name was
already equipped with so many overtones from the Judaeo-Christian
use of it.  This was revealed during the "Six-Fingered Hand" episodes
of The Defenders.  Whether there really is a real Satan (i.e. fallen
angel) in the Marvel Universe is unclear.  The Handbook of the Marvel
Universe points out that it is not known where the souls of
most people go after death.  In general, it is simpler if 
you only make comics characters out of figures from religions
that have a very small number of contemporary followers.

Mike Ciaraldi
seismo!rochester!ciaraldi