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Subject: Secret Wars #10 (spoilers)
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Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 13:13:23 EDT
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If Jim Shooter was going for the 2-year-old and under audience for this lastest
Stupid Wars Epic, then he was still shooting too high. This was, in my opinion,
the stupidest most unbelievable piece of garbage to ever be put between two
covers.

The plotline of the last two issues makes me think that Shooter just couldn't
think of a good way to bring the series to the end so he bailed out and took
an easy route. Doctor Doom is making his play for BIG power. He cuts up that
guy who is made of sound, Claw. He assumes that Galactus' power will have
an affinity for Claw's body, so when Galactus turns on the juice the power
will make a quick U-turn and head right for Claw's sliced up, properly
conditioned body and Doom will have all the power he wants. How come Doctor
Doom can do this, and there is nothing that Galactus can do about it? Seems
to me that the Big G should be able to undo Doom's insignificant works with
a passing thought. Anyway all this power streaks toward Doom and he's waiting
for it. It hits him. He lives. Why? The total power of Galactus' ship is 
pumped into Doom and he bounces up and is suddenly 'omnipotent'. Yeah. Makes
me think I could be a writer.

Doom of course is now second in power only to the Beyonder. No good, gotta
get that Beyonder. Has a fight with the Beyonder. Loses. Pushes a button
on his chestplate. Wins. Now Doctor Doom is the supreme being in the Cosmos.
Seems like Galactus and the Beyonder were never really a match for the
great Doom. They certainly weren't nearly as intelligent, which is kinda
strange considering they were omnipotent.

Why does this bother me so? Because it tells me that Jim Shooter, the editor
in chief of Marvel Comics, has no grasp of accurate storytelling. I won't 
burn this issue because there may be a day when I need a good laugh, or maybe 
just an example of how comics ought NOT be done.

Scott Thompson