Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2.fluke 9/24/84; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!microsoft!fluke!moriarty From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime) Newsgroups: net.comics Subject: Re: Some GodAwful News (Not a Hoax. Not an Imaginary Story...) Message-ID: <154@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Date: Sat, 15-Dec-84 13:26:58 EST Article-I.D.: vax2.154 Posted: Sat Dec 15 13:26:58 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 17-Dec-84 03:24:37 EST References: <216@tilt.FUN> <20980028@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> Reply-To: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime) Organization: Somewhere in Soho Lines: 41 In article <20980028@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney) writes: >See if you can guess what comic book series this refers to: > >"He comes to earth and takes on human form, seeking to taste humanity. >We're going to explore the philosophical essence of what it is to be human. >When a being of near-infinite power ... chooses to become a man, the >possibilities and dangers presented are endless. All of us on the creative >team ... believe we have not only a great story here but an important story >as well. Our intention is to create something wonderful and unforgettable." > >Any guesses? If you said The Silver Surfer, you get a no-prize for spotting >the original source of the plot for the forthcoming Secret Wars II series. Actually, it sounds almost *exactly* like John Carpenter's description of the synopsis of his new film, STARMAN. >The more things change, the more they stay the same; and nowhere more so >than at Marvel. ...or in Hollywood... >You would already know this stuff if you read the Comic Buyer's Guide. >What's more, you would have seen me tearing out and feasting on the heart of >the "Machine Man" series in September in the letters column. Shame on you. >-=- >Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University Computation Center Well, yes, I read CBG, but I must have missed this, which may not have been a bad thing... I have a week stomach around sloppy eaters (and this coming from somebody with *my* table manners!). Betch even ate it raw... "You'd do it for Randolph Scott." (chorus) "*gasp* RANDOLPH SCOTT!" Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. UUCP: {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,sdcsvax,tektronix,utcsrgv}!uw-beaver \ {allegra,gatech!sb1,hplabs!lbl-csam,decwrl!sun,ssc-vax} -- !fluke!moriarty ARPA: fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA